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1.		Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town: Real Estate Development from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway from Scribner Price: $5.74 Customer Review: The item, arrived quickly and in the condition promised, just in time for my class!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century from Scribner Price: $2.24 Customer Review: As a Landscape Architect Olmsted holds a special place for me in the American story. This book is an easy and pleasant read. Most people do not know of the diverse and remarkable path that Olmsted's life traced. Witold's retelling of Olmsted's life covers in adequate depth and breadth the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Home: A Short History of an Idea from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $6.90 Customer Review: Fascinating history of the home from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, with a focus on how the built domestic environment influences us and vice versa. The cultural focus is western and European.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		My Two Polish Grandfathers: And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life from Scribner Price: $0.08	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Block Building for Children: Making Buildings of the World with the Ultimate Construction Toy from Overlook Juvenile Price: $10.15 Customer Review: Great book for all aspects of block building from the beginner to the advanced. My son is almost 4, wish I would have got it a couple years ago.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio from Scribner Price: $6.75 Customer Review: Prof. Rybczynski does it again - elegant prose makes a stylish match with its subject, excellent drawings by the author illustrate and clarify architectural concepts, biographical details enliven the text with elements of human interest. This book presents residential architecture of Palladio, but... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		City Life from Scribner Price: $4.84 Customer Review: Rybczenski is a scholar with the fluid, conversational style of a magazine feature writer. In this thoughtful, accessible book he explains why American cities, even the most beautiful and vital, never seem to achieve the grandeur or civic grace of European capitals. In just over 200 pages... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $3.11 Customer Review: If there is a theme to this book, it's "Pay Attention." Rybczynski encourages us to look around as we go around. He wants us to look at the buildings and look at our houses. It's so easy to walk the streets of our cities and towns and never even notice the buildings. He wants us to understand what... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw from Scribner Price: $0.20 Customer Review: One might think the history of the development of threaded fasteners -- a.k.a. screws -- might not be a riveting read. But that would be wrong; the description actually hits the nail on the head. When I first saw this book I knew I had to drill into it and plumb its depths. You can brace yourself... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		The Most Beautiful House in the World from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $3.26 Customer Review: This book is like a conversation with an architect and as conversations sometimes go, Rybczynski goes on many rabbit trails, some interesting, some tedious. And then he will land upon a nugget of real value to someone interested in designing a house. Things like, "A building has to be simple... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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