Городская

Города пульсируют бесконечными возможностями, пока архитекторы, градостроители и визионеры переосмысливают наши городские ландшафты и решают проблемы современной мегаполисной жизни. Эти книги исследуют, как умный дизайн, технологии и человекоориентированное планирование могут превратить бетонные джунгли в яркие, устойчивые сообщества, где процветают миллионы людей.

Городская Саммари книг

The Kid

— Sapphire

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

2.70

2 000+

Современная проза

Художественная литература

Афроамериканская

Иммерсивные

The Kid

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

— Sapphire 2003 374 стр.

2.70

2 000+ оценок

Современная проза

Художественная литература

Афроамериканская

Боулинг в одиночку

— Роберт Д. Патнэм • 2000

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

3.85

9 000+

Социология

Политика

История

Боулинг в одиночку

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

— Роберт Д. Патнэм 2000 544 стр.

3.85

9 000+ оценок

Социология

Политика

История

Liquid Times

— Zygmunt Bauman • 2007

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

3.87

1 000+

Социология

Философия

Политика

Liquid Times

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

— Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 стр.

3.87

1 000+ оценок

Социология

Философия

Политика

Evicted

— Matthew Desmond • 2016

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

4.47

100 000+

Социология

Социальная справедливость

Бедность

Evicted

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

— Matthew Desmond 2016 418 стр.

4.47

100 000+ оценок

Социология

Социальная справедливость

Бедность

The New Geography Of Jobs

— Enrico Moretti • 2012

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

4.03

2 000+

Экономика

Бизнес

Социология

The New Geography Of Jobs

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

— Enrico Moretti 2012 304 стр.

4.03

2 000+ оценок

Экономика

Бизнес

Социология

Чёрное эхо

— Майкл Коннелли • 1992

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

4.14

200 000+

Детектив

Криминал

Детектив

Чёрное эхо

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

— Майкл Коннелли 1992 482 стр.

4.14

200 000+ оценок

Детектив

Криминал

Детектив

The Cross and the Switchblade

— 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+

Христианство

Христианская

Вера

The Cross and the Switchblade

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

— David Wilkerson 1963 176 стр.

4.27

60 000+ оценок

Христианство

Христианская

Вера

The Flea Palace

— Elif Shafak • 2002

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

3.39

7 000+

Художественная литература

Современная проза

World Literature

The Flea Palace

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

— Elif Shafak 2002 448 стр.

3.39

7 000+ оценок

Художественная литература

Современная проза

World Literature

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

— Damilare Kuku • 2024

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

4.00

9 000+

Рассказы

Африка

Современная проза

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

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

— Damilare Kuku 2024

4.00

9 000+ оценок

Рассказы

Африка

Современная проза

Wind Breaker 2

— Satoru Nii • 2021

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

4.38

1 000+

Манга

Для подростков

Боевик

Wind Breaker 2

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

— Satoru Nii 2021 192 стр.

4.38

1 000+ оценок

Манга

Для подростков

Боевик

Nomad Century

— Gaia Vince • 2022

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

3.84

1 000+

Наука

Окружающая среда

Изменение климата

Nomad Century

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

— Gaia Vince 2022 269 стр.

3.84

1 000+ оценок

Наука

Окружающая среда

Изменение климата

Evenings and Weekends

— Oisín McKenna • 2024

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

3.75

60 000+

Современная проза

Художественная литература

Квир

Evenings and Weekends

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

— Oisín McKenna 2024 352 стр.

3.75

60 000+ оценок

Современная проза

Художественная литература

Квир

The Warmth of Other Suns

— Isabel Wilkerson • 2010

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

4.48

100 000+

История

Раса

Афроамериканская

The Warmth of Other Suns

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

— Isabel Wilkerson 2010 622 стр.

4.48

100 000+ оценок

История

Раса

Афроамериканская

Triumph of the City

— Edward L. Glaeser • 2011

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

3.91

6 000+

Экономика

Социология

Городская

Triumph of the City

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

— Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 стр.

3.91

6 000+ оценок

Экономика

Социология

Городская

Tattoos on the Heart

— Gregory Boyle • 2009

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

4.49

30 000+

Мемуары

Религия

Духовность

Tattoos on the Heart

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

— Gregory Boyle 2009 240 стр.

4.49

30 000+ оценок

Мемуары

Религия

Духовность

Smart Cities

— Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

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

3.61

500+

Технологии

Города

Политика

Smart Cities

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

— Anthony M. Townsend 2013 400 стр.

3.61

500+ оценок

Технологии

Города

Политика

The Power Broker

— Robert A. Caro • 1974

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

4.53

29 000+

История

Биография

Политика

The Power Broker

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

— Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 стр.

4.53

29 000+ оценок

История

Биография

Политика

The Economy of Cities

— Jane Jacobs • 1969

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

4.09

1 000+

Экономика

Городская

Социология

The Economy of Cities

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

— Jane Jacobs 1969 288 стр.

4.09

1 000+ оценок

Экономика

Городская

Социология

Poverty Safari

— Darren McGarvey • 2017

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

4.01

6 000+

Политика

Мемуары

Социология

Poverty Safari

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

— Darren McGarvey 2017 257 стр.

4.01

6 000+ оценок

Политика

Мемуары

Социология

Scorpions

— Walter Dean Myers • 1995

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

3.8

2 000+

Для подростков

Афроамериканская

Криминал

Scorpions

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

— Walter Dean Myers 1995 216 стр.

3.8

2 000+ оценок

Для подростков

Афроамериканская

Криминал

Acceleration

— Graham McNamee • 2003

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

3.74

5 000+

Для подростков

Триллер

Детектив

Acceleration

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

— Graham McNamee 2003 210 стр.

3.74

5 000+ оценок

Для подростков

Триллер

Детектив

Money Hungry

— Sharon G. Flake • 2001

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

4.10

4 000+

Для подростков

Для среднего возраста

Современная проза

Money Hungry

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

— Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 стр.

4.10

4 000+ оценок

Для подростков

Для среднего возраста

Современная проза

Against the smart city

— Adam Greenfield • 2013

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

3.96

132

Городская

City

Технологии

Against the smart city

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

— Adam Greenfield 2013 152 стр.

3.96

132 оценок

Городская

City

Технологии

The Beautiful Struggle

— 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+

Мемуары

Автобиография

Раса

The Beautiful Struggle

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

— Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 240 стр.

4.08

11 000+ оценок

Мемуары

Автобиография

Раса

Tactical Urbanism

— Mike Lydon • 2014

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

3.99

315

Города

Городская

Дизайн

Tactical Urbanism

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

— Mike Lydon 2014 256 стр.

3.99

315 оценок

Города

Городская

Дизайн

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

— Carmelo Anthony • 2021

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

4.07

1 000+

Мемуары

Спорт

Биография

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

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

— Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 стр.

4.07

1 000+ оценок

Мемуары

Спорт

Биография

City of Gold

— Jim Krane • 2009

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

3.97

500+

История

Политика

Экономика

City of Gold

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

— Jim Krane 2009 368 стр.

3.97

500+ оценок

История

Политика

Экономика

Marry Me, Stranger

— Novoneel Chakraborty • 2014

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

3.97

4 000+

Триллер

Детектив

Саспенс

Marry Me, Stranger

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

— Novoneel Chakraborty 2014 268 стр.

3.97

4 000+ оценок

Триллер

Детектив

Саспенс

Flesh and Stone

— Richard Sennett • 1996

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

4.28

500+

История

Архитектура

Городская

Flesh and Stone

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

— Richard Sennett 1996 432 стр.

4.28

500+ оценок

История

Архитектура

Городская

Startup Communities

— Brad Feld • 2012

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

4.01

2 000+

Бизнес

Предпринимательство

Лидерство

Startup Communities

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

— Brad Feld 2012 188 стр.

4.01

2 000+ оценок

Бизнес

Предпринимательство

Лидерство

A Moment of Silence

— Sister Souljah • 2015

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

4.32

1 000+

Романтика

Городская

Афроамериканская

A Moment of Silence

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

— Sister Souljah 2015 544 стр.

4.32

1 000+ оценок

Романтика

Городская

Афроамериканская

Call of the Mall

— Paco Underhill • 2004

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

3.63

1 000+

Бизнес

Социология

Психология

Call of the Mall

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

— Paco Underhill 2004 240 стр.

3.63

1 000+ оценок

Бизнес

Социология

Психология

The Sins of the Fathers

— Lawrence Block • 1976

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

3.87

12 000+

Детектив

Криминал

Noir

The Sins of the Fathers

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

— Lawrence Block 1976 182 стр.

