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    The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

    by Donald Shoup ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 47 min

    In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why ... Read more

    Was $39.99 USD Now $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    How Paris Became Paris

    The Invention of the Modern City

    by Joan DeJean ...
    Narrated by Patricia Rodriguez ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    Bloomsbury presents How Paris Became Paris by Joan DeJean, read by Patricia Rodriguez**"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--**New YorkerAt the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    Building the Cycling City

    The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality

    by Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett ...
    Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 4 min

    In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of transportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, twenty-first-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. As the world’s foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Una historia personal de la arquitectura europea

    Del templo griego a la Bauhaus

    by David Ferrer ...
    Narrated by Mario (Voz de IA) ...
    Series series Condición Humana

    Unabridged

    12 hours 10 min

    Un recorrido fascinante y extraordinariamente ilustrado que explica como nunca antes las claves de la arquitectura.El arquitecto David Ferrer nos acompaña en estas páginas a lo largo de un itinerario lleno de etapas fascinantes: la civilización griega con los primeros edificios de nuestra cultura, las portentosas construcciones romanas, las catedrales góticas, el clasicismo renacentista, el ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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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

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Une brève histoire des catacombes de Paris : La cité des morts sous les rues

    by Modeste Loriot ...
    Narrated by Modeste Loriot ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 7 min

    Face à une urgence sanitaire funéraire, cette histoire urbaine révèle la création du plus vaste ossuaire souterrain. Idéale pour accompagner vos trajets quotidiens, cette immersion atmosphérique vous transporte directement sous les pavés de la capitale. Ressentez le poids de l'ingénierie triomphant d'une menace mortelle qui empoisonnait littéralement le quotidien des vivants.Loin des mythes, ce ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Streetfight

    Handbook for an Urban Revolution

    by Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow ...
    Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 51 min

    As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world's greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers. Her approach was dramatic and effective: Simply painting a part of the street to make it into a plaza or bus lane not only made the street safer, but it also lessened ... Read more

    Was $24.99 USD Now $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Soul of a City, The

    Deep Dives into Urban Culture

    by T.J. Ravenscroft ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Alistair G ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into the heart and soul of urban life with "The Soul of a City: Deep Dives into Urban Culture" by T.J. Ravenscroft. This compelling exploration transcends conventional boundaries to examine the intricate tapestry of human interactions within the built environment. Ravenscroft navigates the dynamic interplay between social, economic, and political ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Love Letter to Suburbia, A

    How to Restore the American Village

    by Diane Alisa ...
    Narrated by Diane Alisa ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 50 min

    What happened to the American Dream? In A Love Letter to Suburbia, Diane Alisa takes readers on a compelling journey through the rise of suburbia and its consequences on American life. With heartfelt reflections and practical insights, Diane confronts the disillusionment many feel living in suburban sprawl. She explores how car dependency, corporate control, and disintegrating community values ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Speculative Futures

    Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need

    by Johanna Hoffman ...
    Narrated by Heni Zoutomou ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 38 min

    How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream--and build--better, sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone.Speculative futures--design approaches that help us visualize new and potential worlds--move us beyond what currently exists into what could one day be. Inspired by art, film, fiction, and industrial design, they use speculation to provoke, imagine, and dream into ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • 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

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    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

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Une brève histoire du Caire : 1 000 ans à l’ombre des pyramides

    by Thibault Rocher ...
    Narrated by Thibault Rocher ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 18 min

    Traversez mille ans d'histoire urbaine fascinante pour comprendre la métamorphose d'une cité médiévale en mégapole. Idéal pour transformer votre trajet quotidien en une expédition immersive, ce récit vous transporte sur les rives du Nil, là où les ruelles bruyantes murmurent les secrets des empires disparus.Vivez le pouls vibrant d'une capitale foisonnante en marchant aux côtés des bâtisseurs, des ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Detroit City Is the Place to Be

