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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- Auteur(s): Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
- Narrateur(s): Roman Mars
- Durée: 10 h et 48 min
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99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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Deeply needed a PDF
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-07-02
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- Auteur(s): Bill Bryson
- Narrateur(s): Bill Bryson
- Durée: 16 h et 33 min
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Interesting, I learned a lot
- Écrit par Karen le 2018-02-25
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Brunelleschi's Dome
- How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
- Auteur(s): Ross King
- Narrateur(s): James Cameron Stewart
- Durée: 6 h et 36 min
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Brunelleschi's Dome is the story of how a Renaissance genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to build an architectural wonder we continue to marvel at today. Denounced at first as a madman, Brunelleschi was celebrated at the end as a genius....
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Paris, City of Dreams
- Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
- Auteur(s): Mary McAuliffe
- Narrateur(s): Tim H. Dixon
- Durée: 12 h et 33 min
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Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo. Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III’s Second Empire into the beloved city of today....
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Grunch of Giants
- Auteur(s): R. Buckminster Fuller
- Narrateur(s): Andrew Heyl
- Durée: 3 h et 25 min
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With the appearance of Grunch of Giants, R. Buckminster Fuller consummates his literary canon, his panoramic lifetime survey of all aspects of the responsibility of human beings for their own destiny.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- Auteur(s): Jane Jacobs, Jason Epstein - introduction
- Narrateur(s): Donna Rawlins
- Durée: 18 h
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Thirty years after its publication, this book was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning"....
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A must-read for any avid Reader.
- Écrit par Monique Osborne le 2020-04-25
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- Auteur(s): Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
- Narrateur(s): Roman Mars
- Durée: 10 h et 48 min
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99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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Deeply needed a PDF
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-07-02
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- Auteur(s): Bill Bryson
- Narrateur(s): Bill Bryson
- Durée: 16 h et 33 min
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Interesting, I learned a lot
- Écrit par Karen le 2018-02-25
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Brunelleschi's Dome
- How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
- Auteur(s): Ross King
- Narrateur(s): James Cameron Stewart
- Durée: 6 h et 36 min
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Brunelleschi's Dome is the story of how a Renaissance genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to build an architectural wonder we continue to marvel at today. Denounced at first as a madman, Brunelleschi was celebrated at the end as a genius....
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Paris, City of Dreams
- Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
- Auteur(s): Mary McAuliffe
- Narrateur(s): Tim H. Dixon
- Durée: 12 h et 33 min
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Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo. Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III’s Second Empire into the beloved city of today....
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Grunch of Giants
- Auteur(s): R. Buckminster Fuller
- Narrateur(s): Andrew Heyl
- Durée: 3 h et 25 min
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With the appearance of Grunch of Giants, R. Buckminster Fuller consummates his literary canon, his panoramic lifetime survey of all aspects of the responsibility of human beings for their own destiny.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- Auteur(s): Jane Jacobs, Jason Epstein - introduction
- Narrateur(s): Donna Rawlins
- Durée: 18 h
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Thirty years after its publication, this book was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning"....
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A must-read for any avid Reader.
- Écrit par Monique Osborne le 2020-04-25
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The Black Family Who Built America
- The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers
- Auteur(s): Cheryl McKissack Daniel, Nick Chiles
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
- Durée: 8 h et 36 min
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The riveting story of the McKissack family—the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today—in a moving celebration of resilience and innovation.
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
- Auteur(s): Jon Krakauer
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 31 min
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Here is Jon Krakauer's portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture. Krakauer delves into Alexander's life and career, from his theories on a timeless "pattern language"....
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Architecture
- Écrit par Roberta W le 2023-10-22
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The Timeless Way of Building
- Auteur(s): Christopher Alexander
- Narrateur(s): Mike Fraser
- Durée: 10 h et 35 min
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Christopher Alexander presents in it a new theory of architecture, building, and planning which has at its core that age-old process by which the people of a society have always pulled the order of their world from their own being.
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Construction Project Management
- How the Great Ones Do It
- Auteur(s): Joe Egan
- Narrateur(s): Joseph R Egan
- Durée: 1 h et 17 min
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Many want to achieve success in being a project manager, but not everyone is given a roadmap on how to get there. Think about it. You worked hard, got promoted into a project management position and then what....
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People management
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-07-13
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- Auteur(s): Michael Pollan
- Narrateur(s): Michael Pollan
- Durée: 9 h et 42 min
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With this updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own....
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Fantastic
- Écrit par Ryan le 2023-01-27
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
- Auteur(s): Matthew Frederick
- Narrateur(s): Sean Pratt
- Durée: 1 h et 45 min
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum.
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Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- Auteur(s): Jeff Speck
- Narrateur(s): Jeff Speck
- Durée: 6 h et 45 min
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Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability....
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Great introduction to smart city design
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-06-25
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Disney's Land
- Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World
- Auteur(s): Richard Snow
- Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
- Durée: 12 h et 1 min
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A propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece California theme park that became at once the greatest piece of urban design in the United States and the world's most prosperous tourist attraction, as told like never before....
