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The Rooming House Madrigals
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Charles Bukowski - The Rooming House MadrigalsCharles Bukowski - The Rooming House Madrigals Poems deal with rejection, history, barbershops, friendship, death, longing, loneliness, and disappointment. This is the Bukowski of 1946-1966. The poet of gritty backwaters of great faceless cities, rainy bus stations and flophouse one-night stands; also of the moon shining in the gutter, and of the morning-after joys of making love in the sun.


Edited by: arcadius - 8 August 2010
Reason: category changed from 'Non-Fiction' to 'Fiction' Fruchtzwerg // DL link from user's PM added, author from title deleted. Pumukl

 
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The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
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The Judge's House by Bram StokerThe Judge's House by Bram Stoker

Although Bram Stoker wrote many novels, essays and short stories, the Irish writer is inextricably linked with his infamous vampire novel - Dracula. Many of his writings, like this adapted version of The Judge’s House, are eerie accounts between the human world and horrid beings from beyond the grave.
The Judge’s House recounts the tale of a young student, looking for a remote location to study for his college exams. But the house he rents in the quiet town of Benchurch, delivers much more excitement than he ever could have imagined.
 
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The House of the Dead and Poor Folk
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The House of the Dead and Poor Folk

Arrested in 1849 for belonging to a secret group of radical utopians, Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years in a Siberian labor camp - a terrible mental, spiritual, and physical ordeal that inspired him to write the novel The House of the Dead. Told from the point of view of a fictitious narrator - a convict serving a ten-year sentence for murdering his wife novel describes in vivid detail the horrors that Dostoevsky himself witnessed while in prison. The House of the Dead also describes the spiritual death and gradual resurrection from despair experienced by the novel’s central character ...
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright Interiors & Furniture
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Frank Lloyd Wright Interiors & FurnitureFrank Lloyd Wright Interiors & Furniture

This definitive visual record features a cross-section of Wright's freestanding and built-in furniture. Heinz's introduction precedes a chronological tour through Wright's houses with several buildings explored in depth, including the Susan Lawrence Dana House, the Ward Willits House, and the later, more expansive, Barnsdall House. His 'Usonian' period is examined together with the fabrics, rugs and colours which Wright worked on concurrently.


 
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The Complete Book Of Underground Houses - How To Build A Low Cost Home free
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The Complete Book Of Underground Houses - How To Build A Low Cost Home free

 “According to Roy, underground or `earth-sheltered’ houses are unexpectedly livable. Judging by his book’s attractive pictures, that’s easy to believe. The house he bases his point-by-point guide on is indeed a showplace. Its homey touches are just that, though, and Roy’s main concern is creating such a house, from drawing up the plans to surveying the site to the actual building. Roy’s instruction is insightful and comprehensive….
 
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