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Books About Rumford and Rumford Fireplaces
The Collected Works of Count Rumford, Volume II - Practical Applications of Heat
by Sanborn C. Brown
Harvard Univ. Press, 1969
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Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
by Sanborn C. Brown
MIT Press, 1979
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This website. There are other books, chapters, articles and web pages about Rumford and Rumford fireplaces. Some are better than others. Many are downright misleading and not recommended - except that most are still included in the bibliography. - Jim Buckley
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Fireplace Style & Design Ideas
James Cutler (Contemporary World Architects)
by Peter Bohlin (Introduction), Stanley Tigerman, James Wines
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Fire Outdoors: Fireplaces, Fire Pits, Wood Fired Ovens & Cook Centers
by Tina Skinner & Melissa Cardona
Fireplace Book: An Idea Book of Fireplace Designs
by Aberdeen's Magazine of Masonry Construction (Editor), 1991
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Fireplace Book: An Idea Book of Fireplace Designs, Volume II
by Aberdeen's Magazine of Masonry Construction (Editor), 1993
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Fireplace and Mantel Ideas: Over 100 Classic Wood and Stone Fireplace Mantel Designs
by John Lewman
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Fire Places: A Practical Design Guide to Fireplaces and Stoves Indoors and Out
by Jane Gitlin
Taunton (November 21, 2006)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fireplaces (Wright at a Glance)
by Carla Lind
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Rob Wellington Quigley : Buildings and Projects
by Rob Wellington Quigley (Contributor), Michael Benedikt, Aaron Betsky, a Jarmusch, Magali Sarfatti Larson, Michael Les Benedict (Contributor)
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Robert A.M. Stern : Buildings and Projects, 1987-1992
by Robert A. M. Stern, Vincent Joseph Scully
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Robert A.M. Stern : Buildings and Projects, 1993-1998
by Robert A. M. Stern
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Timberframe : The Art and Craft of the Post-And-Beam Home
by Tedd Benson, Norm Abram, Jamie Salomon
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The New Cottage Home
by by Jim Tolpin
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Victorian Cottage Residences
by Andrew Downing, George E. Harney (Editor)
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Cooking Fireplaces, Bake Ovens & Masonry Heaters
The Book of Masonry Stoves : Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming
by David Lyle
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The Bread Builders
by Daniel Wing and Alan Scott
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Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves
by Kiko Denzer
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The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking: One Hundred Recipes for the Fireplace or Campfire
by William Rubel, Ian Everard (Illustrator)
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The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking & Housekeeping Book
by Anne Carter Zimmer
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Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts
by Tovah Martin (Photographer) and Richard W. Brown (Photographer)
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Masonry How To & Construction Instruction
Residential Masonry Fireplace and Chimney Handbook
by James E. Amrhein, S.E.; MIA; Los Angeles; 1995
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Masonry Skills
by Richard T. Kreh, Sr.
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The Art of the Stonemason
by Ian Cramb
White Hall, VA, 1951
Traditional stonemasonry and restoration, used in Seattle apprentice program.
Concrete Masonry Handbook for Architects, Engineers, Builders (5th ed)
by Portland Cement Assn.
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Chimneys for furnaces, fire-places, and steam boilers: An essay for practical engineers and builders
by R Armstrong
E. and F.N. Spon (1866)
Concrete Countertops: Design, Form, and Finishes for the New Kitchen and Bath
by Fu-Tung Cheng
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The Brick Book
by John Oliver
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Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures: Specification for Masonry Structures (Aci 530.1-95/Asce 6-95/Tms 602-95); Commentary on Building
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The Home Ranger Helps You Figure It Out
by Roger Peugeot, Tim Carter
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Ferrocement Building with Cement, Sand and Wire Mesh
by Stanley Abercrombie
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The Rammed Earth House
by David Easton, Cynthia Wright (Photographer)
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The Slate Roof Bible: Everything You Wanted to Know About Slate Roofs Including How to Keep Them Alive for Centuries
by Joseph Jenkins
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Walker's Building Estimatior's Reference Book
by Scott Siddens (Editor), Frank R. Walker Co.
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Architectural Terra Cotta
Impressions of Imagination: Terracotta Seattle
by Lydia Aldredge
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Terra-Cotta Skyline : New York's Architectural Ornament
by Susan Tunick, Peter Mauss (Photographer)
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Science, Physics & Heat
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
All the stuff that was discovered since I wen to college - Jim Buckley
Chaos: Making a New Science
by James Gleic
Part history, part science, easy to read - Jim Buckley
The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
by Eric W. Weisstein
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson
Well written overview of the history of science and the foibles of scientists - Jim Buckley
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) (Paperback)
by Richard P. Feynman
A wonderfully funny, readable book for anyone but especially anyone who thinks they may not like or be suited for physics. - Jim Buckley
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Good Books to Read by a Fire
(the ones I've read anyway - Jim Buckley)
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
by Jeremy Scahill
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
"Dreams of my Father" may be even better but I enjoyed "The Audacity of Hope" and was struck by how I related to Obama's organizing efforts in Chicago. Why didn't we think of taking over the Democratic Party in the '60s instead of allowing others to run us out of mainstream American politics?
Bowl of Cherries
by Millard Kaufman
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
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Dark Harbor House
by Tom Demarco
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The Deadline : A Novel About Project Management
by Tom DeMarco
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Paperback)
by Joseph J. Ellis
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
by James Howard Kunstler
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Lindbergh
by A. Scott Berg
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New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915
by Robert A. M. Stern, John Montague Massengale, Gregory F. Gilmartin
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre (Illustrator)
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Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing
by Philip Greenspun
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The Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by Thucydides, Steven Lattimore (Translator)
Hackett Publishing Company; New edition (June 1998)
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The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester
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Rubicon
The Last Years of the Roman Republic
by Tom Holland
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The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
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Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Voices of Our Time: Five Decades of Studs Terkel Interviews [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)
Voyages of the Damn Foole
by Tom McGrath
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Good Books to Read to Children by a Fire
My First Real Mother Goose [Board book]
By: Blanche Fisher Wright (Author), Blanche F. Wright (Illustrator)
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young [Hardcover]
By: Jack Prelutsky (Compiler), Marc Brown (Illustrator)
The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook) [Paperback]
By: Jim Trelease (Author)
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Books About Rowing
Steve Fairbairn On Rowing
by Ian Fairbairn, 1951
1990 edition with introduction by Geoffrey Page
and forward by Alan Burrough
Steve Fiarbairn was the father of modern rowing.
Ready All!: George Yeoman Pocock and Crew Racing
by Gordon Newell
University of Washington Press, 1987
A tribute to the Pococks who's boats and rowing style dominated world rowing for forty years - pictures, history, comments about rowing style and boat construction.
"Way Enough!" Recollections of a Life in Rowing
by Stanley Richard Pocock
A lavish, expansive collection of rowing stories, with 275 photographs, from one of American rowing's legendary figures, Stan Pocock.
The Sculler At Ease
by Frank Cunningham
University of Washington Press, 1987
"Row like a duck. Think like a fish" - the best book on sculling ever written
The Complete Sculler
by Richard Burnell
"What Charlie uses for rigging" - Guy Harper
The Amateurs
by David Halberstam
The history of modern competative rowing - a masterful story.
The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water
by Daniel J. Boyne
Good read. Story of 1975 womens crew that rowed to international success.
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