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020			_a9781846271274 _qhbk.
041			_aeng
082			_a721.09 _bHOL-S
100			_aHollis, Edward _98589
245			_aSecret lives of buildings : _bfrom the Parthenon to the Vegas strip in thirteen stories / _cby Edward Hollis
260			_aLondon : _bPortobello Books, _c2009.
300			_axii, 388 : ill.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents : Introduction: the architect's dream -- The Parthenon, Athens: in which a virgin is ruined -- The Basilica of San Marco, Venice: in which a prince steals four horses and an empire -- Ayasofya, Istanbul: in which a sultan casts a spell and moves the center of the world -- The Santa Casa of Loreto: the wondrous flitting of the Holy House -- Gloucester Cathedral: in which a dead body brings a building to life -- The Alhambra, Granada: in which two cousins marry each other -- The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini: in which a scholar translates a temple -- Sans Souci, Potsdam : in which nothing happens at all -- Notre Dame de Paris: in which the temple of reason is restored -- The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: in which the prophecies of the future are fulfilled -- The Berlin Wall: in which history comes to an end -- The Venetian, Las Vegas: in which history is so, like, over -- The Western Wall, Jerusalem: in which nothing, and everything, has changed.
650			_aAR _924676
650			_aArchitecture _xHistory _924677
650			_aBuildings _xHistory _924674
650			_aArchitectural design _xHistory _924675
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