{"product_id":"a-good-house-isbn-9780140234077","title":"A Good House","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Good House\u003c\/b\u003e is a chronicle of the year in which Manning set out to build his house and rebuild his life.  Combining entertaining tales of the cast of characters who helped him build; practical information about wiring, roofing, and plumbing; and meditations on the struggle to integrate environmental and spiritual values into everyday life, this is a book about creating a solid foundation and building up from there—in a hosue, in a family, in living a good life.A Good HouseA Notion\u003cbr\u003e Water\u003cbr\u003e Money\u003cbr\u003e Tools\u003cbr\u003e Dirt\u003cbr\u003e Concrete\u003cbr\u003e Wood\u003cbr\u003e Filth\u003cbr\u003e Power\u003cbr\u003e Light\u003cbr\u003e Art\u003cbr\u003e The Coming of the Cold\u003cbr\u003e Sources\"A practical, philosophical, conscientious, and richly generous version of what it takes to put together a thoughtful house, a thoughtful life.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Louise Erdrich\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Manning set out to build an aesthetically pleasing and environmentally responsible house in which to center his life with his new wife.  \u003cb\u003eA Good House\u003c\/b\u003e is his story of the work, thick with information, splendidly told, solid and good like his house, and a fine read.\"\u003cbr\u003e —William Kittredge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An honest and winning, even profound little book. Even if you have never taken a hammer, utility knife and square in hand to install drywall … there is much to enjoy and learn from here.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Manning\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003cb\u003eGrassland, A Good House\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eLast Stand\u003c\/b\u003e, a finalist for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. He worked as a reporter for fifteen years, including four years at the \u003cb\u003eMissoulian\u003c\/b\u003e. A recipient of a John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford University and a three-time winner of the \u003cb\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e C.B. Blethen Award for Investigative Journalism, he has also won the Audubon Society Journalism Award and the first Richard J. Margolis Award for environmental reporting. His work has appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers, including \u003cb\u003eHarper's, Audubon, Outside, Sierra, E, High Country News\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eBloomsbury Review\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRichard Manning\u003c\/b\u003e lives in the house he built with his wife in Lolo, Montana.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302230053093,"sku":"NP9780140234077","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140234077.jpg?v=1767720500","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-good-house-isbn-9780140234077","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}