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• Irish Stone Walls
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-Patrick McAfee / Hardcover: 176 pages / Published November 2000
This book is an excellent historical account of the facinating history and techniques of stone masonry. A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. This outstanding book is not a field manual for modern masonry construction using portland cement, steel reinforcing, assemblies and details now in widespread commercial use. Rather this book focuses on load bearing stone, dry laid or with lime mortar. This unique guide by expert stone mason Patrick McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or with mortar.
Book coverage includes:

• History of building with stone in Ireland
• How to build dry stone walls and mortar walls
• Making and working with tradional lime mortars
• Basic and more advanced masonry techniques
• Dos and don'ts of construction and repair work
• Appropriate conservation methods
• Includes a useful Glossary and Bibliography
There are great photographs and line drawings throughout. For anyone wanting to learn how to build with stone, or wish to learn and preserve a time-honored tradition, this book is for you! This book is a must own for anyone interested in the traditional stone masonry construction.
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• Stone Buildings
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-Patrick McAfee / Hardcover: 224 pages / Published November 2001
The materials and skills needed to preserve and rebuild any old stone building, from the humblest cottage to the grandest castle, are presented and examined in this book. Many stone buildings throughout the world have become derelict or incorrectly repaired because there is a false impression that it is either impossible or very expensive to make old buildings habitable. Using traditional techniques, this excellent guide shows how-to use the proper materials and methods of restoration and maintenance while examining how the buildings were originally constructed. In addition to stone, it covers lime mortars, renders, and other traditional finishes, and provides information on repairing stone arches, stone cutting, and stone quarries.
Includes a useful Glossary and Bibliography.
There are great photographs and line drawings throughout. For anyone wanting to learn how to constuct buildings with stone, or wish to learn and preserve a time-honored tradition, this book is also for you!
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• The Art & Craft of Stonework: Dry-Stacking, Mortaring, Paving, Carving, Gardenscaping
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-David Reed / Hardcover 176 pages / Published March 2002
This book is well written and has than 300 outstanding photos highlighting the expressiveness of stonework. Covers artistic inspiration, building instructions, and interesting projects for both dry-stack and mortar techniques.
Shows how to find the perfect stone, and cut, score, split, and chip it. Showing readers a variety of techniques used to shape and place stones in constructing a magnificent hearth and fireplace or adding a mortared veneer to a wall. Learn how to repair old and broken walls. Go beyond the practical and enjoy the creative pleasures of boulderscaping to produce a sense of tranquillity and elegance in your yard by creating paths and walls. Transform your garden into a Zen sanctuary, with stepping stones and by carving two or three dimensional sculptures.
This primer will have a wide appeal to both gardeners and builders.
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Building with Stone
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-Charles McRaven, Chandis Ingenthron (Illustrator) / Paperback 192 pages / Published June 1989
This excellent basic handbook offers a wealth of material and an introduction to the art and craft of creating stone structures. This book will be appreciated by homeowners, builders and aspiring stone masons of all skill levels. In addition it is for anyone interested in bringing a creative, contemporary approach to the ancient craft of stone masonry, and especially for those craftsmen who want to improve and expand their skills.
Coveres the range and use of tools and materials, equipment needed by stone masons, the fundamental masonry processes, working with natural stone, and includes step-by-step instructions for creating several stone projects.
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Building Stone Walls
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-John Vivian / Paperback 108 pages / Published March 1976
John Vivian's instructions on 'how to go out and build a really permanent monument to yourself' are the next best thing to having a real old-time expert working alongside. This really is the only book you need to build a first-rate stone wall without a speck of mortar.
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The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Owner-Builders
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-Charles Long / Paperback 126 pages / Published October 1998
