Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Vicious Circle (Persephone Alcmedi, #1) Vicious Circle (Persephone Alcmedi, #1) Linda Robertson Being a witch doesn't pay the bills, but Persephone Alcmedi gets by reading Tarot cards, writing a syndicated newspaper column and kenneling wærewolves in the basement during full moons. Everythi… OL15542530W
Closing chapters Closing chapters Thomas G. Welsh "Closing Chapters attempts to explain the disintegration of urban parochial schools in Youngstown, Ohio, a onetime industrial center that lost all but one of its eighteen Catholic parochial elementar… OL16134594W
Urban sprawl Urban sprawl Noel Merino The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues; each volume presents a diverse selection of primary and secondary sources representing all sides of the d… OL17903957W
Cities of tomorrow Cities of tomorrow Peter Hall "Peter Hall's seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave ri… OL19983980W
The humans The humans Stephen Karam ""A kind, warm, beautifully observed and deeply moving new play, a celebration of working-class familial imperfection and affection and a game-changing work for this gifted young playwright."--Chicag… OL20020296W
The well-tempered city The well-tempered city Jonathan F. P. Rose In the vein of Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities and Edward Glaeser's Triumph of the City, Jonathan F.P. Rose--a visionary in urban development and renewal--champions the role… OL20040996W
Designing Our Way to a Better World Designing Our Way to a Better World Thomas Fisher "Envisioning what we need, when it doesn't yet exist: this, Thomas Fisher tells us, is what design does. And if what we need now is a better world--functioning schools, working infrastructure, thrivi… OL20241478W
"Civilizing" Rio "Civilizing" Rio Teresa A. Meade "Conflicts during the Old Republic between Rio de Janeiro's lower orders and their employers, the transit companies, and the state about the effects of 'modernization' resulted in many losses, but al… OL3242346W
Wrestling with Moses Wrestling with Moses Anthony Flint To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. The activist, writer, and mother of three grew so fon… OL5836872W