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Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. In a fable within a fable, a wise snail convinces his son that a small, easytocarry shell might be better than the biggest house in the world for a life of adventure. The father tells his son that is silly, that he should keep easy to carry. One day i hope to dedicate a room in my house to floor to ceiling shelves lined with books upon books upon books. The sultan of bruneis 2,152,782squarefoot, marbleladen palace would be at the top of the. The world s largest palace by both floor space and volume is the palace of the parliament in bucharest, romania, which was built by communist dictator nicolae ceau.
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