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So inappropriate
- Écrit par Aleksandra le 2023-02-18
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Mini-Forest Revolution
- Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World
- Auteur(s): Hannah Lewis
- Narrateur(s): Tia Rider
- Durée: 6 h et 6 min
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For listeners who enjoyed Finding the Mother Tree and The Hidden Life of Trees comes the first-ever book about a movement to restore biodiversity in our cities and towns by transforming empty lots, backyards, and degraded land into mini-forests....
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Arbitrary Lines
- How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
- Auteur(s): M. Nolan Gray
- Narrateur(s): Stephen R. Thorne
- Durée: 7 h et 3 min
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The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling....
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Great for nerding out about city planning
- Écrit par Ian le 2023-05-17
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Building Toronto's Skyline
- Toronto Condominiums Through the Decades
- Auteur(s): Nick Ainis, Charlie Wordsworth
- Narrateur(s): Dan Hamel
- Durée: 3 h et 4 min
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Building Toronto's Skyline traces the evolution of the city's iconic residential towers from their humble beginnings in the late 19th century to the modern, high-rise buildings of today....
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The Nature of Our Cities
- Harnessing the Power of the Natural World to Survive a Changing Planet
- Auteur(s): Nadina Galle
- Narrateur(s): Eileen Stevens
- Durée: 9 h et 35 min
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We live in an age when humanity spends 90% of its time indoors, yet the nature around us—especially in America’s cities—has never been more vital.
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Stealing from the Saracens
- How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe
- Auteur(s): Diana Darke
- Narrateur(s): Christine Rendel
- Durée: 15 h et 49 min
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Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But this legacy lives on in some of Europe's most recognizable buildings, from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament....
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Unexplained Mysteries - Ancient Aliens or Lost Technology? - The Missing Tech Behind the World's Greatest Structures
- UFOs, ETs, and Ancient Engineers Book 1
- Auteur(s): Robert Jean Redfern
- Narrateur(s): Steve White
- Durée: 1 h et 10 min
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When we look at the incredible feats of engineering that our ancestors were able to achieve, it leaves us in awe....
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Billionaires' Row
- Tycoons, High Rollers, and the Epic Race to Build the World's Most Exclusive Skyscrapers
- Auteur(s): Katherine Clarke
- Narrateur(s): Kristen DiMercurio
- Durée: 12 h et 17 min
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To look south and skyward from Central Park these days is to gaze upon a physical manifestation of tens of billions of dollars in global wealth: a series of soaring spires stretching from Park Avenue to Broadway....
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Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
- How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness
- Auteur(s): Karen Rauch Carter
- Narrateur(s): Celeste Oliva
- Durée: 5 h et 51 min
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An essential and accessible guide to increasing happiness, improving your financial well-being, and bettering your health through the timeless Chinese art of feng shui....
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Love this book
- Écrit par Ajesh le 2019-03-12
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Islamesque
- The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments
- Auteur(s): Diana Darke
- Narrateur(s): Anne Flosnik
- Durée: 12 h et 45 min
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Who really built Europe's finest Romanesque monuments? Clergymen presiding over holy sites are credited throughout history, while highly skilled creators remain anonymous. But the buildings speak for themselves.
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Palaces for the People
- How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
- Auteur(s): Eric Klinenberg
- Narrateur(s): Rob Shapiro
- Durée: 8 h et 32 min
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In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed....
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- Auteur(s): Denise Kiernan
- Narrateur(s): Denise Kiernan
- Durée: 10 h et 18 min
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The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Good
- Écrit par Roberta W le 2025-05-12
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How to Make Money with 3D Printing
- Start Your Own 3D Printing Business in Less Than 30 Days
- Auteur(s): Michele Gilbert
- Narrateur(s): Hartley G. Lesser
- Durée: 43 min
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Learn how you can become a 3D printing start-up business. Learn to understand 3D, how to replicate objects with 3D scanning technology, how to create your plan of action, and more....
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Japandi Design for Beginners: The Subtle Art of Japanese & Scandinavian Living
- Home Decor Design Essentials: From Scandi Style to Japandi Style
- Auteur(s): Olivia Wilson
- Narrateur(s): Nathan Ashcroft
- Durée: 2 h et 34 min
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Imagine this: stepping into a room where you instantly felt more at ease, where you felt comfortable and connected to tradition and nature. A room that embraced you with its serene energy, a sanctuary from the noise and chaos of the modern world.
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Excellent
- Écrit par Kumi le 2024-12-03
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The 15-Minute City
- A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
- Auteur(s): Carlos Moreno, Martha Thorne - afterword, Jan Gehl - foreword
- Narrateur(s): Andrew Joseph Perez
- Durée: 7 h et 55 min
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In The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet, Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.
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Alright
- Écrit par June MacKinnon le 2025-02-15
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A Natural History of North American Trees
- Auteur(s): Donald Culross Peattie
- Narrateur(s): Kevin Stillwell
- Durée: 18 h et 26 min
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A Natural History of North American Trees gives us a picture of life in America from its earliest days to the middle of the last century....