Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities | 
enlarge | Author: Shay Salomon Creators: Frances Moore Lappe, Nigel Valdez Publisher: The Lyons Press Category: Book
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Rating: 23 reviews
Media: Paperback Pages: 304 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9 Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1592288685 Dewey Decimal Number: 728.37047 EAN: 9781592288687
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Great ideas and well written October 9, 2008 Matthew Whiting (Provo, UT United States) This book really hit home. In Fall 2008 the wisdom of small homes is really becoming clear with our present mass economic crunch in the US. Take this book to heart and start living it. -Matt Whiting Provo, UT
Don't judge a book by it's cover! August 27, 2008 Rodean (Los Angeles) 2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thought the book would be more contemporary. (supposedly published in 2006) The quality of the photographs throughout look like the 70's. If these pictures aren't thirty years old, then everyone included in this book is living is some kind of time warp. It's certainly more of an alternative lifestyle book, than in interesting architecture book. Think Mother Earth News not Dwell. Think people raising ducks and building aluminum can structures, not Tumbleweed homes with modern lifestyles in tiny spaces. Low quality, uninspired black and white photography. Eight pages of color photos in the center of the book, equally uninspired. It does include a lot of text to give you food for thought about what do we really need in a structure. Might be okay for some, but I was highly disappointed.
Absolutely wonderful!! August 17, 2008 N. Caudill (Fresno, CA) This book is really great! Very enlightening. Only sorry I didn't purchase it a lot earlier!
Funky book July 30, 2008 BRGrits (Los Angeles, CA) Although most of the homes in this book take "simple," "cozy" and "energy efficient" to the extreme, I find it inspiring in terms of what's possible. I wish the photos (most are clumped together in the middle of the book) were printed alongside the story of the home they represent. It's confusing and frustrating trying to match the pictures with the correct home. But I appreciate the imagination of the people featured in the book. If you have an interest in real-life examples of energy efficient living, this one's worth the purchase price.
Excellent and Inspiring May 20, 2008 HikerBob (El Paso) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is totally well prepared. And if a person is looking to modify their life to lessen the effects of the "rat race", this book will suggest excellent options that will save a person YEARS of labor and savings and costs, which can then be devoted to ???? making a better life all around ! HikerBOB
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