Sources, experts and ideas that influenced the developmentand practice of the Truehome approach Reading List - Page One [ 1 2 ] These books and articles have some bearing on how human beings relate to their environment or how that relationship is integral to the evolutionary process and the societies of man. If you want to know more about the book or its author, just click the title. Most titles are linked to Amazon.com. Much remains unsettled in every scientific discipline whose study impacts the ideas that inform the theoretical basis for Truehome®. For that reason, our attempts to understand why our process works remain speculative, and will remain so until a much more research is done by the scientists and thinkers below. We encourage you to develop your own understanding of the relationship between human beings and the environment. Architecture and Environment The Timeless Way of Building Christopher Alexander A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Christopher Alexander Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises Edited by Architecture for Humanity The Poetics of Space Gaston Bachelard Design-Build: Planning Through Development Jeffrey L Beard, Michael C Loulakis, and Edward C Wundram Feng Shui Revealed : An Aesthetic, Practical Approach to the Ancient Art of Space Alignment R D Chin Places of the Soul : Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art Christopher Day Brain Landscape: The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture John P Eberhard Evidence-Based Design for Multiple Building Types D Kirk Hamilton and David H Watkins Origins of Architectural Pleasure Grant Hildebrand Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory Edited by Neil Leach House as a Mirror of Self : Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home Clare Cooper Marcus Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations Edited by Clare Cooper Marcus and Marni Barnes Home: A Short History of an Idea Witold Rybczynski A Theory of Architecture Nikos A Salingaros Evolutionary Architecture: Nature as a Basis for Design Eugene Tsui Doing Anthropology in Consumer Research Patricia L Sunderland and Rita M Denny American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Homes Lester Walker Feng Shui Principles for Building and Remodeling: Creating a Space That Meets Your Needs and Promotes Well-Being Nancilee Wydra and Lenore Baigelman Biology, Physiology and Eusocial Species The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins Ants at Work : How an Insect Society is Organized Deborah Gordon The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms and the Order of Life Franklin M. Harold Acquiring Genomes: The Theory of the Origins of the Species Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan A Primate's Memoir Robert M Sapolsky Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Robert M Sapolsky The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures J Scott Turner The Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself J Scott Turner Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge Edward O Wilson The Future of Life Edward O Wilson Environmental Psychology Environment and Social Behavior Irwin Altman Culture and Environment Irwin Altman and Martin M Chemers Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture Sally Augustin Handbook of Environmental Psychology Edited by Robert B Bechtel and Arza Churchman Sell Your Home for Top Dollar—FAST! Design Psychology for Redesign and Home Staging Jeanette Fisher Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You Sam Gosling Some Place Like Home: Using Design Technology to Create Ideal Places Toby Israel Environmental Psychology for Design David Kopec Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being Esther M Sternberg, M.D. Green Building, Sustainability and Sufficiency Green$ense for the Home: Rating the Real Payoff from 50 Green Home Projects Eric Corey Freed and Kevin Daum Super Natural Home: Improve Your Health, Home, and Planet—One Room at a Time Beth Greer Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction David Johnston and Scott Gibson Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L Hopp, and Camille Kingsolver Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Clarke Snell and Tim Callahan The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources Lynne Twist and Teresa Barker Green Building Products: The GreenSpec Guide to Residential Building Materials Edited by Alex Wilson and Mark Piepkorn State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability The Worldwatch Institute Language & Communication Theory The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion Joseph Campbell The Power of Myth Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers On Language Noam Chomsky Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man Marshall McLuhan The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven Pinker [ 1 2 ]