In Focus: Cities

Reducere. Stellarlune is the 9th book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities Series. In this stunning ninth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Ke...

Long before Occupy, cities were the subject of much utopian thinking. They are the centers of capital accumulation as well as of revolutionary poli...

This volume examines urban South Asia through the ideas of neighbourhood and neighbourliness. With a focus on the affective socio-spatial and senso...

DescriptionA new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperi...

This book delves into the urban planning theory of "smart growth" to encourage the creation of smart cities, where compact urban spaces are optimiz...

Most entrepreneurial books focus on the Business Canvas Model, simplifying the process of building a start-up. This book stands out because it deal...

Like Paris Versus New York but with a stateside focus and practical advice, this is an English-to-foreign language dictionary-style travel guide fo...

Reducere. Extraordinary art and architecture installations from around the world. Urban interventions establish strong links between the social and spatial s...

Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey ...

"Because of their relative stability, streets offer an incomparable framework for looking at the urban past and comparing it to the present, " writ...

Reducere. 'A City Within a City' is a case study of the civil rights era as it happened in smaller cities, focusing specifically on the struggles involving s...

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and...

Reducere. This book surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds, with a focus on their physical appearance, on urban f...

Reducere. Our histories focus almost entirely on a relatively small group of men making big decisions in big buildings in cities, but most folks living at an...

This book advocates a new blended linguistic ethnography approach to unpacking mobile communication and enabling a more informed understanding of i...

The first in-depth focus on the lives of Peregrines in towns and cities. In words and stunning photographs, Ed Drewitt reveals the latest informati...

Why do autocrats build spectacular new capital cities? In The Geopolitics of Spectacle, Natalie Koch considers how autocratic rulers use "spectacul...

Reducere. Current Special Forces doctrine is very limited concerning the conduct of guerrilla warfare combat operations in urban environments. The focus of t...

Veteran photographer Simon Edelstein has spent 12 years travelling the world - the USA, France, Italy, India, Morocco and Cuba - in search of aband...

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese Vol. I focus on regional developments and interregional relations in western Asia Minor and the Dodekanese d...

Reducere. A plea for the social efficacy of the neighborhood and its ecologyThe pressure is on: people move to cities in ever-growing numbers. So we build ne...

Reducere. A nocturnal journey through local histories of clubbing in Africa and EuropeThe image of the DJ dragging his record case through international "non...

This text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been addressed in different places at different times. From init...

Reducere. The time seems ripe for the greening of cities: green roofs and walls, planted pavements, shared or therapeutic gardens... Is the city discovering ...

Breathtaking photography captures the soul and passion of this spectacular land of bagpipes, heather, thistle, and tartans. This enchanting collect...

DescriptionPerched above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byza...

The beginning of the twenty-first century has provided abundant evidence of the necessity to reexamine the relationship between Catholicism and the...

Reducere. In My Mother's House and Sido, Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fo...

Reducere. Many historical chess books focus on individual 19th century masters and tournaments yet little is written covering the full scope of competitive c...

Reducere. When the first community land trusts (CLTs) began appearing in the United States during the 1970s, all were located in rural areas. By the 1980s an...

Reducere. While young men wage war against an evil empire of zealous mutants, the population of this modern inferno is afflicted with the epidemic of a radio...

From the ski slopes of Utah to the frigid tundra of northwestern Russia, Snowbound celebrates contemporary design in cold climates with a focus on ...

Reducere. Comprehensive and insightful, Ferdinand Petrie's Drawing Landscapes in Pencil is full of invaluable lessons in the subtle art of pencil drawing. Th...

Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bauhaus collects the unparalleled writings of legendary British wordsmith Janet Abrams for the first time. From pivotal fig...

As the author, my purpose for this book is to share with the reader my reflections and memories and those of others who went to the same high schoo...

The Sierra Nevada, California's iconic mountain range, harbors thousands of remote high-elevations lakes from which water flows to sustain agricult...

