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  • Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire by Ortner, Jon
    Jon Ortner

    Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire

    Built between the 9th and the 13th centuries by a succession of 12 Khmer kings, Angkor spreads over 120 square miles in South-East Asia and includes scores of major architectural sites. In 802, when construction began on Angkor Wat, financed by wealth from rice...
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  • Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia: 1690 to 1930s: 1690 to 1930s by Minardi, Joseph
    Joseph Minardi

    Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia: 1690 to 1930s: 1690 to 1930s

    Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia is a colorful and comprehensive look at the rich architectural history of the Wissahickon Valley, and the people who made it possible with a locally sourced building stone, the Wissahickon schist. The simple stone structures of Germantown's origins as...
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  • Lowcountry Plantations: Georgia & South Carolina by Skinner, Tina
    Tina Skinner

    Lowcountry Plantations: Georgia & South Carolina

    Visit treasured house museums in the lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia, exploring the essence of ante-bellum elegance. 222 lovely color photographs guide you through the corridors of nine classically built, exquisite manor homes and the shaded pathways that wend through heirloom gardens. Experience...
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  • Modern American Homes: Prairie & Craftsman Architecture by Von Holst, H. V.
    H. V. Von Holst

    Modern American Homes: Prairie & Craftsman Architecture

    In 1913, a Chicago architect compiled this wonderful portfolio of American homes and buildings that he said embodied "the back to nature" movement of the times. Today, this faithful reprint is a treasure of Craftsman bungalow and Prairie house styles, including work by the...
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  • Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House by Clemence, Paul
    Paul Clemence

    Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House

    Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, and designed in 1951 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Striking architetural details are captured in 20 eye-catching B & W postcards. Whether mailing or framing...
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  • South Beach Architectural Photographs: Art Deco to Contemporary by Clemence, Paul
    Paul Clemence

    South Beach Architectural Photographs: Art Deco to Contemporary

    Take a striking journey with photographer Paul Clemence through Miami's South Beach, home to some of the world's most extraordinary Art Deco architecture. Highlighting the elements that create and define the Art Deco style, these 64 black-and-white photographs capture the emotion and express the...
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  • Victorian Architecture: Original Plans for Cottages, Small Estates, and Commerce by Schiffer Publishing Ltd
    Schiffer Publishing Ltd

    Victorian Architecture: Original Plans for Cottages, Small Estates, and Commerce

    An unabridged republication of Selected Designs from Shoppell's Modern Houses, originally published by The Co-Operative Building Plan Association, Architects, 63 Broadway, New York, 1890. This rare catalog of residential designs is an invaluable guide for architectural historians, preservationists, and anyone attempting to restore a...
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  • Clone City: Crisis and Renewal in Contemporary Scottish Architecture by Glendinning, Miles
    Miles Glendinning

    Clone City: Crisis and Renewal in Contemporary Scottish Architecture

    Clone City brings architecture, for the first time, into the mainstream of debates about Scottish cultural identity. It analyses polemically the ways in which contemporary market-led globalisation has fragmented and debased the Scottish urban environment. It examines the pointers to possible solutions provided by...
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  • The 'Magnificent Castle' of Culzean and the Kennedy Family by Moss, Michael
    Michael Moss

    The 'Magnificent Castle' of Culzean and the Kennedy Family

    Explore Culzean Castle with this book!Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast is the most visited property of the National Trust for Scotland. This lavishly illustrated book tells the whole history of the castle. Michael Moss has carried out extensive research, drawing on estate records,...
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  • Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City, 1920-1940 by Olsen, Patrice Elizabeth
    Patrice Elizabeth Olsen

    Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City, 1920-1940

    This innovative history utilizes the built environment as a means of tracing the path of the consolidation of the Mexican Revolution. Patrice Elizabeth Olsen considers the physical changes in Mexico City's built environment, using them to evaluate the extent and direction of regime consolidation...
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  • Architecture of Minneapolis Parks by Wittman, Albert D.
    Albert D. Wittman

    Architecture of Minneapolis Parks

    Buildings, bridges, and much more--these are the treasures in or near Minneapolis parks that are rarely given attention. This book diverts the reader from the traditional park elements of lakes, woods, streams, and playfields and focuses instead on the rich architectural components they offer....
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  • Rapid City: Historic Downtown Architecture by Merola Kerst, Adrienne
    Adrienne Merola Kerst

