The Renewable Energy Handbook

This is maybe not the very best book to start off my reading list, seeing as its an import from Canada, but its an amazing book, about everything really. It goes from a quick overview of climate change to details about what electricity is, to a discussion of appliances, types of solar energy, and biofuels. Happily, it also has a couple of chapters on real life installations, including a luxury resort by Fairmont Hotels, and one on ecological swimming pools and hot tubs :)