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Road to Nowhere

Author : Paris Marx
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1839765887
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book Road to Nowhere written by Paris Marx and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to build a transportation system to provide mobility for all Road to Nowhere exposes the flaws in Silicon Valley’s vision of the future: ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to take us anywhere; electric cars to make them ‘green’; and automation to ensure transport is cheap and ubiquitous. Such promises are implausible and potentially dangerous. As Paris Marx shows, these technological visions are a threat to our ideas of what a society should be. Electric cars are not a silver bullet for sustainability, and autonomous vehicles won’t guarantee road safety. There will not be underground tunnels to eliminate traffic congestion, and micromobility services will not replace car travel any sooner than we will see the arrival of the long-awaited flying car. In response, Marx offers a vision for a more collective way of organizing transportation systems that considers the needs of poor, marginalized, and vulnerable people. The book argues that rethinking mobility can be the first step in a broader reimagining of how we design and live in our future cities. We must create streets that allow for social interaction and conviviality. We need reasons to get out of our cars and to use public means of transit determined by community needs rather than algorithmic control. Such decisions should be guided by the search for quality of life rather than for profit.

Highway to Nowhere

Author : Richard Shears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780732290313
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Highway to Nowhere written by Richard Shears and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Road to Nowhere

Author : Christopher Pike
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1665940611
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book Road to Nowhere written by Christopher Pike and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Club—now an original Netflix series! Teresa Chafey is running away from home. Driving north along the California coast, she picks up two mysterious hitchhikers: Poppy Corn and Freedom Jack. Together the three of them tell stories: Teresa of her devastating relationship with her boyfriend, Poppy of a sad young woman she once knew, and Freedom of a talented young man with a violent temper. Yet as they talk, a darker story unfolds around them. A story of life and death, of redemption and damnation. It will be the longest night of Teresa’s life. And maybe the last night of her life.

Not in My Neighborhood

Author : Antero Pietila
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781299444171
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Not in My Neighborhood written by Antero Pietila and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2010 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baltimore is the setting for (and typifies) one of the most penetrating examinations of bigotry and residential segregation ever published in the United States. Antero Pietila shows how continued discrimination practices toward African Americans and Jews have shaped the cities in which we now live. Eugenics, racial thinking, and white supremacist attitudes influenced even the federal government's actions toward housing in the 20th century, dooming American cities to ghettoization. This all-American tale is told through the prism of Baltimore, from its early suburbanization in the 1880s to the consequences of "white flight" after World War II, and into the first decade of the twenty-first century. The events are real, and so are the heroes and villains. Mr. Pietila's engrossing story is an eye-opening journey into city blocks and neighborhoods, shady practices, and ruthless promoters. -- Book jacket.

Nowhere for Very Long

Author : Brianna Madia
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063048000
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Nowhere for Very Long written by Brianna Madia and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • USA TODAY! BESTSELLER In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life. A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her deeply felt, immaculately told story of exploration—of the world outside and the spirit within. However, pursuing a life of intention isn’t always what it seems. In fact, at times it was downright boring, exhausting, and even desperate—when Bertha overheated and she was forced to pull over on a lonely stretch of South Dakota highway; when the weather was bitterly cold and her water jugs froze beneath her as she slept in the parking lot of her office; when she worried about money, her marriage, and the looming question mark of her future. But Brianna was committed to living a life true to herself, come what may, and that made all the difference. Nowhere for Very Long is the true story of a woman learning and unlearning, from backroads to breakdowns, from married to solo, and finally, from lost to found to lost again . . . this time, on purpose.

The Highway

Author : C.J. Box
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250031923
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Highway written by C.J. Box and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the new ABC series Big Sky. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the New York Times bestselling author of Back of Beyond and Breaking Point and the creator of the Joe Pickett series is back. "If CJ Box isn't already on your list, put him there." – USA Today When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them again. The girls—and their car—simply vanish. Former police investigator Cody Hoyt has just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety. Convinced by his son and his former rookie partner, Cassie Dewell, he begins the drive south to the girls' last known location. As Cody makes his way to the lonely stretch of Montana highway where they went missing, Cassie discovers that Gracie and Danielle Sullivan aren't the first girls who have disappeared in this area. This majestic landscape is the hunting ground for a killer whose viciousness is outmatched only by his intelligence. And he might not be working alone. Time is running out for Gracie and Danielle...Can Cassie overcome her doubts and lack of experience and use her innate skill? Can Cody Hoyt battle his own demons and find this killer before another victim vanishes on the highway?

