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Ten Cities that Led the World

From Ancient Foundations to Modern Powerhouses – a remarkable history

by Paul Strathern ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton.We ... Read more

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Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton.We
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Urban Planning: A Practical Guide to Designing Livable, Sustainable, and Just Cities

by Christopher Hale ...

Narrated by Christopher Hale ...

Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

Master the hidden systems of urban planning and sustainable design to transform your daily commute and local community. Whether you are waiting for a delayed bus, renting a downtown apartment, or walking through your neighborhood, the invisible rules of civic design impact your everyday life. This eye-opening audio experience equips curious residents and students with a powerful mental toolkit to ... Read more

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Master the hidden systems of urban planning and sustainable design to transform your daily commute and local community. Whether you are waiting for a delayed bus, renting a downtown apartment, or walking through your neighborhood, the invisible rules of civic design impact your everyday life. This eye-opening audio experience equips curious residents and students with a powerful mental toolkit to
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The Well-Tempered Society

How Modern Science, Ancient Wisdom and Human Nature Guide us to Create Societies of Well-being in an Uncertain Time

by Jonathan Rose ...

Unabridged

12 hours

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Brave New Home

Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing

by Diana Lind ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

6 hours 45 min

This smart, provocative look at how the American Dream of single-family homes, white picket fences, and two-car garages became a lonely, overpriced nightmare explores how new trends in housing can help us live better.Over the past century, American demographics and social norms have shifted dramatically. More people are living alone, marrying later in life, and having smaller families. At the same ... Read more

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This smart, provocative look at how the American Dream of single-family homes, white picket fences, and two-car garages became a lonely, overpriced nightmare explores how new trends in housing can help us live better.Over the past century, American demographics and social norms have shifted dramatically. More people are living alone, marrying later in life, and having smaller families. At the same
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Une brève histoire des catacombes de Paris : La cité des morts sous les rues

by Modeste Loriot ...

Narrated by Modeste Loriot ...

Unabridged

2 hours 7 min

Face à une urgence sanitaire funéraire, cette histoire urbaine révèle la création du plus vaste ossuaire souterrain. Idéale pour accompagner vos trajets quotidiens, cette immersion atmosphérique vous transporte directement sous les pavés de la capitale. Ressentez le poids de l'ingénierie triomphant d'une menace mortelle qui empoisonnait littéralement le quotidien des vivants.Loin des mythes, ce ... Read more

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Face à une urgence sanitaire funéraire, cette histoire urbaine révèle la création du plus vaste ossuaire souterrain. Idéale pour accompagner vos trajets quotidiens, cette immersion atmosphérique vous transporte directement sous les pavés de la capitale. Ressentez le poids de l'ingénierie triomphant d'une menace mortelle qui empoisonnait littéralement le quotidien des vivants.Loin des mythes, ce
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The Imperfect City

Design, Serendipity, and the Real Life of Cities

by Paul Goldberger ...

Narrated by Paul Goldberger ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

A Pulitzer Prize–winning architectural critic explores how modern cities thrive when urban planning leaves room for happy accidents and innovations.“A city is not a symphony, composed as a single work,” Paul Goldberger writes. “It is more like jazz, with its mix of order and improvisation.” The Imperfect City is a record of Goldberger’s looking, lingering, and thinking about cities—how they ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize–winning architectural critic explores how modern cities thrive when urban planning leaves room for happy accidents and innovations.“A city is not a symphony, composed as a single work,” Paul Goldberger writes. “It is more like jazz, with its mix of order and improvisation.” The Imperfect City is a record of Goldberger’s looking, lingering, and thinking about cities—how they
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Above Manhattan's bustle, a reshaped public space

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

5 min

In the mid-20th century, it was a railroad; now it’s a public park. Built in the 1930s, 30 feet above the streets of Manhattan, the High Line was crucial for transporting cargo. But with the decline of rail transportation, it closed in 1980 and was abandoned. Almost three decades later, it opened again -- this time, as a shared space for greenery, art and leisure. Jeffrey Brown reports. ... Read more

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In the mid-20th century, it was a railroad; now it’s a public park. Built in the 1930s, 30 feet above the streets of Manhattan, the High Line was crucial for transporting cargo. But with the decline of rail transportation, it closed in 1980 and was abandoned. Almost three decades later, it opened again -- this time, as a shared space for greenery, art and leisure. Jeffrey Brown reports.
... Read more
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Why Architecture Matters

by Paul Goldberger ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

Why Architecture Matters is not a work of architectural history or a guide to styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. The purpose of Why Architecture Matters is to "come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually" — with its impact on our lives."Architecture begins to ... Read more

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Why Architecture Matters is not a work of architectural history or a guide to styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. The purpose of Why Architecture Matters is to "come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually" — with its impact on our lives."Architecture begins to
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Wild Cities

Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle

by Chris Fitch ...

Narrated by Chris Fitch ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENTThe majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment. But as the human footprint of brick, concrete and metal expands, our proximity to nature decreases. This is a problem; nature isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. And it’s vital to our ... Read more

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'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENTThe majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment. But as the human footprint of brick, concrete and metal expands, our proximity to nature decreases. This is a problem; nature isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. And it’s vital to our
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In the Business of Change

How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual

by Elisa Birnbaum ...

Narrated by Elisa Birnbaum ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

Meet the social entrepreneurs who are using business to disrupt the status quo and rebuild their communitiesOur communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the "same old" simply won't do.In the Business of Change is a practical and inspirational guide that ... Read more

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Meet the social entrepreneurs who are using business to disrupt the status quo and rebuild their communitiesOur communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the "same old" simply won't do.In the Business of Change is a practical and inspirational guide that
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Architecture: How Humanity Built Its Dreams in Stone and Steel

by Nicholas Marlowe ...

Narrated by Nicholas Marlowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

Turn your daily commute into an awe-inspiring history tour by decoding the ancient human stories built into our streets. Far from dry engineering specifications, this immersive cultural study explores buildings as a collective diary of our deepest fears, soaring beliefs, and evolving societal needs. From the warmth of the first hearths to the sleek lines of experimental eco-cities, every structure ... Read more

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Turn your daily commute into an awe-inspiring history tour by decoding the ancient human stories built into our streets. Far from dry engineering specifications, this immersive cultural study explores buildings as a collective diary of our deepest fears, soaring beliefs, and evolving societal needs. From the warmth of the first hearths to the sleek lines of experimental eco-cities, every structure
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The Trust Experiments

Rebuilding Connection in a World Designed to Divide Us

by Charles Montgomery ...

Narrated by Charles Montgomery, Pete Cross ...

Unabridged

12 hours

**Against the social trust crisis of our era, an acclaimed urbanist shows how we can design healthy relationships back into our communities, online spaces, and nations. **Imagine you dropped your wallet and a stranger found it. Would you get it back? Your answer to this question says a lot about you: It predicts your happiness, the health of your community, and even the stability of your country. ... Read more

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**Against the social trust crisis of our era, an acclaimed urbanist shows how we can design healthy relationships back into our communities, online spaces, and nations. **Imagine you dropped your wallet and a stranger found it. Would you get it back? Your answer to this question says a lot about you: It predicts your happiness, the health of your community, and even the stability of your country.
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Earth Repair

A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes

by Leila Darwish ...

Narrated by Cherlandra Estrada ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

A practical guide to bioremediation: natural techniques that are proven to heal land damaged by pollution.In the United States and Canada alone, millions of acres have been contaminated by pesticides, chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants. Conventional clean-up techniques are expensive and resource-intensive and can cause further damage. Communities find themselves ... Read more

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A practical guide to bioremediation: natural techniques that are proven to heal land damaged by pollution.In the United States and Canada alone, millions of acres have been contaminated by pesticides, chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants. Conventional clean-up techniques are expensive and resource-intensive and can cause further damage. Communities find themselves
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Sustainable Urbanism::

[A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]

by Amanda Burchard ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Sustainable Urbanism:: [A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]As the world's population continues to urbanize, the need for sustainable cities becomes more pressing than ever. In our first chapters, we lay the foundation by understanding the principles and concepts of sustainable urbanism. From there, we delve ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Sustainable Urbanism:: [A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]As the world's population continues to urbanize, the need for sustainable cities becomes more pressing than ever. In our first chapters, we lay the foundation by understanding the principles and concepts of sustainable urbanism. From there, we delve
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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald Shoup ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

23 hours 47 min

In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why ... Read more

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In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why
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A Burglar's Guide to the City

by Geoff Manaugh ...

Narrated by Scott Aiello ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again.At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone ... Read more

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Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again.At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone
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Stealing Home

Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

by Eric Nusbaum ...

Narrated by David Owen Nelson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

The "scrupulously detailed" (Los Angeles Times) story of how the fight to build Dodgers Stadium, and transform Los Angeles into a big league city, came at the cost of everyday AngelenosDodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, ... Read more

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The "scrupulously detailed" (Los Angeles Times) story of how the fight to build Dodgers Stadium, and transform Los Angeles into a big league city, came at the cost of everyday AngelenosDodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s,
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Urbanidade da Exclusão

a produção urbanística do capital

by Jóseley Gildo ...

Narrated by Voz Artificial ...

Abridged

3 hours 47 min

O urbanismo e a sustentabilidade são conceitos totalmente abstratos quando desenvolvidos pela forma social de produção capitalista, a solução para as problemáticas da urbanística se converte em um selo verde, o qual é utilizado apenas para ocultar a real ameaça que mantém o ser humano ainda em sua "pré-história". O capitalismo, enquanto forma social de produção hegemônica, torna-se dominante na ... Read more

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O urbanismo e a sustentabilidade são conceitos totalmente abstratos quando desenvolvidos pela forma social de produção capitalista, a solução para as problemáticas da urbanística se converte em um selo verde, o qual é utilizado apenas para ocultar a real ameaça que mantém o ser humano ainda em sua "pré-história". O capitalismo, enquanto forma social de produção hegemônica, torna-se dominante na
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An Unpromised Land

by Leon Gettler ...