DescriptionThis book provides an overview of the large and interdisciplinary literature on the substance and process of urban climate change planni...

Reducere. In Commerce before Capitalism in Europe, 1300-1600, Martha C. Howell challenges dominant interpretations of the relationship between the so-called ...

In Search of the Romans is a lively and informative introduction to ancient Rome. Making extensive use of ancient sources and copiously illustrated...

In this collection of essays Martha Rosler embarks on a broad inquiry into the economic and historical precedents for today's soft ideology of crea...

Reducere. A major new urban history of the design and development of postwar San FranciscoDesigning San Francisco is the untold story of the formative postwa...

Serving as the seat of Walton County, DeFuniak Springs is one of the most picturesque cities in the Florida Panhandle. A surveying party scouting r...

DescriptionFrom a rare map of yellow fever in eighteenth-century New York to Charles Booth's famous maps of poverty in nineteenth-century London, a...

DescriptionThe 1990s were a glorious time for the Chicago Bulls, an age of historic championships and all-time basketball greats like Scottie Pippe...

Understanding perspective is within reach Perspective Made Easy is a complete guide to understanding drawing in perspective and how to apply it. Yo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kay Hardy CampbellFawzia returns home to Jeddah in 1978, after attending college in Lebanon, and takes up secretly with her...

Reducere. For many people, photography serves as a form of meditation; a way to separate themselves from their stressful lives. In this book, Torsten Andreas...

The 23 chapters in this volume explore the material culture of sanctity in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean between c. 1000 and c. 1220, with a f...

For the past thirty years, Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama has undertaken a photographic examination of the life of cities and the built env...

Award NamePROSEAward categoryAnthropology/ArcheologyDescription2012 American Publishers (PROSE) Awards winner for Best Archaeology & Anthropology B...

Reducere. New York City History is essential reading not only for fans of regional history, but for readers who wish to understand the American experience th...

DescriptionThe great Darkness has fallen, and the Empire with it.The arcane crystals which once powered entire cities were shattered, and the Darkn...

Reducere. More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century--over 300 million--than by all of the wars of that period combined. In 1918 and 19...

Reducere. We "Set the record straight" clearing beliefs that African Americans, genetic descendants of Ancient Kemet, lack history until the event of slavery...

This unique volume showcases the best illustrated architecture books ever published. The author, John Hill, is the founder of the hugely influentia...

Reducere. Gutter Angels contains work from 1994 to the present, all shining a light on buried life in the darkest corner of the darkest alley in Los Angeles,...

For readers with family ties to Manchester and Salford, and researchers delving into the rich history of these cities, this informative, accessible...

Reducere. James Dall attends church every Sunday even though he stopped believing in the Christian God years ago; he says it's for the free coffee. A 29-year...

Reducere. DescriptionCaldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, ful...

Get behind the wheel, turn the key, and feel the breeze. Hit the Road features the individuality of overland vehicles, their passionate owners, and...

DescriptionCaldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, ful...

Reducere. The Western Church world is abuzz with talk of being missional. Church leaders, conference speakers, and authors are weighing the merits of the att...

"We shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with three stars in the Baedeker Guide, " the German Foreign Office announced in April 1...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in America Urban violence is one of t...

Reducere. Another in Delaplaine's series of Long Weekend Guides offering a personal view on the best things to do, places to eat, shops to visit and attracti...

Reducere. Another in Delaplaine's series of Long Weekend Guides offering a personal view on the best things to do, places to eat, shops to visit and attracti...

-With a preface by Mark Blaisse, author of Before They Passed Away, this book picks out one street in 200 different cities across the 7 continents ...

Reducere. With climate change in the news, an urban core that has reached boiling point, and many children growing up without role models and with limited dr...

Description This new book by the eminent critic provides an informative and timely survey of contemporary approaches to Joyce and modern Irish writ...

Reducere. When Rassie Erasmus took over as coach of the Springboks in 2018, few thought they had a chance of winning the Rugby World Cup. The Boks had slippe...