Back to the City

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Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483142205
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Book Synopsis Back to the City by : Shirley Bradway Laska

Download or read book Back to the City written by Shirley Bradway Laska and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back to the City: Issues in Neighborhood Renovation focuses on the policies, social issues, and approaches involved in the residential revitalization of inner cities. The book first offers information on an urban land institute survey of private-market housing renovation in central cities and reinvestment by long-time residents and newcomers. Considerations include character of neighborhood renewal, reasons for reinvestment timing, and an overview of the experience on private renewal. The selection also takes a look at the racial and socioeconomic changes in central-city housing, as well as changes in racial successions, limited support for urban revitalization, and characteristics of transition households. The publication reviews the case studies done at neighborhood resettlements in Washington, D.C., New Orleans, Columbus, Seattle, Charleston, and Philadelphia. Topics include residential mobility of new homeowners; neighborhoods in transitions; displacement; satisfaction with the neighborhood; contrasting conceptions of the neighborhood; and historic preservation and neighborhood. The selection is a dependable reference for geographers, urban planners, and sociologists.

Back to Barbary Lane

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062683020
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Book Synopsis Back to Barbary Lane by : Armistead Maupin

Download or read book Back to Barbary Lane written by Armistead Maupin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novels—the fourth, fifth and sixth of which are collected in this second omnibus volume—stand as an incomparable blend of great storytelling and incisive social commentary on American culture from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium. “Tearing through [the tales] one after the other, as I did, allows instant gratification; it also lets you appreciate how masterfully they're constructed. No matter what Maupin writes next, he can look back on the rare achievement of having built a little world and made it run.”— Walter Kendrick, Village Voice Literary Supplement Armistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible documents of cultural change from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium. The nine classic comedies, some of which originally appeared as serials in San Francisco newspapers, won Maupin critical acclaim around the world and enthralled legions of devoted fans. Back to Barbary Lane comprises the second omnibus of the series—Babycakes (1984), Significant Others (1987), and Sure of You (1989)—continuing the saga of the tenants, past and present, of Mrs. Madrigal's beloved apartment house on Russian Hill. While the first trilogy celebrated the carefree excesses of the seventies, this volume tracks its hapless, all-too-human cast across the eighties—a decade troubled by plague, deceit, and overweening ambition. Like its companion volumes, 28 Barbary Lane and Goodbye, Barbary Lane, Back to Barbary Lane is distinguished by what The Guardian of London has called "some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read."

Salvation City

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101443391
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Salvation City written by Sigrid Nunez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A NOVEL FOR LIFE AFTER THE PANDEMIC…Scratches a particular imaginative itch that we are all experiencing at the precipice of a new era." -- The New Yorker From the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend comes a moving and eerily relevant novel that imagines the aftermath of a pandemic virus as seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy uncertain of his destiny. His family's sole survivor after a flu pandemic has killed large numbers of people worldwide, Cole Vining is lucky to have found refuge with the evangelical Pastor Wyatt and his wife in a small town in southern Indiana. As the world outside has grown increasingly anarchic, Salvation City has been spared much of the devastation, and its residents have renewed their preparations for the Rapture. Grateful for the shelter and love of his foster family (and relieved to have been saved from the horrid, overrun orphanages that have sprung up around the country), Cole begins to form relationships within the larger community. But despite his affection for this place, he struggles with memories of the very different world in which he was reared. Is there room to love both Wyatt and his parents? Are they still his parents if they are no longer there? As others around him grow increasingly fixated on the hope of salvation and the new life to come through the imminent Rapture, Cole begins to conceive of a different future for himself, one in which his own dreams of heroism seem within reach. Written in Sigrid Nunez's deceptively simple style, Salvation City is a story of love, betrayal, and forgiveness, weaving the deeply affecting story of a young boy's transformation with a profound meditation on the meaning of belief and heroism.

