At the end of every episode we ask authors to give us their top recommendations for further reading. Check out the library to find books to add to your reading list.
Library
Community Development
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The Philosophy of Civilization by Albert Schweitzer
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Lewis Mumford’s books: the City in History, the Culture of Cities, and the Transformations of Man
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Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City by Amanda Hurley
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Sandrush: The Rival of the Beach in 20th Century Los Angeles by Elsa Devienne
Design
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Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City by Jorge Almazan
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Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City by Amanda Hurley
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The Harvard Design School to Shopping edited by Rem Koolhaus
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When Women Ran 5th Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow
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Claire: The little girl who climbed to the top and changed the way women dress by Debra Scala Giokas
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The Harvard Design School to Shopping edited by Rem Koolhaus
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When Women Ran 5th Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow
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Claire: The little girl who climbed to the top and changed the way women dress by Debra Scala Giokas
Environment
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Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change by Peter Newman and Timothy Beatley
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Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World by Brian Walker
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Metamorphosis of the City: On the Western Dynamic by Pierre Menot
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The Salty Urbanism: A Design Manual for Coastal Zones by Jeff Huber and Diana Mitsova
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg
Equity
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Beloved Beasts by Michelle Nijhuis
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Pests by Bethany Brookshire
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The Equitably Resilient City by Zachary Lamb and Lawerence Vale
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American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland by Robert O. Self
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Palestinian Walks by Raja Shehadeh
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Chocolate City by Derek Musgrove and Chris Myers Ash
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Cappuccino City by Derek Highra
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Black in Place by Brandy Summers
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African Americans and Gentrification in Washington DC by Sabiyha Prince
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Intersectional Listening by Ali Martin
Housing
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Homelessness is a Housing Problem by Greg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern
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There is No Place for Us: Working and Homelessness in America By Brian Goldstone
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Mine!: The hidden rules of home ownership control our lives by Micheal A. Heller and James Salzman
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Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
Parks/Trails
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Any Books on Ultra Light Backpacking
Society
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No Short Cuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane McAlevey
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A Study of History by Arnold Toynbee
Transportation
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Dan Burden Guides on Complete Streets
Fiction
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The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring