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    Who Owns England?

    How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

    by Guy Shrubsole ...
    Narrated by Malk Williams ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 4 min

    ‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once ... Read more

    S$ 28.04 SGD

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    Breve historia de Viena: Auge y caída de la capital de los Habsburgo

    by Rufino Granados ...
    Narrated by Rufino Granados ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 20 min

    Explora el dramático auge y colapso de un imperio europeo a través de la evolución urbana y política de su capital. Desde sus remotos orígenes medievales como un frágil asentamiento fronterizo, acompaña la transformación de esta metrópolis hasta convertirse en el epicentro indiscutible del poder dinástico.Ideal para sumergirte en una atmósfera reflexiva y épica durante tus trayectos diarios, este ... Read more

    S$ 13.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    パリのカタコンブ小史――通りの下に広がる死者の街

    by 三宅 悠斗 ...
    Narrated by 三宅 悠斗 ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 3 min

    華やかな光に包まれた花の都の真下で、数百万の無名の死者たちが静かに眠る巨大な地下空間の成り立ちをひもとく、知的好奇心を刺激する歴史ノンフィクション。夜の静寂に包まれたリラックスタイムや日々の通勤電車の中で耳を澄ませば、石造りの冷たい通路をランタン一つで歩き出すかのような深い没入感に包まれます。暗闇の奥深くで繰り広げられてきた、生と死が隣り合わせの壮大な都市デザインの足跡をたどる旅が始まります。かつて建築用の石灰岩を切り出したただの穴蔵は、地上の深刻な衛生問題と人々の切実な願いによって、やがて美しくも厳かな祈りの場所へと姿を変えました。ただの恐怖の対象としてではなく、先人たちが手仕事で積み上げてきた記憶の保管庫としての真の姿が、鮮やかな描写とともに浮かび上がります。目に見えない足元の世界へと思いを馳せる、思索的で豊かな音声体験をお約束します。本書で見つかること ... Read more

    S$ 13.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Key to the City

    How Zoning Shapes Our World

    by Sara C. Bronin ...
    Narrated by Rachel Perry ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 25 min

    In Key to the City, legal scholar and architect Sara C. Bronin examines how zoning became such a prevailing force and reveals its impact—and its potential for good. Outdated zoning codes have maintained racial segregation, prioritized cars over people, and enabled great ecological harm. But, as Bronin argues, once we recognize the power of zoning, we can harness it to create the communities we ... Read more

    S$ 29.25 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Barndominium Boom, The

    Everything You Need to Know Before You Build

    by Jess Girard ...
    Narrated by Benjamin Martinez ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 33 min

    Discover the Revolutionary Home Trend: The Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Dream BarndominiumEmbark on an enlightening journey into the heart of modern living with "The Barndominium Boom: Everything You Need to Know Before You Build." This meticulously crafted guide offers a deep dive into the captivating world of Barndominiums, a trend that has captivated the imagination of homeowners and ... Read more

    S$ 5.56 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    How to Build a City

    Journeys into the Urban Future - 'Ambitious and engaging' The Spectator

    by Gabriella Bennett ...
    Narrated by Gabriella Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 41 min

    'Ambitious and engaging' THE SPECTATOR'Lyrically readable yet highly informative ... a story of resilience, strength and humanity's innate resourcefulness' DAILY MAIL'A thoughtful, open-hearted, deeply reported book about what we need to live' CAL FLYNA moveable city in the Arctic Circle. Tower blocks tackling loneliness in Tokyo. Helsinki's sprawling underground metropolis. And Ukraine's bomb ... Read more

    S$ 44.58 SGD

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    Une brève histoire de Varsovie : Comment une capitale s’est relevée après sa destruction totale

    by Henri Royer ...
    Narrated by Henri Royer ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 11 min

    Plongez dans l'histoire poignante d'une métropole rasée par la guerre, un puissant récit de survie et de résilience. Des rives de la Vistule jusqu'aux pires heures du vingtième siècle, suivez le destin tragique et glorieux d'une cité qui a farouchement refusé de disparaître.Idéale pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens ou nourrir votre réflexion personnelle, cette épopée historique offre un regard ... Read more

