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Contents List of Illustrations xi 1. What I Lived For 1 2. Sustainable Compromises 6 3. Where I Live 13 4. Water 20 5. Design 33 6. Foundations 44 7. El Sol 54 8. Economics 68 9. The Beautiful Tree and Other Disasters 77 10. The Amoeba 87 11. The Straw That Broke The 100 12. Finances 106 13. Collaboration 112 14. Artifacts 125 15. Solitude 133 16. Visitors 141 17. Thick Skin in a Winter of Discontent 147 18. Spring 164 19. Higher Laws 170 20. Postscript: Mistakes Were Made 181 Acknowledgments 187 Notes 189 Bibliography 193 ...

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