New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused the allocation of spatial, political, economic, and financial resources to favor
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The Underground is the backbone of the city of London, a part of our identity. It's a network of shared experiences and visual memories, and most Londoners and visitors to the city will at some point have an interaction with the London Underground tube and train network. The Tube Mapper project
The Iliad describes the events of the ten-year siege of the city of Troy, by a coalition of Greek states. The story unfolds during a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, The Iliad mentions or alludes to
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Knowledge and the Early Modern City uses case studies from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries to examine the relationships between knowledge and the city and how these changed in a period when the nature and conception of both was drastically transformed. Both knowledge formation and the
Located on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow was once the second city of the Empire, producing ships, locomotives, cars and heavy engineering for the world. Its docks would see huge numbers of exports. But Glasgow is much more than this; it is a religious centre, with one of Scotland's earliest
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Pop City examines the use of Korean television dramas and K-pop music to promote urban and rural places in South Korea. Building on the phenomenon of Korean pop culture, Youjeong Oh argues that pop culture-featured place selling mediates two separate domains: political decentralization and the
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How Dublin grew from Viking settlement to capital city of Ireland: a one-of-its kind comprehensive history of one of the most popular cities in the
A fascinating collection of merged historic and modern images that reflect the changes in the city of Cork through the
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin heads to the picturesque city of Victoria on Vancouver Island to investigate a series of petty crimes - that soon turn deadly. When Dorothy Martin and her ex-policeman husband Alan are asked by some good friends to look into a series of petty crimes that are
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Mexico City has withstood enormous changes throughout its history. Once the capital of the Aztec Empire, it has continuously evolved over the centuries to become one of the largest megalopolises in the world. The exuberant metropolis of the present day can be seen as a patchwork of Aztec, Hispanic,
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin heads to the picturesque city of Victoria on Vancouver Island to investigate a series of petty crimes - that soon turn deadly. When Dorothy Martin and her ex-policeman husband Alan are asked by some good friends to look into a series of petty crimes that are
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Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city of
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September 1905. At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the ancient city of Smyrna, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother.At the very same moment, an Indian spy sails into the golden-hued, sycamore-scented city with a secret mission from the British Empire. When he leaves, 17 years later, it
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Only in the beautiful city of Florence can the faces of angels mask a terrifying
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New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
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New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
City of cities, the modern world's first great metropolis, London has shaped everything from clothing to youth culture. It has a unique place in the world's memory, even as its role has changed from the capital of the planet to its playground, and as its lived history has mutated into the heritage
It's 1919 and Amritsar is a city on the brink of rebellion. Riots, violence and tension spill onto the streets ...Bissen Singh fought bravely for the British Empire during World War One. Now he waits patiently for news from
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A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld
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New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
Jakarta is a fascinating city. Its attraction lies in the incredibly wide variety of people - Indonesians, Chinese, Indians, Arabs, and Europeans - who have arrived over the centuries, bringing with them their own habits, folklore, and culture. Their descendants have resulted in a vibrant mix of
Smoking Lovely's explorations of poetry and the neoliberal city at the intersection of community and commodity. In this radically revised new edition, Perdomo shifts the poem into mostly second person, thereby further accentuating its self-reflexive and complex exploration of self-and/as-other, and
In this evocative tale from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Gift, a strange new city offers a young girl hope. Can it also offer a lost soul a second chance?Morocco, 1941. With France having fallen to Nazi occupation, twelve-year-old Jewish girl Josie has fled with her family to
Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza and one of the most influential theorists of the twentieth century. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the
One of the most influential Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, Henri Lefebvre first published Marxist Thought and the City in French in 1972, marking a pivotal point in his evolution as a thinker and an important precursor to his groundbreaking work of urban sociology, The Production of
This book challenges the conventional idea of what constitutes the physical form of the contemporary city. Observing the absence of extended urban fabrics--the missing urbanism--in the new global cities developed today, it argues that these cities are merely statistical accumulations of density
The final book in the exciting Dragon Shield trilogy, by the author of
'The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank... The characters' interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book's denouement.' --Entertainment Weekly 'Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the
A search for the Beast, a Yeti-like creature within the heart of the Amazon, becomes a quest for self-discovery in this young adult coming-of-age story filled with international adventure, rich mythology, and magical realism from globally celebrated novelist Isabel Allende. Fifteen-year-old
This is 99% Invisible.__________A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcastHave you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?Or stopped to ponder who gets
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For Naked City, his first collection, Weegee cruised the streets of 1940s New York in the wee hours in search of the sensational. Lewd, louche, licentious but always brimming with life (except when brimming with death), Weegee's photographs have endured decades of modern art criticism and are again
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'If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture.' - Kazuo IshiguroFrom the youthful maximalism of Harajuku to the luxurious sophistication of Ginza, Tokyo is the city of a thousand styles. With
The bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye tells the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, in this 'masterpiece of narrative and perspective.' (Boston Globe)In the opening volume of his acclaimed American Revolution series,
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An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London. Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of
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New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem
New York (oficiálně The City of New York, v běžném užívání jen New York nebo New York City) je nejlidnatější město Spojených států a jeho metropolitní oblast patří mezi nejlidnatější na světě. Město bylo založeno Nizozemci v roce 1625 a od roku 1790 je největším městem