The City (with bonus short story The Neighbor)

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0345545958
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Book Synopsis The City (with bonus short story The Neighbor) by : Dean Koontz

Download or read book The City (with bonus short story The Neighbor) written by Dean Koontz and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes Dean Koontz’s short story “The Neighbor”—first time in print! Dean Koontz is at the peak of his acclaimed powers with this major new novel. A young boy, a musical prodigy, discovering life’s wonders—and mortal dangers. His best friend, also a gifted musician, who will share his journey into destiny. His remarkable family, tested by the extremes of evil and bound by the depths of love . . . on a collision course with a band of killers about to unleash anarchy. And two unlikely allies, an everyday hero tempered by the past and a woman of mystery who holds the key to the future. These are the people of The City, a place where enchantment and malice entwine, courage and honor are found in the most unexpected quarters, and the way forward lies buried deep inside the heart. Brilliantly illumined by magic dark and light, their unforgettable story is a riveting, soul-stirring saga that speaks to everyone, a major milestone in the celebrated career of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz and a dazzling realization of the evergreen dreams we all share. Praise for The City “Beautifully crafted and poignant . . . The City is many things: serious, lighthearted, nostalgic, courageous, scary, and mysterious. . . . [It] will have readers staying up late at night.”—New York Journal of Books “[Koontz] can flat-out write. . . . The message of hope and depiction of how the choices you make can change your life ring true and will remain with you once the book has been closed.”—Bookreporter Acclaim for Dean Koontz “Perhaps more than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to the mood of America: novels that acknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the power of good . . . that entertain vastly as they uplift.”—Publishers Weekly “A rarity among bestselling writers, Koontz continues to pursue new ways of telling stories, never content with repeating himself.”—Chicago Sun-Times “Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose. ‘Serious’ writers . . . might do well to examine his technique.”—The New York Times Book Review “[Koontz] has always had near-Dickensian powers of description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next that few novelists can match.”—Los Angeles Times “Koontz is a superb plotter and wordsmith. He chronicles the hopes and fears of our time in broad strokes and fine detail, using popular fiction to explore the human condition.”—USA Today “Characters and the search for meaning, exquisitely crafted, are the soul of [Koontz’s] work. . . . One of the master storytellers of this or any age.”—The Tampa Tribune “A literary juggler.”—The Times (London)

City of Miracles

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Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0553419730
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)

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Book Synopsis City of Miracles by : Robert Jackson Bennett

Download or read book City of Miracles written by Robert Jackson Bennett and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revenge. It’s something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do—and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara’s killers deserve. Yet as Sigrud pursues his quarry with his customary terrifying efficiency, he begins to fear that this battle is an unwinnable one. Because discovering the truth behind Shara’s death will require him to take up arms in a secret, decades-long war, face down an angry young god, and unravel the last mysteries of Bulikov, the city of miracles itself. And—perhaps most daunting of all—finally face the truth about his own cursed existence.

Migrant City

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134709757
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Book Synopsis Migrant City by : Les Back

Download or read book Migrant City written by Les Back and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migrant City tells the story of contemporary London from the perspective of thirty adult migrants and two sociologists. Connecting migrants’ private struggles to the public issues at stake in the way mobility is regulated, channelled and managed in a globalised world, this volume explores what migration means in a world that is hyper connected – but where we see increasingly mobile, invasive and technologically sophisticated forms of border regulation and control. Migrant City is an innovative collaborative ethnography based on research with migrants from a wide variety of social backgrounds, spanning in some cases a decade. It utilises recollections, photographs, poems, paintings, journals and drawings to explore a wide range of issues. These range from the impact of immigration control and surveillance on everyday life, to the experience of waiting for the Home Office to process their claims and the limits this places on their lives, to the friendships and relationships with neighbours that help to make London a home. This title will appeal to students, scholars, community workers and general readers interested in migration, race and ethnicity, social exclusion, globalisation, urban sociology, and inventive social research methods.

Coming Back to the City

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ISBN 13 : 9789389231533
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Coming Back to the City by : Anuradha Kumar

Download or read book Coming Back to the City written by Anuradha Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from the great metropolis--home to the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved. In Parel's Jupiter Mills chawl, one of the few remaining ones in Mumbai, live many long-time residents: Pooja, restless and trapped in an unhappy marriage, finds joy in her flourishing dabba service and attempts at learning English. Pooja's husband Mahesh whose only dream is to zip through the streets in his boss's yellow Mercedes-Benz. Dr Joshi who has hidden away two paintings: one of a murder he witnessed, and the other a striking portrait of Pooja. And Vasudha, a scheming single mother who hopes to give her daughter a better life in this treacherous city. In the parallel Mumbai of high-rises live the affluent few: Suhel, a confirmed bachelor, who finds himself falling in love--first with a portrait and then its subject, Pooja. Ghatge, Mahesh's boss and an upcoming politician of dubious repute. A young and disturbed journalist Raina Gupta who opens up old wounds when she interviews veteran activist Neera Joshi about the mill-workers' strike of the 1980s and her scandalous affair with its assassinated leader. And Dr Sneha Desai, a successful but lonely radiologist, fighting to restart her sex-education classes for adolescents in a municipal school. In the Mumbai of mills and malls where everything--especially land--is at a premium, the chawl becomes the target of greedy real-estate barons and sleazy politicians, thus bringing together this interconnected cast of characters. As vast and diverse as Mumbai itself, Coming Back to the City draws us effortlessly, completely into the lives of the people who animate the maximum city, even as they are consumed by it--people caught in a web of unexpected love, desperate ambition and endless, addictive optimism.

