The rent is too damn high. Here's why - and it's not who you think.Everyone knows housing is unaffordable. The usual suspects get the usual blame: greedy landlords, bureaucratic zoning, not enough building. But the real answer is under your feet. Land - who owns it, who benefits from its value, and who pays for that value - is the question American cities have been refusing to ask for a century.Why the Rent Is Too Damn High is a data-driven argumen...

'Death in Service on The Thin Blue Line: 1829–1899' is a powerful and respectful tribute to the officers of the Metropolitan Police who lost their lives in the line of duty. Drawing on extensive archival research, Paul Beard brings these forgotten stories to life through a compelling blend of historical fact and sensitive narrative reconstruction. Each account reveals the human reality behind the official record, set against the harsh conditions of early policing in a rapidly growing and o...

A pre-sectarian, pragmatic, secular and scientific approach to the timeless philosophical insights of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha. Two of the most common questions I am asked are:
"How come you're always smiling and appear so calm and laid back?"
and
"How on earth did you survive a suicidal mental breakdown?"
The answer to both will be found in this book. I hope you find the approach outlined in this book helpful on your own journey. If you require any clarification or wish t...

Engaging Film is a creative, interdisciplinary volume that explores the engagements among film, space, and identity and features a section on the use of films in the classroom as a critical pedagogical tool. Focusing on anti-essentialist themes in films and film production, this book examines how social and spatial identities are produced (or dissolved) in films and how mobility is used to create different experiences of time and space. From popular movies such as 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Bulworth...

The Somali Story Book is a collection of tales from the African Horn. Illustrated with vibrant pictures; the story book tells the tales from the Somali community in the words of the Somali community. As a part of Black History Month Celebrations for 2014, the Somali Story Book brings history alive and introduces Somali stories to childrenPut together by Eastside Community Heritage, this book celebrated the culture of the Somali community and uses the stories told to us in the form ...