Writer Charles Long has a well-earned reputation as one of North America's self-sufficiency experts. More than 20 years ago, he and his wife, Elizabeth, fled city life and conventional employment for the country, and have flourished there ever since. Now back by popular demand Long's The Stonebuilder's Primer is a highly readable account of the couple's successful effort to build "a house that will outlast anything made of wood." Developing a compromise method of stone construction that is both simpler and truer to the stonemason's art than the popular slipform method, the Longs built an aesthetically satisfying home of stone on a limited budget and no previous construction experience. In this classic how-to book, the author describes the complete building process in clear, easy-to-follow steps and, in so doing, dispels the myth of difficulty that surrounds stone construction. The book provides detailed instructions that will enable anyone to build a stone house. This volume is a fine, if concise, introduction to the joys and problems of constructing living spaces with stone. In 11 chapters and an epilog, Long details the basics of building with field stone, taking each step in the rough chronology of the building process. His prose is open and friendly, and the illustrations, both line drawings and photographs, deepen the text. Long's "compromise method" of construction provides a simpler method of construction than has otherwise been traditionally embraced with stone. A delight and an important work for the aspiring nonprofessional stonemason.
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The Art and Craft of Stonescaping: Setting and Stacking Stone
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-David Philip Reed, Chris Rich (Editor), Scott Lowery (Illustrator), Evan Bracken (Photographer)
Hardcover 160 pages / Published May 1998
This handsome book explores dry-stacked stonework, the perfect craft for any homeowner with a yard or garden. With a few basic tools, a pile of stone, and this book, any reader can create stone walls, benches. paths and patios, culverts, steps, and more. How-to color photos and fine illustrations depict every critical step, and a wealth of color photography offers plenty of inspiration. If your looking for a book on patios, walkways, steps, or walls this book is a 'must-have'. David Reed has done an excellent job with this book. It is well written, with easy to follow instructions. This book is nicely illustrated; many photos demonstrate a step-by-step progression of the work, as well as showing the reader how the project should look when completed. The author also does a good job of covering tools and gives some helpful tips on the handling of stone.
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Stonework: Techniques and Projects
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-Charles McRaven, Elizabeth McHale (Editor) / Paperback 192 pages / Published October 1997
Discover the lasting satisfaction of working with stone and learn the tricks of the trade from a master craftsman. No building material rivals stone for beauty, permanence, and enduring popularity. Builder Charles McRaven offers the benefits of his fifty years of stonework experience in Stonework, a book that will inform, entertain, and inspire anyone using or working with stone. McRaven helps even first-time builders comprehend the intricacies of working with different stone types; choosing the most suitable stone; handling, cutting, and shaping stone; working with recycled stone; and using stone inside the home. Stonework presents complete, fully illustrated instructions for:
• Using stone for gardens, paths, pools, and waterfalls
• Building walls, from simple to serpentine
• Making gateways, pillars, and doorways
• Using large stones as wall and landscape accents
• Installing stone steps for porches and entries
• Creating retaining walls
• Building bridges and walkways
Readers will learn to collect and handle stone while creating walls, stairs, pools, and even waterfalls.
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By Design The Artistry of Lew French
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-Lew French, Alison Shaw (Photographer) / Hardcover 159 pages / Published July 2005
Stone by Design is the perfect inspiration for anyone interested in adding the beauty of stone to their own surroundings. Filled with photographic artistic inspiration for your own home or landscape, Stone by Design illustrates the beauty of French's pieces and invites you to see how rounded fieldstone, gray slate, rough granite, and even curvy driftwood, can create stunning pieces of functional art.
This books showcases the beautiful and facinating work of the author. When Lew French made his first stone fireplace at age nineteen, he didn't expect to feel so drawn to the simple material. Twenty-eight years and countless projects later, he still feels awed by the presence stone has in a well-designed setting, whether it's an artfully rendered remodel of a writer's stone studio, a playful fireplace, or a carefully crafted garden pathway.
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Stone Work: Designing with Stone
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-Malcolm Holzman / Hardcover 212 pages / Published November 2001
Building with stone and buildings in stone by award-winning U.S. practitioner Holzman (b. 1940) are featured in this pictorial album, first published last year in Australia. Holzman, a founder of Hardy Holzman Pfieffer Associates and architect of the acclaimed San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, and the Highland House (Madison, WI), recounts his clarity of vision and passion for stone construction in a concise, jargon-free accompanying text. An appendix lists 17 projects (including public libraries, performing arts centers, museums, and municipal and university commissions), along with construction and engineering details, elevations, and site plans; a biography notes that Holzman's buildings appear in 25 states and that he prefers local quarries whenever possible. Unfortunately, dates are not given for the buildings on display; equally bewildering is the absence of an index or a bibliography of the mostly positive literature regarding Holzman's projects. These flaws aside, the book works well: the photos are evocative, and there's much of interest to both architects and stone masons. Architect with a Passion for Stone This talented architect shares his love of stone and displays it in evocative photos of his outstanding creations. A beautiful book. Click on the book cover or title to read more.


