Linn

Linnad pulseerivad lõputute võimalustega, samal ajal kui arhitektid, linnaplaneerijad ja visionäärid kujundavad ümber meie linnamaastikke ja tegelevad kaasaegse suurlinnaelu väljakutsetega. Need raamatud uurivad, kuidas nutikas disain, tehnoloogia ja inimkeskne planeerimine suudavad muuta betoonidžunglid elavateks, jätkusuutlikeks kogukondadeks, kus miljonid inimesed õitsevad.

Linn Raamatute kokkuvõtted

The Kid

autor Sapphire

Orphaned at nine, betrayed by every system, a boy finds his body's only language is dance.

2.70

2000+

Kaasaegne

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Afroameerika

Kaasahaaravad

The Kid

Orphaned at nine, betrayed by every system, a boy finds his body's only language is dance.

autor Sapphire 2003 374 lehekülge

2.70

2000+ hinnangut

Kaasaegne

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Afroameerika

Bowling Alone

autor Robert D. Putnam • 2000

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

3.85

9000+

Sotsioloogia

Poliitika

Ajalugu

Bowling Alone

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

autor Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 lehekülge

3.85

9000+ hinnangut

Sotsioloogia

Poliitika

Ajalugu

Liquid Times

autor Zygmunt Bauman • 2007

The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.

3.87

1000+

Sotsioloogia

Filosoofia

Poliitika

Liquid Times

The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.

autor Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 lehekülge

3.87

1000+ hinnangut

Sotsioloogia

Filosoofia

Poliitika

Evicted

autor Matthew Desmond • 2016

Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.

4.47

100 000+

Sotsioloogia

Sotsiaalne õiglus

Vaesus

Evicted

Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.

autor Matthew Desmond 2016 418 lehekülge

4.47

100 000+ hinnangut

Sotsioloogia

Sotsiaalne õiglus

Vaesus

The New Geography Of Jobs

autor Enrico Moretti • 2012

A single innovation job creates five local ones, but only where the cluster already exists.

4.03

2000+

Majandus

Äri

Sotsioloogia

The New Geography Of Jobs

A single innovation job creates five local ones, but only where the cluster already exists.

autor Enrico Moretti 2012 304 lehekülge

4.03

2000+ hinnangut

Majandus

Äri

Sotsioloogia

Must kaja

autor Michael Connelly • 1992

Harry Bosch's dead comrade pulls him into a bank heist where the FBI is the enemy.

4.14

200 000+

Müsteerium

Krimi

Detektiiv

Must kaja

Harry Bosch's dead comrade pulls him into a bank heist where the FBI is the enemy.

autor Michael Connelly 1992 482 lehekülge

4.14

200 000+ hinnangut

Müsteerium

Krimi

Detektiiv

The Cross and the Switchblade

autor David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60 000+

Kristlus

Kristlik

Usk

The Cross and the Switchblade

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

autor David Wilkerson 1963 176 lehekülge

4.27

60 000+ hinnangut

Kristlus

Kristlik

Usk

The Flea Palace

autor Elif Shafak • 2002

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

3.39

7000+

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Kaasaegne

World Literature

The Flea Palace

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

autor Elif Shafak 2002 448 lehekülge

3.39

7000+ hinnangut

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Kaasaegne

World Literature

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

autor Damilare Kuku • 2024

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

4.00

9000+

Lühijutud

Aafrika

Kaasaegne

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

autor Damilare Kuku 2024

4.00

9000+ hinnangut

Lühijutud

Aafrika

Kaasaegne

Wind Breaker 2

autor Satoru Nii • 2021

A lone wolf arrives at a delinquent high school where the strongest defend the weak.

4.38

1000+

Manga

Noorteromaanid

Märul

Wind Breaker 2

A lone wolf arrives at a delinquent high school where the strongest defend the weak.

autor Satoru Nii 2021 192 lehekülge

4.38

1000+ hinnangut

Manga

Noorteromaanid

Märul

Nomad Century

autor Gaia Vince • 2022

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

3.84

1000+

Teadus

Keskkond

Kliimamuutus

Nomad Century

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

autor Gaia Vince 2022 269 lehekülge

3.84

1000+ hinnangut

Teadus

Keskkond

Kliimamuutus

Evenings and Weekends

autor Oisín McKenna • 2024

London swelters. A whale beaches in the Thames. Three friends choose between desire and survival.

