by Kathleen Norris (ed.) Brenzel  Publisher Comments Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your Price $18.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by James Howard Kunstler Publisher Comments In this "eminently relevant and important book" (Library Journal), the author traces the evolution of America's landscape, where every place looks like no place in particular, and where accommodating the automobile jeopardizes the individual and the... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Rob Thallon Publisher Comments Here for the first time is a complete visual handbook designed for architects, builders, students, and anyone else interested in wood-frame construction. Inside you'll find hundreds of meticulous drawings illustrating every detail you might ever want to... (read more) Your Price $12.98 (Sale - Spiral) check for used copies
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart 
Powells.com Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!" Scott Smith, Powells.com... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your Price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Sarah Susanka Publisher Comments This sequel to "The Not So Big House" thoughtfully considers 20 new homes and five remodels that span a broad range of styles, climates, and landscape considerations to show how the not-so-big ideal can work in any setting. Photos. Illustrations.... (read more) Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Sarah Susanka Publisher Comments Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Solutions for Your Home explores practical design ideas that can transform any house into a great house that looks, works and feels right for the owner. Sarah Susanka, whose previous best-selling books showed homeowners how to... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Matthew Frederick Publisher Comments Concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory.... (read more) Your Price $12.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Alan Weintraub Publisher Comments For the first time, all 289 extant houses designed by the master architect are shown here in exquisite color photographs. Along with Weintraub's stunning photos and a selection of floor plans and archival images, the book includes text and essays by... (read more) Your Price $33.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
Arts and Crafts Art Nouveau and Art Deco by Paul Duchscherer and Linda Svendsen
Powells.com Staff Pick What makes a bungalow a bungalow? With historical overviews illuminated by specific architectural examples, Along Bungalow Lines explores the Arts and Crafts style, past and present. Whether you're remodeling, building from the ground up, or simply a fan... (read more) Your Price $14.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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by Bruce Smith Publisher Comments In the first decades of the 20th century, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene almost single-handedly defined the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in America as the architectural firm Greene & Greene. The only full-color survey of the firm's... (read more) Your Price $15.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Ray Bottenberg Publisher Comments In the 1920s and 1930s, Oregon's legendary bridge engineer Conde B. McCullough designed a first-rate collection of aesthetic bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway to enhance an already dramatic and beautiful landscape. The six largest of these, at Gold... (read more) Your Price $19.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Christopher Alexander and Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein
Powells.com Staff Pick Although I am not an architect, I keep this book on my bedside table at all times, so that I can pick it up and read about how the world should be, according to Christopher Alexander. The world is made of "patterns" that work organically. These patterns... (read more) Your Price $65.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers Publisher Comments People have shaped the landscape around them since prehistoric times, creating places as diverse in form and meaning as Stonehenge, the Forbidden City of Beijing, Versailles, and New York's Central Park. Overflowing with hundreds of plans, drawings, and... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your Price $36.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by George Howe Colt Publisher Comments In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Philip Meggs Publisher Comments In its debut edition in 1983, A History of Graphic Design received accolades from the Association of American Publishers as a publishing landmark. Now in its Fourth Edition, this unrivaled, seminal work continues its long tradition of providing balanced... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your Price $64.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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