    Rapid City: Historic Downtown Architecture

    With the opening of the Black Hills region of South Dakota due to the discovery of gold in 1874, the business-savvy founders of Rapid City, in 1876, saw the potential of this area as a focus for urban development. It was nestled within the...
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  • Singer Castle by Mondore, Robert
    Robert Mondore

    Singer Castle

    In 1905, the New York Times called it "the Castle of Mysteries," and rightly so. Located on Dark Island, Singer Castle was modeled after the castle described in Sir Walter Scott's Woodstock, complete with dungeons, turrets, labyrinths, and even secret passageways. World-famous architect Ernest...
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  • Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden by Bell, Quentin
    Quentin Bell

    Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden

    Set in the heart of the Sussex Downs, Charleston Farmhouse is the most important remaining example of Bloomsbury decorative style, created by the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Quentin Bell, the younger son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, and his daughter Virghinia Nicholson,...
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  • The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture by Wright, Frank Lloyd
    Frank Lloyd Wright

    The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture

    He was the most iconoclastic of architects, and at the height of his career his output of writings about architecture was as prolific and visionary as his architecture itself. Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered a bold new kind of architecture, one in which the spirit...
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  • Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering by Billington, David P.
    David P. Billington

    Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering

    The description for this book, Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering, will be forthcoming.Author: David P. BillingtonISBN-10: 0691024219ISBN-13: 9780691024219Publisher: Princeton University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/1989Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 7.99h x 9.98w x 0.42d
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  • History of the United States Capitol: A Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics by Allen, William C.
    William C. Allen

    History of the United States Capitol: A Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics

    CONTENTS List of Illustrations Foreword-Alan M. Hantman Preface Chapter 1. GRANDEUR ON THE POTOMAC Chapter 2. JEFFERSON AND LATROBE Chapter 3. DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION, 1814-1817 Chapter 4. THE BULFINCH YEARS, 1818-1829 Chapter 5. AN UNSETTLED TIME, 1830-1850 Chapter 6. THOMAS U. WALTER AND THE...
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  • Stately Homes of California by Garnett, Porter
    Porter Garnett

    Stately Homes of California

    These chapters upon certain important houses and gardens in California have, with there own particular value of consideration and criticism, the value of the record. The book makes another milestone on the long road we have travelled so rapidly (socially, agriculturally and horticulturally) since...
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  • The Culture Is I-God Book I & II: The Five Percent by Allah, Divine39
    Divine39 Allah

    The Culture Is I-God Book I & II: The Five Percent

    It requires only a small book to explain the truth of science, history, law, psychology, sociology, mathematics, etc. However, it requires a very large book to cover up the truth of science and/or history by using Mythology, Theology, Isms, Race, and Fiction. The Black...
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  • Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure by Hann, Michael
    Michael Hann

    Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure

    Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring how connections and comparisons in geometrical pattern can be made across different cultures and how the significance of these designs has influenced craft throughout...
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  • The Architecture of Art History: A Historiography by Crinson, Mark
    Mark Crinson

    The Architecture of Art History: A Historiography

    What is the place of architecture in the history of art? Why has it been at times central to the discipline, and at other times seemingly so marginal? What is its place now? Many disciplines have a stake in the history of architecture -...
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  • Future Cities: A Visual Guide by Dunn, Nick
    Nick Dunn

    Future Cities: A Visual Guide

    What might our cities look like in ten, twenty or fifty years? How may future cities face global challenges? Imagining the city of the future has long been an inspiration for many architects, artists and designers. This book examines how cities of the future...
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  • The Railroad Station: An Architectural History by Meeks, Carroll L. V.
    Carroll L. V. Meeks

    The Railroad Station: An Architectural History

    ""The Railroad Station: An Architectural History"" by Carroll L. V. Meeks is a comprehensive study of the architectural evolution of railroad stations in the United States. The book explores the design and construction of these iconic structures, from their beginnings in the early 19th...
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  • The Malay Archipelago by Wallace, Alfred R.
    Alfred R. Wallace

    The Malay Archipelago

    The Malay Archipelago is a book written by Alfred R. Wallace, a British naturalist and explorer. The book is a detailed account of Wallace's travels through the Malay Archipelago, which includes the modern-day countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The book is divided into...
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  • The Foundations of Classic Architecture by Warren, Herbert Langford
    Herbert Langford Warren

    The Foundations of Classic Architecture

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...
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  • Architectural History Retold by Davies, Paul
    Paul Davies