    S$ 13.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Une brève histoire de Chicago : La ville qui a brûlé et donné naissance au gratte-ciel

    by Dorian Herve ...
    Narrated by Dorian Herve ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 6 min

    Plongez dans l'histoire d'une métropole ravagée par le feu, devenue le berceau mondial de l'architecture verticale. De ses premiers comptoirs commerciaux à son ascension industrielle vertigineuse, ce récit historique haletant transforme votre temps de trajet en une véritable exploration temporelle.Au-delà des cendres du grand brasier, écoutez battre le cœur d'une société résiliente, portée par l ... Read more

    S$ 13.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Breve historia de Chicago: La ciudad que ardió y levantó rascacielos

    by Justo Torres ...
    Narrated by Justo Torres ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 14 min

    Explora la fascinante historia urbana de una metrópolis forjada entre cenizas, luchas obreras y arquitectura colosal. Desde sus orígenes como un modesto cruce de rutas en la pradera hasta convertirse en la meca global de los rascacielos, esta narración revela los secretos de su vertiginoso y accidentado ascenso.Ideal para acompañarte en tus trayectos diarios, este relato evocador y realista ... Read more

    S$ 13.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Intimate City

    Walking New York

    by Michael Kimmelman ...
    Narrated by Michael Kimmelman, William DeMeritt, Karen Murray, Eileen Noonan ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 34 min

    From the New York Times architecture critic, his celebrated walking tours of New York City, now expanded, covering four of the five boroughs and some 540 million years of history, accompanied by some of the people who know it bestAs New York came to a halt with COVID, Michael Kimmelman composed an email to a group of architects, historians, writers, and friends, inviting them to take a walk. ... Read more

    S$ 24.39 SGD

  • Audiobook

    Radical Technologies

    The Design of Everyday Life

    by Adam Greenfield ...
    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 14 min

    Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services, and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future.We're told ... Read more

    S$ 36.22 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Dream Cities

    Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World

    by Wade Graham ...
    Narrated by Paul Bellantoni ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 52 min

    Landscape designer and historian Wade Graham follows the acclaimed American Eden with a lively, accessible cultural history of modern cities—from suburbs, downtown districts, and exurban sprawl, to shopping malls and “sustainable” developments—seen through the lens of planning, design, and the architects and movements behind them.Dream Cities explores our cities in a new way—as expressions of ... Read more

    S$ 40.40 SGD

  • Audiobook

    Importance of Green Spaces in Urban Areas, The

    by Fiona Sterling ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

    Unabridged

    31 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In "The Importance of Green Spaces in Urban Areas," Fiona Sterling delves into the multifaceted benefits of urban green spaces and the essential role they play in creating sustainable and livable cities. Through comprehensive chapters, Sterling explores the psychological, social, economic, and environmental advantages that green spaces provide. The ... Read more

    S$ 4.17 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Nahwärme neu gedacht

    Wie du mit regenerativen Energien unabhängig heizt und Kosten langfristig senkst

    by Andreas Bauernfeind ...
    Narrated by Helmut Stieglbauer (AI) ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 7 min

    Nahwärme neu gedacht: Wie du mit regenerativen Energien unabhängig heizt und Kosten langfristig senkst.Bist du auf der Suche nach einer echten Alternative zur Ölheizung und möchtest endlich unabhängig heizen ohne Gas? Die Energiepreise steigen kontinuierlich, und die Zukunft der Wärmeversorgung erfordert ein Umdenken. Wenn du Heizkosten sparen im Eigenheim und gleichzeitig klimafreundlich heizen ... Read more

    S$ 9.84 SGD

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    A Paradise of Small Houses

    The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing

    by Max Podemski ...
    Narrated by Rob Greenbaum ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 16 min

    From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America’s neighborhoods that reveals the rich history—and future—of urban housingThe Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of ... Read more

    S$ 39.02 SGD

  • Audiobook

    Building the Metropolis

    Architecture, Construction, and Labor in New York City, 1880–1935

    by Alexander Wood ...
    Narrated by Auto-narrated ...
    Series series Historical Studies of Urban America

    Unabridged

    13 hours 32 min

    A sweeping history of New York that chronicles the construction of one of the world’s great cities.Between the 1880s and the 1930s, New York City experienced explosive growth as nearly a million buildings, dozens of bridges and tunnels, hundreds of miles of subway lines, and thousands of miles of streets were erected to meet the needs of an ever-swelling population. This landscape—jagged with ... Read more

    S$ 13.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Manifesto for the Revitalisation of Cities

    A Solution to Portugal's Housing Crisis

    by Miguel Rebelo ...
    Narrated by Miguel Rebelo ...

