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The '''Marble Towers''' is a [[skyscraper]] in the [[Central Business District (Johannesburg)|Central Business District]] of [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]. It was built in [[1973]] and is 32 [[storey]]s tall. The building has an eight storey [[parking garage]] attached to it. |
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'''David Sheff''' is an American author. He has written for ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Playboy]]'', ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', and [[Fortune (magazine)|''Fortune'']]. His books include ''[[Game Over (1993 book)|Game Over]]'', ''China Dawn'', ''All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono'', and the best-selling memoir ''[[Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction]]''. ''Beautiful Boy'' describes how Sheff and his family dealt with his son Nic's [[methamphetamine]] addiction. His son has also written his own perspective on his years of addiction.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/books/26meth.html The New York Times]</ref> |
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Sheff has been an editor of New West and California magazines and was a founding editor of Men’s Life and Yahoo Internet Life.<ref name="sheff">[http://www.davidsheff.com/contact.html David Sheff's home page] Author's bio</ref> |
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He graduated from the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name="sheff"/> |
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Sheff lives in Northern California with his wife, Karen Barbour, an artist, illustrator, and author of children’s books. He has three children, Nic, Jasper, and Daisy Sheff.<ref name="sheff"/> |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.davidsheff.com/ David Sheff's home page] |
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Revision as of 11:04, 13 October 2008
The Marble Towers is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1973 and is 32 storeys tall. The building has an eight storey parking garage attached to it.
References
http://www.amethyst.co.za/JhbLandmarks/
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