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Carpentry Books
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Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,482 ratings — published 2015
A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.83 — 279 ratings — published 2011
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.86 — 5,654 ratings — published 1997
Carpentry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.55 — 31 ratings — published 1985
The Very Efficient Carpenter: Basic Framing for Residential Construction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.45 — 140 ratings — published 1992
The Complete Guide to Custom Shelves & Built-ins: Build Custom Add-ons to Create a One-of-a-kind Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.33 — 21 ratings — published 2007
House (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,513 ratings — published 1985
The Genius of Japanese Carpentry: Secrets of an Ancient Craft (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.13 — 63 ratings — published 1995
The Complete Manual of Woodworking: A Detailed Guide to Design, Techniques, and Tools for the Beginner and Expert (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.16 — 344 ratings — published 1989
Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.44 — 149 ratings — published 1984
Circular Work in Carpentry and Joinery (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.09 — 11 ratings — published 1992
The Complete Japanese Joinery (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.36 — 135 ratings — published 2000
Carpentry and Building Construction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.34 — 41 ratings — published 1981
Framing Floors, Walls and Ceilings: Floors, Walls, and Ceilings (For Pros By Pros)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.74 — 23 ratings — published 1996
The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,315 ratings — published 2020
Step-By-Step Cabinets & Shelves (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 2.60 — 5 ratings — published 2000
The Complete Guide to Decks (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.59 — 86 ratings — published 1999
The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.30 — 213 ratings — published 1941
New Built-Ins Idea Book (Taunton Home Idea Books)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.69 — 51 ratings — published 2005
Building with Secondhand Stuff: How to Reclaim, Repurpose, Re-use & Upcycle Salvaged & Leftover Materials (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.66 — 70 ratings — published
The Anarchist's Design Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.64 — 229 ratings — published
Roman Woodworking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.58 — 12 ratings — published 2007
Hybrid Woodworking: Blending Power & Hand Tools for Quick, Quality Furniture (Popular Woodworking)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.30 — 213 ratings — published 2013
Working Alone: Practical tips for carpenters working solo, from lifting safely to clever jigs. (For Pros by Pros)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.02 — 110 ratings — published 1999
Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,857 ratings — published 2016
The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker's Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.47 — 432 ratings — published 1981
Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works (Fox Chapel Publishing) Over 1300 Drawings & Diagrams for Drawers, Tables, Beds, Bookcases, Cabinets, Joints & Subassemblies
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.28 — 162 ratings — published 1998
HomeSkills Building Decks: All the Information You Need to Design & Build Your Own Deck (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published
Making Shoji (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carpentry)
avg rating 4.26 — 34 ratings — published 2000
Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.43 — 72 ratings — published 1990
Building a Timeless House in an Instant Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.00 — 66 ratings — published 2014
Understanding Wood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.33 — 288 ratings — published 1980
Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.28 — 398 ratings — published 2007
Carpentry Basics for DIY Homeowners: Build and Repair with Confidence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Axe Hacks for Making Shacks (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Tool Book: A Tool Lover's Guide to Over 200 Hand Tools (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.95 — 82 ratings — published 2018
Doormaking and Window-making (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.27 — 15 ratings — published 2013
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,498 ratings — published 1995
The Complete Home Improvement Book
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
The Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement: Over 1700 Photos, 250 Step-by-Step Projects (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.88 — 98 ratings — published 2001
Best Backyard Projects: The Family Handyman (The Family Handyman)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published
Ingrained: An Uplifting Memoir about Woodworking and Craftsmanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,024 ratings — published 2024
The Craftsman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,032 ratings — published 2008
House Carpentry Simplified (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
Old Ways of Working Wood: The Techniques and Tools of a Time-Honored Craft (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.85 — 66 ratings — published 1972
Making Things Right: The Simple Philosophy of a Working Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.85 — 410 ratings — published 2015
The Carpenter: The 3 Greatest Success Strategies of All (Jon Gordon)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,136 ratings — published 2014
Tools of the Trade: The Art and Craft of Carpentry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 3.91 — 44 ratings — published 1996
Building Construction Illustrated (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,600 ratings — published 2014
Built-Ins, Cabinets & Shelves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as carpentry)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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“Perhaps that’s why he became so interested in history, […] He felt that if you read everything and put the pieces all together the real truth would emerge. It would be, somehow, like carpentry. Everything would fit together just so, and you would see in the end something like ‘a perfect building called the past.”
― No Great Mischief: Adapted from the Novel by Alistair MacLeod
― No Great Mischief: Adapted from the Novel by Alistair MacLeod