3.75

60 000+

Kaasaegne

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Queer

Evenings and Weekends

London swelters. A whale beaches in the Thames. Three friends choose between desire and survival.

autor Oisín McKenna 2024 352 lehekülge

3.75

60 000+ hinnangut

Kaasaegne

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Queer

The Warmth of Other Suns

autor Isabel Wilkerson • 2010

Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.

4.48

100 000+

Ajalugu

Rass

Afroameerika

The Warmth of Other Suns

Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.

autor Isabel Wilkerson 2010 622 lehekülge

4.48

100 000+ hinnangut

Ajalugu

Rass

Afroameerika

Triumph of the City

autor Edward L. Glaeser • 2011

Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.

3.91

6000+

Majandus

Sotsioloogia

Linn

Triumph of the City

Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.

autor Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 lehekülge

3.91

6000+ hinnangut

Majandus

Sotsioloogia

Linn

Tattoos on the Heart

autor Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

30 000+

Memuaarid

Religioon

Vaimsus

Tattoos on the Heart

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

autor Gregory Boyle 2009 240 lehekülge

4.49

30 000+ hinnangut

Memuaarid

Religioon

Vaimsus

Smart Cities

autor Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

3.61

500+

Tehnoloogia

Linnad

Poliitika

Smart Cities

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

autor Anthony M. Townsend 2013 400 lehekülge

3.61

500+ hinnangut

Tehnoloogia

Linnad

Poliitika

The Power Broker

autor Robert A. Caro • 1974

How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.

4.53

29 000+

Ajalugu

Elulugu

Poliitika

The Power Broker

How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.

autor Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 lehekülge

4.53

29 000+ hinnangut

Ajalugu

Elulugu

Poliitika

The Economy of Cities

autor Jane Jacobs • 1969

Cities didn't follow farms; farms followed cities. That reversal explains every economic boom.

4.09

1000+

Majandus

Linn

Sotsioloogia

The Economy of Cities

Cities didn't follow farms; farms followed cities. That reversal explains every economic boom.

autor Jane Jacobs 1969 288 lehekülge

4.09

1000+ hinnangut

Majandus

Linn

Sotsioloogia

Poverty Safari

autor Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

4.01

6000+

Poliitika

Memuaarid

Sotsioloogia

Poverty Safari

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

autor Darren McGarvey 2017 257 lehekülge

4.01

6000+ hinnangut

Poliitika

Memuaarid

Sotsioloogia

Scorpions

autor Walter Dean Myers • 1995

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

3.8

2000+

Noorteromaanid

Afroameerika

Krimi

Scorpions

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

autor Walter Dean Myers 1995 216 lehekülge

3.8

2000+ hinnangut

Noorteromaanid

Afroameerika

Krimi

Acceleration

autor Graham McNamee • 2003

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

3.74

5000+

Noorteromaanid

Põnevik

Müsteerium

Acceleration

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

autor Graham McNamee 2003 210 lehekülge

3.74

5000+ hinnangut

Noorteromaanid

Põnevik

Müsteerium

Money Hungry

autor Sharon G. Flake • 2001

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

4.10

4000+

Noorteromaanid

Keskmise kooliea kirjandus

Kaasaegne

Money Hungry

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

autor Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 lehekülge

4.10

4000+ hinnangut

Noorteromaanid

Keskmise kooliea kirjandus

Kaasaegne

Against the smart city

autor Adam Greenfield • 2013

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

3.96

132

Linn

City

Tehnoloogia

Against the smart city

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

autor Adam Greenfield 2013 152 lehekülge

3.96

132 hinnangut

Linn

City

Tehnoloogia

The Beautiful Struggle

autor Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2008

Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.

4.08

11 000+

Memuaarid

Autobiograafia

Rass

The Beautiful Struggle

Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.

autor Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 240 lehekülge

4.08

11 000+ hinnangut

Memuaarid

Autobiograafia

Rass

Tactical Urbanism

autor Mike Lydon • 2014

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

3.99

315

Linnad

Linn

Disain

Tactical Urbanism

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

autor Mike Lydon 2014 256 lehekülge

3.99

315 hinnangut

Linnad

Linn

Disain

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

autor Carmelo Anthony • 2021

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

4.07

1000+

Memuaarid

Sport

Elulugu

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

autor Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 lehekülge

4.07

1000+ hinnangut

Memuaarid

Sport

Elulugu

City of Gold

autor Jim Krane • 2009

Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.

