{"product_id":"house-gods-sustainable-buildings-and-renegade-builders-paperback","title":"House Gods: Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Kristofic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur buildings are making us sick. Our homes, offices, factories, and dormitories are, in some sense, fresh parasites on the sacred Earth, \u003cem\u003eNahasdzáán\u003c\/em\u003e. In search of a better way, author Jim Kristofic journeys across the Southwest to apprentice with architects and builders who know how to make buildings that will take care of us. This is where he meets the House Gods who are building to the sun so that we can live on Earth. Forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHouse Gods\u003c\/em\u003e, Kristofic pursues the techniques of sustainable building and the philosophies of its practitioners. What emerges is a strange and haunting quest through adobe mud and mayhem, encounters with shamans and stray dogs, solar panels, tragedy, and true believers. It is a story about doing something meaningful, and about the kinds of things that grow out of deep pain. One of these things is compassion-from which may come solace. We build our buildings, we make our lives-we are the House Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Kristofic \u003c\/b\u003egrew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. He has written for the\u003ci\u003e Navajo Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArizona Highways\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNative Peoples Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMedicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNavajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Taos, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985735156013,"sku":"9780826368164","price":23.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aj3orHSGG99780826368164.webp?v=1776138742","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/house-gods-sustainable-buildings-and-renegade-builders-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}