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The Kid

作者： Sapphire

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

2.70

2,000+

當代文學

文學小說

非裔美國

成人

種族

沉浸式

The Kid

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

作者： Sapphire 2003 374 頁

2.70

2,000+ 則評分

當代文學

文學小說

非裔美國

成人

種族

Pimp

作者： Iceberg Slim • 1967

A pimp's confession: the mind games, the cocaine, and the coldness that cost him everything.

4.00

14,000+

回憶錄

犯罪

真實犯罪

非裔美國

傳記

沉浸式

Pimp

A pimp's confession: the mind games, the cocaine, and the coldness that cost him everything.

作者： Iceberg Slim 1967 311 頁

4.00

14,000+ 則評分

回憶錄

犯罪

真實犯罪

非裔美國

傳記

Bowling Alone

作者： Robert D. Putnam • 2000

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

3.85

9,000+

社會學

政治

歷史

美國

Culture

Bowling Alone

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

作者： Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 頁

3.85

9,000+ 則評分

社會學

政治

歷史

美國

Culture

Liquid Times

作者： Zygmunt Bauman • 2007

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

3.87

1,000+

社會學

哲學

政治

Globalization

經濟學

Liquid Times

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

作者： Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 頁

3.87

1,000+ 則評分

社會學

哲學

政治

Globalization

經濟學

Evicted

作者： Matthew Desmond • 2016

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

4.47

100,000+

社會學

社會正義

貧困

都市

美國

Evicted

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

作者： Matthew Desmond 2016 418 頁

4.47

100,000+ 則評分

社會學

社會正義

貧困

都市

美國

The New Geography Of Jobs

作者： Enrico Moretti • 2012

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

4.03

2,000+

經濟學

商業

社會學

政治

科技

The New Geography Of Jobs

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

作者： Enrico Moretti 2012 304 頁

4.03

2,000+ 則評分

經濟學

商業

社會學

政治

科技

黑乎乎的回聲

作者： 乔可·乔纳利 • 1992

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

4.14

200,000+

懸疑

犯罪

偵探

驚悚

懸疑

黑乎乎的回聲

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

作者： 乔可·乔纳利 1992 482 頁

4.14

200,000+ 則評分

懸疑

犯罪

偵探

驚悚

懸疑

The Cross and the Switchblade

作者： 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+

基督教信仰

基督教

信仰

宗教

靈性

The Cross and the Switchblade

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

作者： David Wilkerson 1963 176 頁

4.27

60,000+ 則評分

基督教信仰

基督教

信仰

宗教

靈性

The Flea Palace

作者： Elif Shafak • 2002

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

3.39

7,000+

文學小說

當代文學

World Literature

小說

都市

The Flea Palace

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

作者： Elif Shafak 2002 448 頁

3.39

7,000+ 則評分

文學小說

當代文學

World Literature

小說

都市

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

作者： Damilare Kuku • 2024

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

4.00

9,000+

短篇小說

非洲

當代文學

Women

文學小說

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

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

作者： Damilare Kuku 2024

4.00

9,000+ 則評分

短篇小說

非洲

當代文學

Women

文學小說

Wind Breaker 2

作者： Satoru Nii • 2021

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

4.38

1,000+

漫畫

青少年文學

動作

漫畫

當代文學

Wind Breaker 2

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

作者： Satoru Nii 2021 192 頁

4.38

1,000+ 則評分

漫畫

青少年文學

動作

漫畫

當代文學

Nomad Century

作者： Gaia Vince • 2022

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

3.84

1,000+

科學

環境

氣候變遷

社會學

政治

Nomad Century

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

作者： Gaia Vince 2022 269 頁

3.84

1,000+ 則評分

科學

環境

氣候變遷

社會學

政治

Evenings and Weekends

作者： Oisín McKenna • 2024

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

3.75

60,000+

當代文學

文學小說

酷兒

Lgbtq

成人

Evenings and Weekends

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

作者： Oisín McKenna 2024 352 頁

3.75

60,000+ 則評分

當代文學

文學小說

酷兒

Lgbtq

成人

The Warmth of Other Suns

作者： Isabel Wilkerson • 2010

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

4.48

100,000+

歷史

種族

非裔美國

社會正義

社會學

The Warmth of Other Suns

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

作者： Isabel Wilkerson 2010 622 頁

4.48

100,000+ 則評分

歷史

種族

非裔美國

社會正義

社會學

Triumph of the City

作者： Edward L. Glaeser • 2011

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

3.91

6,000+

經濟學

社會學

都市

政治

歷史

Triumph of the City

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

作者： Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 頁

3.91

6,000+ 則評分

經濟學

社會學

都市

政治

歷史

Tattoos on the Heart

作者： Gregory Boyle • 2009

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

