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The burning house

Author: Foster Huntington
Publisher: New York : ItBooks, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"If your house were on fire, what would you take? Foster Huntington has collected answers to this telling question from thousands of responders all over the world to get to the heart of what it is that people truly value. The result is The Burning House, featuring the best of Huntington's popular website, TheBurningHouse.com along with a wealth of all-new material. Fascinating and remarkably revealing, The Burning  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Burning house.
New York : ItBooks, c2012
(OCoLC)805109502
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Foster Huntington
ISBN: 9780062123480 0062123483
OCLC Number: 792746565
Description: xi, 265 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
The Burning House --
Appendix : Analytics --
About the author.
Other Titles: Burning house :
Responsibility: compiled by Foster Huntington.

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Offers a debate between the practical, the valuable, and the sentimental. With a simple question at its heart - what would you save from your burning home? - this book forces you to prioritize and  Read more...

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"The Burning House is brilliant in its ability to remind us that what we value most are not usually possessions but what they stand for. These deceptively simple photographs are powerful biographical Read more...

 
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