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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 9 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Fortress London: Why We Need to Save the Country from its Capital by Sam Bright
    Fortress London: Why We Need to Save the Country from its Capital - by Sam Bright

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780008474256 | ISBN 10: 0008474257

    A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.  ‘Intelligently written and powerfully argued.’ Paul Mason  ‘Witty, scathing, and entertaining.’ Danny Dorling  Journa ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mindful Thoughts for City Dwellers: The Joy of Urban Living by Lucy Anna Scott
    Mindful Thoughts for City Dwellers: The Joy of Urban Living - by Lucy Anna Scott

    £5.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781782405689 | ISBN 10: 1782405682

    We've come to believe that living in a city is the very opposite of living a mindful life. But this couldn't be further from the truth. Enriching, inventive, ever-evolving, and social, cities are rich with ingredients for sparkling spiritual health. ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Their Place: The Imagined Geographies of Poverty by Stephen Crossley
    In Their Place: The Imagined Geographies of Poverty - by Stephen Crossley

    £18.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780745336794 | ISBN 10: 0745336795

    This book critiques how impoverished communities are represented by politicians, the media, academics and policy makers - and how our understanding of these neighbourhoods is, often misleadingly, shaped by these stories.  The alleged behaviou ... more

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  • Cover image of book Something City by Ellice Weaver
    Something City - by Ellice Weaver

    £10.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781910395271 | ISBN 10: 1910395277

    Something City is an exploration of modern day living through representations of the lives of different groups of people in an imagined place. Segregated communities of young people, elders, fanatics, techies and the religious live side by side, inte ... more

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  • Cover image of book Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings by Owen Hatherley
    Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings - by Owen Hatherley

    £14.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780141975894 | ISBN 10: 014197589x

    "In the craven world of architectural criticism Hatherley is that rarest of things: a brave, incisive, elegant and erudite writer, whose books dissect the contemporary built environment to reveal the political fantasies and social realities it embodi ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Country and the City by Raymond Williams
    The Country and the City - by Raymond Williams

    £10.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781784870829 | ISBN 10: 178487082x

    WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TRISTRAM HUNT   Our collective notion of the city and country is irresistibly powerful. The city as the seat of enlightenment, sophistication, power and greed is in profound contrast with an innocent, peaceful, backward ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Save Our Town Centres: A Radical Agenda for the Future of High Streets by Julian Dobson
    How to Save Our Town Centres: A Radical Agenda for the Future of High Streets - by Julian Dobson

    £23.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781447323938 | ISBN 10: 1447323939

    Has the age of the internet killed our high streets? Have our town and city centres become obsolete? How to Save Our Town Centres delves below the surface of empty buildings and ‘shop local’ campaigns to focus on the real issues: how the relationship ... more

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  • Cover image of book All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities by Michael Sorkin
    All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities - by Michael Sorkin

    £24.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781844672202 | ISBN 10: 1844672204

    Robert Hughes once described Michael Sorkin as “unique in America – brave, principled, highly informed and fiercely funny.”   All Over the Map confirms all of these superlatives as Sorkin assaults “the national security city, with its archite ... more

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  • Cover image of book Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness by Elizabeth Farrelly
    Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness - by Elizabeth Farrelly

    £16.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780262562362 | ISBN 10: 0262562367

    Welcome to Blubberland--a world of quadruple-garaged mansions, vast malls, gated communities, stretch limos, and posh resorts. Blubberland is a place, but it is also a state of mind: we expect to be happy (trophy house, SUV in the driveway, home ente ... more

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