Planning


The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Image of the City
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
Cities for People
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
The High Cost of Free Parking
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
How Buildings Learn by Stewart BrandAt Home by Bill BrysonHistoric Preservation by Norman TylerA Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlesterThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Built Heritage
140 books — 7 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being "Green"
388 books — 237 voters

Secure Your Success! by Twanita DozierPlanning and Organizing Local Events by Dean Amory
Organizing Events
2 books — 2 voters

Rick Riordan
Always, Always have a plan
Rick Riordan

Shannon L. Alder
So many people think that they are not gifted because they don’t have an obvious talent that people can recognize because it doesn’t fall under the creative arts category—writing, dancing, music, acting, art or singing. Sadly, they let their real talents go undeveloped, while they chase after fame. I am grateful for the people with obscure unremarked talents because they make our lives easier---inventors, organizers, planners, peacemakers, communicators, activists, scientists, and so forth. Howe ...more
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