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Why Cities Lose

The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide

af Jonathan A. Rodden ...

Fortalt af Mike Lenz ...

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10 timer 13 min

A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond.Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the ... Læs mere

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A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond.Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the
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Cut Short

Why We’re Failing Our Youth – and How to Fix It

af Ciaran Thapar ...

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10 timer 57 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Read by Anthony Welsh and featuring an exclusive audio Q&A with the author.'Lays down a transformative path to peace' David Lammy MP'A devastating and beautifully-drawn tribute to the young boys that the media turns into statistics of knife crime' Candice Carty-Williams'I came away from this book enraged, enlightened and with a sense of urgency to do somethi... ... Læs mere

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Brought to you by Penguin.Read by Anthony Welsh and featuring an exclusive audio Q&A with the author.'Lays down a transformative path to peace' David Lammy MP'A devastating and beautifully-drawn tribute to the young boys that the media turns into statistics of knife crime' Candice Carty-Williams'I came away from this book enraged, enlightened and with a sense of urgency to do somethi...
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Battle Scars

The extraordinary true story from the Sunday Times bestseller

af Jason Fox ...

Fortalt af Jason Fox ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.THE EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.Battle Scars tells the story of Jason Fox's career as an elite operator, from the gunfights, hostage rescues, daring escapes and heroic endeavours that defined his service, to a very different kind of battle that awaited him at home.After more than two decades of active duty, Foxy was diagnosed with complex PTSD, forcing him to ... Læs mere

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Brought to you by Penguin.THE EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.Battle Scars tells the story of Jason Fox's career as an elite operator, from the gunfights, hostage rescues, daring escapes and heroic endeavours that defined his service, to a very different kind of battle that awaited him at home.After more than two decades of active duty, Foxy was diagnosed with complex PTSD, forcing him to
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Settlers

Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London

af Jimi Famurewa ...

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9 timer 25 min

Bloomsbury presents Settlers written and read by Jimi Famurewa.A journey into the extraordinary, vibrant world of Black African London which is shaping modern Britain.What makes a Londoner? What is it to be Black, African and British? And how can we understand the many tangled roots of our modern nation without knowing the story of how it came to be?This is a story that begins not with the ... Læs mere

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Bloomsbury presents Settlers written and read by Jimi Famurewa.A journey into the extraordinary, vibrant world of Black African London which is shaping modern Britain.What makes a Londoner? What is it to be Black, African and British? And how can we understand the many tangled roots of our modern nation without knowing the story of how it came to be?This is a story that begins not with the
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True Notebooks

A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall

af Mark Salzman ...

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5 timer 26 min

When Mark Salzman is invited to visit a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles’s most violent teenage offenders, he scrambles for a polite reason to decline. He goes—expecting the worst—and is so astonished by what he finds that he becomes a teacher there himself. True Notebooks is an account of Salzman’s first years teaching at Central. Through it, we come to know his ... Læs mere

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When Mark Salzman is invited to visit a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles’s most violent teenage offenders, he scrambles for a polite reason to decline. He goes—expecting the worst—and is so astonished by what he finds that he becomes a teacher there himself. True Notebooks is an account of Salzman’s first years teaching at Central. Through it, we come to know his
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How to Kill a City

Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood

af PE Moskowitz ...

Fortalt af Hayden Bishop ...

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8 timer 10 min

“An exacting look at gentrification” (New York Times Book Review)—and the lives devastated in the processThe term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don’t realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as ... Læs mere

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The New Tourist

Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel

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“A genuinely helpful framework for thinking about our own voyages” (The Atlantic), The New Tourist explores how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse, and offers essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlust.Through deep and insightful dispatches from tourist spots around the globe—from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to ... Læs mere

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Thanks for Everything (Now Get Out)

Can We Restore Neighborhoods without Destroying Them?

af Joseph Margulies ...

Fortalt af Mike Lenz ...

