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Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets, and waterways of Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination.

Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not - and cannot - be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge.

A witty and humane account of one man, multiple jobs and what it means to live A Book of the Year in the Guardian, Sunday Times, Economist and the Financial Times Shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Hu AnYan has held nineteen different jobs since he...

Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the...

Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses. Scale addresses big, urgent questions about global sustainability, population explosion, urbanization, ageing, cancer, human life spans and the increasing pace of life but also encourages us to question the world around us.

A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears” This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit...

Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption.

The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrée into the gang, what he...

For more than four decades after gaining independence, India, with its massive size and population, staggering poverty and slow rate of growth, was associated with the plodding, somnolent elephant, comfortably resting on its achievements of centuries gone by. Then in the early 1990s the elephant...

在极度缺水且资源匮乏的波斯湾沿岸，一座微不足道的采珠小镇如何逆转命运，一跃成为定义全球化贸易与财富的超级都市？这部节奏明快的城市发展史将带你穿梭于帆船停泊的浅湾与高耸入云的天际线之间，见证人类在极端...

Ontdek de geschiedenis van menselijke verstedelijking: een strijd waar elke innovatie een nieuwe kwetsbaarheid creëert. Van bescheiden landbouwdorpen tot de duizelingwekkende complexiteit van hedendaagse metropolen; de ontwikkeling van onze maatschappij is verre van een simpel succesverhaal...

当人类在一万年前用定居的泥土聚落换取流动的自由时，一部交织着协作奇迹与生存危机的社会演进大历史便悄然开场。作为每日穿梭在钢筋水泥中忙碌的现代都市人，你是否曾对包裹着我们的庞大社会系统感到深深的敬畏与...

Esplora la storia umana e comprendi come l'urbanizzazione globale ha radicalmente trasformato la nostra sopravvivenza. Da piccoli gruppi nomadi a mastodontiche reti metropolitane, questo illuminante viaggio storico decostruisce il mito del progresso lineare. È un racconto vivido di tentativi...

تتبع ملحمة التطور البشري وتاريخ العمران عبر سرد مذهل يفسر كيف تحولنا من الترحال إلى بناء ناطحات السحاب. يمثل هذا العمل رفيقك المثالي أثناء التنقل اليومي، حيث...

Explore dez mil anos de história urbana e entenda como a luta por poder e abrigo forjou nossas megacidades. Perfeito para acompanhar seu trajeto diário, este mergulho imersivo transforma a paisagem ao seu redor em um museu vivo. Cada rua ganha um novo significado quando compreendemos a...

Entenda como uma periferia tranquila virou o maior polo de inovação tecnológica do mundo e o preço real desse sucesso. Mergulhe em uma narrativa reflexiva e reveladora, ideal para estimular a curiosidade intelectual e garantir aprendizado contínuo durante o seu trajeto diário. A evolução...

挨拶したい気持ちと声かけへのためらいという心の葛藤を解きほぐし、たった一言から温かな地域のつながりを育む実践的コミュニケーションガイド。ゴミ捨て場やエレベーターでのわずかなすれ違いが、孤独を感じがち...

Vence la timidez vecinal y transforma la soledad urbana en conexiones auténticas dominando tus habilidades sociales. Si alguna vez has bajado la mirada en el ascensor o fingido mirar el móvil en la parada del autobús, este audio te ayudará a dar el paso definitivo. Es la compañía perfecta...

砂漠の過酷な辺境に過ぎなかった小さな港町が、いかにして世界屈指のメガシティへと変貌を遂げたのか、中東史と都市開発の軌跡を鮮やかに描き出します。日々の通勤時間や知的好奇心を満たしたい夜のひとときに、広...

Comprende la historia de la civilización y los intensos conflictos sociales que transformaron aldeas en megaciudades. Este inmersivo recorrido de diez mil años expone cómo los entornos arquitectónicos que construimos acabaron reconfigurando por completo nuestra forma de vivir, producir y...