Dystopian Cities: How The Tyranny of Specialists Destroy African Cities
A revelation of the spatial atrocities committed by specialist planners in the development of African cities For than fifty centuries, cities were planned and developed by generalists The town planners were Jacks of all trades yet masters of none But, in the last fifty years, this changed.
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
What does it mean to be lonely How do we live, if we re not intimately engaged with another human being How do we connect with other people Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid thirties, she found herself inhabiting
Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
Award winning journalist Sam Anderson s long awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny Oklahoma City was born from chaos It was founded in a bizarre but momentous Land Run in 1889, when thousands of people
In Our Mad and Furious City
For Selvon, Ardan, and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means what it does anywhere football, music, and freedom, but now, after the killing of a British soldier, riots are spreading across the city, and nowhere is safe While the fury swirls around them, Selvon and Ardan
The Language of Cities
We live in a world that is now predominantly urban So how do we define the city as it evolves in the 21st century Drawing examples from across the globe, Deyan Sudjic decodes the underlying forces that shape our cities, such as resources and land, to the ideas that shape conscious elements of
The Municipalists
A novel about an unlikely pair of lonely outsiders one human, one AI on an adventure to save the great American city of Metropolis written by one of the most exciting new voices in fiction Charles Yu Named one of the best books of the month by Library Journal Debut of the Month , The Verge
The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir
A memoir of self discovery and the dilemma of connection in our time, The Odd Woman and the City explores the rhythms, chance encounters, and ever changing friendships of urban life that forge the sensibility of a fiercely independent woman who has lived out her conflicts, not her fantasies, in a
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness
It all started with Nathanael Johnson s decision to teach his daughter the name of every tree they passed on their walk to day care in San Francisco This project turned into a quest to discover the secrets of the neighborhood s flora and fauna, and yielded than names and trivia Johnson
This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live
The average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime For Melody Warnick, it was move 6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her In the lonely aftermath of unpacking, she wondered Aren t we supposed to put down roots at some point How does where we
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society We are living in a time of deep divisions Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn t seen
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
What if Atlantis wasn t a myth but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels and higher and higher tides pushing water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our