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8 timer 7 min

When a distressed urban neighborhood gentrifies, all the ratios change: poor to rich; Black and Brown to white; unskilled to professional; vulnerable to secure. Vacant lots and toxic dumps become condos and parks. Upscale restaurants open and pawn shops close. But the low-income residents who held on when the neighborhood was at its worst, who worked so hard to make it better, are gradually driven ... Læs mere

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When a distressed urban neighborhood gentrifies, all the ratios change: poor to rich; Black and Brown to white; unskilled to professional; vulnerable to secure. Vacant lots and toxic dumps become condos and parks. Upscale restaurants open and pawn shops close. But the low-income residents who held on when the neighborhood was at its worst, who worked so hard to make it better, are gradually driven
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Fragile Neighborhoods

Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time

af Seth D. Kaplan ...

Fortalt af Ron Butler ...

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6 timer 11 min

This urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble—and how to fix it, starting with the places we call home—is an “essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation.” (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we ... Læs mere

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This urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble—and how to fix it, starting with the places we call home—is an “essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation.” (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we
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Those Who Wander

America’s Lost Street Kids

af Vivian Ho ...

Fortalt af Emily Woo Zeller ...

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6 timer 23 min

Award-winning journalist Vivian Ho exposes a shattering true-crime story, shedding light on America’s new lost generation.In 2015, the senseless Bay Area murders of twenty-three-year-old Audrey Carey and sixty-seven-year-old Steve Carter were personal tragedies for the victims’ families. But they also shed light on a more complex issue. The killers were three drifters scrounging for a living among ... Læs mere

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Prisoners of the American Dream

Politics and Economy in the History of the US Working Class

af Mike Davis ...

Fortalt af David Sadzin ...

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14 timer 9 min

This comprehensive study of class struggle in America asks: Why has there never been a mass working class party in the United States?"One of the most uncompromising books about American political economy ever written—brilliant, provocative, and exhaustively researched." —Village VoicePrisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analytical problem for ... Læs mere

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This comprehensive study of class struggle in America asks: Why has there never been a mass working class party in the United States?"One of the most uncompromising books about American political economy ever written—brilliant, provocative, and exhaustively researched." —Village VoicePrisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analytical problem for
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This Must Be the Place

How Music Can Make Your City Better

af Shain Shapiro ...

Fortalt af Gary Bennett ...

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5 timer 38 min

This Must Be the Place explores how music can make cities better.This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music's relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music, but the powerful impact music can have on how cities are developed, built, managed, and governed.Told in an accessible way through personal stories from cities around the world—including London, Melbourne, Nashville, ... Læs mere

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This Must Be the Place explores how music can make cities better.This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music's relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music, but the powerful impact music can have on how cities are developed, built, managed, and governed.Told in an accessible way through personal stories from cities around the world—including London, Melbourne, Nashville,
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Homes for Living

The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons

af Jonathan Tarleton ...

Fortalt af Max Newland ...

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9 timer 56 min

**A tale of two NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housingA New Yorker Best Book of 2025**The American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renters seek an escape from record-breaking rent hikes, first-time buyers find that skyrocketing interest rates and historically low inventory leave them with scant ... Læs mere

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**A tale of two NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housingA New Yorker Best Book of 2025**The American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renters seek an escape from record-breaking rent hikes, first-time buyers find that skyrocketing interest rates and historically low inventory leave them with scant
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Brief History of Seoul, A: How a War-Flattened City Became a Global Megacity

af Thomas Gallagher ...

Fortalt af Thomas Gallagher ...

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1 time 51 min

Trace a ruined metropolis's rise from the ashes of the Korean War to a hyper-modern tech capital in this gripping urban history. Perfect for an inspiring daily commute or immersive travel prep, this fast-paced narrative sweeps you through decades of breakneck industrialization and cultural revolution.Walk the evolving streets alongside the ordinary citizens, student activists, and ambitious ... Læs mere

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Trace a ruined metropolis's rise from the ashes of the Korean War to a hyper-modern tech capital in this gripping urban history. Perfect for an inspiring daily commute or immersive travel prep, this fast-paced narrative sweeps you through decades of breakneck industrialization and cultural revolution.Walk the evolving streets alongside the ordinary citizens, student activists, and ambitious
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Edgelands

A Life on Society's Margins

af Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali ...

