Product Description: Secrets uncovered, mysteries unravelled and a friendship to last forever. This is a story about grief, friendship and identity. One year ago, Emma's twin sister, Laura, died at their birthday party and since then Emma's life has not been the same...read more

A lavishly photographed book takes readers on a visual tour of twenty-two stunning earthen homes, exploring a rammed earth neighborhood, a two-story Victorian-style straw bale house, and a recycled concrete coastal retreat, among other alternative living spaces. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Now in paperback, Under the Sun features the architectural traditions of desert living around the world, from ancient adobe structures to innovative contemporary houses. Beginning with a survey of the age-old desert architecture of North African, Spanish, and Native American cultures, the book profiles ecologically sound homes in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Northern Mexico...read more

Photographs and text explore the unique features of over thirty desert dwellings ranging in location from North Africa and Spain to Mexico and the American Southwest