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Adobe

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I had borrowed this book from the local public library like, fifteen times over the course of a couple of years. I have read all the copy many times, but the main feature is the exquisite photography. You can TASTE the adobe! You can SMELL the yellow soil in those ancient and new buildings. So, I finally broke down and bought a used copy on Amazon, for dirt cheap, like $9.00 plus shippinng, something ridiculous like that. The book was very used and even had some wrinkly funky pages. I didn't care a bit. I had those pictures to ogle to my heart's content. Old old New Mexican structures, an ancient church, some astounding buildings in North Africa, and so on.
If you want to just drink it in, this is the best book about adobe. You will want to lick the pages. Really, it's fantastic. This is no elitist coffee table book of over-priced pseudo-green castles in the wetsern suburbs of Austin, Texas or New Mexico. No no. This is real adobe and it is real old-world green building. Get it, and drool.