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Bestsellers
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Bryson does it again
- By Robert on 10-15-10
By: Bill Bryson
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- By: Jane Jacobs, Jason Epstein - introduction
- Narrated by: Donna Rawlins
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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Thirty years after its publication, this book was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning"....
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Fantastic text, dull on audio
- By Meghan on 02-13-15
By: Jane Jacobs, and others
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PMP Exam Prep Simplified
- Essential Tactics to Ace the Project Management Professional Exam on Your First Try
- By: Victoria Pembroke
- Narrated by: Mandy Grant-Grierson
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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This guide transcends the traditional book format, serving as your comprehensive mentor through the elaborate and challenging terrains of the PMP exam.
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BOGUS REVIEWS!!
- By Brian on 03-25-24
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- By: Denise Kiernan
- Narrated by: Denise Kiernan
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Very factual
- By Jennifer on 11-28-17
By: Denise Kiernan
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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With this updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own....
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Pollan is the master of hipster porn
- By Darwin8u on 02-28-15
By: Michael Pollan
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A Natural History of Empty Lots
- Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places
- By: Christopher Brown
- Narrated by: Christopher Brown
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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A genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society.
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Bryson does it again
- By Robert on 10-15-10
By: Bill Bryson
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- By: Jane Jacobs, Jason Epstein - introduction
- Narrated by: Donna Rawlins
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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Thirty years after its publication, this book was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning"....
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Fantastic text, dull on audio
- By Meghan on 02-13-15
By: Jane Jacobs, and others
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PMP Exam Prep Simplified
- Essential Tactics to Ace the Project Management Professional Exam on Your First Try
- By: Victoria Pembroke
- Narrated by: Mandy Grant-Grierson
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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This guide transcends the traditional book format, serving as your comprehensive mentor through the elaborate and challenging terrains of the PMP exam.
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BOGUS REVIEWS!!
- By Brian on 03-25-24
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- By: Denise Kiernan
- Narrated by: Denise Kiernan
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Very factual
- By Jennifer on 11-28-17
By: Denise Kiernan
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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With this updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own....
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Pollan is the master of hipster porn
- By Darwin8u on 02-28-15
By: Michael Pollan
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A Natural History of Empty Lots
- Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places
- By: Christopher Brown
- Narrated by: Christopher Brown
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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A genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society.
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- By: Dennis Romano
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.”....
By: Dennis Romano
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- By: Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
- Narrated by: Roman Mars
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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The 99% Invisible City
- By Louise Schraa on 01-09-21
By: Kurt Kohlstedt, and others
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Palaces for the People
- How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
- By: Eric Klinenberg
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed....
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Okayyy
- By K on 04-11-19
By: Eric Klinenberg
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Disney's Land
- Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World
- By: Richard Snow
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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A propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece California theme park that became at once the greatest piece of urban design in the United States and the world's most prosperous tourist attraction, as told like never before....
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Okay, but better books on the subject
- By J.D. on 12-07-19
By: Richard Snow
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How Infrastructure Works
- Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
- By: Deb Chachra
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes listeners on a fascinating tour of essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on them—but also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs....
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Intelligent and Thoughtful
- By Thomas Taylor on 11-28-23
By: Deb Chachra
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The House of Government
- A Saga of the Russian Revolution
- By: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 45 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction....
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Inside saga of the leaders of Bolshevism & the USSR
- By Edward V. Blanchard on 11-05-17
By: Yuri Slezkine, and others
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Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- By: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability....
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Interesting topic and thoughtful insight, subpar recording.
- By Andrew Nicks on 05-12-18
By: Jeff Speck
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The Plaza
- The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
- By: Julie Satow
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The Plaza is the account of one vaunted New York City address that has become synonymous with wealth and scandal, opportunity and tragedy. With glamour on the surface and strife behind the scenes, it is the story of how one hotel became a mirror reflecting New York's place....
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Don't need your politics, Julie
- By Debra Noe on 03-29-20
By: Julie Satow
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Walkable City Rules
- 101 Steps to Making Better Places
- By: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeff Speck’s follow-up to his best-selling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer’s guide to making change in cities, and making it now....
