Urban communities

Caracas fuerza los límites: se ama y se odia sin trámites, y en ese trance sus habitantes aman y odian su propio reflejo, aun sin saberlo.

Bei diesem Buch handelt es sich um ein Buch für die ganze Familie und es klärt dich über einiges im Bereich Ernährung, Hühnerhaltung, "Fleischproduktion", etc.

A radical and exciting history of a city - its culture, its people and its politics - that refreshes our image of Europe's past and of the writing of history itself.

Atmósferas urbanas aborda el concepto de espacio y atmósfera en las ciudades contemporáneas, con especial atención a Medellín.

City planning is a practice and a profession.

City planning is a practice and a profession.

All the fun of Portico's bestselling Strangest series, now in quiz form!

La política, como toda actividad humana, necesariamente se espacializa y produce espacios sociales en su propio devenir.

"e;Will Someone Lead me to a Pub"e; is 1937 guide to the public houses and taverns of London, both new and old.

An extraordinary memoir from a man in his nineties who remembers everyday life in a North London now long gone: the hardships and deprivations of a life of poverty but also the resourcefulness and fortitude of a community determined to survive between the wars.

Roy Jenkins follows up Churchill with a book of a very different shape; short and semi-autobiographical, but also full of the wit and erudition which make that book such a success.

A New Statesman Book of the Year London.

In this highly acclaimed book (the basis of a new HBO miniseries, produced by David Simon, creator of The Wire) Lisa Belkin brings to life a landmark public housing case in Yonkers, New York in riveting detail.

Below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten.

As cities expand and rents rise, what does it really mean to have a home?

Una comunidad refiere a un sentido de pertenencia y a personas, conflictos, memorias en pugna, agentes sociales, económicos, políticos y culturales.

A young African American millennial filmmakers funny, sometimes painful, true-life coming-of-age story of trying to make it in New York Citya chronicle of poverty and wealth, creativity and commerce, struggle and insecurity, and the economic and cultural forces intertwined with "e;the serious, life-threatening process"e; of gentrification.

Following the death of her beloved mother Jennifer Worth in 2011, Suzannah Worth discovered amongst her manuscripts a folder simply labelled 'Fifth Book'.

'A lyrical meditation on landscapes and cities, vivid reportage and a memoir.

Where are all the homes?

Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown.

In the early 80s, after a decade of drug abuse and borderline mental illness, John Burnside resolved to escape his addictive personality and find calm in a 'Surbiton of the mind'.

Este libro recoge preguntas, debates, modos de hacer, resultados de investigación y propuestas de profesores nacionales e internacionales interesados en compartir experiencias y conocimientos con todos aquellos que se inician en el arte de enseñar sobre la cuestión urbana y con quienes desde de su trayectoria docente estimulada por la reflexión crítica se preocupan por mejorar e innovar sus prácticas.

Cities are the places that have the greatest influence over life on Earth.

Este libro es producto de una reflexión que, sobre el departamento de Santander, promovió la Universidad.

Este texto explora las estrategias y características de dos unidades de trabajo vinculadas a uno de los fenómenos comerciales informales más importantes en Bogotá, conocido popularmente como "El madrugón", mercado en el que se venden artículos de la confección.

From the time she was a little girl, author Marion R.

Este libro recoge preguntas, debates, modos de hacer, resultados de investigación y propuestas de profesores nacionales e internacionales interesados en compartir experiencias y conocimientos con todos aquellos que se inician en el arte de enseñar sobre la cuestión urbana y con quienes desde de su trayectoria docente estimulada por la reflexión crítica se preocupan por mejorar e innovar sus prácticas.

A partir del turismo, se han proyectado ciudades que nacieron prácticamente en lugares deshabitados, como la ciudad de Cancún, que nace después del boom mundial de los destinos de sol y playa (García de Fuentes, Jouault y Romero, 2019), como parte de las políticas de desarrollo regional del Estado mexicano para atraer inversiones en zonas poco desarrolladas del país e impulsar su proceso de colonización, lo que trajo como consecuencia su urbanización, así como el crecimiento de ciudades costeras de litoral, con impactos ambientales que acompañan al proceso (Bunicontro, 2019).

"e;The Story of Burke and Hare"e; is an 1861 work by Alexander Leighton that examines the Burke and Hare case, a series of 16 brutal murders perpetrated by William Burke and William Hare in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1828.

"e;The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan"e; contains a detailed account of the gruesome case of Pearl Bryan (c.

The heart-warming true story of the bond between a feisty octogenarian and the man in charge of building a shopping mall on top of her home - which inspired the opening scene of the Pixar movie Up!

"e;One afternoon in January 1995, as I drove along Western Avenue, I did what I had never done before: i parked the car in a side-street and walked on to the road.

Die Arbeit wendet das Konzept der Heterotopie oder "anderen Räume" von Michel Foucault auf den Berliner Technoclub Berghain an.

Here for the first time is the full horror and madness of sharing a house, told by someone who's been there.

Este libro aporta a la discusión sobre los procesos de crecimiento urbano en la zona central del país, desde la perspectiva de los actores locales que la sufren y que tienen sus propias percepciones y consideraciones sobre esta dinámica.

"Stadtluft macht frei" – dieses mittelalterliche Rechtssprichwort,das den in die Stadt gekommenen LeibeigenenFreiheit versprach, bestimmt auch in der Neuzeit die Hoffnungauf mehr Freiheit in den Städten.

Los tiempos de la globalización son momentos de intemperie.

Although Turkey is a secular state, it is often characterised as a Muslim country.

This book focuses on the transformation of rural places, peoples, and land endemic to the contemporary manifestations of globalization.

Although Turkey is a secular state, it is often characterised as a Muslim country.

Eighteen-year-old white-boy suburbanite Jay Charles receives a crash course on culture in the New Jersey jail system that high school didnt prepare him for.

London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities.

Walter Baily, born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, was a signalman aboard a minesweeper in WWII.

From the 11th-century, when one commentator claimed the capital was being overrun with Moors, to the garage MCs and street poets of today - this book tells the story of life in London for black and Asian people from the 17th-century until today.

Real, raw and refreshing are just a few adjectives that describe this insightful work of art.