The Affordable City: Strategies for Putting Housing Within Reach (and Keeping it There)
By: Shane Phillips
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crise…
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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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"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. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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4. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
By: Avi
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences... Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murd… read more
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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- nonfiction
"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
8. Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
By: M. Nolan Gray
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing… read more
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- urban
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9. Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
By: Jenny Schuetz
3.95
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the Uni… read more
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- urbanism
- urban
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- economics
10. Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
By: Rachel Maddow
4.32
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House: the wild crimes, audacious c… read more
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- nonfiction
"Agnew was like Nixon's id -- without the burden of much actual knowledge or curiosity or responsibility to the country at large."-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
"I had turned over a log and exposed to the light a scurrying colony of unpleasant creatures whose only reaction was one of annoyance that I had been so crass as to disturb their settled way of life. …"-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
"It is a rare man or woman who is ever really changed by ascension to high office, or tempered by the solemnity of the oaths they have sworn or by the national duties they have shouldered. And Spiro A…"-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
11. Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives
By: Melissa Bruntlett
4.41
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherl… read more
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- urban
- transport
- urbanism
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12. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
By: Peter Turchin
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
13. Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
By: Gregg Colburn
4.23
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisi… read more
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- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- economics
14. BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art
By: Zaria Ware
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A fun and fact-filled introduction to the dismissed Black art masters and models who shook up the w… read more
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- nonfiction
"Art is power. Representation is power. And for millennia, humans have fought wars over the right to wield it."-Zaria Ware, BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art
15. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
By: Conor Dougherty
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, deeply reported investigation into the housing crisis Spacious and affordable homes… read more
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- urbanism
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16. The Affordable City: Strategies for Putting Housing Within Reach (and Keeping it There)
By: Shane Phillips
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crise… read more
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- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urban
- design
- transport
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
17. Bird Brother: A Falconer's Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife
By: Rodney Stotts
4.32
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts wo… read more
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18. Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
4.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Explore the past, present, and future of housing in America, as well as solutions to its most press… read more
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- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
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19. The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
By: Robin Reames
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
How rhetoric—the art of persuasion—can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theori… read more
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20. The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
By: Carlos Moreno
3.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities In The 15-Minut… read more
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