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Bestsellers
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Bill Bryson
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Bryson does it again
- De Robert en 10-15-10
De: Bill Bryson
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The House of Government
- A Saga of the Russian Revolution
- De: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 45 h y 9 m
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction....
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Inside saga of the leaders of Bolshevism & the USSR
- De Edward V. Blanchard en 11-05-17
De: Yuri Slezkine, y otros
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- De: William E. Wallace
- Narrado por: Simon Callow
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other major buildings....
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Michelangelo, architect, urban designer, artist
- De Marco en 09-16-20
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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A Natural History of North American Trees
- De: Donald Culross Peattie
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 18 h y 26 m
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A Natural History of North American Trees gives us a picture of life in America from its earliest days to the middle of the last century....
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A good review of NA silva
- De Euler2.71828 en 08-29-15
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- De: Dennis Romano
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 30 h y 45 m
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.”....
De: Dennis Romano
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Bill Bryson
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Bryson does it again
- De Robert en 10-15-10
De: Bill Bryson
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The House of Government
- A Saga of the Russian Revolution
- De: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 45 h y 9 m
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction....
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Inside saga of the leaders of Bolshevism & the USSR
- De Edward V. Blanchard en 11-05-17
De: Yuri Slezkine, y otros
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- De: William E. Wallace
- Narrado por: Simon Callow
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other major buildings....
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Michelangelo, architect, urban designer, artist
- De Marco en 09-16-20
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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A Natural History of North American Trees
- De: Donald Culross Peattie
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 18 h y 26 m
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A Natural History of North American Trees gives us a picture of life in America from its earliest days to the middle of the last century....
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A good review of NA silva
- De Euler2.71828 en 08-29-15
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- De: Dennis Romano
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 30 h y 45 m
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.”....
De: Dennis Romano
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Jane Jacobs, Jason Epstein - introduction
- Narrado por: Donna Rawlins
- Duración: 18 h
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Thirty years after its publication, this book was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning"....
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Fantastic text, dull on audio
- De Meghan en 02-13-15
De: Jane Jacobs, y otros
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PMP Exam Prep Simplified
- Essential Tactics to Ace the Project Management Professional Exam on Your First Try
- De: Victoria Pembroke
- Narrado por: Mandy Grant-Grierson
- Duración: 3 h y 22 m
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This guide transcends the traditional book format, serving as your comprehensive mentor through the elaborate and challenging terrains of the PMP exam....
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BOGUS REVIEWS!!
- De Brian en 03-25-24
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Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- De: Jeff Speck
- Narrado por: Jeff Speck
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability....
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Interesting topic and thoughtful insight, subpar recording.
- De Andrew Nicks en 05-12-18
De: Jeff Speck
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Disney's Land
- Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World
- De: Richard Snow
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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A propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece California theme park that became at once the greatest piece of urban design in the United States and the world's most prosperous tourist attraction, as told like never before....
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Okay, but better books on the subject
- De J.D. en 12-07-19
De: Richard Snow
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Billionaires' Row
- Tycoons, High Rollers, and the Epic Race to Build the World's Most Exclusive Skyscrapers
- De: Katherine Clarke
- Narrado por: Kristen DiMercurio
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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To look south and skyward from Central Park these days is to gaze upon a physical manifestation of tens of billions of dollars in global wealth: a series of soaring spires stretching from Park Avenue to Broadway....
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The rise and fall of great american skyscrapers
- De Ola Erdal en 02-13-24
De: Katherine Clarke
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The Gardner Heist
- The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
- De: Ulrich Boser
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. After the death of famed art detective Harold Smith, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to take up the case....
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Loved it!
- De Amanda D. en 05-21-19
De: Ulrich Boser
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Walkable City Rules
- 101 Steps to Making Better Places
- De: Jeff Speck
- Narrado por: Jeff Speck
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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Jeff Speck’s follow-up to his best-selling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer’s guide to making change in cities, and making it now....
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Excellent compendium for pro and enthusiast alike
- De Ostyn en 02-23-19
De: Jeff Speck
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How Infrastructure Works
- Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
- De: Deb Chachra
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes listeners on a fascinating tour of essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on them—but also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs....
