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Although
omnipresent, the web is not yet omniscient. The written
codex still contains important information. This page
offers an annotated bibliography of books which are
recommended reading, in areas tangential to art and
design, as a means to fully cultivate the human mind.
If you have read something that you think should be
posted here, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
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J.
B. JACKSON
THE NECESSITY FOR
RUINS
Required
reading for the Geographer and the Cultural
Anthropologist in us all. A series of essays
which examine the relationship between culture
and the built environment.
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JAMES
HOWARD KUNSTLER
THE GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE
A
scathing review of the terrifying and valueless
"no-place" referred to as suburbia.
A must read for any concerned American citizen.
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ROBERT
PIRSIG
ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE
MAINTENANCE
A
masterpiece of philosophical literature. Easily
accessible and powerfully written. Pirsig takes
the reader on a delightful tour of the human mind,
with a story full of clever anecdotes and tangible
wisdom.
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HERMAN
HESSE
SIDDHARTHA
Every
human being should read this book at least twice.
It offers insight into the difficulties inherent
in the necessary search for happiness and love.
The positive message behind Herman Hesse's masterpiece
is positively resounding.
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