The City in Mind: Meditations on the Urban Condition, Paperback - James Howard Kunstler

Reducere. In the highly acclaimed The Geography of Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler declared suburbia "a tragic landscape" and fueled a fierce debate over how ...

Reducere. In The Long Emergency celebrated social commentator James Howard Kunstler explored how the terminal decline of oil production, combined with climat...

Reducere. Ebenezer Howard's iconic "Garden Cities of To-Morrow, " published in 1902, spawned an international movement for the creation of Garden Cities in t...

A guide to our anxious minds; offering a route to calm, self-compassion and mental well-being Far more than we tend to realise, we're all - in priv...

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Reducere. In A City on a Lake Matthew Vitz tracks the environmental and political history of Mexico City and explains its transformation from a forested, wat...

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DescriptionAn elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residentsFrom 1632 until 1854, Japan's rulers restricted contact with foreign countries, ...

- 7, 000 copies sold (worldwide) of the first, hardback edition - New, compact size and affordable paperback edition - Ceramics is still wildly pop...

How can industrial production be reintegrated into the urban fabric in a post-digital world Research from Harvard's Graduate School of Design addre...

This edited collection explores what happens when a city administration tries to bring their vision for a city into being. It provides ethnographic...

When an expatriate bureaucrat toured a devastated city, he saw more than ashes and ruins. He envisioned a thriving metropolis where God's people co...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Did you know that a windowsill is the worst place to place a potted plant? Or, that you can save bushels of money growing premium quality fruits an...

Publisher: Columbia Books on Architecture and the CityAuthor(s): James GrahamNumber of pages: 224Collection: GSAPP TranscriptsPublication date: 201...

From exploring secret gardens, parks, farmers markets and city farms, to discovering the best spots for urban bee-keeping, foraging, open-air swimm...

Reducere. The expanded, updated version of the best-selling classic, with a dozen new projects.``A delightfully readable and very useful guide to front- and ...

We are what we eat, but do you know what you're eating? Urban agriculture is the global movement that encourages the practice of cultivating, proce...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Des FitzgeraldNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 234 x 154 x 21Cover type: Paper...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Claire DunnNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 234 x 30Cover type: Paperback / sof...

This edited collection explores what happens when a city administration tries to bring their vision for a city into being. It provides ethnographic...

Linguistic Choices in the Contemporary City focuses on how individuals navigate conversation in highly diversified contexts and provides a broad ov...

Reducere. With My Meditations on Saint Paul, follow in the missionary footsteps of Saint Paul from Damascus to Rome. Father James Sullivan begins each daily ...

Lucy and Oscar set off on an adventure to explore the lively city. What amazing things will they spot? Set to teach children simple first words and...

Reducere. Baghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's great enduring metropolises. In this unusual anthology, Reuven ...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Alison Bick HirschNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 217 x 217 x 24Cover type...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdAuthor(s): S CartaNumber of pages: 672Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 243 x 170 x 40Cover type: Paperback / sof...

The story of crippling overdevelopment in Mexico's economic and social centerPublisher: Temple University Press, U.S.Author(s): Diane DavisNumber o...

Reducere. In the fullness of time, God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to sit on David's throne as a conquering cosmic king. He demonstrated His kingly po...

Reducere. Did you know that a windowsill is the worst place to place a potted plant? Or, that you can save bushels of money growing premium quality fruits an...

The city is an always changing human experiment. But in the last half century, it has changed more than ever before - with little sign of slowing d...

Contributor(s): Editor: Clifton EllisEditor: Rebecca GinsburgCountering the widespread misconception that slavery existed only on plantations, and ...

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Publisher: Cool Springs PressAuthor(s): Teri SpeightIllustration(s): 125+ color photosNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 209 x 2...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Urban reuse, creative production, consumerism and heritage protection have formed a productive alliance for the transformation of inner-city distri...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Howard GardnerIllustration(s): 30 black and white photosNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 12...

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...

Reducere. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE. THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE. Through life's many struggles, I realize there is a battle going on...

Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be "smart enough, " using technology to promote democracy and equity.Smart cities, where...

A radical history of squatting and the struggle for the right to remake the city The Autonomous City is the first popular history of squatting as p...