4.49

30,000+

回憶錄

宗教

靈性

基督教

信仰

Tattoos on the Heart

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

作者： Gregory Boyle 2009 240 頁

4.49

30,000+ 則評分

回憶錄

宗教

靈性

基督教

信仰

Smart Cities

作者： Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

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

3.61

500+

科技

城市

政治

社會學

都市

Smart Cities

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

作者： Anthony M. Townsend 2013 400 頁

3.61

500+ 則評分

科技

城市

政治

社會學

都市

The Power Broker

作者： Robert A. Caro • 1974

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

4.53

29,000+

歷史

傳記

政治

紐約

社會學

The Power Broker

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

作者： Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 頁

4.53

29,000+ 則評分

歷史

傳記

政治

紐約

社會學

The Economy of Cities

作者： Jane Jacobs • 1969

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

4.09

1,000+

經濟學

都市

社會學

歷史

人類學

The Economy of Cities

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

作者： Jane Jacobs 1969 288 頁

4.09

1,000+ 則評分

經濟學

都市

社會學

歷史

人類學

Poverty Safari

作者： Darren McGarvey • 2017

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

4.01

6,000+

政治

回憶錄

社會學

貧困

社會正義

Poverty Safari

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

作者： Darren McGarvey 2017 257 頁

4.01

6,000+ 則評分

政治

回憶錄

社會學

貧困

社會正義

Scorpions

作者： Walter Dean Myers • 1995

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

3.8

2,000+

青少年文學

非裔美國

犯罪

中年級讀物

成長故事

Scorpions

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

作者： Walter Dean Myers 1995 216 頁

3.8

2,000+ 則評分

青少年文學

非裔美國

犯罪

中年級讀物

成長故事

Acceleration

作者： 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+

青少年文學

驚悚

懸疑

犯罪

Acceleration

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

作者： Graham McNamee 2003 210 頁

3.74

5,000+ 則評分

青少年文學

驚悚

懸疑

犯罪

Money Hungry

作者： Sharon G. Flake • 2001

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

4.10

4,000+

青少年文學

中年級讀物

當代文學

非裔美國

友誼

Money Hungry

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

作者： Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 頁

4.10

4,000+ 則評分

青少年文學

中年級讀物

當代文學

非裔美國

友誼

Against the smart city

作者： Adam Greenfield • 2013

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

3.96

132

都市

City

科技

政治

社會學

Against the smart city

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

作者： Adam Greenfield 2013 152 頁

3.96

132 則評分

都市

City

科技

政治

社會學

The Beautiful Struggle

作者： 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+

回憶錄

自傳

種族

非裔美國

成長故事

The Beautiful Struggle

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

作者： Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 240 頁

4.08

11,000+ 則評分

回憶錄

自傳

種族

非裔美國

成長故事

Tactical Urbanism

作者： Mike Lydon • 2014

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

3.99

315

城市

都市

設計

建築

社會運動

Tactical Urbanism

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

作者： Mike Lydon 2014 256 頁

3.99

315 則評分

城市

都市

設計

建築

社會運動

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

作者： Carmelo Anthony • 2021

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

4.07

1,000+

回憶錄

體育

傳記

自傳

種族

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

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

作者： Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 頁

4.07

1,000+ 則評分

回憶錄

體育

傳記

自傳

種族

City of Gold

作者： Jim Krane • 2009

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

3.97

500+

歷史

政治

經濟學

商業

Capitalism

City of Gold

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

作者： Jim Krane 2009 368 頁

3.97

500+ 則評分

歷史

政治

經濟學

商業

Capitalism

Flesh and Stone

作者： Richard Sennett • 1996

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

4.28

500+

歷史

建築

都市

社會學

哲學

Flesh and Stone

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

作者： Richard Sennett 1996 432 頁

4.28

500+ 則評分

歷史

建築

都市

社會學

哲學

Marry Me, Stranger

作者： Novoneel Chakraborty • 2014

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

3.97

4,000+

驚悚

懸疑

犯罪

當代文學

Marry Me, Stranger

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

作者： Novoneel Chakraborty 2014 268 頁

3.97

4,000+ 則評分

驚悚

懸疑

犯罪

當代文學

Startup Communities

作者： Brad Feld • 2012

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

4.01

2,000+

商業

創業

領導力

科技

經濟學

Startup Communities

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

作者： Brad Feld 2012 188 頁

4.01

2,000+ 則評分

商業

創業

領導力

科技

經濟學

A Moment of Silence

作者： Sister Souljah • 2015

