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Carlo Scarpa: Architecture in Details
Bianca Albertini et al.
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Carlo Scarpa: The Complete Works
Francesco Dal Co et al.
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Carrie
Stephen King
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Cartier, 1900-1939
Judy Rudoe
On Lisa Jenks’s Book List
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Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary
Hans Nadelhoffer
On Marion Fasel’s Book List
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The Case for God
Karen Armstrong
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The Castle
Franz Kafka
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Cathedral
Raymond Carver
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Cedric Price (Works II)
Cedric Price
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Cent ans d’histoire de France
Emmanuel Berl
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A Century of Automotive Style
Michael Lamm et al.
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Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture
Peter Collins
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Charles and Ray Eames
Pat Kirkham
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Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White
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The Charlottesville Tapes
Various authors; Transcript of the Conference at the University of Virginia, November 12 and 13, 1982
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The Charm of Chinese Characters (漢字的魅力)
Cang Lang
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Charter of the New Urbanism
Michael Leccese et al.
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The Charterhouse of Parma
Stendhal
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Chic Clicks
Ulrich Lehmann et al.
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Chicago’s Famous Buildings
Franz Schulze et al.
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
David Sedaris
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A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Dylan Thomas
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China Court
Rumer Godden
On Margaret McCurry’s Book List
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China Diary
David Hockney et al.
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China Lover
Ian Buruma
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Chroma
Derek Jarman
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Churches in Rock
Georg Gerster
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Ci sarà un altro mare
Manuel Alegre
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Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills
Cindy Sherman
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Cinema 1: The Movement-Image
Gilles Deleuze
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Cinema 2: The Time-Image
Gilles Deleuze
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Circles of Confusion
Hollis Frampton
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Cities of the World
Georg Braun et al.
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The City in History
Lewis Mumford
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The City Observed: Los Angeles
Charles Moore
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City of Darkness
Greg Girard et al.
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City of Night
John Rechy
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Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
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The Classic
Frank Kermode
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Classic Style
Judith Miller
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Building Seagram
Phyllis Lambert
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Clog 6: Brutalism
Kyle May et al., eds.
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Project Journal Issue 1
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