3.97

500+

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Majandus

City of Gold

Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.

autor Jim Krane 2009 368 lehekülge

3.97

500+ hinnangut

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Majandus

Marry Me, Stranger

autor Novoneel Chakraborty • 2014

A stalker in Mumbai knows her childhood nickname and demands she marry a stranger.

3.97

4000+

Põnevik

Müsteerium

Põnevus

Marry Me, Stranger

A stalker in Mumbai knows her childhood nickname and demands she marry a stranger.

autor Novoneel Chakraborty 2014 268 lehekülge

3.97

4000+ hinnangut

Põnevik

Müsteerium

Põnevus

Flesh and Stone

autor Richard Sennett • 1996

Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.

4.28

500+

Ajalugu

Arhitektuur

Linn

Flesh and Stone

Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.

autor Richard Sennett 1996 432 lehekülge

4.28

500+ hinnangut

Ajalugu

Arhitektuur

Linn

Startup Communities

autor Brad Feld • 2012

Startup communities are built, not copied. The entrepreneur's guide to growing one in your own city.

4.01

2000+

Äri

Ettevõtlus

Juhtimine

Startup Communities

Startup communities are built, not copied. The entrepreneur's guide to growing one in your own city.

autor Brad Feld 2012 188 lehekülge

4.01

2000+ hinnangut

Äri

Ettevõtlus

Juhtimine

A Moment of Silence

autor Sister Souljah • 2015

Midnight kills a predator to save his sister. In jail, his only weapon is silence.

4.32

1000+

Romantika

Linn

Afroameerika

A Moment of Silence

Midnight kills a predator to save his sister. In jail, his only weapon is silence.

autor Sister Souljah 2015 544 lehekülge

4.32

1000+ hinnangut

Romantika

Linn

Afroameerika

Call of the Mall

autor Paco Underhill • 2004

Your local mall was engineered to keep you spending. A retail anthropologist maps exactly how.

3.63

1000+

Äri

Sotsioloogia

Psühholoogia

Call of the Mall

Your local mall was engineered to keep you spending. A retail anthropologist maps exactly how.

autor Paco Underhill 2004 240 lehekülge

3.63

1000+ hinnangut

Äri

Sotsioloogia

Psühholoogia

The Sins of the Fathers

autor Lawrence Block • 1976

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

3.87

12 000+

Müsteerium

Krimi

Noir

The Sins of the Fathers

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

autor Lawrence Block 1976 182 lehekülge

3.87

12 000+ hinnangut

Müsteerium

Krimi

Noir

The Basketball Diaries

autor Jim Carroll • 1978

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

3.99

31 000+

Memuaarid

Autobiograafia

Narkootikumid

The Basketball Diaries

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

autor Jim Carroll 1978 224 lehekülge

3.99

31 000+ hinnangut

Memuaarid

Autobiograafia

Narkootikumid

The Big Truck that Went By

autor Jonathan M. Katz • 2013

When the world rushed to save Haiti, it brought a cholera epidemic with it.

4.12

1000+

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Sotsioloogia

The Big Truck that Went By

When the world rushed to save Haiti, it brought a cholera epidemic with it.

autor Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 lehekülge

4.12

1000+ hinnangut

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Sotsioloogia

Capital City

autor Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

3.92

1000+

Poliitika

Majandus

Linnad

Capital City

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

autor Samuel Stein 2019 202 lehekülge

3.92

1000+ hinnangut

Poliitika

Majandus

Linnad

The Hour of the Star

autor Clarice Lispector • 1977

An invisible Rio typist wants to be noticed; a fortune-teller promises she will be.

4.11

58 000+

Klassika

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Kirjandus

The Hour of the Star

An invisible Rio typist wants to be noticed; a fortune-teller promises she will be.

autor Clarice Lispector 1977 96 lehekülge

4.11

58 000+ hinnangut

Klassika

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Kirjandus

A Renegade History of the United States

autor Thaddeus Russell • 2010

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

3.81

1000+

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Sotsioloogia

A Renegade History of the United States

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

autor Thaddeus Russell 2010 400 lehekülge

3.81

1000+ hinnangut

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Sotsioloogia

Radicalized

autor Cory Doctorow • 2019

When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.

