Urbano

Mesta utripajo z neskončnimi možnostmi, medtem ko arhitekti, urbanisti in vizionarji na novo zamišljajo naše mestne pokrajine in se spopadajo z izzivi sodobnega metropolitanskega življenja. Te knjige raziskujejo, kako lahko pametno oblikovanje, tehnologija in na človeka osredotočeno načrtovanje preobrazijo betonske džungle v živahne, trajnostne skupnosti, v katerih uspevajo milijoni ljudi.

Urbano Povzetki knjig

The Kid

avtor Sapphire

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

2.70

2.000+

Sodobna literatura

Leposlovje

Afroameriško

Poglobljeno

The Kid

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

avtor Sapphire 2003 374 strani

2.70

2.000+ ocen

Sodobna literatura

Leposlovje

Afroameriško

Bowling Alone

avtor Robert D. Putnam • 2000

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

3.85

9.000+

Sociologija

Politika

Zgodovina

Bowling Alone

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

avtor Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 strani

3.85

9.000+ ocen

Sociologija

Politika

Zgodovina

Liquid Times

avtor Zygmunt Bauman • 2007

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

3.87

1.000+

Sociologija

Filozofija

Politika

Liquid Times

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

avtor Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 strani

3.87

1.000+ ocen

Sociologija

Filozofija

Politika

Evicted

avtor Matthew Desmond • 2016

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

4.47

100.000+

Sociologija

Socialna pravičnost

Revščina

Evicted

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

avtor Matthew Desmond 2016 418 strani

4.47

100.000+ ocen

Sociologija

Socialna pravičnost

Revščina

The New Geography Of Jobs

avtor Enrico Moretti • 2012

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

4.03

2.000+

Ekonomija

Poslovanje

Sociologija

The New Geography Of Jobs

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

avtor Enrico Moretti 2012 304 strani

4.03

2.000+ ocen

Ekonomija

Poslovanje

Sociologija

Črni odmev

avtor Michael Connelly • 1992

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

4.14

200.000+

Skrivnost

Kriminalka

Detektivsko

Črni odmev

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

avtor Michael Connelly 1992 482 strani

4.14

200.000+ ocen

Skrivnost

Kriminalka

Detektivsko

The Cross and the Switchblade

avtor 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+

Krščanstvo

Krščansko

Vera

The Cross and the Switchblade

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

avtor David Wilkerson 1963 176 strani

4.27

60.000+ ocen

Krščanstvo

Krščansko

Vera

The Flea Palace

avtor Elif Shafak • 2002

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

3.39

7.000+

Leposlovje

Sodobna literatura

World Literature

The Flea Palace

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

avtor Elif Shafak 2002 448 strani

3.39

7.000+ ocen

Leposlovje

Sodobna literatura

World Literature

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

avtor Damilare Kuku • 2024

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

4.00

9.000+

Kratke zgodbe

Afrika

Sodobna literatura

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

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

avtor Damilare Kuku 2024

4.00

9.000+ ocen

Kratke zgodbe

Afrika

Sodobna literatura

Wind Breaker 2

avtor Satoru Nii • 2021

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

4.38

1.000+

Manga

Mladinska literatura

Akcija

Wind Breaker 2

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

avtor Satoru Nii 2021 192 strani

4.38

1.000+ ocen

Manga

Mladinska literatura

Akcija

Nomad Century

avtor Gaia Vince • 2022

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

3.84

1.000+

Znanost

Okolje

Podnebne spremembe

Nomad Century

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

avtor Gaia Vince 2022 269 strani

3.84

1.000+ ocen

Znanost

Okolje

Podnebne spremembe

Evenings and Weekends

avtor Oisín McKenna • 2024

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

3.75

60.000+

Sodobna literatura

Leposlovje

Queer

Evenings and Weekends

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

avtor Oisín McKenna 2024 352 strani

3.75

60.000+ ocen

Sodobna literatura

Leposlovje

Queer

The Warmth of Other Suns

avtor Isabel Wilkerson • 2010

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

4.48

100.000+

Zgodovina

Rasa

Afroameriško

The Warmth of Other Suns

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

avtor Isabel Wilkerson 2010 622 strani

4.48

100.000+ ocen

Zgodovina

Rasa

Afroameriško

Triumph of the City

avtor Edward L. Glaeser • 2011

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

3.91

6.000+

Ekonomija

Sociologija

Urbano

Triumph of the City

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

avtor Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 strani

3.91

6.000+ ocen

Ekonomija

Sociologija

Urbano

Tattoos on the Heart

avtor Gregory Boyle • 2009

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

4.49

30.000+

Spomini

Religija

Duhovnost

Tattoos on the Heart

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

avtor Gregory Boyle 2009 240 strani

4.49

30.000+ ocen

Spomini

Religija

Duhovnost

Smart Cities

avtor Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

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

3.61

500+

Tehnologija

Mesta

Politika

Smart Cities

