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How to Build a Skyscraper

JOHN HILL · Firefly Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

An architectural expert tours 46 of the world's most significant skyscrapers. This distinctive book is the most comprehensive collection of modern skyscrapers published in the last 20 years. Skyscrapers have been piercing the clouds since the end of the nineteenth century but today's...
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Visionary Landscapes: Japanese Garden Design in North America, The Work of Five Contemporary Masters

KENDALL H BROWN · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Japanese gardens are found throughout the world today - their unique forms now considered a universal art form. This stunning Japanese gardening book examines the work of five leading landscape architects in North America who are exploring the extraordinary power of Japanese-style garden...
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Prick

Gynelle Leon · Mitchell Beazley
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A modern guide to the fashionable world of prickly, spiny houseplants. Cacti and succulents are the hottest new trend. These spiny little plants are taking Instagram by storm, and are steadily making their way into the most stylish homes. With their striking shapes and many different colors,...
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The Japanese Garden

Sophie Walker · Phaidon Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden.The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden...
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Success with Succulents: Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Cactuses and Other Succulents

John Bagnasco · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Cactuses and other succulents are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful, and easy to care for as long as you know what you're doing. Whether you live in a warm, dry climate and want to grow a whole cactus garden outdoors or you'd...
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Black & Decker Advanced Home Wiring, 5th Edition: Backup Power - Panel Upgrades - AFCI Protection - "Smart" Thermostats - More

COOL SPRINGS PRESS. · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The new, 5th edition of BLACK DECKER Advanced Home Wiring does more than simply make incremental changes to match new national electrical codes. It includes several never-before-seen projects that will challenge even the most experienced home DIYer. Some of these include: a step-by-step...
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About Decorating: The Remarkable Rooms of Richard Keith Langham

Sara Ruffin Costello · Rizzoli
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover

This first book on the esteemed decorator and tastemaker, known for beautiful interiors that are replete with tradition, saturated color, elegance, and Southern flair, will inspire and delight readers.Richard Keith Langham's all-American interiors unite a traditional approach with dashes...
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

MARGARETA MAGNUSSON · Scribner
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declutter your home and minimize your worldly possessions so your loved ones don't have to do it for you.In Swedish there is a word for it: Dostädning, "do" means "death"...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Wiring, Updated 7th Edition: Current with 2017-2020 Electrical Codes

COOL SPRINGS PRESS. · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

For more than ten years, BLACK DECKER The Complete Guide to Wiring has been the bestselling home wiring manual in North America. Now with more than two million copies in print, this is the home reference book more DIYers choose than any other for many reasons. As the most current wiring...
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Poetry of Place: The New Architecture and Interiors of McAlpine

Bobby McAlpine · Rizzoli
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

An appealing approach to creating dwellings blending vernacular styles, fine craftsmanship, and indigenous materials. This volume features the recent projects of McAlpine, one of the country's most highly respected architecture and interior design firms, renowned for its timeless houses...
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