Making Concrete Garden Ornaments
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-Sherri Warner Hunter / Paperback 144 pages / Published March 2002
This renounced teacher has gathered the tried-and-true techniques used by sculptors and folk artists, and tailored them perfectly for low-tech surroundings and personal expression. Concrete is the ideal medium for outdoor art and long-lasting garden projects. Concrete is strong, versatile, and amazingly easy to work with, and it doesn't cost a lot or require special equipment. Usually everything you need is right at the local home improvement center. Shows how to work with molds, form over armatures, model or carve with concrete, and take advantage of technical advances to develop lighter, stronger structures. Shows how to treat concrete surfaces with mosaics, embedded objects, incising, and coloring. Several of the projects include, crafting Garden Critter Stepping Stones, a Birdbath, Little Lady Fountain, and a jazzy border. Twenty-five projects in all.
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Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls
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-Kevin Gardner, Guillermo Nunez (Illustrator) / Hardcover 224 pages / Published April 2003
This well written primer teaches the fundamentals of how to make stone walls with clear, step-by-step instructions. Covers the process of gathering the materials, laying out the wall, and fitting then the stones together. In addition he also covers building steps, wells, ramps, walkways, and many other forms of dry masonry. The techniques used in the restoration and repair of existing walls are also described.
In addition Gardner covers the history, aesthetics, and philosophy of placing stones.
What is "the granite kiss"? Author Kevin Gardner defines "the granite kiss" as "that instantly discouraging, and inevitable, experience in stone work when a fingertip or two fails to escape the contact point between two large stones on the occasion of their first meeting."
Includes 30 black and white illustrations, a glossary of terms, and bibliography.
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Bricklaying
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-Peter Cartwright / Paperback 320 pages / Published March 2002
The ultimate guide to bricklaying for beginners through professional masonry contractors with step-by-step instructions throughout. Covers techniques and trade skills including building damp-proof courses, cavity brickwork, block-laying, arches, windows, fireplaces and more.
Includes complete projects for brick kitchens, outdoor barbecues, steps, and spiral designs.

• Skill-building projects with start-to-finish instructions
• Electricity and plumbing integration in brick construction
• Solutions and preventive methods for high-wind concerns in cavity brickwork
• Table for calculating how many bricks are needed for a job
• Brick design for handicapped
• Engineering properties, all measurements are in metric and imperial (U.S.) standards.
• Essential topics such as damp-proofing,repairing and carcking mortar,window and door cutting,cleaning brick,and much more.
This is an insider's guide to every facet of the world of brickwork.
Includes over 560 technical drawings and diagrams illustrating technique and a well written text that guides you every step of the way.
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Husbandry and Farm Livestock Books

• Making Your Small Farm Profitable ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Ron Macher, Howard W. Kerr, Jr. / Paperback 273 pages / Published November 1999
This guide is crammed with useful and practical information for starting a small, sustainable and profitable farm. Examines 20 alternative farming enterprises.
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• Storeys Guide to Raising Beef Cattle ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Heather Smith Thomas / Paperback / Published January 2001
This is an excellent guide to raising quality beef. Covers genetics, breeding, care for and maintaining healthy cattle.
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• Making Your Small Farm Profitable Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Goats & Sheep
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-N. Bruce Haynes / Paperback 352 pages, 3rd Edition / Published December 1994
The excellent reference and guidebook cover the basics for caring for livestock. This edition also covers recent developments in vaccines, artificial insemination, ultrasonograohy, disease testing, and diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
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• Storeys Guide to Raising Pigs ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Kelly Klober / Paperback 207 pages / Published May 2000
This book from Storey has practical information raisin pigs successfully. Covers choosing the right breads, feeding and housing, breeding and raising young pigs, health maintainance, and butchering.
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• Storeys Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying
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-Jerome D. Belanger / Paperback 288 pages / Published November 2000
This excellent fully illustrated guide provides the very latest practical information for dairy goat owners. An indispensable source with all of the essentials are covered, including: individual breeds, selecting the right one for you, feeding and housing, health care and disease prevention, breeding and kidding, milking and dairying, and more expert advice on raising dairy goats.
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-Cherry Hill, Richard Klimesh (Illustrator)
Paperback 224 pages / Published May 1999
This instruction book presents step-by-step lesson instructions for performing the most widely used patterns in Western horsemanship and English Equitation. Patterns lessons are arranged according to beginning, intermedite, and advanced levels.
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  These Storey country bulletins offer practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you learn how to master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily.

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