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  • A Short History of the Ford Plant

    Industrial Archaeology and Economic Change in St. Paul

    de Brian McMahon ...
    A short-form e-book original providing a brief history of the famed automobile assembly plant in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood, 1925-2011. Based on an essay written for the Society for Industrial Archaeology. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Old Norse Poetry in Performance

    Edición de Brian McMahon, Annemari Ferreira ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book presents a range of approaches to the study of Old Norse poetry in performance.The contributors examine both eddic and skaldic poems and consider the surviving evidence for how they were originally recited or otherwise performed in medieval Scandinavia, Iceland and at royal courts across Europe. This study also engages with the challenge of reconstructing medieval performance styles and ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

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  • Walkable City

    How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

    de Jeff Speck ...
    Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability.The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that's easy to drive to but often not worth ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

    The Untold History of English

    de John McWhorter ...
    A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammarWhy do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Language distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

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    The High Cost of Discount Culture

    de Ellen Ruppel Shell ...
    A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargainFrom the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little- examined obsession with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Irresistible Fairy Tale

    The Cultural and Social History of a Genre

    de Jack Zipes ...
    A provocative new theory about fairy tales from one of the world's leading authoritiesIf there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread—or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. ... Leer más

    $32.39 USD

  • Streetfight

    Handbook for an Urban Revolution

    de Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow ...
    Like a modern-day Jane Jacobs, Janette Sadik-Khan transformed New York City's streets to make room for pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and green spaces. Describing the battles she fought to enact change, Streetfight imparts wisdom and practical advice that other cities can follow to make their own streets safer and more vibrant.As New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

    Fourth Edition

    de Roland Greene ...
    Through three editions over more than four decades, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics has built an unrivaled reputation as the most comprehensive and authoritative reference for students, scholars, and poets on all aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more. Now this landmark work has been thoroughly revised and updated ... Leer más

    $46.79 USD

  • Paved Paradise

    How Parking Explains the World

    de Henry Grabar ...
    **Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book PrizeNamed one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining."—The Los Angeles ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • Green Metropolis

    Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

    de David Owen ...
    Look out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes.A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future.Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Suburban Nation

    The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

    de Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck ...
    The essential handbook for ending suburban sprawl and automobile-based settlement patternsFor a decade, Suburban Nation has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century's automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga

    de Margaret Clunies Ross ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD