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The Future of Place is divided into four sections. The first showcases private residential projects, showing how they respond uniquely to the surrounding context, environment and inhabitant’s needs. T
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The essential independent guide to garden visiting, published annually since 1990, now comes illustrated with over 200 color photographs, many of them featuring gardens and public spaces that deserve
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In her highly anticipated new collection, Deborah Keenan sifts through inanimate objects and forgotten memories in search of personal validation. Her journal-like confessions create an instant bond wi
Renowned for his healing powers, Greatrakes stood at the center of one of the great controversies of his age involving scientists, theologians, physicians, and philosophers. Many proclaimed his cures
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Packed with information for the business owner, manager, executive, staff, and student, this quick reference book covers a wide range of topics, including mission statements, time management, mind map
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In 1984 journalist Peregrine Hodson crossed the Pakistan border into Afghanistan with rebel mujahedin smuggling arms and ammunition, beginning a thousand-mile journey through the war-torn nation. Flue
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Yaara's feelings for an older man, her father's childhood friend, causes great difficulties for her when their passionate affair begins to affect everything and everyone connected to her. Reprint.
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