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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by (shelved 20 times as building)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,421 ratings — published 1977
Building Our House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as building)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,313 ratings — published 2013
Lee & Low Books Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as building)
avg rating 4.11 — 617 ratings — published 1996
Iggy Peck, Architect: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
by (shelved 16 times as building)
avg rating 4.42 — 6,403 ratings — published 2007
Billions of Bricks: A Counting Book About Building (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as building)
avg rating 3.72 — 672 ratings — published 2016
The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as building)
avg rating 4.44 — 580 ratings — published 1990
Someone Builds the Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as building)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,454 ratings — published 2021
The Timeless Way of Building (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as building)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,639 ratings — published 1978
The Little Red Fort (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as building)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,195 ratings — published 2018
Everything You Need For a Treehouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as building)
avg rating 3.82 — 955 ratings — published 2018
Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as building)
avg rating 4.14 — 270 ratings — published 2005
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as building)
avg rating 3.86 — 5,542 ratings — published 1997
Bigger! Bigger! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as building)
avg rating 3.51 — 278 ratings — published
Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
by (shelved 8 times as building)
avg rating 4.46 — 12,869 ratings — published 2013
Boxitects (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.13 — 935 ratings — published 2020
The Most Magnificent Thing (Most Magnificent, 1)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.28 — 8,829 ratings — published 2014
If I Built a House (If I Built Series)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,914 ratings — published 2012
Construction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.00 — 678 ratings — published 2014
Stanley the Builder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 3.72 — 388 ratings — published 2014
Roundwood Timber Framing: Building Naturally Using Local Resources (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as building)
avg rating 4.07 — 45 ratings — published 2010
What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,449 ratings — published 2020
If I Built a School (If I Built Series)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,621 ratings — published 2019
Builders and Breakers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 3.40 — 304 ratings — published 2018
The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.59 — 9,065 ratings — published 2018
The Art of Natural Building: Design, Construction, Resources (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.07 — 70 ratings — published 2001
Compact Cabins: Simple Living in 1000 Square Feet or Less (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 3.81 — 446 ratings — published 2009
The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,093 ratings — published 1998
Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide (Sustainable Building)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.31 — 118 ratings — published 2006
The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as building)
avg rating 4.28 — 336 ratings — published
Built to Last (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.17 — 634 ratings — published 2024
Again, Essie? (Storytelling Math)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.91 — 215 ratings — published
Carpenter's Helper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.81 — 304 ratings — published 2021
Brick by Brick (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.10 — 427 ratings — published
Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.33 — 159 ratings — published 2016
Builder Brothers: Big Plans (Builder Brothers)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.98 — 243 ratings — published 2018
Building Books (Library Binding)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.70 — 339 ratings — published 2018
Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves YOU Can Build (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.32 — 152 ratings — published 2004
This House, Once (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,112 ratings — published 2017
Mighty, Mighty Construction Site (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,809 ratings — published 2017
A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery & Design Essentials for Building Traditional Timber Frames (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.34 — 56 ratings — published 1998
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,674 ratings — published 1978
Habitat for Humanity: How to Build a House: Revised and Updated (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.13 — 101 ratings — published 2002
Library Mouse: Home Sweet Home (Library Mouse, #5)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.89 — 405 ratings — published 2013
Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter (The Shelter Library of Building Books)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 4.16 — 723 ratings — published 2012
Demolition (Construction Crew)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,095 ratings — published 2012
Bang! Boom! Roar! A Busy Crew of Dinosaurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.62 — 296 ratings — published 2012
The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as building)
avg rating 3.98 — 298 ratings — published 1978
“This, then, is the job ahead. It is the job of building broad, deep People’s Organizations which are all-inclusive of both the people and their many organizations. It is the job of uniting, through a common interest which far transcends individual differences, all the institutions and agencies representative of the people. It is the job of building a People's Organization so that people will have faith in themselves and in their fellow men. It is the job of educating our people so that they will be informed to the point of being able to exercise an intelligent critical choice as to what is true and what is false. It is the job of instilling confidence in men so that they are sure they can destroy all of the evils which afflict them and their fellows, whether unemployment, war, or other man-made disasters. It is the greatest job man could have — the actual opportunity of creating and building a world of decency, dignity, peace, security, happiness; a world worthy of man and worthy of the name of civilization. This is the job ahead.
The building of these People's Organizations and the achievement of popular participation cannot and will not be done by denouncing the present deplorable condition of democracy. It will not be done by wailing self-recriminations. It can be done only by setting ourselves to the dirty, monotonous, heart-breaking job of building People’s Organizations. It can be done only by possessing the infinite patience and faith to hang on as parts of the organization disintegrate; to rebuild, add on, and continue to build.
It can be done only by those who believe in, have faith in, and are willing to make every sacrifice for the people. Those who see fearlessly and clearly; they will be your radicals. The radical will look squarely at all issues. He will not be so weighted down with material or malignant prejudice that he can only look upward with a worm’s-eye view. He will not look down upon mankind with the distorted, unrealistic, ivory-tower bird’s-eye view, but will look straight ahead on the dead level, seeing man as a man. Not from a long distance, up or down, but as a man living among men.”
― Reveille for Radicals
The building of these People's Organizations and the achievement of popular participation cannot and will not be done by denouncing the present deplorable condition of democracy. It will not be done by wailing self-recriminations. It can be done only by setting ourselves to the dirty, monotonous, heart-breaking job of building People’s Organizations. It can be done only by possessing the infinite patience and faith to hang on as parts of the organization disintegrate; to rebuild, add on, and continue to build.
It can be done only by those who believe in, have faith in, and are willing to make every sacrifice for the people. Those who see fearlessly and clearly; they will be your radicals. The radical will look squarely at all issues. He will not be so weighted down with material or malignant prejudice that he can only look upward with a worm’s-eye view. He will not look down upon mankind with the distorted, unrealistic, ivory-tower bird’s-eye view, but will look straight ahead on the dead level, seeing man as a man. Not from a long distance, up or down, but as a man living among men.”
― Reveille for Radicals
“Learning from history is important to building our future. We should not ignore the mistakes of past leaders, nations, and people. They are tools for us; their destruction can be our instruction.”
― Courage to Conquer: 365 Devotions from Joshua, Judges, and Ruth
― Courage to Conquer: 365 Devotions from Joshua, Judges, and Ruth















