Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
By: David Louter
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his engaging book Windshield Wilderness, David Louter explores the relationship between automobi…
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1. The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
By: Gretchen Bakke
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
2. The High Cost of Free Parking
By: Donald C. Shoup
3.79
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require… read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
By: Thomas J. Sugrue
3.88
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Once America's "arsenal of democracy, " Detroit has become the symbol of the American urban crisis.… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
5. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
By: Susan Cain
4.40
Format: 82 pages, Hardcover
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to … read more
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- nonfiction
6. Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
By: Jane Jacobs , Samuel Zipp , Nathan Storring
4.48
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A career-spanning selection of previously uncollected writings and talks by the legendary author an… read more
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- nonfiction
7. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
By: Mike Davis
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hidden story of L.A. Mike Davis shows us where the city's money comes from and who controls it … read more
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8. How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City
By: Joan DeJean
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet… read more
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9. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more
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10. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
11. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
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12. To Be Taught, If Fortunate
By: Becky Chambers
4.20
Format: 153 pages, Paperback
In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, ins… read more
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"Hope isn't about predicting the future; it's about how you approach it."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
"Even if nothing ever does go wrong, I have to prepare as though it might."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
"We were alive on that world. We were kings without enemies, children removed from time."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
"When the world you know is out of reach, nothing is more welcome than a measurable reminder that it still exists."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
13. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- nature
14. 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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- history
- nonfiction
"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
15. High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
By: Ben Austen
4.33
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction b… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. The Infinity Particle
By: Wendy Xu
4.03
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this gorgeous graphic novel by Wendy Xu, co-creator of the award-winning Mooncakes, a young inve… read more
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17. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)
By: Nghi Vo
4.03
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more
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18. Tidesong
By: Wendy Xu
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli and The Tea Dragon Society, this is a magically heartwarming grap… read more
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19. Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
By: Louisa Lim
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The story of Hong Kong has long been obscured by competing myths: to Britain, a ‘barren rock’ with … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
20. Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
By: Alexandra Lange
3.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"These early successes were a boon to developers, who could now confidently double their shopping area and add the final technological breakthrough that made a mall a mall: air-conditioning."-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
"People often tell me that they get lost in malls. Malls are a habitat. Some of us are natives. If you grew up hiking, you know to look for blazes. If you grew up with malls, you know to look for the …"-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
21. A Half-Built Garden
By: Ruthanna Emrys
3.63
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the… read more
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"They're nothing but dangerous questions."-Ruthanna Emrys, A Half-Built Garden
22. Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
By: Angie Schmitt
4.40
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
23. The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods and Cities
By: Dolores Hayden
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
"This is a book that is full of things I have never seen before, and full of new things to say abou… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
24. Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City
By: Katie J. Wells
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to Uber The f… read more
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- nonfiction
25. The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the People, the History, the Region
By: David Alff
3.97
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
All aboard for the first comprehensive history of the hard-working and wildly influential Northeast… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
26. Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
By: David Louter
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his engaging book Windshield Wilderness, David Louter explores the relationship between automobi… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- nature
