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Architecture displays the values involved in its inhabitation, construction, procurement and design. It traces the thinking of the individuals who have participated in it, their relationships, and the
Architecture displays the values involved in its inhabitation, construction, procurement and design. It traces the thinking of the individuals who have participated in it, their relationships, and the
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This study examines the unique cultural space of Victorian cathedral towns as they appear in the literary work of Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope, arguing that Dickens and Trollope use the cathed
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Live Your Life on Purpose is all about discovering yourself. Wouldn't it be wonderful to find the balance between the Yin and Yang, the negative and positive, in your life? The science of Feng Shui of
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This slim volume on urban sociology explores the meanings of signs, literal and in the semiotic sense, in the communication of urban identities and the production of broadcast meaning tied to place. T
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