Fortalt af Mckenzie Small ...

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7 timer 13 min

**A Quill & Quire Fall 2026 Nonfiction PickIn Edgelands, Somali-Canadian writer Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali, author of Angry Queer Somali Boy, explores what it means to live life on the margins, in the city and beyond, and offers a unique perspective on the way we live now.“Edgelands will break you apart and simultaneously hold you together.” --Rinaldo Walcott**Somali, Muslim, gay, and three times an ... Læs mere

200,44 kr.

**A Quill & Quire Fall 2026 Nonfiction PickIn Edgelands, Somali-Canadian writer Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali, author of Angry Queer Somali Boy, explores what it means to live life on the margins, in the city and beyond, and offers a unique perspective on the way we live now.“Edgelands will break you apart and simultaneously hold you together.” --Rinaldo Walcott**Somali, Muslim, gay, and three times an
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The Ghosts of 10th Avenue

A Story of Homelessness, Race, and Remembrance

af Julie Salamon ...

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The discovery of a forgotten graveyard upends a multi-million-dollar Manhattan real estate deal in this richly drawn exploration of the crisis of urban homelessness and its intersection with historyIn late 2019, the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) put a $1 million nonrefundable downpayment on a piece of land in Upper Manhattan. As one of the largest and most important nonprofits of its kind, BRC ... Læs mere

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The discovery of a forgotten graveyard upends a multi-million-dollar Manhattan real estate deal in this richly drawn exploration of the crisis of urban homelessness and its intersection with historyIn late 2019, the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) put a $1 million nonrefundable downpayment on a piece of land in Upper Manhattan. As one of the largest and most important nonprofits of its kind, BRC
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Жизнь соло. Новая социальная реальность

af Эрик Кляйненберг ...

Fortalt af Дмитрий Бужинский ...

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10 timer 16 min

Хипстеры и пенсионеры, финансисты и художники, мужчины и женщины — интерес к одиночеству не зависит от социального статуса, возраста или пола. Трансформация инфраструктуры крупных городов, популярность социальных сетей, изменение психологического восприятия одиночества — всё это приводит к тому, что многие современные горожане выбирают жизнь соло. Тренд к увеличению одиночек в обществе постепенно ... Læs mere

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Хипстеры и пенсионеры, финансисты и художники, мужчины и женщины — интерес к одиночеству не зависит от социального статуса, возраста или пола. Трансформация инфраструктуры крупных городов, популярность социальных сетей, изменение психологического восприятия одиночества — всё это приводит к тому, что многие современные горожане выбирают жизнь соло. Тренд к увеличению одиночек в обществе постепенно
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Big Thrive, The: Volume 1

af Sage Eddie Tatu Harris ...

Fortalt af Digital Voice Madison G ...

Serier serie The Big Thrive
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27 timer 44 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Humanity stands at a crossroads, caught between the accelerating pull of physical and social decay. In this opening installment of the groundbreaking 10-volume compendium, The Big Thrive introduces the framework of Intersectional Pacifist Social Anarchism (IPSA)—a radical, hard-science lens that reframes our collective ethical mandate as a literal ... Læs mere

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Humanity stands at a crossroads, caught between the accelerating pull of physical and social decay. In this opening installment of the groundbreaking 10-volume compendium, The Big Thrive introduces the framework of Intersectional Pacifist Social Anarchism (IPSA)—a radical, hard-science lens that reframes our collective ethical mandate as a literal
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Ghost Road

Beyond the Driverless Car

af Anthony M. Townsend ...

Fortalt af Peter Lerman ...

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9 timer 26 min

A penetrating look at near-future disruption as truly autonomous vehicles arrive.For decades we have dreamed of building an automobile that can drive itself. But as that dream of autonomy draws close, we are discovering that the driverless car is a red herring. When self-driving technology infects buses, bikes, delivery vans, and even buildings . . . a wild, woollier, future awaits.Technology will ... Læs mere

208,38 kr.

