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1.		Black & Decker Complete Guide to Plumbing: Expanded 4th Edition - Modern Materials and Current Codes - All New Guide to Working with Gas Pipe from Creative Publishing international Price: $16.49 Customer Review: Great help book for the do-it-yourselfer! Great details and illustrations on how to properly install home plumbing. Also gives you advice on things and building code requirements to watch out for.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters from Metropolitan Books Price: $4.79 Customer Review: I've not read the book but the preview is worrying. p17 "Even black London cab drivers....who share the skin colour.....of the flushers [i.e. white]..... I think the author is referring to London black cab drivers!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure, Third Edition from Joseph Jenkins, Inc. Price: $16.49 Customer Review: This book gets down to the nitty gritty of the matter. Haha. It is the best source that I have personally found on how to recycle human waste. Although I disagree with some of the slightly liberal environmentalist undertones, I will highly recommend it.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.	[no image]	Environmental Science: A Global Concern from William C Brown Pub Price: $65.25 Customer Review: Great seller. Perfect book. As described. Shipped in a timely manner. Perfect. Would buy from again.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		The Septic System Owner's Manual from Shelter Publications Price: $7.95 Customer Review: LLoyd Kahn has been a source of valuable information on in what and how people live. This volume is no exception. The book demystifies the workings of single household waste disposal, provides do's and don'ts, discusses cutting edge technologies and alternatives, with a '70s california new age vibe.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Environmental Health: Revised Edition from Harvard University Press Price: $20.00 Customer Review: Book came in timely matter and was in great shape. Thank you	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs from Dover Publications Price: $8.02 Customer Review: This book gave a comprehensive narrative and pictorial overview of the building of the Panama Canal. I learned many interesting facts about this project that I had somehow missed in school.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Composting For Dummies from For Dummies Price: $7.57	Click here for more information


9.		Audel Questions and Answers for Plumbers' Examinations from Audel Price: $17.34 Customer Review: This book will help every student to pass the examination due to it posts most of the question that have appeared in previous examinations but explained in detail. Every plumbing student should acquire this book. It is very helpfull due to it covers most of the aspects of the plumbing trade that... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		The Dock Manual: Designing / Building / Maintaining from Storey Publishing, LLC Price: $10.22 Customer Review: Good book on the basics of Docks. Great to help you decide what kind of dock or type of material. Not so hot if you want information on repairing an existing dock. Once you have the basic understanding your decision will still be based more on Zoning and local laws than anything else and you will... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, Reuse from McGraw-Hill Customer Review: This is the International version. It is great and has both SI and English units. I have not compared it to the hard cover, but this one is great - well worth the money (and savings).	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources from Island Press Price: $25.24 Customer Review: Peter Glick is one of a handfull of professionals in the global water business and is a respected expert. Although his point of view is more toward conservation and less toward the development of "new water" I always read what he has to say. The update of water conflicts is an enormous tool in my... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		The Toilet Papers: Recycling Waste and Conserving Water from Chelsea Green Publishing Price: $9.77 Customer Review: I bought this book to replace a previous copy that went misssing. Excellent info on composting toilets and supposedly alternative waste disposal systems. Brings home the point that our so called normal systems are not always the best.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Simplified Irrigation Design: Professional Designer and Installer Version Measurements in Imperial (U.S.and Metric) from Van Nostrand Reinhold Customer Review: this book was bought for a test i needed to take. it taught me everything i need to know.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration from Countryman Press Price: $9.88 Customer Review: This is a lovely, dreamy little book with some great black and white photos. It's perfect reading for a winter's night or for fostering fantasies. It's also a pretty good place to start before you call the county agent or start knocking on the doors of pond-owning neighbors. It's perfectly... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.	[no image]	Water: A Natural History from Basic Books Price: $5.42 Customer Review: We used this book as the spine for a homeschooling unit on watersheds - it's AWESOME! Clean water might be chemical, but it's also about beavers and systems and the way everything connects. Water is a profoundly clear book for beginners and for scientists who want to grasp the holistic viewpoint.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Water Treatment Principles and Design from Wiley-Interscience Price: $119.98 Customer Review: Used at all major educational and research institutions. Belongs on every Water Treatment Engineer's desk. Extensive coverage on all areas, but does not cover wastewater. This field distinguishes between wastewater treatment, which is the treatment of water that has been used residentially,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage from Perennial Price: $12.91 Customer Review: I've owned this book for many years, but I had lent it out to a friend and it was lost to me. While conducting research for a recycling project in the Chicago condominium building I live in, I remembered many of its core concepts and decided to buy it again. Although it was originally written in the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet from Lingham Press Price: $12.83 Customer Review: Awesome Book! One I will refer to again and again! There is so much written treasure!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.	[no image]	Mathematics for Plumbers and Pipe Fitters from Delmar Publishers Inc. Customer Review: Great book. Learned alot from it. A must read and study, for anyone wanting to get into plumbing..	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Wells and Septic Systems from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $11.45 Customer Review: The book is more like a textbook for engineering than a homeowner guide; keep on looking...	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage from New Press Price: $9.29 Customer Review: Really interesting story illustrating the interaction of literally everything. A bit repetitive at times but still a worthwhile read.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Coastal Processes with Engineering Applications (Cambridge Ocean Technology Series) from Cambridge University Press	Click here for more information


24.		Composting: An Easy Household Guide from Green Books Price: $3.57 Customer Review: It is a little book, but has really great infomation for composting. The ideas in the book will keep the stink from the compost down to nothing If you are going to compost, I suggest you read this first.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles from University of California Press Price: $73.79 Customer Review: This book is needed for a report that I have to do for an Archtectural Landscaping class. It is a critical source for me and I was thrilled to find it. It came in plenty of time. Thank you.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Facility Piping Systems Handbook from Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) Price: $94.00 Customer Review: Excellent resource for MEP, plumbing and piping engineers. Provides thorough descriptions of pressure losses, treatments, correct valve uses and lots more. This book, when coupled with a CAD pipe library (such as Hercule Design's ANSI one), has all a designer needs. The inclusion of metric formulae... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization from Atria Price: $5.73 Customer Review: I was hoping to learn more about the history of plumbing--sewage disposal, water supply, rainwater control, and the resulting societal impacts. Instead, the book is 10% content, fluffed with 90% filler to extend into a sellable length "book". Unlike some really good "point history" books such as... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Dumping In Dixie: Race, Class, And Environmental Quality, Third Edition from Westview Press Price: $26.86 Customer Review: In his book Dumping in Dixie, Robert Bullard contends the issue of environment racism. His exhaustive research is neatly packed into sections which continue to awe the reader; each section being filled with facts that prove that minorities are in fact living in less environmentally safe areas. These... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!: An Easy Household Guide from Green Books Price: $25.46 Customer Review: I read this book to get credit for my women's book club. I have been recycling for 15 years so I already knew most of this information. It's a quick read and full of easy things to do to make a difference. Great if you are just getting into saving the planet.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.	[no image]	Pipe Drafting and Design:: Using Manual, AutoCAD, and PRO-PIPE Applications from Gulf Professional Publishing Customer Review: At first glance this book seems impressive - good illustrations, easy to read and seemingly well organised. The problem is that it purely focuses on using the Pro-Pipe software and doesn't mention any other software (like CADToolsonline, Hercule Design etc). If you are going to use Pro-Pipe... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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