    The Afterlife of an American Metropolis

    by Mark Binelli ...
    Narrated by Matt Godfrey ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 43 min

    Once America’s capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country’s greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city’s worst crisis yet (and that’s saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neopastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists―all have been drawn to ... Read more

    $22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    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

    $28.99 USD

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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

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Breve storia delle catacombe di Parigi: La città dei morti sotto le strade

    by Mirko Cirillo ...
    Narrated by Mirko Cirillo ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 4 min

    Immergiti nella storia segreta della Parigi sotterranea, dove un'emergenza cimiteriale ha creato un macabro ossario. Perfetto per accompagnare i tuoi tragitti quotidiani o per un ascolto serale immersivo, questo viaggio scava nelle viscere geologiche della capitale. Lasciati avvolgere da un'atmosfera oscura e solenne, scendendo laddove la luce della Ville Lumière non può arrivare.Il drammatico ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Storia di Tokyo: 400 anni dai samurai ai grattacieli

    by Ennio Scapin ...
    Narrated by Ennio Scapin ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 10 min

    Vivi la storia urbana di una metropoli immortale, dove il potere dei samurai forgia l'architettura dei grattacieli. Perfetto per chi ascolta in viaggio o cerca un'immersione profonda durante il tragitto quotidiano, questo racconto evocativo svela il volto cangiante della capitale giapponese. Dagli intricati canali fangosi dell'antichità agli scintillanti orizzonti di vetro, l'evoluzione di uno ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Paris Is Not Dead

    Surviving Hypergentrification in the City of Light

    by Cole Stangler ...
    Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 10 min

    The Paris of popular imagination is lined with cobblestone streets and stylish cafés, a beacon for fashionistas and well-heeled tourists. But French-American journalist Cole Stangler, celebrated for his reporting on Paris and French politics, argues that the beating heart of the City of Light lies elsewhere—in its striving, working-class districts whose residents are being priced out of their ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Sustainable Urbanism::

    [A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]

    by Amanda Burchard ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 27 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Sustainable Urbanism:: [A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]As the world's population continues to urbanize, the need for sustainable cities becomes more pressing than ever. In our first chapters, we lay the foundation by understanding the principles and concepts of sustainable urbanism. From there, we delve ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Burglar's Guide to the City

    by Geoff Manaugh ...
    Narrated by Scott Aiello ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 55 min

    Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again.At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    The Eyes of the Skin

    Architecture and the Senses

    by Juhani Pallasmaa ...
    Narrated by Juhani Pallasmaa, Steven Holl, Simon Allford, Conleth Buckley, Paula Craft-Pegg, Eddie Heathcoat ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 35 min

    Explore the relationship between architecture and the sensory experience with the fourth edition of this groundbreaking work.First published in 1996, The Eyes of the Skin is a classic of architectural theory. It asks the far-reaching question why, when there are five senses, is one single sense―sight―so predominant in architectural culture and design? With the ascendancy of the digital and the all ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Life After Carbon

    The Next Global Transformation of Cities

    by Peter Plastrik, John Cleveland ...
    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 55 min

    The future of our cities is not what it used to be. The modern-city model that took hold globally in the twentieth century has outlived its usefulness. It cannot solve the problems it helped to create—especially global warming. Fortunately, a new model for urban development is emerging in cities to aggressively tackle the realities of climate change. It transforms the way cities design and use ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    How Cities Work: The Hidden Systems, Human Choices, and Everyday Flows That Shape Urban Life

    by Thomas Kavanagh ...
    Narrated by Thomas Kavanagh ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 5 min

    Uncover the hidden urban infrastructure and social dynamics that silently control your daily commute and city living. From the frustrated passenger waiting for a delayed bus to the pressured zoning planner, these grounded, thought-provoking stories reveal the secret machinery of our neighborhoods. Every street corner holds an invisible, interconnected web of money, power, and human choices.Perfect ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus