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  • Suburban Nation

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    The essential handbook for ending suburban sprawl and automobile-based settlement patternsFor a decade, Suburban Nation has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century's automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater ... Leer más

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  • Campfire Tales from Hell: Musings on Martial Arts, Survival, Bouncing, and General Thug Stuff

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  • The Bottom of the Harbor

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  • Suburbia (new version)

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  • Dead End

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  • Interpretive Research Design

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  • Human Targets

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  • Civil Unrest

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