A penetrating look at near-future disruption as truly autonomous vehicles arrive.For decades we have dreamed of building an automobile that can drive itself. But as that dream of autonomy draws close, we are discovering that the driverless car is a red herring. When self-driving technology infects buses, bikes, delivery vans, and even buildings . . . a wild, woollier, future awaits.Technology will
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Urban Jungle

Wilding the City, from the author of Metropolis

af Ben Wilson ...

Fortalt af John Sackville ...

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9 timer 29 min

Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening and urgent re-examination of nature in our cities, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the vitality of the natural world. Yet, as Ben Wilson reveals in this invigorating re-examination of urban landscapes across the globe, nature has always been at the heart of the city.Moving from Los ... Læs mere

111,93 kr.

Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening and urgent re-examination of nature in our cities, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the vitality of the natural world. Yet, as Ben Wilson reveals in this invigorating re-examination of urban landscapes across the globe, nature has always been at the heart of the city.Moving from Los
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Living Disability

Building Accessible Futures for Everybody

Fortalt af Seema Doad ...

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9 timer 51 min

How can we build more accessible cities? Living Disability brings together vibrant perspectives on disability justice and urban systems.A musician and snow removal expert, a queer curator, a public pool aficionado, and a journalist turned city councillor — these are just some of the disabled writers exploring disability justice, analyzing urban systems, and proposing more equitable approaches to ... Læs mere

184,33 kr.

How can we build more accessible cities? Living Disability brings together vibrant perspectives on disability justice and urban systems.A musician and snow removal expert, a queer curator, a public pool aficionado, and a journalist turned city councillor — these are just some of the disabled writers exploring disability justice, analyzing urban systems, and proposing more equitable approaches to
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There Is No Place for Us

Working and Homeless in America

af Brian Goldstone ...

Fortalt af Brian Goldstone, Dion Graham ...

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13 timer 19 min

**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America.“An ... Læs mere

200,44 kr.

**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America.“An
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The Phoenix Economy

Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal

af Felix Salmon ...

Fortalt af Felix Salmon ...

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10 timer 1 min

Winner of the 2023 SABEW Best in Business Book Award for I****nvesting and Personal FinanceAn award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysis—drawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular culture—of the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy.We are living in a strange world**—**Salmon calls it “the New Not Normal.” ... Læs mere

214,75 kr.

Winner of the 2023 SABEW Best in Business Book Award for I****nvesting and Personal FinanceAn award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysis—drawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular culture—of the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy.We are living in a strange world**—**Salmon calls it “the New Not Normal.”
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Buda's Wagon

A Brief History of the Car Bomb

af Mike Davis ...

Fortalt af Sean Runnette ...

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7 timer 23 min

The brilliant and disturbing 100-year history of modern terrorism and car bombs—the ubiquitous weapon of urban mass destructionOn a September day in 1920, an angry Italian anarchist named Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap near New York's Wall Street, killing forty people. Since Buda's prototype the car bomb has evolved into a "poor man's air force," a ... Læs mere

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The brilliant and disturbing 100-year history of modern terrorism and car bombs—the ubiquitous weapon of urban mass destructionOn a September day in 1920, an angry Italian anarchist named Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap near New York's Wall Street, killing forty people. Since Buda's prototype the car bomb has evolved into a "poor man's air force," a
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Urban Lydbøger

Why Cities Lose

Cut Short

Battle Scars

Settlers

True Notebooks

How to Kill a City

The New Tourist

Thanks for Everything (Now Get Out)

Fragile Neighborhoods

Those Who Wander

Prisoners of the American Dream

This Must Be the Place

Homes for Living

Brief History of Seoul, A: How a War-Flattened City Became a Global Megacity

Edgelands

The Ghosts of 10th Avenue

Жизнь соло. Новая социальная реальность

Big Thrive, The: Volume 1

Ghost Road

Urban Jungle

Living Disability

There Is No Place for Us

The Phoenix Economy

Buda's Wagon