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

avtor Anthony M. Townsend 2013 400 strani

3.61

500+ ocen

Tehnologija

Mesta

Politika

The Power Broker

avtor Robert A. Caro • 1974

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

4.53

29.000+

Zgodovina

Biografija

Politika

The Power Broker

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

avtor Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 strani

4.53

29.000+ ocen

Zgodovina

Biografija

Politika

The Economy of Cities

avtor Jane Jacobs • 1969

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

4.09

1.000+

Ekonomija

Urbano

Sociologija

The Economy of Cities

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

avtor Jane Jacobs 1969 288 strani

4.09

1.000+ ocen

Ekonomija

Urbano

Sociologija

Poverty Safari

avtor Darren McGarvey • 2017

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

4.01

6.000+

Politika

Spomini

Sociologija

Poverty Safari

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

avtor Darren McGarvey 2017 257 strani

4.01

6.000+ ocen

Politika

Spomini

Sociologija

Scorpions

avtor Walter Dean Myers • 1995

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

3.8

2.000+

Mladinska literatura

Afroameriško

Kriminalka

Scorpions

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

avtor Walter Dean Myers 1995 216 strani

3.8

2.000+ ocen

Mladinska literatura

Afroameriško

Kriminalka

Acceleration

avtor 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+

Mladinska literatura

Triler

Skrivnost

Acceleration

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

avtor Graham McNamee 2003 210 strani

3.74

5.000+ ocen

Mladinska literatura

Triler

Skrivnost

Money Hungry

avtor Sharon G. Flake • 2001

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

4.10

4.000+

Mladinska literatura

Srednja starostna skupina

Sodobna literatura

Money Hungry

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

avtor Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 strani

4.10

4.000+ ocen

Mladinska literatura

Srednja starostna skupina

Sodobna literatura

Against the smart city

avtor Adam Greenfield • 2013

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

3.96

132

Urbano

City

Tehnologija

Against the smart city

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

avtor Adam Greenfield 2013 152 strani

3.96

132 ocen

Urbano

City

Tehnologija

The Beautiful Struggle

avtor 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+

Spomini

Avtobiografija

Rasa

The Beautiful Struggle

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

avtor Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 240 strani

4.08

11.000+ ocen

Spomini

Avtobiografija

Rasa

Tactical Urbanism

avtor Mike Lydon • 2014

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

3.99

315

Mesta

Urbano

Oblikovanje

Tactical Urbanism

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

avtor Mike Lydon 2014 256 strani

3.99

315 ocen

Mesta

Urbano

Oblikovanje

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

avtor Carmelo Anthony • 2021

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

4.07

1.000+

Spomini

Šport

Biografija

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

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

avtor Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 strani

4.07

1.000+ ocen

Spomini

Šport

Biografija

City of Gold

avtor Jim Krane • 2009

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

3.97

500+

Zgodovina

Politika

Ekonomija

City of Gold

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

avtor Jim Krane 2009 368 strani

3.97

500+ ocen

Zgodovina

Politika

Ekonomija

Marry Me, Stranger

avtor Novoneel Chakraborty • 2014

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

3.97

4.000+

Triler

Skrivnost

Napetost

Marry Me, Stranger

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

avtor Novoneel Chakraborty 2014 268 strani

3.97

4.000+ ocen

Triler

Skrivnost

Napetost

Flesh and Stone

avtor Richard Sennett • 1996

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

4.28

500+

Zgodovina

Arhitektura

Urbano

Flesh and Stone

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

avtor Richard Sennett 1996 432 strani

4.28

500+ ocen

Zgodovina

Arhitektura

Urbano

Startup Communities

avtor Brad Feld • 2012

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

4.01

2.000+

Poslovanje

Podjetništvo

Vodenje

Startup Communities

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

avtor Brad Feld 2012 188 strani

4.01

2.000+ ocen

Poslovanje

Podjetništvo

Vodenje

A Moment of Silence

avtor Sister Souljah • 2015

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

4.32

1.000+

Romantika

Urbano

Afroameriško

A Moment of Silence

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

avtor Sister Souljah 2015 544 strani

4.32

1.000+ ocen

Romantika

Urbano

Afroameriško

Call of the Mall

avtor Paco Underhill • 2004

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

3.63

1.000+

Poslovanje

Sociologija

Psihologija

Call of the Mall

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

avtor Paco Underhill 2004 240 strani

3.63

1.000+ ocen

Poslovanje

Sociologija

Psihologija

The Sins of the Fathers

avtor Lawrence Block • 1976

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

3.87

12.000+

Skrivnost

Kriminalka

Noir

The Sins of the Fathers

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