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Excellent compendium for pro and enthusiast alike
- By Ostyn on 02-23-19
By: Jeff Speck
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The Nesting Place
- It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful
- By: Myquillyn Smith
- Narrated by: Lisa Wright
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Popular blogger and author of Cozy Minimalist Home Myquillyn Smith (The Nester) helps listeners find beauty in imperfection and freedom to take risks to create the home - and life....
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This book is soo amazing
- By Mauricio Roa on 01-05-23
By: Myquillyn Smith
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Brooklyn
- The Once and Future City
- By: Thomas Campanella
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early 17th century to today....
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- By: William E. Wallace
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other major buildings....
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Michelangelo, architect, urban designer, artist
- By Marco on 09-16-20
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From Bauhaus to Our House
- By: Tom Wolfe
- Narrated by: Dennis McKee
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In Tom Wolfe's hands, the strange saga of American architecture in the 20th century makes for both high comedy and intellectual excitement...
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So snarky I kept having to back up and repeat
- By Ellen on 04-08-09
By: Tom Wolfe
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Egypt's Golden Couple
- When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
- By: John Darnell, Colleen Darnell
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut’s parents....
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interesting but not what i was expecting
- By Red-Haired Ash on 07-30-24
By: John Darnell, and others
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The Timeless Way of Building
- By: Christopher Alexander
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Christopher Alexander presents in it a new theory of architecture, building, and planning which has at its core that age-old process by which the people of a society have always pulled the order of their world from their own being.
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Plagued by Fire
- The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
- By: Paul Hendrickson
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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From the award-winning and nationally best-selling author of Hemingway's Boat and Sons of Mississippi - an illuminating, pathbreaking biography that will change the way we understand the life, mind, and work of the premier American architect....
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A Very Nasty Biography of FLW
- By Conrad Hastler on 11-15-19
By: Paul Hendrickson
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How to Build a Tiny House on Wheels Step by Step
- Tiny Home Construction, Building, Plans, & Design (Tiny House Practical)
- By: Jordan Liberata
- Narrated by: Alexander Salamat
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Exactly how to build your tiny house on wheels—step-by-step—even if you have little to no construction experience....
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Great info
- By Anonymous User on 04-01-24
By: Jordan Liberata
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Alexander the Great
- By: Jacob Abbott
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexander the Great is a towering figure in ancient history because of his legendary conquests throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. He was born in 356 BC to the noble family of Macedon. As such, he was afforded with great luxuries growing up including having Aristotle as his private tutor....
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Intriguing listen!
- By Chris H. on 01-09-20
By: Jacob Abbott
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The 15-Minute City
- A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
- By: Carlos Moreno, Martha Thorne - afterword, Jan Gehl - foreword
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet, Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.
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Climate Pseudo Science hidden as a solution to a major issue.
- By Zachariah Hollingshad on 07-02-24
By: Carlos Moreno, and others
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Before Central Park
- By: Sara Cedar Miller
- Narrated by: Sheree Galpert
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is the authoritative account of the place that would become Central Park. From the first Dutch family to settle on the land through the political crusade to create America’s first major urban park, Sara Cedar Miller chronicles two and a half centuries of history....
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Loved the early Dutch history and influence in Manhattan.
- By Amazon Customer on 05-30-24
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Audio Crash Course
- By: AudioLearn Content Team
- Narrated by: Drew Hadwal
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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AudioLearn Crash Courses presents AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Complete review for the Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification exam! Developed by experienced technicians and professionally narrated for easy listening....
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Not suitable for study
- By P. Smith on 01-27-22
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture
- By: John Ruskin
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A great Ruskin book that is better listened to than read because of the complexity and detail of his writing....
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Unlistenable
- By Bedholm on 06-24-21
By: John Ruskin
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Grand Central
- How a Train Station Transformed America
- By: Sam Roberts, Pete Hamill - foreword
- Narrated by: Sam Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A rich, illustrated - and entertaining - history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th anniversary....
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Nice Trivia but not much insight into history
- By Ira David Socol on 09-25-21
By: Sam Roberts, and others
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Notre-Dame
- A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Ken Follett
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In this short, spellbinding book, international best-selling author Ken Follett describes the emotions that gripped him when he learned about the fire that threatened to destroy one of the greatest cathedrals in the world - the Notre-Dame de Paris....
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informative
- By BILL O'NEILL on 05-12-20
By: Ken Follett