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How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

by Stefan Al ...

**"A thoughtful inquiry into the new generations of skyscrapers…There is a lot of rich history here, well and concisely told." ?Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book ReviewThe global boom in skyscrapers—why it’s happening now, how they’re made, and what they do to cities and people.**We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the “supertall”: megastructures that are ... Read more

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**"A thoughtful inquiry into the new generations of skyscrapers…There is a lot of rich history here, well and concisely told." ?Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book ReviewThe global boom in skyscrapers—why it’s happening now, how they’re made, and what they do to cities and people.**We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the “supertall”: megastructures that are
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Dwelling on Earth

The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home

by Stefan Al ...

A sweeping history of humanity’s most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities, and people themselves.Americans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a staggering portion of carbon emissions. In this timely and fascinating work, ... Read more

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A sweeping history of humanity’s most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities, and people themselves.Americans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a staggering portion of carbon emissions. In this timely and fascinating work,
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The Urbanism Reader

Design, Technology, Culture and the Future of Cities

Edited by Stefan Al, Tom Verebes ...

Positioning design at the center of the debate, The Urbanism Reader brings together classic and contemporary readings to help designers understand the complexities of cities and urban design in the 21st century.The selection of readings presented here is uniquely tailored to a design perspective for architects and urban designers – balancing social issues in urbanism with a clear focus on ... Read more

$32.39 USD

Positioning design at the center of the debate, The Urbanism Reader brings together classic and contemporary readings to help designers understand the complexities of cities and urban design in the 21st century.The selection of readings presented here is uniquely tailored to a design perspective for architects and urban designers – balancing social issues in urbanism with a clear focus on
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Macau and the Casino Complex

by Kah-Wee Lee, Natalia Echeverri ...

Series series Gambling Studies Series
Special Award of the Jury Winner — 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook AwardsIn only a decade, Macau has exploded from a sleepy backwater to the world’s casino capital. It was bound to happen. Macau, a former Portuguese colony that became a special administrative region within the People’s Republic of China in 1999, was the only place in China where gambling was legal. With a consumer base of 1.3 billion ... Read more

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Special Award of the Jury Winner — 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook AwardsIn only a decade, Macau has exploded from a sleepy backwater to the world’s casino capital. It was bound to happen. Macau, a former Portuguese colony that became a special administrative region within the People’s Republic of China in 1999, was the only place in China where gambling was legal. With a consumer base of 1.3 billion
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Beyond Mobility

Planning Cities for People and Places

by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al ...

Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly—and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates ... Read more

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Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly—and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates
... Read more
The Strip

Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream

by Stefan Al ...

The transformations of the Strip—from the fake Wild West to neon signs twenty stories high to “starchitecture”—and how they mirror America itself.The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like ... Read more

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The transformations of the Strip—from the fake Wild West to neon signs twenty stories high to “starchitecture”—and how they mirror America itself.The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like
... Read more
Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise

Green and Gray Strategies

by Stefan Al ...

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy floods devastated coastal areas in New York and New Jersey. In 2017, Harvey flooded Houston. Today in Miami, even on sunny days, king tides bring fish swimming through the streets in low-lying areas. These types of events are typically called natural disasters. But overwhelming scientific consensus says they are actually the result of human-induced climate change and ... Read more

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In 2012, Hurricane Sandy floods devastated coastal areas in New York and New Jersey. In 2017, Harvey flooded Houston. Today in Miami, even on sunny days, king tides bring fish swimming through the streets in low-lying areas. These types of events are typically called natural disasters. But overwhelming scientific consensus says they are actually the result of human-induced climate change and
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Supertall

How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

by Stefan Al ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

The global boom in skyscrapers—why it's happening now, how they're made, and what they do to cities and people.We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest ... Read more

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The global boom in skyscrapers—why it's happening now, how they're made, and what they do to cities and people.We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest
... Read more

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Dwelling on Earth

The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home

by Stefan Al ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

A sweeping history of humanity's most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities, and people themselves.From tiny pit–houses in the Levant and Mesoamerica thousands of years ago to soaring skyscrapers in Dubai, New York, and Shanghai today, Dwelling on Earth takes listeners on a swift and absorbing tour of the evolution of human habitation. Architectural historian and urban ... Read more

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A sweeping history of humanity's most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities, and people themselves.From tiny pit–houses in the Levant and Mesoamerica thousands of years ago to soaring skyscrapers in Dubai, New York, and Shanghai today, Dwelling on Earth takes listeners on a swift and absorbing tour of the evolution of human habitation. Architectural historian and urban
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The New Deal

A Modern History

by Michael Hiltzik ...

Narrated by Traber Burns ...

Unabridged

19 hours 35 min

New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Michael Hiltzik tells the epic story of the New Deal through the outsized personalities of the people who fought for it, opposed it, and benefited from it, rendering vital lessons for our own time.As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Michael Hiltzik tells the epic story of the New Deal through the outsized personalities of the people who fought for it, opposed it, and benefited from it, rendering vital lessons for our own time.As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account
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Strike of the Sailfish

Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier

by Stephen L. Moore ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

A gripping true-life thriller about the first US submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier—and the sub’s tragic twist of fateIn 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin, in many ways the Squalus’s twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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A gripping true-life thriller about the first US submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier—and the sub’s tragic twist of fateIn 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin, in many ways the Squalus’s twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the
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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden

Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War

by Zhuqing Li ...

Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

Unabridged

11 hours 7 min

Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden is a window into the lives of women in twentieth-century China, a time of traumatic change and unparalleled resilience. In this riveting and deeply personal account, linguist and East Asian scholar Zhuqing Li confronts the bitter political rivals of mainland China and Taiwan with elegance and unique insight, while celebrating her aunts’ remarkable legacies. ... Read more

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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden is a window into the lives of women in twentieth-century China, a time of traumatic change and unparalleled resilience. In this riveting and deeply personal account, linguist and East Asian scholar Zhuqing Li confronts the bitter political rivals of mainland China and Taiwan with elegance and unique insight, while celebrating her aunts’ remarkable legacies.
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