avtor Lawrence Block 1976 182 strani

3.87

12.000+ ocen

Skrivnost

Kriminalka

Noir

The Basketball Diaries

avtor Jim Carroll • 1978

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

3.99

31.000+

Spomini

Avtobiografija

Droge

The Basketball Diaries

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

avtor Jim Carroll 1978 224 strani

3.99

31.000+ ocen

Spomini

Avtobiografija

Droge

The Big Truck that Went By

avtor Jonathan M. Katz • 2013

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

4.12

1.000+

Zgodovina

Politika

Sociologija

The Big Truck that Went By

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

avtor Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 strani

4.12

1.000+ ocen

Zgodovina

Politika

Sociologija

Capital City

avtor Samuel Stein • 2019

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

3.92

1.000+

Politika

Ekonomija

Mesta

Capital City

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

avtor Samuel Stein 2019 202 strani

3.92

1.000+ ocen

Politika

Ekonomija

Mesta

The Hour of the Star

avtor Clarice Lispector • 1977

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

4.11

58.000+

Klasike

Leposlovje

Književnost

The Hour of the Star

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

avtor Clarice Lispector 1977 96 strani

4.11

58.000+ ocen

Klasike

Leposlovje

Književnost

A Renegade History of the United States

avtor Thaddeus Russell • 2010

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

3.81

1.000+

Zgodovina

Politika

Sociologija

A Renegade History of the United States

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

avtor Thaddeus Russell 2010 400 strani

3.81

1.000+ ocen

Zgodovina

Politika

Sociologija

Radicalized

avtor Cory Doctorow • 2019

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

4.03

8.000+

Znanstvena fantastika

Distopija

Kratke zgodbe

Radicalized

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

avtor Cory Doctorow 2019 304 strani

4.03

8.000+ ocen

Znanstvena fantastika

Distopija

Kratke zgodbe

Radical Cities

avtor Justin McGuirk • 2014

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

4.27

434

Arhitektura

Mesta

Latin America

Radical Cities

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

avtor Justin McGuirk 2014 304 strani

4.27

434 ocen

Arhitektura

Mesta

Latin America

God Hates Us All

avtor Hank Moody • 2009

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

3.46

4.000+

Leposlovje

Sodobna literatura

Ameriško

God Hates Us All

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

avtor Hank Moody 2009 200 strani

3.46

4.000+ ocen

Leposlovje

Sodobna literatura

Ameriško

Reliquary

avtor Douglas Preston • 1997

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

4.04

50.000+

Triler

Grozljivke

Skrivnost

Reliquary

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

avtor Douglas Preston 1997 464 strani

4.04

50.000+ ocen

Triler

Grozljivke

Skrivnost

Glory in Death

avtor J.D. Robb • 1995

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

4.27

73.000+

Romantični napeti triler

Skrivnost

Romantika

Glory in Death

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

avtor J.D. Robb 1995 296 strani

4.27

73.000+ ocen

Romantični napeti triler

Skrivnost

Romantika

Speedboat

avtor Renata Adler • 1976

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

3.75

7.000+

Leposlovje

Klasike

Ameriško

Speedboat

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

avtor Renata Adler 1976 192 strani

3.75

7.000+ ocen

Leposlovje

Klasike

Ameriško

The Warriors

avtor Sol Yurick • 1965

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

3.37

2.000+

Kriminalka

Klasike

Leposlovje

The Warriors

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

avtor Sol Yurick 1965 212 strani

3.37

2.000+ ocen

Kriminalka

Klasike

Leposlovje

The Pleasures of the Damned

avtor Charles Bukowski • 2007

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

4.35

7.000+

Poezija

Klasike

Književnost

The Pleasures of the Damned

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

avtor Charles Bukowski 2007 557 strani

4.35

7.000+ ocen

Poezija

Klasike

Književnost

Streetfight

avtor Janette Sadik-Khan • 2016

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

4.26

2.000+

Urbano

Oblikovanje

Politika

Streetfight

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

avtor Janette Sadik-Khan 2016 368 strani

4.26

2.000+ ocen

Urbano

Oblikovanje

Politika

Ethic 3

avtor Ashley Antoinette • 2018

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

4.54

5.000+

Romantika

Urbano

Afroameriško

Ethic 3

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

avtor Ashley Antoinette 2018 264 strani

4.54

5.000+ ocen

Romantika

Urbano

Afroameriško

Popolna kemija

avtor 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

Mladinska literatura

Sodobna romantika

Popolna kemija

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

avtor Simone Elkeles 2008 368 strani

4.04

200.000+ ocen

Romantika

Mladinska literatura

Sodobna romantika

Municipal Dreams

avtor John Boughton • 2018

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

3.92

500+

Zgodovina

Politika

Arhitektura

Municipal Dreams

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

avtor John Boughton 2018 336 strani

3.92

500+ ocen

Zgodovina

Politika

Arhitektura

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