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Before We Forget

How Remembering Will Get Us Through the Next 75 Years

by Mary Soderstrom ...

Safeguarding collective wisdom is a powerful tool for civilization to overcome the major upheavals ahead.Climate change, civil unrest, wars: How will we make it through the tough times looming before us? By remembering, Mary Soderstrom argues. Ours is not the first time in history when catastrophe has threatened societies, and using examples from China, the Roman Empire, and North American ... Read more

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Safeguarding collective wisdom is a powerful tool for civilization to overcome the major upheavals ahead.Climate change, civil unrest, wars: How will we make it through the tough times looming before us? By remembering, Mary Soderstrom argues. Ours is not the first time in history when catastrophe has threatened societies, and using examples from China, the Roman Empire, and North American
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Against the Seas

Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters

by Mary Soderstrom ...

An incredible read.… While unflinching in her analysis, Soderstrom nevertheless gifts us with a message of hope and resilience. — MAUDE BARLOW, activist and author of Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism.What can we learn about coping with rising sea levels from ancient times?The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a ... Read more

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An incredible read.… While unflinching in her analysis, Soderstrom nevertheless gifts us with a message of hope and resilience. — MAUDE BARLOW, activist and author of Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism.What can we learn about coping with rising sea levels from ancient times?The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a
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The Walkable City: From Haussman’s Boulevards to Jane Jacobs' Streets and Beyond

From Haussmanâ€™s Boulevards to Jane Jacobs' Streets and Beyond

by Mary Soderstrom ...

Taking us on walks through Paris, New York, Toronto, North Vancouver and Singapore, Mary Soderstrom examines how cites have changed the lives of ordinary citizens—in positive and negative ways. Making the city walkable again is crucial. The author looks to the future and suggests ways in which we can reorganize our lives and our cities. The idea that a city might not be walkable would never occur ... Read more

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Taking us on walks through Paris, New York, Toronto, North Vancouver and Singapore, Mary Soderstrom examines how cites have changed the lives of ordinary citizens—in positive and negative ways. Making the city walkable again is crucial. The author looks to the future and suggests ways in which we can reorganize our lives and our cities. The idea that a city might not be walkable would never occur
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Road Through Time

The Story of Humanity on the Move

by Mary Soderstrom ...

"A beautiful interweaving of memoir and history, of driving narrative and insightful reflection."—Ken McGoogan, author of Dead Reckoning and Kerouac's GhostAccessible and entertaining, Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in Central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the ... Read more

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"A beautiful interweaving of memoir and history, of driving narrative and insightful reflection."—Ken McGoogan, author of Dead Reckoning and Kerouac's GhostAccessible and entertaining, Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in Central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the
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Frenemy Nations

Love and Hate Between Neighbo(u)ring States

by Mary Soderstrom ...

An in-depth look at places—nation-states, states, and provinces—that are geographically side-by-side but otherwise, worlds apart.In the summer of 1968, Mary Soderstrom and her husband loaded up their VW Beetle and immigrated to Canada from the United States. The contrast between their new home and their old led to a long-running reflection on what makes the two countries different. How could two ... Read more

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An in-depth look at places—nation-states, states, and provinces—that are geographically side-by-side but otherwise, worlds apart.In the summer of 1968, Mary Soderstrom and her husband loaded up their VW Beetle and immigrated to Canada from the United States. The contrast between their new home and their old led to a long-running reflection on what makes the two countries different. How could two
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Concrete

From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future

by Mary Soderstrom ...

A fascinating history of the carbon footprint of our concrete world—from ancient Roman architecture to urban cityscapes—and the trouble it spells for sustainability amidst rapid climate change.For readers of The Sixth Extinction and The Uninhabitable Earth, Concrete explores the history of a material that has been central to architecture and design for thousands of years—and what its future looks ... Read more

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A fascinating history of the carbon footprint of our concrete world—from ancient Roman architecture to urban cityscapes—and the trouble it spells for sustainability amidst rapid climate change.For readers of The Sixth Extinction and The Uninhabitable Earth, Concrete explores the history of a material that has been central to architecture and design for thousands of years—and what its future looks
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After Surfing Ocean Beach

by Mary Soderstrom ...

