The City Different

Author : Alexander Wisniewski
Publisher : Abbott Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458205339

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The City Different by Alexander Wisniewski Pdf

Although the focus is on the unsolved murders of a priest and female tourists, THE CITY DIFFERENT, better known as Santa Fe, NM, is a story about the good and the bad of its people, its cultural and social values, its politics, its beauty and its charm. A city is left in a state of chaos after the brutal murder of a priest is followed by the deaths of female tourists. Are these thrill-kills or a serial murders, and uncertainty that puzzles state police officials, a female homicide detective, and a district attorney. Complexities set in when the detective and the district attorney become lovers. They increase when she comes to suspect him of being part of at least one of the crimes. Meanwhile, a power-seeking separatist is vying for the citys mayors seat. He is supported by a powerful state senator known to sanction illicit drug deals, and the outcome of the mayoral race could affect the political and cultural make-up of the city. A middle-aged businessman and an elder represent the conscience of the city and a philosophy in general. One does it by his deeds and his opinions, and the other through his experience and by simple wisdom. Through the elder, a brief history of the area is given. Many scenes are brutally direct without being gruesome, and others show sensitivity as it handles difficult situations.

Author : Minneapolis (Minn.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002486989L

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Annual Reports of the Various City Officers of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota by Minneapolis (Minn.) Pdf

Author : China Miéville
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345515667

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The City & The City by China Miéville Pdf

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE SEATTLE TIMES, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borlú is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman’s secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities. BONUS: This edition contains a The City & The City discussion guide and excerpts from China Miéville's Kraken and Embassytown.

Author : Camille Flores
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762765744

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Santa Fe Icons by Camille Flores Pdf

Beautiful photographs and evocative essays showcase iconic places, events, inventions, and foods that convey the personality of Santa Fe, New Mexico, a very special city different.

Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : OSU:32435063578843

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Financial Statistics of Cities Having a Population of Over 100,000 by United States. Bureau of the Census Pdf

Author : Patrick A. Desplat,Dorothea E. Schulz
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839419458

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Prayer in the City by Patrick A. Desplat,Dorothea E. Schulz Pdf

This volume envisions social practices surrounding mosques, shrines and public spaces in urban contexts as a window on the diverse ways in which Muslims in different regional and historical settings imagine, experience, and inhabit places and spaces as »sacred«. Unlike most studies on Muslim communities, this volume focuses on cultural, material and sensuous practices and urban everyday experience. Drawing on a range of analytical perspectives, the contributions examine spatial practices in Muslim societies from an interdisciplinary perspective, an approach which has been widely neglected both in Islamic studies and social sciences.

Author : H.V. Savitch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317474562

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Cities in a Time of Terror: Space, Territory, and Local Resilience by H.V. Savitch Pdf

This book is about urban terror - its meaning, its ramifications, and its impact on city life. Written by a well-known expert in the field, "Cities in a Time of Terror" draws on data from more than a thousand cities across the globe and traces the evolution of urban terrorism between 1968 and 2006. It explains what kinds of cities have become prime targets, why terrorism has become increasingly lethal, and how its inspiration has changed from secular to religious. The author describes urban terrorism as an attempt to use the city's own strength against itself, forcing it to implode, and delineates three basic logics of terrorist choices for targeting cities. The book also includes a discussion of local resilience - the city's capacity to bounce back from attack - and suggests how that can be sustained. Examples from New York, London, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Moscow, Paris, and Madrid illustrate the book's central themes.

Author : Buffalo (N.Y.). Common Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2644 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Buffalo (N.Y.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112062335978

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Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Buffalo by Buffalo (N.Y.). Common Council Pdf

Author : Angelo Jaramillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Santa Fe (N.M.)
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173022472347

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The Darker by Angelo Jaramillo Pdf

This young Latino writer's first collection of fictional short stories embody original tales revolving around the experience of what it was like to grow up in a place called The City Different. It focuses on the darker side of humanity: drive-by shootings, police brutality, anarchism, sexual deviance, drug abuse, political protest, moral disintegration and a host of other retellings of the life of a generation Xer growing up too fast in a hostile world where the only salvation is self-forgiveness. With Kafkaesque emotion, Baudelairean delicacy, and Garcia Marquez dexterity, the narrative springs from a gifted writer with an unapologetic taste for the controversial. Highly experimental in language, thought and rhetoric, Jaramillo strives to corner a reader's heart and sabotage the accepted notions of perceived reality while leaving the reader wanting more. Angelo Jaramillo was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico and graduated from New Mexico Highlands University. He says, with a laugh, "I've never driven a brand new car and I accept donations, supplications, ransoms, and handouts." He is now working on a political study of the first female mayor of Santa Fe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Engineering
ISBN : CHI:098716077

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Engineering News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wade Graham
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780062196330

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Dream Cities by Wade Graham Pdf

From the acclaimed landscape designer, historian and author of American Eden, a lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities—from suburbs, downtown districts, and exurban sprawl, to shopping malls and “sustainable” developments—that allows us to view them through the planning, design, architects, and movements that inspired, created, and shaped them. Dream Cities explores our cities in a new way—as expressions of ideas, often conflicting, about how we should live, work, play, make, buy, and believe. It tells the stories of the real architects and thinkers whose imagined cities became the blueprints for the world we live in. From the nineteenth century to today, what began as visionary concepts—sometimes utopian, sometimes outlandish, always controversial—were gradually adopted and constructed on a massive scale in cities around the world, from Dubai to Ulan Bator to London to Los Angeles. Wade Graham uses the lives of the pivotal dreamers behind these concepts, as well as their acolytes and antagonists, to deconstruct our urban landscapes—the houses, towers, civic centers, condominiums, shopping malls, boulevards, highways, and spaces in between—exposing the ideals and ideas embodied in each. From the baroque fantasy villages of Bertram Goodhue to the superblocks of Le Corbusier’s Radiant City to the pseudo-agrarian dispersal of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City, our upscale leafy suburbs, downtown skyscraper districts, infotainment-driven shopping malls, and “sustainable” eco-developments are seen as never before. In this elegantly designed and illustrated book, Graham uncovers the original plans of brilliant, obsessed, and sometimes megalomaniacal designers, revealing the foundations of today’s varied municipalities. Dream Cities is nothing less than a field guide to our modern urban world. Illustrated with 59 black-and-white photos throughout the text.

Author : Boston (Mass.). City Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1524 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : UOM:39015068188328

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Documents of the City of Boston by Boston (Mass.). City Council Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1214 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : MINN:31951T00273366Y

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Atlantic Reporter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lise Nelson,Joni Seager
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781405137362

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A Companion to Feminist Geography by Lise Nelson,Joni Seager Pdf

A Companion to Feminist Geography captures the breadth anddiversity of this vibrant and substantive field. Shows how feminist geography has changed the landscape ofgeographical inquiry and knowledge since the 1970s. Explores the diverse literatures that comprise feministgeography today. Showcases cutting-edge research by feminist geographers. Charts emerging areas of scholarship, such as the body and thenation. Contributions from 50 leading international scholars in thefield. Each chapter can be read for its own distinctivecontribution.

Author : Wisconsin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1350 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Law
ISBN : MINN:31951D022985083

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Private and Local Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin by Wisconsin Pdf

Some volumes issued in two parts.