Q: Can a book produced in iPhoto be printed at home?

You can save your Aperture Books or iPhoto Books as PDF files and print them on your own printer.

This link describes how  to create a PDF file in iPhoto:  Preview a print project in Photos or iPhoto to avoid issues - Apple Support

In iphoto you can also select your book and use the key combination ⌘P to print the book on your printer.

Or upload the book to Presto Photo.  They claim to be able to print iPhoto Books.

I suggest you try using PrestoPhotos.  We've had one user, kgem, report back about it and he were very pleased.  See his post in this topic: has anyone successfully printed a book made in aperture from a non-apple printing company

It would cost you so much more to print it at home and you'd not have a bound book with a dust cover. 

You might take the pdf file into a local printing business near you and see if they can print and bind from the file. 

If you have a Kinkos like printing service where you live give it a try. I've had Kinkos here print up a calendar from a pdf for me. 

Post back after you receive the book and let us know how it turned out.  Other UK users will be interested in the feedback.