3.87

12 000+ оценок

Детектив

Криминал

Noir

The Basketball Diaries

— Jim Carroll • 1978

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

3.99

31 000+

Мемуары

Автобиография

Наркотики

The Basketball Diaries

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

— Jim Carroll 1978 224 стр.

3.99

31 000+ оценок

Мемуары

Автобиография

Наркотики

The Big Truck that Went By

— Jonathan M. Katz • 2013

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

4.12

1 000+

История

Политика

Социология

The Big Truck that Went By

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

— Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 стр.

4.12

1 000+ оценок

История

Политика

Социология

Capital City

— Samuel Stein • 2019

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

3.92

1 000+

Политика

Экономика

Города

Capital City

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

— Samuel Stein 2019 202 стр.

3.92

1 000+ оценок

Политика

Экономика

Города

The Hour of the Star

— Clarice Lispector • 1977

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

4.11

58 000+

Классика

Художественная литература

Литература

The Hour of the Star

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

— Clarice Lispector 1977 96 стр.

4.11

58 000+ оценок

Классика

Художественная литература

Литература

A Renegade History of the United States

— Thaddeus Russell • 2010

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

3.81

1 000+

История

Политика

Социология

A Renegade History of the United States

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

— Thaddeus Russell 2010 400 стр.

3.81

1 000+ оценок

История

Политика

Социология

Radicalized

— Cory Doctorow • 2019

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

4.03

8 000+

Научная фантастика

Антиутопия

Рассказы

Radicalized

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

— Cory Doctorow 2019 304 стр.

4.03

8 000+ оценок

Научная фантастика

Антиутопия

Рассказы

Radical Cities

— Justin McGuirk • 2014

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

4.27

434

Архитектура

Города

Latin America

Radical Cities

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

— Justin McGuirk 2014 304 стр.

4.27

434 оценок

Архитектура

Города

Latin America

God Hates Us All

— Hank Moody • 2009

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

3.46

4 000+

Художественная литература

Современная проза

Американская

God Hates Us All

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

— Hank Moody 2009 200 стр.

3.46

4 000+ оценок

Художественная литература

Современная проза

Американская

Reliquary

— Douglas Preston • 1997

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

4.04

50 000+

Триллер

Ужасы

Детектив

Reliquary

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

— Douglas Preston 1997 464 стр.

4.04

50 000+ оценок

Триллер

Ужасы

Детектив

Glory in Death

— J.D. Robb • 1995

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

4.27

73 000+

Романтический саспенс

Детектив

Романтика

Glory in Death

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

— J.D. Robb 1995 296 стр.

4.27

73 000+ оценок

Романтический саспенс

Детектив

Романтика

Speedboat

— Renata Adler • 1976

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

3.75

7 000+

Художественная литература

Классика

Американская

Speedboat

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

— Renata Adler 1976 192 стр.

3.75

7 000+ оценок

Художественная литература

Классика

Американская

The Warriors

— Sol Yurick • 1965

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

3.37

2 000+

Криминал

Классика

Художественная литература

The Warriors

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

— Sol Yurick 1965 212 стр.

3.37

2 000+ оценок

Криминал

Классика

Художественная литература

The Pleasures of the Damned

— Charles Bukowski • 2007

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

4.35

7 000+

Поэзия

Классика

Литература

The Pleasures of the Damned

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

— Charles Bukowski 2007 557 стр.

4.35

7 000+ оценок

Поэзия

Классика

Литература

Streetfight

— Janette Sadik-Khan • 2016

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

4.26

2 000+

Городская

Дизайн

Политика

Streetfight

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

— Janette Sadik-Khan 2016 368 стр.

4.26

2 000+ оценок

Городская

Дизайн

Политика

Ethic 3

— Ashley Antoinette • 2018

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

4.54

5 000+

Романтика

Городская

Афроамериканская

Ethic 3

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

— Ashley Antoinette 2018 264 стр.

4.54

5 000+ оценок

Романтика

Городская

Афроамериканская

Идеальная химия

— Симона Элкелес • 2008

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

4.04

200 000+

Романтика

Для подростков

Современный романс

Идеальная химия

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

— Симона Элкелес 2008 368 стр.

4.04

200 000+ оценок

Романтика

Для подростков

Современный романс

Municipal Dreams

— John Boughton • 2018

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

3.92

500+

История

Политика

Архитектура

Municipal Dreams

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

— John Boughton 2018 336 стр.

3.92

500+ оценок

История

Политика

Архитектура

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