A Road to Nowhere

Author : Ted Galdi
Publisher : Precipice Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Road to Nowhere written by Ted Galdi and published by Precipice Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Where nowhere is the only place to escape" An empty highway at midnight in Montana. A serial killer on the loose. An abandoned girl who desperately needs a ride. A man in a pickup truck offering to help. The surprising consequences of her getting inside. Do you like quick reads? Do you like hold-your-breath suspense? Do you like shocking endings? Then you'll love A Road to Nowhere, the first short story by Ted Galdi, an Amazon #1 bestselling author who's won Reader Views and Readers' Favorite awards, and been featured by FOX, ABC, and iHeartRadio. Get your copy of this hit short story today and take a ride in a pickup truck so surprising you'll be thinking about it for days.

Within the Context of No Context

Author : George W. S. Trow
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 9780871136749
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Within the Context of No Context written by George W. S. Trow and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written originally for a special issue of The New Yorker and reissued here with a new forward by the author, Within the Context of No Context is George W. S. Trow's brilliant exposition on the state of American culture and twentieth-century life. Published to widespread acclaim, Within the Context of No Context became an immediate classic and is, to this day, a favorite work of writers and critics alike. Both a chilling commentary on the times in which it was written and an eerie premonition of the future, Trow's work locates and traces, describes and analyzes the components of change in contemporary America -- a culture increasingly determined by the shallow worlds of consumer products, daytime television, and celebrity heroes. "This elegant little book is essential reading for anyone interested in the demise, the terminal silliness, of our culture." -- John Irving, The New York Times Book Review; "In this elegant, poignant essay, written with the grace of a master stylist, George Trow articulates the accelerated impermanence of American culture with a precision that is both flaunting and devastating." -- Rudy Wurlitrer; "Within the Context of No Context is a masterpiece of the century that belongs on a shelf next to Theodore Adorno's Minima Moralia and Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle." -- Michael Tolkin; "Within the Context of No Context may appear to be a book of the mind, for it is suffused with such a keen intelligence, but it is actually a book of the heart -- passionate, brave, and stirring." -- Sue Halpern.

Penguin Highway

Author : Tomihiko Morimi
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1975383303
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (753 download)

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Download or read book Penguin Highway written by Tomihiko Morimi and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I may only be in fourth grade, but I know more than most adults. I take notes every day and read all kinds of books, so I have a solid grasp on the world around me. But suddenly, there are penguins in my town! I know it has something to do with the lady at the dentist and her weird powers, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it...

The Unlimited Dream Company: A Novel

Author : J. G. Ballard
Publisher : Liveright
ISBN 13 : 0871404192
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book The Unlimited Dream Company: A Novel written by J. G. Ballard and published by Liveright. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A remarkable piece of invention, a flight from the world of the familiar and the real into the exotic universe of dream and desire." —New York Times Book Review When a light aircraft crashes into the Thames at Shepperton, the young pilot who struggles to the surface minutes later seems to have come back from the dead. Within hours everything in the dormitory suburb is transformed. Vultures invade rooftops, luxuriant tropical vegetation overruns the quiet avenues, and the local inhabitants are propelled by the young man’s urgent visions through ecstatic sexual celebrations toward an apocalyptic climax. In this characteristically inventive novel Ballard displays to devastating effect the extraordinary imagination that has established him as one of the twentieth century’s most visionary writers.

