Topic: books
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Here's How to Get All Your Timid Friends on Bikes
This new book is full of good advice, delivered in plain English without getting all preachy or judgy.
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When Your City Is Killing You
In Several Ways to Die in Mexico City, author Kurt Hollander explores the way a city's air, food, and diseases actually affect us.
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Next Great Idea
Communities Aren't Just Places, They're Social Networks
A conversation with urban sociologist Zachary Neal on his new book, The Connected City.
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The Real Town Behind This Year's Newbery Medal Winning Book
Dead End in Norvelt is based on a New Deal-era subsistence farming community in rural Pennsylvania.
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Impromptu Library Of the Day: A River of Luminous Books in Melbourne
Thousands of books flood Federation Square in "Literature vs. Traffic."
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For the Love of Concrete
A new book aims to repair the reputation of the much-maligned composite.
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Bookstore Protectionism: Where it Works, and How
In some places, governments consider independent bookstores a vital part of the urban fabric.
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The Underground New York Public Library
A subway-hopping photographer memorializes reading riders on a Tumblr blog.
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The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited
A new economic and social order is a double-edged sword: it unleashes incredible energies, but it also causes tremendous hardships.
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Confessions of a Straphanger
Travel writer Taras Grescoe on the joys of public transportation.
