Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention
By: Ben Wilson
4.14
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
By: Jane Jacobs
4.30
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more
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- architecture
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- urbanism
- cities
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"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
2. Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
By: Charles Montgomery
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Charles Montgomery's Happy Citywill revolutionize the way we think about urban life. After decades … read more
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3. Black Box
By: Amos Oz
3.90
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Examines the lives of a contemporary Israeli couple whose marriage has ended in disaster. read more
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"His life is his prison while his death is limned to him as a prospect of paradoxical resurrection, a promise of miraculous redemption from his vale of tears."-Amos Oz, Black Box
"The sad thing is that sentimentality is constantly getting the better of my pure reason. Antediluvian memories tie me to you like a pair of handcuffs. You are stuck in my soul like a rusty nail witho…"-Amos Oz, Black Box
"You probably recall the famous statement at the beginning of Anna Karenina, in which Tolstoy, donning there the cloak of a calm village deity and hovering over the void full of benign toleration and …"-Amos Oz, Black Box
4. Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays
By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
This first collection of Heschel's essays - compiled, edited and with an introduction by his daught… read more
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5. Paper: Paging Through History
By: Mark Kurlansky
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millen… read more
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6. How to Cure a Fanatic
By: Amos Oz , None
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witness… read more
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7. Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992
By: None
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Hold On to Your Dreams is the first biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of t… read more
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8. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
By: Jeff Speck
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it d… read more
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9. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
By: Edward L. Glaeser
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's g… read more
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10. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
11. Moneta & labirintas
By: Mantas Adomėnas
3.95
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
2018-ieji, Nižnedvinskas, Šiaurės Rusija. Lietuvos saugumo Giliosios geopolitikos skyriaus žvalgybi… read more
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12. Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
By: Dennis Duncan
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. Bu… read more
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- history
"[Citing "Alice in Wonderland"] the White Knight insists on singing Alice a song which he introduces as follows: 'The name of the song is called "Haddocks' Eyes".' 'Oh, that's the name of the song, is…"-Dennis Duncan, Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
13. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
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- urbanism
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14. On Grand Strategy
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life
By: David Sim
4.38
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confi… read more
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- architecture
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- nonfiction
- urban
- urbanism
- cities
16. Personality and Power
By: Ian Kershaw
3.88
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive bio… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
17. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
By: Kyle Chayka
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more
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18. The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking: Leading Your Organization into the Future
By: Michael D. Watkins
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
International bestselling author of The First 90 Days Michael D. Watkins presents an actionable new… read more
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19. Indivisible: How to Forge Our Differences into a Stronger Future
By: Denise Hamilton
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Denise Hamilton helps readers unpack their preconceived notions and reimagine a world that’s better… read more
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20. Why We Act: Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels
By: Catherine A. Sanderson
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Why do good people so often do nothing when a seemingly small action could make a big difference? A… read more
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- sociology
21. Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention
By: Ben Wilson
4.14
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From a brilliant young historian, a colorful journey through 7,000 years and twenty-six world citie… read more
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- nonfiction
- urban
- urbanism
- cities
- sociology
22. Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World
By: Mark Aldridge
4.12
Format: 400 pages, ebook
From the publication of Agatha Christie’s very first book in 1920 to the release of Sir Kenneth Bra… read more
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23. The Library: A Fragile History
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 518 pages, Hardcover
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, des… read more
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- history
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"In 1748, the Earl of Chesterfield passed on some useful advice to his son: 'Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors a…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
"Mudie's insistence on the three-volume format was undoubtedly responsible for the verbosity of many nineteenth-century novels, as authors went to extraordinary efforts to pad their texts to the requi…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
24. Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution
By: Sarah Langford
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
When Sarah Langford left her city life behind she found herself unexpectedly back in the world of f… read more
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25. Your Journey to Financial Freedom: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness
By: Jamila Souffrant
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club December 2023 Must-Read Podcaster Jamila Souffrant shows how to skyrocket y… read more
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26. Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play
By: David Foster
4.32
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Generative modeling is one of the hottest topics in artificial intelligence. Recent advances in the… read more
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27. La diagonale Alekhine
By: Arthur Larrue
3.19
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
Champion du monde, Russe blanc naturalisé français, Alexandre Alexandrovitch Alekhine joue sa vie c… read more
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28. In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work
By: Kyla Scanlon
3.85
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
“Few people can communicate how the economy actually works better than Kyla Scanlon.” —Morgan House… read more
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29. Retracing the Iron Curtain: A 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War
By: Timothy Phillips
4.22
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Across 3,000 miles and over eight decades, this epic new people's history of the Cold War makes eye… read more
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- history
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30. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
By: Ray Kurzweil
3.93
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more
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31. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
By: Evan Friss
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more
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