4.03

8000+

Ulme

Düstoopia

Lühijutud

Radicalized

When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.

autor Cory Doctorow 2019 304 lehekülge

4.03

8000+ hinnangut

Ulme

Düstoopia

Lühijutud

Radical Cities

autor Justin McGuirk • 2014

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

4.27

434

Arhitektuur

Linnad

Latin America

Radical Cities

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

autor Justin McGuirk 2014 304 lehekülge

4.27

434 hinnangut

Arhitektuur

Linnad

Latin America

God Hates Us All

autor Hank Moody • 2009

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

3.46

4000+

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Kaasaegne

Ameerika

God Hates Us All

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

autor Hank Moody 2009 200 lehekülge

3.46

4000+ hinnangut

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Kaasaegne

Ameerika

Reliquary

autor Douglas Preston • 1997

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

4.04

50 000+

Põnevik

Õudus

Müsteerium

Reliquary

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

autor Douglas Preston 1997 464 lehekülge

4.04

50 000+ hinnangut

Põnevik

Õudus

Müsteerium

Glory in Death

autor J.D. Robb • 1995

A tough detective chases a serial killer whose trail leads straight to the man she loves.

4.27

73 000+

Romantiline põnevik

Müsteerium

Romantika

Glory in Death

A tough detective chases a serial killer whose trail leads straight to the man she loves.

autor J.D. Robb 1995 296 lehekülge

4.27

73 000+ hinnangut

Romantiline põnevik

Müsteerium

Romantika

Speedboat

autor Renata Adler • 1976

A reporter drifts through parties, lovers, and city chaos, searching for whatever might hold weight.

3.75

7000+

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Klassika

Ameerika

Speedboat

A reporter drifts through parties, lovers, and city chaos, searching for whatever might hold weight.

autor Renata Adler 1976 192 lehekülge

3.75

7000+ hinnangut

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

Klassika

Ameerika

The Warriors

autor Sol Yurick • 1965

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

3.37

2000+

Krimi

Klassika

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

The Warriors

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

autor Sol Yurick 1965 212 lehekülge

3.37

2000+ hinnangut

Krimi

Klassika

Kirjanduslik ilukirjandus

The Pleasures of the Damned

autor Charles Bukowski • 2007

A hard-drinking poet buries his tenderness in the grit of L.A.'s gutters and bars.

4.35

7000+

Luule

Klassika

Kirjandus

The Pleasures of the Damned

A hard-drinking poet buries his tenderness in the grit of L.A.'s gutters and bars.

autor Charles Bukowski 2007 557 lehekülge

4.35

7000+ hinnangut

Luule

Klassika

Kirjandus

Streetfight

autor Janette Sadik-Khan • 2016

Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.

4.26

2000+

Linn

Disain

Poliitika

Streetfight

Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.

autor Janette Sadik-Khan 2016 368 lehekülge

4.26

2000+ hinnangut

Linn

Disain

Poliitika

Ethic 3

autor Ashley Antoinette • 2018

A street king's revenge cost him his family. Her faith is the only way back.

4.54

5000+

Romantika

Linn

Afroameerika

Ethic 3

A street king's revenge cost him his family. Her faith is the only way back.

autor Ashley Antoinette 2018 264 lehekülge

4.54

5000+ hinnangut

Romantika

Linn

Afroameerika

Täiuslik keemia

autor Simone Elkeles • 2008

A gang member's bet to seduce the golden girl turns real the moment they become chemistry partners.

4.04

200 000+

Romantika

Noorteromaanid

Kaasaegne romantika

Täiuslik keemia

A gang member's bet to seduce the golden girl turns real the moment they become chemistry partners.

autor Simone Elkeles 2008 368 lehekülge

4.04

200 000+ hinnangut

Romantika

Noorteromaanid

Kaasaegne romantika

Municipal Dreams

autor John Boughton • 2018

Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.

3.92

500+

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Arhitektuur

Municipal Dreams

Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.

autor John Boughton 2018 336 lehekülge

3.92

500+ hinnangut

Ajalugu

Poliitika

Arhitektuur

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