9/11 Book of the Day: "What are the symbols of American strength, wealth, power and modernity? Certainly not jazz and rock and roll, not chewing-gum or hamburgers, Broadway or Hollywood. It's their skyscrapers. Their Pentagon. Their science. Their technology." -Journalist Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006)

Book of the Day: An Architectural Shelf-Stretcher

Dupre, Judith, Skyscrapers (Black Dog & Leventhal, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1996). ISBN 1-884822-45-2. A strikingly designed tour of fifty of the then-tallest buildings in the world, with a listing of the 100 tallest buildings of the world. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition; 8” x 18” tall. 127 pp. Very good condition, HBB price: $30.

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