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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother
the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author of The Fionavar Tapestry
whose ancestors followed the Conquistadors into the Rio Grande Valley
Today these stories -- "A Vintage Thunderbird
” –Timothy Egan
Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City Jewish traditions NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The debutAuthor Contributor(s): Mitchell, William J Publisher: MIT Press Date: 08 26 2005 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The meaning of a message, says William Mitchell, depends on the context of its reception. "Shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater produces a dramatically different effect from barking the same word to a squad of soldiers with guns," he observes. In Placing Words, Mitchell looks at the ways in which urban spaces and places provide settings