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Intelligent and Thoughtful
- De Thomas Taylor en 11-28-23
De: Deb Chachra
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The Liar's Ball
- The Extraordinary Saga of How One Building Broke the World's Toughest Tycoons
- De: Vicky Ward
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
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Harry Macklowe is one of the most notorious wheelers and dealers of the real-estate world, and The Liar's Ball is the story of the gamblers and thieves who populate his world....
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Excellent. Hope Biden Gets Covered Next
- De greenemann en 07-29-21
De: Vicky Ward
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Frank Lloyd Wright
- De: Ada Louise Huxtable
- Narrado por: Carrington Macduffie
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for The New York Times comes an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of the world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright....
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Wonderful book! Excellent reader!
- De Stephen B en 03-06-05
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- De: Michael Pollan
- Narrado por: Michael Pollan
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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With this updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own....
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Pollan is the master of hipster porn
- De Darwin8u en 02-28-15
De: Michael Pollan
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A Burglar's Guide to the City
- De: Geoff Manaugh
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again....
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A Complete Mess
- De Phillip en 04-18-16
De: Geoff Manaugh
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The Great Indoors
- The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
- De: Emily Anthes
- Narrado por: Suzie Althens
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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In this wide-ranging, character-driven audiobook, science-journalist Emily Anthes takes us on an adventure into the buildings in which we spend our days, exploring the profound and sometimes unexpected ways that they shape our lives....
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Fascinating stories, well researched, read twice
- De ep en 01-18-21
De: Emily Anthes
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Palaces for the People
- How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
- De: Eric Klinenberg
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed....
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Okayyy
- De K en 04-11-19
De: Eric Klinenberg
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The Plaza
- The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
- De: Julie Satow
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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The Plaza is the account of one vaunted New York City address that has become synonymous with wealth and scandal, opportunity and tragedy. With glamour on the surface and strife behind the scenes, it is the story of how one hotel became a mirror reflecting New York's place....
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Don't need your politics, Julie
- De Debra Noe en 03-29-20
De: Julie Satow
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Cleopatra’s Needles
- The Lost Obelisks of Egypt
- De: Bob Brier PhD
- Narrado por: Christopher Douyard
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586—one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance....
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Narrator appears to have a breathing disorder
- De torgac en 06-15-23
De: Bob Brier PhD
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The Timeless Way of Building
- De: Christopher Alexander
- Narrado por: Mike Fraser
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong....
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Comfort food for your ears
- De Amazon Customer en 12-26-22
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Women of Walt Disney Imagineering
- 12 Women Reflect on their Trailblazing Theme Park Careers
- De: Julie Svendsen, Karen Connolly Armitage, Becky Bishop, y otros
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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Capturing an era - and preserving the stories they have told their daughters, their mentees, their husbands, and their friends - a dozen women Imagineers have written personal stories from their decades designing and building the Disney worldwide empire of theme parks....
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Enjoyable!
- De Melanie P. en 07-29-23
De: Julie Svendsen, y otros
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
- Center for Environmental Structure Series
- De: Christopher Alexander
- Narrado por: Mike Fraser
- Duración: 29 h y 15 m
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You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, a workshop, or a public building....
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Life changing
- De abdelrahmanazmi en 08-29-22
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The Odd Woman and the City
- A Memoir
- De: Vivian Gornick
- Narrado por: Vivian Gornick
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
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The Odd Woman and the City explores the rhythms, chance encounters, and ever-changing friendships of urban life that forge the sensibility of a fiercely independent woman who has lived out her conflicts, not her fantasies, in a city (New York) that has done the same....
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Yet another Gornick masterpiece
- De Lo en 01-14-23
De: Vivian Gornick
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- De: Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
- Narrado por: Roman Mars
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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The 99% Invisible City
- De Louise Schraa en 01-09-21
De: Kurt Kohlstedt, y otros
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Autophobia
- Love and Hate in the Automotive Age
- De: Brian Ladd
- Narrado por: Susan Bennet
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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From the Model T to the SUV, Autophobia reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new......
De: Brian Ladd
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The 15-Minute City
- A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
- De: Carlos Moreno, Martha Thorne - afterword, Jan Gehl - foreword
- Narrado por: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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In The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet, Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.
De: Carlos Moreno, y otros
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Architecture
- A History in 100 Buildings
- De: Dan Cruickshank
- Narrado por: Dan Cruickshank
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores the most impressive and characterful creations in world architecture....
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who is this book for?
- De Anonymous en 08-19-20
De: Dan Cruickshank