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Writings on cities
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Henri Lefebvre |
This book presents the most major Lefebvre's works which deal with the Every day experiences, the city, urban, space, and politic. Lefebvre was a real Marxist and also got influenced from Nietzche, p… |
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Smart Cities
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Anthony M. Townsend |
From Goodreads:
"An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future.
We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, where mobile broadban… |
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Tales of two cities
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Jonathan Conlin |
"Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750-1914, when they vied to be the world's greatest city. Each city has been the focus of many books, yet … |
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The city where we once lived
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Eric Barnes |
"In a near future where climate change has severely affected weather and agriculture, the North End of an unnamed city has long been abandoned in favor of the neighboring South End. Aside from the sc… |
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The lonely city
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Olivia Laing |
"You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by thousands of strangers. The Lonely City is a roving cultural history of… |
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Knowledge and the city
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Francisco Javier Carrillo |
"This book underlines the growing importance of knowledge for the competitiveness of cities and their regions. Examining the role of knowledge - in its economic, socio-cultural, spatial and instituti… |
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Meadowcity
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Liz Delton |
Sylvia Thorne is one of the few people brave enough to travel through the empty lands of what remains of once great civilizations. She is a Rider: delivering messages between the Four Cities and sett… |
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A year in the city
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Sally Hewitt |
Follow a year in the city and learn about the changes that occur through the seasons. Suggested level: junior. |
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The Maze of Bones
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Rick Riordan,David Pittu,Ethan Young |
Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family, try to uncover the thirty-nine clues which will reveal the secrets of their lineage and find out what really happened to their parents. |
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Big plans
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Kenneth L. Kolson |
"Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city - as expressed through visual images such as architectural drawings, three-dimensional model… |
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The Ancient City
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Peter Connolly |
Superb, detailed reconstructions of buildings provide the starting-point for a vivid exploration of these two great cities and the lives of the people who inhabited them. Peter Connolly's illustratio… |
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