Memorial Gardens: Gardens for Healing 2 - Planting
There are different ways to select plants that are appropriate for your memorial garden. Here are a few ideas. Not all of us have room for a large memorial garden. Some of us live in apartment houses with only a small balcony for growing things. ... [... more]
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John Gray, Ph.D.
On the outskirts of Paris, a prostitute is found murdered in a vacant lot. In a seedy apartment house nearby lives pasty, fat Mr. Hire. Mr. Hire, who earns his living through a petty postal scam, is a convicted pornographer, a peeping Tom, and, ... [... more]
Random House |
Carlo Emilio Gadda
In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her ... [... more]
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Dirty Snow
 heroic self testing and self hatred: This novel is set in an occupied European city (Paris? The names are Germanic) during WWII (it was first published in 1950). I can certainly see it as a powerful portrait of a people under surveillance, living in [... more]
CDN$14.05
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Mandie and Jonathan's Predicament
THIS BOOK WAS GREAT!!!!!!!: Mandie's in for exitement when she goes to New York with Celia and her mother to vist Jonathan. When they get to New York,Jonathan's father invites them to his house where Mandie, Celia and Jonathan find a dog. But why does [... more]
CDN$6.75
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Harlem: Lost and Found
an extraordinary book: This great book comes forward to change forever our view of Harlem. It is a highly significant step toward informed appreciation of Harlem's architectural importance, cultural complexity, and the abundant variety and beauty of its [... more]
CDN$75.00
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California Babylon: A Guide To Sites Of Scandal, Mayhem, ...
This Is The Ultimate Guide For Visiting Famous Sites: I've actually been into this sort of thing for years, visiting any local sites associated with the more sensational stories of the San Francisco Bay Area, and there simply isn't a better general guide [... more]
CDN$24.99
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New York's Fabulous Luxury Apartments: with Original ...
Floor plans of New York's luxury apartment buildings: Originally published under the title 'Apartments for the Affluent,' this book is aimed at a very narrow audience indeed. Alpern takes us through 75 luxury Manhattan apartment houses in chronological [... more]
CDN$18.50
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The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and ...
Fancy buildings with awkward, boring floor plans.: I'm an architect and I bought this book hoping that I would get some good ideas from famous architects. I was disappointed. The floor plans are choppy with poor flow. Rooms are awkwardly shaped. Foyers [... more]
CDN$52.04
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Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An Illustrated History
The luxury apartment house through the decades: Architectural historian Andrew Alpern takes the reader through a survey of luxury apartment buildings on Manhattan Island. There are 34 chapters, of which 28 are descriptions of particular buildings, their [... more]
CDN$20.95
Amazon CA |
Old Macdonald Had An Apartment House
Loved this book: I loved reading this book when I was little! It made my imagination soar. I can still remember every page with its beautiful drawings and colors. I cannot wait to buy it for my kids so they, too, can have great memories of this book! Ee- [... more]
CDN$24.50
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Yom Kippur Murder
SUPER MYSTERY SERIES: In this, the second Christine Bennett (ex-nun) mystery, Christine investigates the beating death of her friend, elderly Mr. Herskovitz, one of a few tenants who refused to leave his condemned apartment building........ Clues from [... more]
CDN$9.99
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