Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
C is for city	Nikki Grimes	Rhyming verses featuring each letter of the alphabet describe different aspects of life in a city.	OL103704W
Germany and the Germans	Anita Ganeri	Examines the geography, agriculture, industries, people, history, and culture of Germany.	OL104026W
In the town	Karen Bryant-Mole	Spanish text and photographs identify things found in towns and cities, including stores and other buildings, buses and trains, items to buy such as food and toys, playgrounds, museums, signs, and ev…	OL104773W
State, pluralism, and the Indian historical tradition	Satish Chandra	Collection of seminal essays on evolution of state, role of towns and urbanism in medieval period; includes India's martime tradition.	OL11016807W
Disappearing desert	Janine Schipper	"Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States. The city's expansion - at the rate of one acre per hour - comes at the expense of its Sonoran Desert environm…	OL11891727W
Faith in the city	Church of England. Commission on Urban Priority Areas.	xvi, 398 pages : 23 cm	OL12316387W
Writings on cities	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…	OL1257999W
Urban & rural communities	Demetra Georgopoulos	"This information rich reproducible teaching unit includes: the characteristics of urban and rural communities using simple-to-understand reading projects, follow-up activities designed to consolidat…	OL12702327W
Bells of Bleecker	Valenti Angelo	The story of Joey and Pete the Squeak, two young boys that loved loud music and took lessons on Saturdays from Professor Dante. Tells of the adventures they have living on Bleeker Street, and the mus…	OL136626W
Good News	Edward Abbey	Jack, an old man in search of his son, and Sam, a Harvard-educated Indian, face the dictator and his nasty band of killers who are taking over the South.	OL13703570W
Homes and cities	Morgan, Sally.	Discusses settlements, the structure and growth of cities, and the need for urban planning in such areas as energy, transportation, waste disposal, construction, and disasters. Includes case historie…	OL14859050W
A city album	Peter Roop	Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in cities in the United States, including such topics as transportation, homes, recreation, and employment.	OL15022664W
Cities	Neil Morris	A basic overview of the ten most populated cities in the world, including Tokyo, New York, and Mexico City.	OL15028136W
Living in cities	Neil Morris	Explores how and why people have made their homes in cities throughout history and around the world.	OL15028229W
London	R. Conrad Stein	Describes the history, cultural composition, daily life, and points of interest of London.	OL15036417W
Mexico City	R. Conrad Stein	Provides a physical description of the city as well as an overview of the history and customs of the capital of Mexico.	OL15036427W
Vienna	R. Conrad Stein	Describes the history, culture, daily life, people, sports, and points of interest in the capital and largest city in Austria.	OL15036533W
The city	Virginia Schomp	"Describes daily life in the cities of England during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), from the poor, to the middle classes, to the upper classes, with a focus on the lives of women and child…	OL15039632W
Planet of Slums	Mike Davis,Mike Davis,José María Amoroto Salido	Mike Davis charts the expected global urbanization explosion over the next 30 years and points out that outside China most of the rest of the world's urban growth will be without industrialization or…	OL150682W
Second life	Michael Rymaszewski	Second Life: The Official Guide is the perfect book for anyone interested in Linden Lab?s fascinating Second Life metaverse. This book explores in detail every aspect of Second Life?s rich and multil…	OL15103862W