The "Cookbook of Comfort" is a unique view of the science behind every Orchard Valley design, written to enlighten the HVAC professional, homeowner, builder, and architect. The book shares Jim's unique approach to selling and designing home comfort systems, starting with the basic concepts and moving toward the complete system. The book focuses on Jim's trademark, "the four factors of comfort," and explains how these vital focal points determine every home's perfect HVAC design. The pages preceed every "how to" book by reviewing the "why" factor and how to start the process from building...

If you are a bird watcher, (and one of every seven of us is), you already have the knowledge, equipment, and the opportunity to also observe butterflies. You know different seasons and different habitats have different species. You must be in the right place at the right time to see the particular species you are hunting. You may take photographs or may just use binoculars, but you probably compile a "Life List" of the species you find. This book is intended to help you and the amateur butterflier to find and identify the various species of Minnesota butterflies. It also is a journal for you...

Theater Careers is designed to empower aspiring theater professionals to make savvy, informed decisions through a concise overview of how to prepare for and find work in the theater business. Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson offer well-researched information on various professions, salary ranges, educational and experience requirements, and other facets certain to enlighten students contemplating a theater career, as well as inform counselors, teachers, and parents of available opportunities and the demands of each path.