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Claire Saunders,
Live Like a Victorian

Live Like a Victorian is a fascinating journey back in time to discover what life was really like during the Victorian era.This beautifully illustrated book takes young readers on an immersive tour of a t…

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Timothy Snyder
On Tyranny

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The "bracing" (Vox ) guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism, from a "public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections …

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Christopher F Karpowitz, Kelly D Patterson
The Politics of Individualism

Individualism is a quintessential American value, manifesting in emphases on hard work and economic independence. But there is another key aspect to individualism: moral autonomy, which must be understood…

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Tanzil Shafique
City of Desire

In this major open access contribution to Global South urban studies, Tanzil Shafique offers a new way of knowing and engaging with the most common urban environment in the Global South - informal settlem…

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Gal Beckerman
How to Be a Dissident

An invigorating guide to fighting back---part philosophy, part history, and part manual for living with integrity in an age of conformity and authoritarian driftHow do we push back in a world where politi…

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Jorg Rupke
Cities of Gods

How cities and religions have shaped each other through historyIn Cities of Gods , Jörg Rüpke offers an entirely new vision of the history of religion---one in which religion has shaped cities and cities …

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Leo Hollis
The Story of the City

A fascinating journey through the history of cities, from their origins to their futureHave you ever looked at the towers, houses, bridges and parks around you, and wondered how they got there? The answer…

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Dk Travel
DK Rome

Make your trip to Rome extraordinaryA tour through ancient society at the Roman Forum. People watching in lively Piazza Navona. Admiring masterpieces at Galleria Borghese. Rome offers enough bucket-list e…

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John Gurda
Milwaukee

Paddle through the watery history of the Midwest's Cream City.The success and survival of Milwaukee lies in the rivers that meander through its streets and the great lake at its eastern boundary. The Indi…

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Kerry Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy

A vivid, intimate biography of American icon Ethel Kennedy by her daughter Kerry Kennedy, told through her firsthand memories and exclusive access to Ethel's personal papersWhen her husband Robert F. Kenn…

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Jules Pelta Feldman
Charles Simonds and the Seventies

Where is Charles Simonds? Throughout the 1970s, hisdiminutive Dwellings, tiny architectural ruins of an imaginary civilization, could be found throughout the crumblinginfrastructure of downtown New York. …

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Caroline-Isabelle Caron
Québec's Broken Futures

Caroline-Isabelle Caron explores how Speculative Fiction from Québec from the 1970s to 2015 has eerily echoed alarmist thoughts concerning Québec independence and Québec's place in the space-time continuu…

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Global Cities in Indonesia

This book examines the development of global cities in Indonesia and proposes a new paradigm for urban development, grounded in inclusive social development. Inclusive development is defined as a new appr…

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Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria

A sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral processIn 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violenc…

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Edward M Epstein
Race, Real Estate and Education

Philadelphia's urban renewal efforts in the 1950s, which re-envisioned the city as a residential enclave, were an early example of gentrification. In West Philadelphia in the 1960s, a coalition of univers…

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Katrin B Anacker
Housing in New York City

Exploring all five boroughs, this volume shows how New York has been a national pioneer in developing affordable, equitable, and comprehensive housing policyIn Housing in New York City, Katrin B. Anacker …

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Ruth Braunstein
My Tax Dollars

"When the mundane reality of paying taxes takes on moral significance. In My Tax Dollars, Ruth Braunstein maps the contested moral landscape in which Americans experience and make sense of the tax sy…

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Lauren E M Everett
Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land

Rent control and other tenant protections have profound and positive impacts on individuals' and communities' lives. Lauren Everett's Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land shows how rent control impacts th…

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Lauren E M Everett
Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land

Rent control and other tenant protections have profound and positive impacts on individuals' and communities' lives. Lauren Everett's Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land shows how rent control impacts th…

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Francis S Barry
Back Roads and Better Angels

Bringing together two of America's unifying loves --- road trips and Abraham Lincoln --- Frank Barry takes readers on a thought-provoking journey into the heart of our democracy and the soul of our countr…

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