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

4.32

1,000+

愛情

都市

非裔美國

犯罪

懸疑

A Moment of Silence

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

作者： Sister Souljah 2015 544 頁

4.32

1,000+ 則評分

愛情

都市

非裔美國

犯罪

懸疑

Call of the Mall

作者： Paco Underhill • 2004

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

3.63

1,000+

商業

社會學

心理學

人類學

經濟學

Call of the Mall

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

作者： Paco Underhill 2004 240 頁

3.63

1,000+ 則評分

商業

社會學

心理學

人類學

經濟學

The Sins of the Fathers

作者： Lawrence Block • 1976

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

3.87

12,000+

懸疑

犯罪

Noir

驚悚

Murder

The Sins of the Fathers

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

作者： Lawrence Block 1976 182 頁

3.87

12,000+ 則評分

懸疑

犯罪

Noir

驚悚

Murder

The Basketball Diaries

作者： Jim Carroll • 1978

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

3.99

31,000+

回憶錄

自傳

毒品

成癮

成長故事

The Basketball Diaries

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

作者： Jim Carroll 1978 224 頁

3.99

31,000+ 則評分

回憶錄

自傳

毒品

成癮

成長故事

The Big Truck that Went By

作者： Jonathan M. Katz • 2013

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

4.12

1,000+

歷史

政治

社會學

回憶錄

經濟學

The Big Truck that Went By

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

作者： Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 頁

4.12

1,000+ 則評分

歷史

政治

社會學

回憶錄

經濟學

Capital City

作者： Samuel Stein • 2019

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

3.92

1,000+

政治

經濟學

城市

社會學

Capitalism

Capital City

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

作者： Samuel Stein 2019 202 頁

3.92

1,000+ 則評分

政治

經濟學

城市

社會學

Capitalism

The Hour of the Star

作者： Clarice Lispector • 1977

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

4.11

58,000+

經典文學

文學小說

文學

巴西

中篇小說

The Hour of the Star

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

作者： Clarice Lispector 1977 96 頁

4.11

58,000+ 則評分

經典文學

文學小說

文學

巴西

中篇小說

A Renegade History of the United States

作者： Thaddeus Russell • 2010

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

3.81

1,000+

歷史

政治

社會學

Culture

種族

A Renegade History of the United States

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

作者： Thaddeus Russell 2010 400 頁

3.81

1,000+ 則評分

歷史

政治

社會學

Culture

種族

Radicalized

作者： Cory Doctorow • 2019

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

4.03

8,000+

科幻小說

反烏托邦

短篇小說

推想小說

政治

Radicalized

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

作者： Cory Doctorow 2019 304 頁

4.03

8,000+ 則評分

科幻小說

反烏托邦

短篇小說

推想小說

政治

Radical Cities

作者： Justin McGuirk • 2014

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

4.27

434

建築

城市

Latin America

旅遊

都市

Radical Cities

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

作者： Justin McGuirk 2014 304 頁

4.27

434 則評分

建築

城市

Latin America

旅遊

都市

God Hates Us All

作者： Hank Moody • 2009

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

3.46

4,000+

文學小說

當代文學

美國

幽默

成長故事

God Hates Us All

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

作者： Hank Moody 2009 200 頁

3.46

4,000+ 則評分

文學小說

當代文學

美國

幽默

成長故事

Reliquary

作者： Douglas Preston • 1997

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

4.04

50,000+

驚悚

恐怖

懸疑

科幻小說

Reliquary

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

作者： Douglas Preston 1997 464 頁

4.04

50,000+ 則評分

驚悚

恐怖

懸疑

科幻小說

Speedboat

作者： Renata Adler • 1976

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

3.75

7,000+

文學小說

經典文學

美國

二十世紀

City

Speedboat

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

作者： Renata Adler 1976 192 頁

3.75

7,000+ 則評分

文學小說

經典文學

美國

二十世紀

City

Glory in Death

作者： J.D. Robb • 1995

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

4.27

73,000+

浪漫懸疑

懸疑

愛情

犯罪

懸疑

Glory in Death

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

作者： J.D. Robb 1995 296 頁

4.27

73,000+ 則評分

浪漫懸疑

懸疑

愛情

犯罪

懸疑

The Warriors

作者： Sol Yurick • 1965

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

3.37

2,000+

犯罪

經典文學

文學小說

Noir

驚悚

The Warriors

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

作者： Sol Yurick 1965 212 頁

3.37

2,000+ 則評分

犯罪

經典文學

文學小說

Noir

驚悚

The Pleasures of the Damned

作者： Charles Bukowski • 2007

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

4.35

7,000+

詩歌

經典文學

文學

美國

二十世紀

The Pleasures of the Damned

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

作者： Charles Bukowski 2007 557 頁

4.35

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