I've mentioned the book by Rex Roberts: "Your Engineered House",
written in the late 50's or early 60's (and later revised by Charlie
Wing). Rex believed in bookshelves below most windows. His reasons
were: love of reading, the books themselves, and their insulation
properties. (His not-so-good insulation method was a single layer of
aluminized building paper in all outside walls. the gas heat he used
was quite cheap back then, apparently.
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