Mons.Pamplemousse Takes Cure
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Mons.Pamplemousse Takes Cure by Michael Bond
From the Ground Up describes Rincon in detail, from the day the brainstorm to bid on the land took shape in the mide of a Perini Co. executive until its champagne-soaked opening party. . . . The book emerges as a helpful primer on what it takes to build a tiny, self-contained city. Engineering problems are cleanly explained, architectural cant is kept to a minimum and a bookshelf of financial detail is boiled down to essentials.--Marshall Kilduff, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review This engrossing study, flavored with the appeal of San Francisco and written by Los Angeles Times national correspondent Frantz, examines the combination of dreaming and entrepreneurship required to succeed in the cyclical realty business.--Publishers Weekly Frantz. . . .is a business reporter of real skill and sophistication. . . .The genius of his] book is in the details.--Johnathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
Bond, Michael: - Michael Bond is a science writer and former Senior Editor at New Scientist. His work has appeared in Nature, Aeon, Discover, the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Financial Times, and elsewhere. His book The Power of Others: Peer Pressure, Groupthink, and How the People Around Us Shape Everything We Do won the British Psychology Society Science Book of the Year Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747233282 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747233284 |
| Title | Mons.Pamplemousse Takes Cure |
| Author | Michael Bond |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 1990-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 159 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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