5 must-read architecture books like La città dei ricchi e la città dei poveri by Bernardo Secchi

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La città dei ricchi e la città dei poveri

By: Bernardo Secchi

3.59

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Nelle culture occidentali la città è stata a lungo immaginata come spazio dell'Integrazione sociale…

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1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more

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"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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2. 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
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
"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

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3. A Cabeça do Santo

By: Socorro Acioli

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Desenvolvido na oficina de Gabriel García Márquez, o romance de Socorro Acioli conta a história de … read more

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"A consciência da solidão doía mais que qualquer outra dor."

-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo

"[...] porque às vezes nem Deus livra o homem de enlouquecer. O demônio é artista."

-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo

"Era tudo tão lindo que nem coube nos seus pequenos sonhos. Ela precisou aprender a sonhar mais."

-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo

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4. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

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"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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5. Love in the Time of Cholera

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.94

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventuall… read more

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"I’ve remained a virgin for you."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"مايؤلمني في الموت هو ألا أموت حبا"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"Be calm. God awaits you at the door."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"He is ugly and sad... but he is all love."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

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6. South of the Border, West of the Sun

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

3.86

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition here. Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime t… read more

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"Is that what you see in my eyes, that you know nothing about me?"

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us pain because they remain."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"Loving her, and being loved, was the only way I could hold myself together."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

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7. The Man in the High Castle

By: Philip K. Dick

3.60

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume… read more

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"Don’t you feel it?"

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

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8. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

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9. Six Memos For The Next Millennium

By: Italo Calvino

3.71

Format: 656 pages,

Six Memos for the Millenniumis a collection of five lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at … read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Species of Spaces and Other Pieces

By: Georges Perec , John Sturrock

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Georges Perec, author of the highly acclaimed Life: A User's Manual, was only forty-six when he die… read more

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  • architecture
  • nonfiction

11. The Art of Loving

By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. The Baron in the Trees

By: Italo Calvino , Archibald Colquhoun , Ana Goldstein

4.02

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

A landmark new translation of a Calvino classic, a whimsical, spirited novel that imagines a life l… read more

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"Why d’you make me suffer?" “Because I love you."

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

"No puede haber amor si no se es uno mismo con todas sus fuerzas."

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

"Mais je fais une chose tout à fait bonne: je vis dans les arbres"

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

"Chi vuole guardare bene la terra deve tenersi alla distanza necessaria."

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

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13. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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14. Anarchy

By: Vernon Richards , Errico Malatesta

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

Many think 'anarchy' means confusion, disorder, and chaos, but Maletesta sets the record staight. E… read more

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15. The Hour of the Star

By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more

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"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

16. Concerning the Spiritual in Art

By: Wassily Kandinsky

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this … read more

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17. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

'A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn sku… read more

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18. Da cosa nasce cosa: Appunti per una metodologia progettuale

By: Bruno Munari

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Tra i grandi libri di Munari, questo e quello che forse maggiormente rende felici i lettori per la … read more

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19. Ten Myths about Israel

By: Ilan Pappé

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more

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20. Mai devi domandarmi

By: Natalia Ginzburg

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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21. La Mémoire de Babel

By: Christelle Dabos

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deux ans et sept mois qu'Ophelie se morfond sur son arche d'Anima. Aujourd'hui il lui faut agir, ex… read more

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22. Novecento. Un monologo

By: Alessandro Baricco

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Il Virginianera un piroscafo. Negli anni tra le due guerre faceva la spola tra Europa e America, co… read more

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23. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

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24. Le strane storie di Fukiage. Vol. 1

By: Banana Yoshimoto

2.73

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"Mimi e Kodachi sono due sorelle gemelle cresciute nella cittadina di Fukiage. Allevate da una copp… read more

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25. Poeta chileno

By: Alejandro Zambra

4.39

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

En Santiago de Chile, a principios de los años noventa del pasado siglo, dos quinceañeros, Gonzalo … read more

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"fumar rabiosamente y aguantar las lágrimas, lo que no era fácil, porque fumar y llorar son actividades complementarias"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"Decir que eso la felicidad: nunca sentir que sería mejor estar en otra parte, nunca sentir que sería mejor ser alguien más. Otra persona. Alguien más joven, más viejo. Alguien mejor."

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"El padre señala con sutileza y autoridad la forma correcta de patear la pelota, porque el padre sabe de esas cosas. El padre se deja ganar, porque para ser un buen padre hay que dejarse ganar. Ser pa…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"It is better to write than not to write. Poetry is subversive because it exposes you, tears you apart. You dare to distrust yourself. You dare to disobey. That's the idea, to disobey everyone. Disobe…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

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26. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

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27. Salvar o fogo

By: Itamar Vieira Junior

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A história contada em Salvar o fogo tem várias camadas e muitos significados. Sua força reside na f… read more

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28. The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)

By: Aldo Rossi

4.05

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza … read more

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  • architecture
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
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29. La città dei ricchi e la città dei poveri

By: Bernardo Secchi

3.59

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Nelle culture occidentali la città è stata a lungo immaginata come spazio dell'Integrazione sociale… read more

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  • architecture
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  • urbanism
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30. Maniera di pensare l'urbanistica

By: Le Corbusier

3.45

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Se ainda era possível considerar até as primeiras décadas do século XX dois estabelecimentos humano… read more

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  • architecture
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31. Il buon abitare: pensare le case della modernità (Italian Edition)

By: Iñaki Ábalos

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Nel libro Il buon abitare, l'autore espone il suoi studi delle relazioni esistenti tra le diverse m… read more

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs

4.30

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Italo Calvino

3.71

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3.81

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Umberto Eco

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David Foster Wallace

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