cities and their denizens
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Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan
4 stars
Love them or loathe them, rats are here to stay-they are city dwellers as much as (or more than) we …
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A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh
4 stars
Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an …
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The 99% Invisible City by Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
3 stars
99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we …
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Secret Los Angeles by Félicien Cassan, Darrow Carson
5 stars
A concrete jungle surrounded by abundant nature, Los Angeles is surprisingly more than just celebrities, beaches, and theme parks. From …
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Imperial San Francisco by Gray A. Brechin
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First published in 1999, this celebrated history of San Francisco traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by …
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Street Fight by Jason Henderson
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Faced with intolerable congestion and noxious pollution, cities around the world are rethinking their reliance on automobiles. In the United …
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Mission High by Kristina Rizga
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"It's easier for a journalist to embed with the Army than to go behind the scenes at an American public …
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3 stars
The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and sprawl …
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Post-Pandemic Urbanism by Doris Kleilein, Friederike Meyer
3 stars
Working from home, undertourism, online shopping: the disruptive upheavals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic challenge architecture and urban planning. New …
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Unfathomable City by Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker
3 stars
Like the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, one …
