Best Traditional Architecture (nonfiction)

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The Four Books of Architecture
The Four Books of Architecture 4.16 avg rating — 604 ratings
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) 4.42 avg rating — 5,327 ratings
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The Ten Books on Architecture
The Ten Books on Architecture
by: Vitruvius
4.04 avg rating — 2,685 ratings
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A Field Guide to American Houses
A Field Guide to American Houses 4.36 avg rating — 1,346 ratings
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by: Ross King
3.91 avg rating — 27,851 ratings
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The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)
The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books) 4.04 avg rating — 1,291 ratings
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The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter
The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter 4.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation
The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860-1940
Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860-1940 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's Historic Buildings
The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's Historic Buildings 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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America's Forgotten Architecture
America's Forgotten Architecture 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History
The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History 3.90 avg rating — 244 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,252 ratings
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The Timeless Way of Building
The Timeless Way of Building 4.37 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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The Smart Growth Manual
The Smart Growth Manual 3.99 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York: A Photographic Guide
Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York: A Photographic Guide 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb
Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice
Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice 3.88 avg rating — 260 ratings
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The Preservation of Historic Architecture: The U.S. Government's Official Guidelines for Preserving Historic Homes
The Preservation of Historic Architecture: The U.S. Government's Official Guidelines for Preserving Historic Homes 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Buildings and Landmarks of Old Boston: A Guide to the Colonial, Provincial, Federal, and Greek Revival Periods, 1630-1850
Buildings and Landmarks of Old Boston: A Guide to the Colonial, Provincial, Federal, and Greek Revival Periods, 1630-1850 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Forum of Trajan in Rome: A Study of the Monuments (California Studies in the History of Art) (3 Volume Set)
The Forum of Trajan in Rome: A Study of the Monuments (California Studies in the History of Art) (3 Volume Set) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Monticello in Measured Drawings
Monticello in Measured Drawings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Lost Plantations of the South
Lost Plantations of the South 4.25 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Architecture: Choice or Fate
Architecture: Choice or Fate 3.91 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography 3.84 avg rating — 413 ratings
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Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism
Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings
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New Civic Art : Elements of Town Planning
New Civic Art : Elements of Town Planning 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings
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How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture
How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture 3.92 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930
Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930 4.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
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1001 Traditional Construction Details
1001 Traditional Construction Details 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from "Artistic Houses," with New Text
The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from "Artistic Houses," with New Text 3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House
Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House 4.15 avg rating — 327 ratings
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Architecture's Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson
Architecture's Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson 3.92 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Architectural Elements: Traditional Construction Details on CD-ROM
Architectural Elements: Traditional Construction Details on CD-ROM it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World
Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World 3.97 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia (Barra Foundation Books)
Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia (Barra Foundation Books) 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The New City: Foundations [University of Miami School of Architecture]
The New City: Foundations [University of Miami School of Architecture] liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Houses of the Hamptons
Houses of the Hamptons 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Chicago's Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City (Images of America: Illinois)
Chicago's Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City (Images of America: Illinois) 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Houses of the National Trust
Houses of the National Trust 4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Gardens of the National Trust
Gardens of the National Trust 4.13 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The National Trust book of English architecture
The National Trust book of English architecture 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Gardens of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
The Gardens of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello 3.96 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Jefferson's Monticello
Jefferson's Monticello 4.22 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Pattern Book of New Orleans Architecture, A
Pattern Book of New Orleans Architecture, A 4.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style
Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style 4.12 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Early Architecture of Charleston
The Early Architecture of Charleston 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The English Country House: From the Archives of Country Life
The English Country House: From the Archives of Country Life 4.38 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers
Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder
Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder 4.02 avg rating — 278 ratings
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North Shore Long Island: Country Houses, 1890-1950
North Shore Long Island: Country Houses, 1890-1950 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Photo Book of Old New York City (1900-1910)
Photo Book of Old New York City (1900-1910) 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Photo Book of Chicago World's Columbian Exposition 1893
Photo Book of Chicago World's Columbian Exposition 1893 4.48 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Santa Barbara County Courthouse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Real Life: Construction Management Guide from A-Z
Real Life: Construction Management Guide from A-Z 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Houses of St. Augustine, 1565-1821 (Florida Sand Dollar Books)
The Houses of St. Augustine, 1565-1821 (Florida Sand Dollar Books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School 4.08 avg rating — 5,654 ratings
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Why Old Places Matter: How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being
Why Old Places Matter: How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being 4.05 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Aesthetics of Architecture
The Aesthetics of Architecture 3.82 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Old Way of Seeing
The Old Way of Seeing 3.97 avg rating — 130 ratings
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The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture, 1890-1930
The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture, 1890-1930 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Leon Krier: Architecture & Urban Design 1967-1992
Leon Krier: Architecture & Urban Design 1967-1992 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Porphyrios Associates: Recent Work (NA Monographs)
Porphyrios Associates: Recent Work (NA Monographs) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Wright
Wright 4.07 avg rating — 589 ratings
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Casa Del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial
Casa Del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities 3.81 avg rating — 270 ratings
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101 Things I Learned® in Urban Design School
101 Things I Learned® in Urban Design School 4.26 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture
Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture 4.23 avg rating — 740 ratings
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Newport Villas: The Revival Styles 1885-1935
Newport Villas: The Revival Styles 1885-1935 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Fallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House
Fallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House 4.38 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Adobes in the sun: Portraits of a tranquil era
Adobes in the sun: Portraits of a tranquil era really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929-1959
Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929-1959 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral 3.84 avg rating — 250 ratings
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American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer
American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship
The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship 3.93 avg rating — 520 ratings
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California Splendor
California Splendor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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John Portman: Art and Architecture
John Portman: Art and Architecture 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Discovering Timber-framed Buildings
Discovering Timber-framed Buildings 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings
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TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF RURAL SPAIN.
TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF RURAL SPAIN.
by: Bill Laws
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Aia Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta
Aia Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred
Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred 4.08 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Mike Wallace Interviews
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Mike Wallace Interviews 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Salinas Pueblo Missions: Abo Quarai and Gran Quivira
Salinas Pueblo Missions: Abo Quarai and Gran Quivira 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Earth Architecture: From Ancient to Modern
Earth Architecture: From Ancient to Modern 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Anti-architecture and Deconstruction: The Triumph of Nihilism: Fourth Edition
Anti-architecture and Deconstruction: The Triumph of Nihilism: Fourth Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Arizona Ranch Houses: Southern Territorial Styles, 1867-1900
Arizona Ranch Houses: Southern Territorial Styles, 1867-1900 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A Theory of Architecture
A Theory of Architecture 4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity
Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
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A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings
A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings 3.70 avg rating — 90 ratings
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A New Theory of Urban Design (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
A New Theory of Urban Design (Center for Environmental Structure Series) 4.16 avg rating — 237 ratings
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The Golden City
The Golden City 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar-Architect
The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar-Architect really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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From Bauhaus to Our House
From Bauhaus to Our House
by: Tom Wolfe
3.77 avg rating — 4,139 ratings
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Bricks & Balloons: Architecture in comic-strip form
Bricks & Balloons: Architecture in comic-strip form really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Morality and Architecture: The Development of a Theme in Architectural History and Theory from the Gothic Revival to the Modern Movement
Morality and Architecture: The Development of a Theme in Architectural History and Theory from the Gothic Revival to the Modern Movement 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Writing Architecture: A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment
Writing Architecture: A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect
Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Georgia Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey
The Georgia Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture
Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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A Living Tradition [Architecture of the Bahamas]
A Living Tradition [Architecture of the Bahamas] 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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