    Architectural History Retold

    How much do you know about Greek architecture? Roman? Gothic? The Renaissance? Modernism? Perhaps more importantly, do you know how these are connected or how one style evolved to become another? Or what happened historically during each of these periods? Architectural History Retold is...
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  • A History of Architectural Conservation by Jokilehto, Jukka
    Jukka Jokilehto

    A History of Architectural Conservation

    The first book to provide a full history of the development of architectural conservation, A History of Architectural Conservation is considered a landmark publication by architectural conservation students and professionals the world over. Twenty years after its first publication, this new edition of Jukka...
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  • Architecture's Appeal: How Theory Informs Architectural Praxis by Djavaherian, Negin
    Marc J. Neveu

    Architecture's Appeal: How Theory Informs Architectural Praxis

    This collection of previously unpublished essays from a diverse range of well-known scholars and architects builds on the architectural tradition of phenomenological hermeneutics as developed by Dalibor Veseley and Joseph Rykwert and carried on by David Leatherbarrow, Peter Carl and Alberto P駻ez-Gez.Taking an interdisciplinary...
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  • Understanding Historic Building Conservation by Forsyth, Michael
    Michael Forsyth

    Understanding Historic Building Conservation

    This book is the first in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: - Understanding Historic Building Conservation - Materials & Skills in Historic Building Conservation...
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  • Contrasts: Or, a Parallel Between the Noble Edifices of the Middle Ages and Corresponding Buildings of the Present Day by Pugin, A. W.
    A. W. Pugin

    Contrasts: Or, a Parallel Between the Noble Edifices of the Middle Ages and Corresponding Buildings of the Present Day

    Among the most influential figures of the Gothic Revival in nineteenth-century Britain, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) distinguished himself as an architect, author and interior designer. He had crafted furniture for George IV at Windsor, but his greatest triumph was the design and fitting...
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  • Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny, with a New Foreword by John Pinto, Second Edition by MacDonald, William L.
    William L. MacDonald

    The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny, with a New Foreword by John Pinto, Second Edition

    The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This richly illustrated book isolates the reasons for its extraordinary impact on Western architecture, discussing the Pantheon as a building in its time but also as a building for all...
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  • Well Worth a Shindy: The Architectural and Philosophical History of the Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by Madry, Sarah Brandes
    Sarah Brandes Madry

    Well Worth a Shindy: The Architectural and Philosophical History of the Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Well Worth a Shindy tells the story of the Old Well, beloved symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the United States' first public university. The Old Well is a Greco-Roman garden temple built in 1897 over an old water well...
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  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Jordan, Paul
    Paul Jordan

    The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

    The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and all sorts of mysteries attaching to them, have intrigued people since the second century BCE. Why were these particular creations chosen and when? And why did the ancients want to draw up such a list in...
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  • Next Stop on Grandpa's Road: History & Architecture of NC&St.L Railway Depots & Terminals by Coats, Terry L.
    Terry L. Coats

    Next Stop on Grandpa's Road: History & Architecture of NC&St.L Railway Depots & Terminals

    The history of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway spanned 112 years. Its infancy sprang from an era when railroading replaced foot, horseback, the wagon, and the flatboat as the primary means of transporting goods. Its demise ushered in the era of Sputnik...
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  • Architecture and Truth in Fin-De-Siècle Vienna by Topp, Leslie
    Leslie Topp

    Architecture and Truth in Fin-de-Si Cle Vienna

    Leslie Topp investigates how "truth" in Viennese architecture at the turn of the twentieth century could be interpreted in a variety of ways, including "truth" to purpose, symbolist or ideal "truth", and ethical notions of authenticity. Drawing on newly uncovered archival materials, Topp offers...
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  • The Architecture of Roman Temples by Stamper, John W.
    John W. Stamper

    The Architecture of Roman Temples

    This book examines the development of Roman temple architecture from its earliest history in the sixth century BC to the reigns of Hadrian and the Antonines in the second century AD. John Stamper analyzes the temples' formal qualities, the public spaces in which they...
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  • Architecture Maths Ancient Egypt by Rossi, Corinna
    Corinna Rossi

    Architecture Maths Ancient Egypt

    Corinna Rossi explores the use of numbers and geometrical figures by the Ancient Egyptians in their architectural projects and buildings. Whereas previous architectural studies have searched for "universal rules" to explain the entire history of Egyptian architecture, Rossi reconciles the approaches of architectural historians...
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  • Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, and the Road to Modern Architecture by Oechslin, Werner
    Werner Oechslin

    Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, and the Road to Modern Architecture

    Contemporary architectural theory emphasizes the importance of "tectonics," the term used to articulate the relationship among construction, structure, and architectural expression. Yet, little consideration has been given to the term's origins or historical significance. In this study, Oechslin examines the attempts by early Modern...
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  • The Architectural Treatise in the Italian Renaissance: Architectural Invention, Ornament and Literary Culture by Payne, Alina A.
    Alina Alexandra Payne

    The Architectural Treatise in the Italian Renaissance: Architectural Invention, Ornament and Literary Culture

    Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture was the fountainhead of architectural theory in the Italian Renaissance. Offering theoretical and practical solutions to a wide variety of architectural issues, this treatise did not, however, address all of the questions that were of concern to early modern...
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  • The Parish Chest: A Study of the Records of Parochial Administration in England by Tate, W. E.
    W. E. Tate

    The Parish Chest: A Study of the Records of Parochial Administration in England

    In this third edition of his valuable study of the variety of civil and ecclesiastical documents in parish archives, Mr Tate corrected and revised the text and replaced Appendix II with information in County and other major local record offices in England. The purpose...
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  • Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art by Karlstrom, Paul J.
    Paul J. Karlstrom

    Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art

    This absorbing biography, often conveyed through Peter Selz's own words, traces the journey of a Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. Paul J. Karlstrom illuminates key historical and...
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  • Everyday America: Cultural Landscape Studies After J. B. Jackson by Wilson, Chris
    Chris Wilson

    Everyday America: Cultural Landscape Studies After J. B. Jackson

    As old as a roadway that was once a Native trail, as new as the suburban subdivisions spreading across the American countryside, the cultural landscape is endlessly changing. The study of cultural landscapes-a far more recent development-has also undergone great changes, ever broadening, deepening,...
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  • Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for Los Angeles Region by Hise, Greg
    Greg Hise

    Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for Los Angeles Region

    In 1930 the Olmsted Brothers and Harland Bartholomew & Associates submitted a report, "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region," to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. After a day or two of coverage in the newspapers, the report dropped from sight....
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  • Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe and Beyond by Alofsin, Anthony
    Anthony Alofsin

    Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe and Beyond

    Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status...
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  • Brick: A World History by Campbell, James W. P.
    James W. P. Campbell

    Brick: A World History

    This totally original architecture book--named 2004 Choice Outstanding Academic Title--follows the story of brick from 5000 BC to its use in building today, from the vast baths and basilicas of ancient Rome, through the wonders of Gothic brick in Germany and the majestic temples...
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  • The Papered Wall: The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper by Hoskins, Lesley
    Lesley Hoskins

    The Papered Wall: The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper

    Wallpaper is high fashion, and literally so in the wallcovering lines launched by Gucci in 2003 and Benetton in 2004. Innovation has been fueled by technology (with developments such as multicolored dry rub-off transfers); by environmental concerns (with nonwovens, or vlies, that breathe and...
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  • American Art and Architecture by Lewis, Michael J.
    Michael J. Lewis

    American Art and Architecture

    This new survey provides a complete history of American art and architecture from its seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the latest installation and video work. Structured chronologically, the book defines the characteristics of the different periods and highlights the consistent forms, techniques, and styles that...
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  • The Building of Manhattan by MacKay, Donald A.
    Donald A. MacKay

    The Building of Manhattan

    Meticulously accurate line drawings and fascinating text trace Manhattan's growth from a tiny Dutch outpost to the commercial, financial, and cultural heart of the world. This book explains construction above and below ground, including the excavation of subway lines and the building of bridges...
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  • Vitruvius Britannicus: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century British Architecture by Campbell, Colen
    Colen Campbell

    Vitruvius Britannicus: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century British Architecture

    A consortium of British architects and their patrons rebelled against the early eighteenth century's Baroque excesses and turned instead toward the Renaissance works of Andrea Palladio for inspiration. These Neo-Palladians guided the course of British architecture toward classical principles, and the Vitruvius Britannicus (British...
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  • Maintaining and Repairing Old and Historic Buildings [With CDROM] by Cullinane, John J.
    John J. Cullinane

    Maintaining and Repairing Old and Historic Buildings [With CDROM]

    Author: John J. CullinaneISBN-10: 047076757XISBN-13: 9780470767573Publisher: WileyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/06/2012Pages: 264Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.30h x 7.60w x 0.70d
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