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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alan BoyePublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.354kg ISBN: 9780803264878ISBN 10: 0803264879 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 01 May 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations 1. What I Lived For 2. Sustainable Compromises 3. Where I Lived 4. Water 5. Design 6. Foundations 7. El Sol 8. Economics 9. The Beautiful Tree and Other Disasters 10. The Amoeba 11. Straw That Broke The 12. Finances 13. Collaboration 14. Artifacts 15. Solitude 16. Visitors 17. Thick Skin in a Winter of Discontent 18. Spring 19. Higher Laws 20. Post script: Mistakes Were Made Acknowledgments Notes BibliographyReviewsBoye's book brings a human voice and specificity to sustainability. -Richard K. Sutton, Great Plains Research -- Richard K. Sutton Great Plains Research Not only is this book beautifully written, with wisdom and humor, it also offers a practical guide for 'sustainable' home builders of any age. Boye writes with an impressive intelligence, immediately drawing readers in not only to the story but to the mind and heart of the author. -Reeve Lindbergh, author of Under a Wing: A Memoir -- Reeve Lindbergh Alan Boye's humor and generosity run through this book, as does his gentle compassion for the people and places he loves. -Miriam Karmel, author of Being Esther -- Miriam Karmel Not only is this book beautifully written, with wisdom and humor, it also offers a practical guide for 'sustainable' home builders of any age. Boye writes with an impressive intelligence, immediately drawing readers in not only to the story but to the mind and heart of the author. -Reeve Lindbergh, author of Under a Wing: A Memoir -- Reeve Lindbergh Alan Boye's humor and generosity run through this book, as does his gentle compassion for the people and places he loves. -Miriam Karmel, author of Being Esther -- Miriam Karmel Alan Boye's humor and generosity run through this book, as does his gentle compassion for the people and places he loves. --Miriam Karmel, author of Being Esther --Miriam Karmel (09/20/2013) Author InformationAlan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont. His most recent book is Tales from the Journey of the Dead: Ten Thousand Years on an American Desert (Nebraska, 2006). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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