The Lincoln Highway

Author : Amor Towles
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735222371
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Lincoln Highway written by Amor Towles and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope.” —Bill Gates “A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” —NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. “Once again, I was wowed by Towles’s writing—especially because The Lincoln Highway is so different from A Gentleman in Moscow in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. He takes inspiration from famous hero’s journeys, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Huckleberry Finn, and Of Mice and Men. He seems to be saying that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate highway. But, he suggests, when something (or someone) tries to steer us off course, it is possible to take the wheel.” – Bill Gates

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

Author : Meg Elison
Publisher : 47north
ISBN 13 : 9781503939110
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Unnamed Midwife written by Meg Elison and published by 47north. This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population--killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant--the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power--and the strong who possess it. A few women like her survived, though they are scarce. Even fewer are safe from the clans of men, who, driven by fear, seek to control those remaining"--Back cover.

Geography Of Nowhere

Author : James Howard Kunstler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671888250
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Geography Of Nowhere written by James Howard Kunstler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-07-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that much of what surrounds Americans is depressing, ugly, and unhealthy; and traces America's evolution from a land of village commons to a man-made landscape that ignores nature and human needs.

Road Trip USA

Author : Jamie Jensen
Publisher : Avalon Travel Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781566911900
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Road Trip USA written by Jamie Jensen and published by Avalon Travel Pub. This book was released on 2000 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers detailed descriptions of drives through California and the Southwest, with a flexible format allowing one to switch routes during a journey, and including information on where to eat and sleep, the best local radio stations, hundreds of roadside attractions, and more.

Rough Way to the High Way

Author : Kelly Mack McCoy
Publisher : Elm Hill
ISBN 13 : 0310103746
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Rough Way to the High Way written by Kelly Mack McCoy and published by Elm Hill. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoping for some windshield therapy and peace of mind behind the wheel of his new rig, Mack gets neither after God nudges him to pick up a hitchhiker near the Jordan State Prison outside Mack’s childhood home of Pampa, Texas. When his world is ripped apart, he seeks to run away from it all, going as far as to cut off communication with all but a handful of people. But he is pursued by God, who will not let him go. Unbeknownst to Mack, God is equipping His servant with tools to handle events his past education and experience could never have prepared him for. The story unfolds as the hitchhiker enters Mack’s Peterbilt. The man reminds Mack of his father, a hard living, hard drinking oilfield roughneck who died in prison. God begins to do a work in Mack’s heart while Mack seeks to minister to his new passenger. But Mack soon rues the day he let the hitchhiker into his truck. His old life in ruins now, Mack learns he has angered a new enemy who threatens to destroy his life on the road as well. Mack suspects he is being followed and is in the sights of a killer who plots a revenge no one could have seen coming. God works His mysterious way in Mack’s life steamroller-style all the way to an ending that will leave the reader thinking about it long after reading The End at the bottom of the last page. Rough Way to the High Way is the first of a series of novels about Mack’s adventures on the road as lives are transformed through his new ministry. The first life to be transformed as Rough Way to the High Way develops appears to be that of the hitchhiker. But God is working in Mack’s life all along, preparing him for a new ministry that will transform lives across the country.

Justice and the Interstates

Author : Ryan Reft
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1642832618
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Justice and the Interstates written by Ryan Reft and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice and the Interstates, edited by Ryan Reft, Amanda Phillips de Lucas, and Rebecca Retzlaff, examines the toll that the construction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System has taken on vulnerable communities over the past seven decades, details efforts to restore the same, often segregated communities, and makes recommendations for moving forward. Justice and the Interstates provides community advocates, transportation planners, engineers, historians, and policymakers with a concise but in-depth examination of the damages wrought by highway construction on the nation's communities of color--from West Baltimore to Birmingham to the San Gabriel Valley. The authors provide a way forward to both address this history and reconcile it with current practices.

Highway

Author : Jeffrey T. Brouws
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Highway written by Jeffrey T. Brouws and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of highways in the U.S. during the early 20th century marked the beginning of an unprecedented American mobility. The democratic, open nature of the road redefined the American way of life and forever changed the way the average American perceives this country. This collection of original full-color photos and historical essays examines the landscape and roadside culture of America's great highways. 137 photos, 100 in color.