dwellings

"Bored at home and ignored by your workaholic parents, you decide to go outside and build a fairy house, and just when you're sure nothing is going to happen, you meet Bert the Below Average: a real, live fairy. He's not exactly what you had in mind, but he'll do. Let the adventure begin!"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at photos of different types of homes and explains how to use the maps inside the book to navigate and compare what is the same and what is different about living in them.

"When twelve-year-old Garnet finally gets to meet her magical extended family she discovers they're all trapped in the ruins of their crumbling manor and Garnet must break a curse that has decimated three generations of Carrefours"--Provided by the publisher.

"When an ordinary spot on a grassy hill calls out to him, mouse Vincent, who moves his house on his back, opens his doors to hungry and tired travelers who pass by, welcoming them into his home and making room for everyone"--Provided by publisher.

For a tiny mouse, a sneaker can be a bed and a few crumbs can be a meal.

A guide to basic home repair and maintenance that explains the skills and techniques used in carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electricity, and other building trades and provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of topics related to home care.

"The year is 1944, and a Dutch partisan chances on an abandoned estate, where he decides to take refuge during a lull in the hostilities. The house seems untouched by the war, a kind of haven, its ornament and grandeur intact (not to mention its walls), clothes and sheets to spare, a kitchen stocked with food and drink. He settles in, and begins to consider himself the owner. When the Nazis recapture the village and come knocking, they similarly assume the house to be his; they assume, also, its spare rooms, which they outfit as barracks. It is all and well until the true owner and his wife return to their estate. Horrified at the thought of being caught in his subterfuge, our protagonist finds himself drawn into further deceit--and swept up in the violence that ensues"--Provided by publisher.

"In 1924, a young mother, Hattie Breckenridge, is hanged from a tree in her yard by the town mob, accused of a crime that was actually committed by her daughter. Nearly a century later, a young married couple, Helen and Nate abandon the comforts of suburbia to begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams on the same forty-four acres of rural land where Hattie once lived. When they discover that this charming property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by Hattie's story and the tragic legend of her descendants, three generations of 'Breckenridge women,' each of whom died amid suspicion, and who seem to still be seeking something elusive and dangerous in the present day"--OCLC.

"A farmhouse where twelve children grow up holds evidence of their stories long after they are gone.".

"A strange house appears on Jac's street on the five-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, and when she gets trapped inside she will have to confront horrors from her past to find a way out"--Provided by publisher.