In a brief, panicked moment, Rick mistakes the kindness of an apparent stranger for a threatening act, and inadvertently commits murder. He flees the scene, and tries to keep secret from his family the unfortunate event that has occurred. Little does he know that not only has he killed an innocent man, but the man is the son of Annie, with whom Rick had an intense relationship in his youth.As Rick ... Read more

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In a brief, panicked moment, Rick mistakes the kindness of an apparent stranger for a threatening act, and inadvertently commits murder. He flees the scene, and tries to keep secret from his family the unfortunate event that has occurred. Little does he know that not only has he killed an innocent man, but the man is the son of Annie, with whom Rick had an intense relationship in his youth.As Rick
... Read more
Green City

People, Nature, and Urban Places

by Mary Soderstrom ...

Green City: People, Nature, and Urban Places looks at eleven cities the world over to see how people and nature have interacted over the course of history, and how people attempt to bring nature into cities. In each of these locations, Soderstrom examines how people have tried to make a connection with naturehow well theyve done is both a lesson in hope and, often, a warning. Featuring chapters on ... Read more

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Green City: People, Nature, and Urban Places looks at eleven cities the world over to see how people and nature have interacted over the course of history, and how people attempt to bring nature into cities. In each of these locations, Soderstrom examines how people have tried to make a connection with naturehow well theyve done is both a lesson in hope and, often, a warning. Featuring chapters on
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The Last Bridge

by Mary Soderstrom ...

Collapsing bridges, Mafia money men, and corruption collide on the shady side of Montreal's construction industry.Frannie Murray and her ex-husband, Daniel Marcoux, know how easy it is to get sucked into corruption. Both are civil engineers who face terrifying threats when they try to extricate themselves from a quagmire of kickbacks, political payoffs, and bribes.Frannie's friend, Stefano Gentile ... Read more

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Collapsing bridges, Mafia money men, and corruption collide on the shady side of Montreal's construction industry.Frannie Murray and her ex-husband, Daniel Marcoux, know how easy it is to get sucked into corruption. Both are civil engineers who face terrifying threats when they try to extricate themselves from a quagmire of kickbacks, political payoffs, and bribes.Frannie's friend, Stefano Gentile
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Against the Seas

Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters

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The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a meter or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due to climate change. Large parts of our coastal cities will be flooded, the basic outline of our world will be changed, and torrential rains will present their own challenges. But this is not the first time that people have had to cope with ... Read more

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The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a meter or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due to climate change. Large parts of our coastal cities will be flooded, the basic outline of our world will be changed, and torrential rains will present their own challenges. But this is not the first time that people have had to cope with
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Walking Home

The Life and Lessons of a City Builder

by Ken Greenberg ...

One of the world's foremost urban designers shares his passion and methods for rejuvenating neglected cities and argues passionately for the importance and possibilities of their renewal.From a youth spent in the boroughs of New York City and other great cities of the world, to his beginnings as an architect in Toronto, Ken Greenberg has long recognized that cities at their best provide much of ... Read more

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One of the world's foremost urban designers shares his passion and methods for rejuvenating neglected cities and argues passionately for the importance and possibilities of their renewal.From a youth spent in the boroughs of New York City and other great cities of the world, to his beginnings as an architect in Toronto, Ken Greenberg has long recognized that cities at their best provide much of
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Happy City

Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

by Charles Montgomery ...

**Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction"Happy City is not only readable but stimulating. It raises issues most of us have avoided for too long. Do we live in neighbourhoods that make us happy? That is not a silly question. Montgomery encourages us to ask it without embarrassment, and to think intelligently about the answer." --The New York Times**More of us than ever ... Read more

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**Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction"Happy City is not only readable but stimulating. It raises issues most of us have avoided for too long. Do we live in neighbourhoods that make us happy? That is not a silly question. Montgomery encourages us to ask it without embarrassment, and to think intelligently about the answer." --The New York Times**More of us than ever
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