The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism
By: Bruce Katz
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New Localism provides a roadmap for change that starts in the communities where most people liv…
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1. 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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- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
2. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
- sociology
3. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
By: Jared Diamond
3.93
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of … read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"...neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
"History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
"[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
"The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago steel girder skyscrapers of the 1880s."-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4. 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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- politics
- nonfiction
5. Modern Romance
By: Eric Klinenberg , Aziz Ansari
4.00
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Now a New York TimesBestseller A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures a… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
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- urban planning
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- urbanism
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7. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
By: Kim Malone Scott
4.00
Format: None pages,
From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say … read more
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8. How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
By: P.E. Moskowitz
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
The term gentrificationhas become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across … read more
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9. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
10. Theogony/Works and Days
By: Hesiod , None
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Hesiod, one of the oldest known Greek poets, stands out as the first personality in European litera… read more
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11. Street Smart: A Fifty-Year Mistake Set Right and the Great Urban Revival
By: William Rosen , None
3.94
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover for this edition can be found With wit and sharp insight, former Traffic Commissi… read more
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12. 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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13. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
By: Thomas King
4.65
Format: None pages, ebook
WINNER of the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize The Inconvenient Indianis at once a "history" and the complete … read more
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14. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
By: David Epstein
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more
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- nonfiction
"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
15. If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more
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"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
16. This Other Eden
By: Paul Harding
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more
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17. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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- nonfiction
"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
18. Measure What Matters
By: John Doerr
3.99
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
The revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, Amazon and Uber. With a f… read more
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- nonfiction
"For anyone striving for high performance in the workplace, goals are very necessary things."-John Doerr, Measure What Matters
"Acute focus, open sharing, exacting measurement, a license to shoot for the moon—these are the hallmarks of modern goal science."-John Doerr, Measure What Matters
"If the heart doesn't find a perfect rhyme with the head, then your passion means nothing. The OKR framework cultivates the madness, the chemistry contained inside. It gives us an environment for risk…"-John Doerr, Measure What Matters
19. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
20. 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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- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
- sociology
21. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
22. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-… read more
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- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
23. How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.37
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Racist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"I use “anticapitalist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
24. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
By: Jia Tolentino
4.04
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges … read more
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- cultural
- politics
- nonfiction
"To communicate an identity requires some degree of self-delusion."-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
"Even if you avoid the internet completely—my partner does: he thought #tbt meant “truth be told"-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
"People have been carping in this way for many centuries. Socrates feared that the act of writing would “create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls."-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
"A woman is unruly if anyone has incorrectly decided that she’s too much of something, and if she, in turn, has chosen to believe that she’s just fine."-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
25. How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Epictetus
4.11
Format: 173 pages, Hardcover
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's le… read more
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- nonfiction
"A companion's crudeness is bound to rub off on the one he is with, no matter how refined that person may be."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Don't we recall that no one does injury or benefit to another, but that the cause of each of these things is a judgement."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Don't ask for things to happen as you would like them to, but wish them to happen as they actually do, and you will be all right."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"But to myself all predictions are favorable if I wish them to be, since it is up to me to benefit from the outcome, whatever it may be."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
26. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
By: Sebastian Junger
4.02
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at pos… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men"."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others"-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
27. The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
By: Robert Livingston
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An essential tool for individuals, organizations, and communities of all sizes to jump-start dialog… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"We divide ourselves into ‘us’ and ‘them’ based on all sorts of random and insignificant traits… According to optimal distinctiveness theory, humans are drawn to social groups that simultaneously fulf…"-Robert Livingston, The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
28. Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
By: Eric Klinenberg
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our frac… read more
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- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
- sociology
"Democracy must begin at home, and its home is the neighborly community."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Even the Internet, which was supposed to deliver unprecedented cultural diversity ad democratic communication, has become an echo chamber where people see and hear what they already believe."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Today, our communities are full of children whose future, like Jelani's, will be formed in the places where they go to learn about themselves and the world they'll inherit. They deserve palaces. Whet…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"The accessible physical space of the library is not the only factor that makes it work well as social infrastructure. The institution's extensive programming, organized by a professional staff that u…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
29. The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice
By: Wendell Berry
4.03
Format: 513 pages, Paperback
Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continue… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
30. If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
By: Jill Lepore
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The Simulmatics Corporation, launched during the Cold War, mined data, targeted voters, manipulated… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
31. The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism
By: Bruce Katz
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New Localism provides a roadmap for change that starts in the communities where most people liv… read more
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- politics
- academic
- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- economics
- sociology