    Abridged

    51 min

    The housing crisis in Portugal serves to illustrate a problem that has implications beyond the borders of the country, shedding light on challenges that are faced by major European and global cities. The rise in housing prices, driven by real estate speculation, the growth of tourism and the influx of foreign investment, has made it increasingly challenging for many in the population, especially ... Read more

    S$ 4.32 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Darwin Comes to Town

    by Professor Menno Schilthuizen ...
    Narrated by Chris Nayak ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 25 min

    See your city through fresh eyesWe are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, and a large portion of the planet's landmass is urbanized. With much of the rest covered by human-shaped farms, pasture, and plantations, where can nature still go? To the cities -- is Menno Schilthuizen's answer in this remarkable book. And with more and more wildlife carving out new ... Read more

    S$ 34.83 SGD

  • Audiobook

    Inventing Paradise

    The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles

    by Paul Haddad ...
    Narrated by Paul Haddad ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 25 min

    Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry Huntington, Harry Chandler, William Mulholland, and Moses Sherman.In the late 1870s, Los Angeles was a violent, dusty, 29-square-mile pueblo with a few ... Read more

    S$ 19.01 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Nest City

    How Citizens Serve Cities and Cities Serve Citizens

    by Beth Sanders ...
    Narrated by Beth Sanders ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 46 min

    Our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning our cities do not meet the true nature of cities as complex and messy systems. There are no simple solutions to the challenges we face: many citizens don't feel they belong; we don't agree on how to best move around; many don't have jobs or homes they can afford; we make running businesses hard work; we are facing challenges with the ... Read more

    S$ 20.90 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Stealing Home

    Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

    by Eric Nusbaum ...
    Narrated by David Owen Nelson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 37 min

    The "scrupulously detailed" (Los Angeles Times) story of how the fight to build Dodgers Stadium, and transform Los Angeles into a big league city, came at the cost of everyday AngelenosDodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, ... Read more

    S$ 34.83 SGD

  • Audiobook

    Urbanidade da Exclusão

    a produção urbanística do capital

    by Jóseley Gildo ...
    Narrated by Voz Artificial ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 47 min

    O urbanismo e a sustentabilidade são conceitos totalmente abstratos quando desenvolvidos pela forma social de produção capitalista, a solução para as problemáticas da urbanística se converte em um selo verde, o qual é utilizado apenas para ocultar a real ameaça que mantém o ser humano ainda em sua "pré-história". O capitalismo, enquanto forma social de produção hegemônica, torna-se dominante na ... Read more

    S$ 12.65 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    An Unpromised Land

    by Leon Gettler ...
    Narrated by Leon Gettler ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 25 min

    In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... Read more

    S$ 12.20 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    アンコール小史：神王たちの失われた巨大都市

    by 磯部 歩 ...
    Narrated by 磯部 歩 ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 58 min

    密林に眠る神秘的な廃墟という幻想を打ち砕き、数十万人が暮らした水上巨大都市の真の姿と人々の熱気を鮮やかに蘇らせる、没入感あふれる歴史ドキュメンタリー。慌ただしい朝の通勤や夜のリラックスタイムを、モンスーン気候が育んだ東南アジア最大の文明の鼓動に触れる贅沢な知の探求へと変えてくれます。緻密な水利システムと神王思想が交差する、壮大な繁栄の記憶を紐解きましょう。王たちの権力闘争や壮麗な寺院建築だけでなく、運河を行き交う商人や田畑を耕す農民たちの豊かな生活世界が、情感豊かな描写で立ち上がります。知的好奇心を深く刺激するこの物語は、気候変動や交易ルートの移動といった現代にも通じる衰退の要因を冷静に浮き彫りにします。知られざる都市のライフサイクルに触れることで、過去の歴史が単なる昔話ではなく、今の私たちの世界と地続きであることに気づくはずです。本書で見つかること:• ... Read more

    S$ 13.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus