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Cradle to Cradle
William McDonough et al.
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The Craftsman
Richard Sennett
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Crash
J. G. Ballard
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Creating with Paper
Pauline Johnson
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Creation is a Patient Search (L’atelier de la recherche patiente)
Le Corbusier
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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A Critic Writes: Essays by Reyner Banham
Reyner Banham
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Critical Path
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Critique of Judgment
Immanuel Kant
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Critique of Pure Reason
Immanuel Kant
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Crowds and Power
Elias Canetti
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The Cruel Radiance
Susie Linfield
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The Culture of Cities
Lewis Mumford
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The Culture of the Copy
Hillel Schwartz
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A Cure for Serpents
Alberto Denti di Piranjo
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Curious George
H. A. Rey
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Curious George Rides a Bike
H. A. Rey
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The Cut-Outs of Henri Matisse
John Elderfield
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Cy Twombly: Zeichnungen 1953–1973
Cy Twombly et al.
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Cyclops
Albert Watson
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Dada
Laurent Le Bon
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Dada: Art and Anti-Art
Hans Richter
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Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)
George Lois
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The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm
Ellen Moers
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Dans ma chambre (In My Room)
Guillaume Dustan
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Darkness at Noon
Arthur Koestler
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Das Kapital (Capital)
Karl Marx
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David Adler: The Architect and His Work
Richard Pratt
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David Hicks on Decoration—with Fabrics
David Hicks
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David Hicks: A Life of Design
Ashley Hicks
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Daybook: The Journey of an Artist
Ann Truitt
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De Kooning: An American Master
Mark Stevens et al.
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Dead End Gene Pool
Wendy Burden
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
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Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
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Debt
David Graeber
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The Decisive Moment
Henri Cartier-Bresson
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The Decline of the West
Oswald Spengler
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The Decoration of Houses
Edith Wharton et al.
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Delirious New York
Rem Koolhaas
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