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Down River
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John Hart
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The King of Lies" comes this highly-anticipated, heart-pounding new thriller that tells the story of a river whose banks are filled with lies and murder, and the man whose destiny lies deep below its surface
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Chocolat
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Joanne Harris
Vivianne Rocher moves to the tiny French town of Lansquenet to open a chocolate boutique, and, suddenly, strange things start to happen. The townspeople begin to eschew the self-righteous gossip of small-town life, and they find the courage to break the rigid codes of provincial behavior. In short, they start enjoying life--all because of the ...
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations and Its Prospects
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Lewis Mumford
The classic study of the city -- its origins, its transformations, and its prospects. Winner of the National Book Award.
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City of Gold and Lead
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John Christopher
Having reached the safety and freedom of the White Mountains, Will sets forth to bring destruction to the Tripods, the huge, three-legged machines that have enslaved most of the people of earth. In order to do so, Will and his coconspirators plan to infiltrate the City of the Tripods, a place where capped humans are the personal slaves to these ...
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Underground
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David Macaulay
A look at what lies beneath the streets of a large, modern American city. The author closely examines the intersection of two main streets, revealing such subterranean elements as subways, sewer systems, power systems, and tunnels. Detailed b&w illustrations accompany the text.
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One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns of Italy
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Paolo Lazzarin
Who hasn't dreamt of being whisked away to a sweet little Italian town buried deep in the countryside-towns with names that roll off the tongue like Vercelli, Portofino, and Tuscania? The small towns sprinkled throughout this expansive book are not only rich with beauty, but are also saturated with as much historical and cultural importance as ...
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The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration, 1966-1999
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Ray Suarez
Distilling the voices of the very families who have fled from the cities, the host of NPR's popular "Talk of the Nation" has written a deeply felt history of the changing face of American communities.
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Life in a medieval city
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Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Recreates the life of the rich and poor family, the housewife, businessman, doctor, scholar, clergy, artist, and writer of the Middle Ages, with insights into many customs and traditions of the period.
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The City Reader
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Richard T LeGates, Frederic Stout (Editor)
The third edition of the highly successful City Reader juxtaposes the very best of publications on the city. It has been extensively updated to reflect the latest thinking on globalization, information technology and urban theory. Classic writings from such authors as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs and Le Corbusier, meet the best contemporary ...
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Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum
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William F Whyte
This sociological study of the lives of gang members in Boston's North End was based on William F. Whyte's doctoral thesis at the University of Chicago. Since its publication in 1943, it has been a perennial seller and a much-assigned classroom text.
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany
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James Bentley, Hugh Palmer (Photographer)
Bentley highlights 37 villages and towns, both for their intrinsic beauty and for the part they have played in Tuscan history and culture. Page after page of Palmer's magnificent color photos evoke the beauty of the land. Specially compiled listings of hotels, restaurants, and festivals complete the tribute to Tuscany and its villages.
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The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History
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Spiro Kostof
Spanning the ages and the globe, Spiro Kostof explores the city as a "repository of cultural meaning" and an embodiment of the community it shelters. Widely used by both architects and students of architecture, The City Shaped won the AIA's prestigious book award in Architecture and Urbanism. With hundreds of photographs and drawings that ...
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Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History
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Mark Girouard
London, Paris, Venice, New York, Rome, Constantinople - the cities of the world have captured man's imagination for generations. In this lively, sumptuously illustrated book, the author of the best-selling 'Life In The English Country House' takes us on a tour of cities and their people through the centuries. Focusing on carefully selected cities ...
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The Urban World
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J John Palen
The Urban World the leading text in urban sociology. Through five editions the book has presented a complete, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. It offers a coherent overview of the changing urban scene, covering evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life. The Urban World ...
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Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space
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Michael Sorkin (Editor)
America's cities are being rapidly transformed by a sinister and homogenous design. A new Kind of urbanism--manipulative, dispersed, and hostile to traditional public space--is emerging both at the heart and at the edge of town in megamalls, corporate enclaves, gentrified zones, and psuedo-historic marketplaces. If anything can be described as a ...
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The Big Green Pocketbook
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Candice Ransom
In this book, a little girl on a trip into town with her mother carries a big green pocketbook and fills it with pieces of her day, inventing stories for each treasure.
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A street through time
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Steve Noon (Illustrator), Dr. Anne Millard
Have you ever wondered what a street was like 100 years ago? In "A Street Through Time" you can actually "see" what happens as you trace its development, spread by spread, through 14 time periods, from the Stone Age to the present day. Full color.
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Cry Me a River
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T R Pearson
The story of a murder and its consequences in a small southern town.
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Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development
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Stanley D Brunn
The only text to offer a regional survey of world urban development, this third edition has been fully revised and updated to include new chapter authors, new cities and regions, and an expanded art program. Focusing on the eleven major culture realms of the world, the volume examines each region's urban history, economy, and culture and society, ...
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Thrilling Cities
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Ian Fleming
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Cities, Change, and Conflict: A Political Economy of Urban Life
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Nancy Kleniewski
CITIES, CHANGE, AND CONFLICT - A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF URBAN LIFE discusses the importance of cities for the economic, cultural, and political life of modern societies. The author consistently uses the political economy perspective to introduce students to the basic concepts and research in urban sociology, while also acknowledging the ...
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Division street: America
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Studs Terkel
The book that first made Studs Terkel's reputation as this country's foremost oral historian is a unique portrait of America at a time of change and hope.
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Mossy Creek
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Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Donna Ball
A group of Southern writers contribute stories about the inhabitants of the fictional town of Mossy Creek and its inhabitants.
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The 100 Best Small Towns in America
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Norman Crampton
For everyone who's had enough of the big city, who'd like to start a new life in a place with clean air and friendly neighbors, here are 100 all-American small towns where their dreams can come true. This delightful guide offers a coast-to-coast tour of wonderful, thriving small towns that are ideal places to live, work, and raise a family.
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Cities and Urban Life
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John J Macionis, Dr. Vincent N Parrillo
A multidisciplinary exploration of cities and urban life includes the historical development of cities, classic urban sociology, social psychology, geography and ecology, political economy, urban anthropology, as well as planning and architecture.
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