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Geography of Nowhere

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:57:08 PST

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The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon architecture and parking lots. In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern ...

香港視覺藝術年鑑2006

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:42:19 PST

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Good City Form

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:42:11 PST

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With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process of exploring city form. Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, a high point from which he views cities past and possible. First published in hardcover under the title A Theory of Good City Form

The Image of the City

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:35:29 PST

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What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities.The ...

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:34:30 PST

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A classic since its publication in 1961, this book is the defintive statement on American cities: what makes them safe, how they function, and why all too many official attempts at saving them have failed.

The City in History

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:20:23 PST

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The city's development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. "One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century" (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.

Critique of Everyday Life

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:17:53 PST

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The three volumes of the radical sociologist's magnum opusin a boxed set: a monumental exploration of contemporary society, by one of the twentieth century's great intellectuals. The Critique of Everyday Life is perhaps the richest, most prescient work by one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. The trilogy which provided the philosophy behind the 1968 student revolution in France ...

Social Software in Libraries

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:11:39 PST

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Here is the first book to explore the growing phenomenon of social software and how these technologies can be applied in libraries. Social software lets libraries show a human face online, helping them communicate, educate, and interact with their communities. This nuts-and-bolts guide provides librarians with the information and skills necessary to implement the most popular and effective social ...

New Creative Community

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:07:09 PST

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A foundational textbook about how communities develop themselves and affect social change through the creative arts. This comprehensive, photographically illustrated treatise on the field of community-based arts, which range from political theater on the street to murals celebrating cultural heritage, will appeal to the curious non-specialist reader, as well as the practitioner and student.

Critique of Everyday Life, Volume 3

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:57:18 PST

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A monumental exploration of contemporary society, by one of the twentieth century's great intellectuals. The Critique of Everyday Life is perhaps the richest, most prescient work by one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. The trilogy which provided the philosophy behind the 1968 student revolution in France, it is considered to be the founding text of what we now know as cultural ...