Demographic Orientation/Urban
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We’re Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City
$32.00 Add to cartThe aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters in American history. The storm caused unprecedented destruction, and a toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequ… [more below]
- Author: Gratz, Roberta Brandes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1568587449
- Language: English
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Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change
$39.95 Read moreThe illuminating evolution of the iconic space of Times Square.
What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of- Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
- Author: Sagalyn, Lynne B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 026204854X
- Language: English
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Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution
$29.95 Add to cartIt’s closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe–but it’s definitely not the last dance
In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and l- Author: Ghaziani, Amin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0691253854
- Language: English
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The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People
$34.95 Add to cartNonfiction Book Awards 2018 Gold Winner
Foreword INDIE Awards 2018 Gold Winner (Hobbies & Home category)
Nautilus Book Awards 2018 Silver Winner (Green Living & Sustainability category)
Reduce your la
- Author: Stross, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: March 19 2018
- ISBN10: 0997520833
- Language: English
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Deranged
$16.99 Add to cartFrom Simon & Schuster and Harold Schechter comes Deranged, the shocking true story of America’s most fiendish killer. Schechter brings his expertise to the shocking true story of a murderer in the ear… [more below]
- Author: Schechter, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0671025457
- Language: English
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Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect
$29.00 Add to cartFor over fifty years numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead. Some would have us believe that we act solely as individuals choosing our own fates regard… [more below]
- Author: Sampson, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: June 14 2013
- ISBN10: 022605568X
- Language: English
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Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption
$33.68 Add to cartHella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland’s built environment.
Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger and mo- Author: Schwarzer, Mitchell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 520381122
- Language: English
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Fugitive Gardens
$6.95 Read moreEven if you live in a big, dirty city, you can grow your own lush herb and vegetable garden year-round. Claire walks you through the basics of fire escape gardening, like choosing containers, soil, la… [more below]
- Series: Good Life
- Author: Tuna, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: November 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1648410219
- Language: English
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A Natural History of North American Trees
$22.95 Add to cart“A volume for a lifetime” is how The New Yorker described the first of Donald Culross Peatie’s two books about American trees published in the 1950s. In this one-volume edition, modern readers are int… [more below]
- Series: Donald Culross Peattie Library
- Author: Peattie, Donald Culross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 10 2013
- ISBN10: 1595341668
- Language: English
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The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-And What We Can Do about
$19.99 Add to cartIn recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urba… [more below]
- Author: Florida, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1541644123
- Language: English
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The Homegrown Herbal Apothecary: 120+ Easy-To-Grow Plants for Healing Remedies
$21.99 Read moreHarness the Healing Power of Plants in Your Home Garden
Unlock the benefits of growing and preparing your own restorative herbal remedies at home in this complete guide to cultivating your herbal prac- Author: Young, Devon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1645678644
- Language: English
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Atlas of Cities
$49.50 Add to cartA unique, stunningly illustrated look at the origins, development, and future prospects of cities
More than half the world’s population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to thre- Author: Knox, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 24 2014
- ISBN10: 0691157812
- Language: English
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America
$17.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Paul Tough’s Whatever It Takes is “one of the best books ever written about how poverty influences learning, and vice versa” (The Washington Post).
What would it take?… [more below]
- Author: Tough, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247966
- Language: English
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Change Comes to Dinner
$22.00 Add to cartA fascinating exploration of America’s food innovators, that gives us hopeful alternatives to the industrial food system described in works like Michael Pollan’s bestselling Omnivore’s Dilemma
Change- Author: Gustafson, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0312577370
- Language: English
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St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street
$19.99 Read moreSt. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O’Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of mi
- Author: Calhoun, Ada
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353303
- Language: English
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Brilliant Teaching: Using Culture and Artful Thinking to Close Equity Gaps
$30.00 Read moreThink like an artist and design a classroom that works–well–for everyone
In Brilliant Teaching, you will come to understand that equity–when we view it from an informed, multi-layered, and artistic
- Author: Stembridge, Adeyemi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 06 2023
- ISBN10: 111990112X
- Language: English
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Rooted in Joy: Creating a Classroom Culture of Equity, Belonging, and Care
$27.00 Read moreHow teachers can unlock the power of inclusivity and joy to transform their classroom and behavior management
In Rooted in Joy: Creating a Classroom Culture of Equity, Belonging, and Care, educational
- Author: Smith, Deonna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 08, 2023
- ISBN10: 111989803X
- Language: English
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Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Public Library Book for the Teenager
“Engaging…a lively, informative compendium of facts, the
New York Public Library Book to Remember
PSLA Young Adult Top 40 Nonfiction Titles of the Year- Author: Sullivan, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 11 2005
- ISBN10: 1582344779
- Language: English
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New York City Trees: A Field Guide for the Metropolitan Area
$19.95 Add to cartIf you’re not a tree lover now, this pocket-sized gem–dedicated to the idea that every species of tree has a story and every individual tree has a history–will make you one. Produced in consultation
- Author: Barnard, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0231128355
- Language: English
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Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
$19.00 Add to cartIn his bestselling work of “comic sociology,” David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today’s upper class–those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values… [more below]
- Author: Brooks, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 06 2001
- ISBN10: 0684853787
- Language: English
