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Bright Earth : Art and the Invention of Color by Philip Ball
Domestic revolutions: A social history of American family life by Steven Mintz
Designing Disney's Theme Parks : The Architecture of Reassurance
Dissertation - An Architectural Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks) by Iain Borden
Our own words by Mary Helen Dohan
The valley and the hills : an illustrated history of Birmingham & Jefferson County by Leah Rawls Atkins
2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolano
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posted by trav at 12:28 am (EST) on Jun 4, 2009
PS City Federal Building was built by B.B.Comer and was named The Comer Building
rierie
posted by rierie at 4:23 am (EST) on Aug 27, 2008
rierie
posted by rierie at 4:21 am (EST) on Aug 27, 2008
Thanks again,
Ruth
posted by Book_Junkie at 2:20 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2008
Since as of this morning you and I are the only two Deep South members to post a review of Father and Son, I figured I'd drop in with a suggestion for the next book of the month: Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson. If you want to wait to see if more reviews come in I totally understand, but I'm just so fond of the Book of the month that I'd hate to see it go by the wayside for lack of suggestions.
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posted by briconcella at 8:43 pm (EST) on Dec 5, 2007
Cheryl
posted by chaoscat60 at 2:41 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2007
Who is this Mark Twain fellow you speak of? Name sounds a bit made up to me ...
posted by ThomasJefferson at 10:25 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2007
Also just a FYI...you mentioned Deep South in your message but the link used was for Architext. I was a little confused at first but then my morning coffee kicked in and I figured it out. *lol*
posted by Irisheyz77 at 1:25 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2007
There was a message you posted 30th April in Bug Collectors about Ecology of a Cracker Childhood that the Deep South Group was reviewing. Cheers, ryn
posted by ryn_books at 7:48 am (EST) on Jun 3, 2007
posted by KevinJoseph at 8:39 pm (EST) on Mar 22, 2007
Thanks for your comment! One writes these little nothings and has no idea what happens to them, if anyone sees them or even cares.
posted by marfita at 5:49 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2006
I'm anxious to see what you dig up from the stacks!
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posted by BasilBlue at 9:34 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2006
Becky in Georgia
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posted by spoko at 9:35 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2005
No problem. That book seems to get a lot of positive reviews. I don't know if people are just desperate for contemporary typography books, or if they're wowed by how flashy the book is (I think it's horribly designed, largely because I subscribe to Beatrice Warde's "crystal goblet" paradigm and also because I hate the ultra-modern practice of printing typography books on shiny paper), or what. But I really dislike the book, and I think there are much better alternatives out there. I would highly, highly recommend Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style. Great book.
posted by spoko at 3:15 pm (EST) on Dec 21, 2005
posted by Moloch at 3:44 pm (EST) on Dec 7, 2005
that's okay, no problem at all :-)
posted by Moloch at 3:37 pm (EST) on Dec 7, 2005