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Home: A Short History of an Idea

I picked this one up in a local used books store, where I usually browse the attic for SF books.
It was the first few sentences in the introduction that made me buy it:

During the six years of my architectural education the subject of comfort was mentioned only once. [..] One would have thought that comfort was a crucial issue in preparing for the architectural profession, like justice in law, and health in medicine. [..] I write then from ignorance.

The author explores the notion of 'home' and what a comfortable home means in history. It is a useful source for ideas of how web-sites and tools can be made to feel comfortable, if you work from a 'portal like a home' metaphor e.g.

Kruimeltje
Kruimeltje, my favourite local place for used books

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