An expert in American housing examines the rise of sprawling subdivisions, their effect on the environment, and sustainable development strategies.Americans are spreading out more than ever—into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, where big subdivisions offer big houses. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get are longer commutes, higher taxes, and a landscape of strip malls and office parks.The subdivisions...

From the award-winning author of Wrestling with Moses comes a fascinating, accessible biography of the most important architect of the twentieth century.Modern Man is a riveting biography of Le Corbusier—a man who invented new ways of building and thinking. Modern Man is a penetrating psychological portrait of a true genius and constant self-inventor, as well as a sweeping tale filled with exotic locales, sex and celebrity (he was a lover of Josephine Bak...

Anthony Croft is Professor of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University.Robert Davison was formerly Head of Quality at the Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University.Martin Hargreaves is a Chartered PhysicistJames Flint is Senior Lecturer in Wireless Systems Engineering at Loughborough University.

Etats-Unis, avril 1869. Le Président Grant doit s'arrêter dans la petite bourgade de Promontory pour réunir les deux voies ferrées entre l'Est et la côte pacifique. C'est un événement que tous les habitants, y compris les écoliers, s'apprêtent à célébrer. Mais dans la classe de Mlle Picqles, les jumeaux Flint ont un comportement bizarre. Pourquoi un abîme semble t-il se creuser entre eux ? Que manigancent-ils ?

The rivalry of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses, a struggle for the soul of a city, is one of the most dramatic and consequential in modern American history. To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. But consummate power broker Robert Moses, the father of many of New York’s most monumental development projects, thought neighborhoods like Greenwich Village were badly in need of “urban renewal...