Return to the City of Joseph

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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252050851
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Return to the City of Joseph by : Scott C. Esplin

Download or read book Return to the City of Joseph written by Scott C. Esplin and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-twentieth century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) returned to Nauvoo, Illinois, home to the thriving religious community led by Joseph Smith before his murder in 1844. The quiet farm town became a major Mormon heritage site visited annually by tens of thousands of people. Yet Nauvoo's dramatic restoration proved fraught with conflicts. Scott C. Esplin's social history looks at how Nauvoo's different groups have sparred over heritage and historical memory. The Latter-day Saint project brought it into conflict with the Community of Christ, the Midwestern branch of Mormonism that had kept a foothold in the town and a claim on its Smith-related sites. Non-Mormon locals, meanwhile, sought to maintain the historic place of ancestors who had settled in Nauvoo after the Latter-day Saints' departure. Examining the recent and present-day struggles to define the town, Esplin probes the values of the local groups while placing Nauvoo at the center of Mormonism's attempt to carve a role for itself within the greater narrative of American history.

The World's Work

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The World's Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of our time.

Hell and Back

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ISBN 13 : 9781840231274
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (312 download)

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Book Synopsis Hell and Back by : Frank Miller

Download or read book Hell and Back written by Frank Miller and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sin City is a town where everyone is on the wrong side of the law, even the cops. Enter Wallace, mysterious man of integrity and strength. Out for an evening drive, he prevents a beautiful woman from committing suicide, and in doing so inadvertantly takes a plunge to Hell and back. Adults only.

King of the Dark World Returns to City

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Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1648149847
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis King of the Dark World Returns to City by : Ling HangYuan

Download or read book King of the Dark World Returns to City written by Ling HangYuan and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the King of Assassins, the King of the Dark World. No one knew his real name and no one knew where he came from. Because of an accident, he had returned to Hidden City after being heavily injured. Furthermore, he wanted to see just how he would cause such a bloodbath in the city ...

The History of City Market: The Brothers Four and the Colorado Back Slope Empire

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625847726
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Book Synopsis The History of City Market: The Brothers Four and the Colorado Back Slope Empire by : Anthony F. Prinster

Download or read book The History of City Market: The Brothers Four and the Colorado Back Slope Empire written by Anthony F. Prinster and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Market's story begins with a penniless eighteen-year-old immigrant and closes with the business becoming part of the largest supermarket chain in the United States. In 1924, brothers Paul, Frank, Leo and Clarence Prinster bought a meat market in Grand Junction, Colorado, a business venture that would allow them to ride out the stock market crash and the Great Depression. It also allowed them to open the state's first supermarket in 1939, the beginning of an empire that remained in the family for over a century and helped shape the heritage of western Colorado. Tony Prinster shares how the City Market founders and its dedicated employees transformed a family business into the retail brand that touched the lives of so many people.

Progress

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Progress written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bring Nature Back to the City

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ISBN 13 : 9781920217617
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis Bring Nature Back to the City by : Ernst Wohlitz

Download or read book Bring Nature Back to the City written by Ernst Wohlitz and published by . This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses aspects of urban nature conservation that will resonate with advisors to local government, people interested in bringing back nature to our cities and anyone with a keen interest in nature.

The Earth and All It Holds

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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434447960
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Book Synopsis The Earth and All It Holds by : V. J. Banis

Download or read book The Earth and All It Holds written by V. J. Banis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brussacs were rich, powerful, blessed, and envied. Yet through their lives ran a thread of tragedy and heartbreak that could not be broken, forever linking them in a hellish alliance. This epic tale soars from Nob Hill to the Barbary Coast to the Los Angeles oil fields in a stunning story of the tangled lives of an extraordinary family. "V. J. Banis outdoes himself...all-stops-out historical romance. --"Publishers Weekly "A rip-roaring romantic novel." --Library Journal

Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Racine County, Wisconsin for the Year ...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Jet

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Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-08-28 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.