books by Chelsea Green Publishing Company     books:     Chelsea Green Publ...      The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A ... Eliot Coleman Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1995 simply down to earth - literally This is absolutely the best, straightforward, down to earth, organic gardening book I have ever read. No hype, no buzzwords, no new age crap, no agenda. Simply down to earth - literally.             Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape Brad Lancaster Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006 Save the World One Drop at a Time This book is really good on many different levels. It is written in a engaging and extremely readable style, the illustrations are great, you learn why you should harvest rainwater, and the author illustrates many different designs to harvest rainwater. What I ...             Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods Sandor Ellix Katz Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2003 I love this book I ran across this book while looking for a recipe for kimchi -- a Korean buddy had failed to bring me his family recipe so I had to resort to white-man's version. It's true that this is not your standard cookbook with a recipe per page and nothing else -- there's lots ...             The Savvy Woman's Guide to PCOS: The Many Faces Of A 21st Century Epidemic... And What You Can Do About It. Elizabeth Lee Vliet Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006 Ugly cover, great information If you're not put off by the awful cover choice, this book is full of great information, charts, health tests, etc. I read this book in a 2 hour sitting, and took it with me to my nutritionist who specializes in PCOS and it really helped to guide my questions and ...             The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar ... Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, ... Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002 More than a book It's a guide. No matter if you will be building in cob or not, it' real pleasure to read this book. I recommend it heartfully.             Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business Paul Gipe Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004 Make This Your 1st Book on Wind Power Paul Gipe truly knows his industry. Whether you're thinking about installing a small wind turbine or want to invest in a megawatt model, you should make this your first purchase. You'll feel like you've completed a college course on wind power after reading this book.             Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.) Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000 Excellent resource This is a great book and for anyone thinking of building in a damp climate a must have. Great information about the various ways of doing things, allowing the reader to make the best choice for their site, budget and level of skill. Covers wet weather considerations ...             Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems Paul Gipe Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999 A Good Overview of Wind Power Technolgies Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems by Paul Gipe is an excellent overview of wind power turbines both past and present. It also does an excellent job of acquainting readers with the major components of a Wind Renewable Energy (RE) system and the ...             The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Building Options (Chelsea Green Guides for Homeowners) Dan Chiras Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004 An Excellent Overview of Green Building...Superb! Author Dan Chiras has produced a series of amazing books on green building, including The Natural House, The Solar House, Superbia!, and The Natural Plaster Book. His books are extremely well written, well organized, comprehensive, and extremely well illustrated. He's ...             The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling Daniel D. Chiras Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002 Amazing book - quite possibly the BEST on solar building My copy of this book is a mess. It has highlighting and notes all throughout the pages and looks well worn even though I've only had the book for a year. When the time came to do some studying on solar design, this was the book that was recommended to me. And for ...             Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath Robert L. Roy Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004 A fine book I wouldn't feel compelled to write a review of this book, except for the low star rating of the only other reviewer of this book [at this writing anyhow]. This is an excellent book for building a free-standing sauna--as long as cordwood masonry building style works for ...             Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home James Kachadorian Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006 A must read for understanding passive solar This book is a near soup-to-nuts presentation of James Kachadorian's patented passive solar design. The patent had expired when the author released this book. While his design may not be suitable all climates, the book covers the design with a pretty good look at the ...             The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2001 Straw-Bale Wannabe's Delight To be frank, the chance that I'll actually build and live in a straw-bale house is very slim. For those of us who like to look -- and figure we can pick up a few enviro-friendly ideas along the way -- this is the perfect book on straw-bale. The color photos are very ...             The Savvy Woman's Guide to Testosterone: How to Revitalize Your Sexuality, Strength and Stamina Elizabeth Lee Vliet Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2005 It's about time.... Thanks to the author, the word MAY get out. I only found out about Testosterone when I got "pre-cancerous lesions". This was about 8 years after I had total hysterectomy.(Removal of ovaries, cervix and uterus)at age 32. During that time, I lost pubic hair (and even ...             The Straw Bale House (A Real Goods Independent Living Book) Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, ... Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994 This is a great place to start. For someone who knew nothing about straw bale construction this book was not only informative, but also inspiring. The Straw Bale House contains a lot of good information about the specifics of straw bale construction. I found that because it covered information ...          products you might be interested in search for books construction, fermentation, hand-sculpted, live-culture, philosophical, testosterone      toavi.com    web we recommend I love this book randomly chosen book: Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done