The Art And Craft of Stonescaping: Setting & Stacking Stone
 Great idea and how-to book: When I started a stone-project at our farm in the Catskills -- re-cycling some old, fallen-down stone walls into a new retaining wall -- I bought a half-dozen books, including David Reed's Stonescaping. Although Reed's book [... more]
$27.50
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The Art of Pebble Mosaics
Well done: Of the three books I bought on pebble mosaics this one was the best. There is a history of "floor" mosaics, a detailed discussion, with drawings, of the shape and placement of stones, a lesson on drawing designs to scale, site [... more]
$24.95
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Handbook of Alternative Materials in Residential ...
Great Book for Everyone from Weekend Workers to Foremen: The Handbook of Alternative Materials in Residential Construction was truly a fascinating read for me. I discovered there were so many things that I took for granted when it comes to home design [... more]
$64.95
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Masonry and Concrete
Good for Concrete and Masonry theory but not a "how to" book: This would be a good college text book for "Concrete and Masonry Theory". What I was looking for is a good text book for a "How the Heck do I pour concrete and lay [... more]
$39.95
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Masonry Design and Detailing
Great for Architects, not so great for Engineers: I found the masonry details to be very good in showing how a masonry building goes together and as such would be very good for Architects and Contractors. However, as a Structural Engineer I was looking [... more]
$94.95
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Metal Building Contracting and Construction
Just Business: I was looking for a book about the mechanics of estimating, quoting, selling and installing metal buildings. This turned out to be about just the business aspects. It deals mostly in generalities. It's an interesting read, with stories and [... more]
$68.00
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Bricklaying: Brick and Block Masonry
A Good Foundation for the Beginning Student: This book is the first step in learning the bricklaying trade. I have looked for many books on the subject and found this to be the best beginners guide. If you are planning on getting into the trade I [... more]
$11.95
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Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone ...
Basic for architects, conservators and stone collectors!: This is that kind of books that tell us everything about a scientific topic that we need to learn with basic knowledge. The authors help us to understand the nature of stones and the better way to [... more]
$95.95
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Ancient Egyptian Construction and Architecture (Dover ...
a classic and a good reference: This book is rated the classic reference on Ancient Egyptian building techniques. It covers all aspects of construction from mathematical procedures to the ways the Ancient Egyptians drilled granite and other hard stones. [... more]
$16.95
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Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: Clay and ...
Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: The fatal problem is this book is NOT current to the 97 Uniform Building Code, contrary to the advertised description. It is written for the 94 Code. Therefore, it is useless and dangerous for actual design and [... more]
$164.95
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Irish Stone Walls
IMPORTANT traditional masonry title(s): In connection with a construction project at Princeton University I searched hard, with assistance of the University's Library and interlibrary transfers, to identify the BEST resources on traditional masonry [... more]
$30.95
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Concrete Design
Poor Detail.: This book is a good idea and provides some interesting ideas, but is low on detail and the pictures aren't that spectacular either. I bought is as a package with Cheng's "Concrete Countertops" which I highly recommend. I'd pass on [... more]
$40.00
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