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el Guapo
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Suggested reading
Sorry nothing like that exists in nature; Sometimes it is nice to read around the subject.
The El Guapo Reading List - the last six months
Parliament of Whores
by P.J. O’Rourke
A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny
by Patrick J. Buchanan
The Tragedy of American Compassion
by Marvin Olasky
Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist
by Adrian Desmond, James Moore
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Vermeer: A View of Delft
by Anthony Bailey
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
by Tobias Wolff
The Curve of Binding Energy
by John A. McPhee
Sorry nothing like that exists in nature; Sometimes it is nice to read around the subject.
The El Guapo Reading List - the last six months
Parliament of Whores
by P.J. O’Rourke
A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny
by Patrick J. Buchanan
The Tragedy of American Compassion
by Marvin Olasky
Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist
by Adrian Desmond, James Moore
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Vermeer: A View of Delft
by Anthony Bailey
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
by Tobias Wolff
The Curve of Binding Energy
by John A. McPhee
Planderella
Cyburbian
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The "Green Book" is one of the better sources for a history of city planning. I think the official title is "Local Government....blah blah blah." Sorry, I can't think of it right now and I'm too lazy to look for it at the present moment.
Also, check out "The American Planner" by Donald Kruckenberg.
Also, check out "The American Planner" by Donald Kruckenberg.
Suggested Readings
Here are a couple I recently have read that are really interesting:
Utopian England: Community Experiments 1900-1945
Dennis Hardy
The City Reader
LeGates and Stout (I believe). This is a compilation of a variety of some of the best articles with regards to urban planning. You'll recognized many of them from you theory courses in grad school.
The Geography of Nowhere
Kunstler.
Hope you find these enjoyable!
Here are a couple I recently have read that are really interesting:
Utopian England: Community Experiments 1900-1945
Dennis Hardy
The City Reader
LeGates and Stout (I believe). This is a compilation of a variety of some of the best articles with regards to urban planning. You'll recognized many of them from you theory courses in grad school.
The Geography of Nowhere
Kunstler.
Hope you find these enjoyable!
Cardinal
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El Guapo, good to see you are a John McPhee phan. I would recommend The Control of Nature as a must read for any planner. It consists of three stories of how humankind (engineers, mainly) has struggled with the forces of nature to maintain our static built environment in the face of nature's constant assault. The first story, Atchafalaya, is particularly good.
Definitely:
The Geography of Nowhere (Kunstler) and Suburban Nation (Duany et al) for starters.
Reading a general history of city devlopment might not accomplish as much as starting by reading the history of a large (or small) city you are already familiar with.
The Geography of Nowhere (Kunstler) and Suburban Nation (Duany et al) for starters.
Reading a general history of city devlopment might not accomplish as much as starting by reading the history of a large (or small) city you are already familiar with.
Originally posted by Giovannip
Well, I'm sure that the book that made me switch majors to Planning and Economic Development at Georgia State is one that everybody's read, but I'll go ahead and put it out there anyway:
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Also liked Race & the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta by Ronald H. Baylor and Kunstler's stuff.
Haven't had much time to read other books because I'm trying to graduate in four years while working full-time - who thought it would be this hard?
Well, I'm sure that the book that made me switch majors to Planning and Economic Development at Georgia State is one that everybody's read, but I'll go ahead and put it out there anyway:
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Also liked Race & the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta by Ronald H. Baylor and Kunstler's stuff.
Haven't had much time to read other books because I'm trying to graduate in four years while working full-time - who thought it would be this hard?