Narrated by Leon Gettler ...

Unabridged

4 hours 25 min

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... Read more

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In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute
... Read more
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アンコール小史：神王たちの失われた巨大都市

by 磯部歩 ...

Narrated by 磯部歩 ...

Unabridged

1 hour 58 min

密林に眠る神秘的な廃墟という幻想を打ち砕き、数十万人が暮らした水上巨大都市の真の姿と人々の熱気を鮮やかに蘇らせる、没入感あふれる歴史ドキュメンタリー。慌ただしい朝の通勤や夜のリラックスタイムを、モンスーン気候が育んだ東南アジア最大の文明の鼓動に触れる贅沢な知の探求へと変えてくれます。緻密な水利システムと神王思想が交差する、壮大な繁栄の記憶を紐解きましょう。王たちの権力闘争や壮麗な寺院建築だけでなく、運河を行き交う商人や田畑を耕す農民たちの豊かな生活世界が、情感豊かな描写で立ち上がります。知的好奇心を深く刺激するこの物語は、気候変動や交易ルートの移動といった現代にも通じる衰退の要因を冷静に浮き彫りにします。知られざる都市のライフサイクルに触れることで、過去の歴史が単なる昔話ではなく、今の私たちの世界と地続きであることに気づくはずです。本書で見つかること:• ... Read more

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密林に眠る神秘的な廃墟という幻想を打ち砕き、数十万人が暮らした水上巨大都市の真の姿と人々の熱気を鮮やかに蘇らせる、没入感あふれる歴史ドキュメンタリー。慌ただしい朝の通勤や夜のリラックスタイムを、モンスーン気候が育んだ東南アジア最大の文明の鼓動に触れる贅沢な知の探求へと変えてくれます。緻密な水利システムと神王思想が交差する、壮大な繁栄の記憶を紐解きましょう。王たちの権力闘争や壮麗な寺院建築だけでなく、運河を行き交う商人や田畑を耕す農民たちの豊かな生活世界が、情感豊かな描写で立ち上がります。知的好奇心を深く刺激するこの物語は、気候変動や交易ルートの移動といった現代にも通じる衰退の要因を冷静に浮き彫りにします。知られざる都市のライフサイクルに触れることで、過去の歴史が単なる昔話ではなく、今の私たちの世界と地続きであることに気づくはずです。本書で見つかること:•
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ワルシャワ小史：壊滅した首都はいかによみがえったか

by 清田雄一 ...

Narrated by 清田雄一 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

徹底的な破壊から蘇った奇跡の都市の軌跡をたどり、絶望的な廃墟から不屈のレジリエンスで立ち上がった人々の息遣いを感じる、傑出の歴史ドキュメンタリーです。静かな夜に深い思索にふけりたい時や、日々の通勤時間を利用して知的な旅に出たい時に、あなたの心を捉えて離さない没入感を提供します。灰燼に帰した街並みが、どのような力によって再び息を吹き返したのか、その壮大な再生のドラマへ一気に引き込まれるはずです。権力者たちの冷酷な政治的思惑と、日常を取り戻そうとする市民たちの切実な記憶が激しく衝突する中で、街はいかにして形作られてきたのでしょうか。出来事をなぞるだけでなく、路地裏に生きる人々の視点から、葛藤と妥協、そして創造の連鎖を鮮やかな描写で浮き彫りにします。激動の時代を生き抜いた都市の記憶は、現代の困難に立ち向かう私たちに、静かでありながらも力強い勇気を届けてくれます。本書で見つかること:• ... Read more

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徹底的な破壊から蘇った奇跡の都市の軌跡をたどり、絶望的な廃墟から不屈のレジリエンスで立ち上がった人々の息遣いを感じる、傑出の歴史ドキュメンタリーです。静かな夜に深い思索にふけりたい時や、日々の通勤時間を利用して知的な旅に出たい時に、あなたの心を捉えて離さない没入感を提供します。灰燼に帰した街並みが、どのような力によって再び息を吹き返したのか、その壮大な再生のドラマへ一気に引き込まれるはずです。権力者たちの冷酷な政治的思惑と、日常を取り戻そうとする市民たちの切実な記憶が激しく衝突する中で、街はいかにして形作られてきたのでしょうか。出来事をなぞるだけでなく、路地裏に生きる人々の視点から、葛藤と妥協、そして創造の連鎖を鮮やかな描写で浮き彫りにします。激動の時代を生き抜いた都市の記憶は、現代の困難に立ち向かう私たちに、静かでありながらも力強い勇気を届けてくれます。本書で見つかること:•
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Palaces for the People

How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

by Eric Klinenberg ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward.”—Jon StewartNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • “Engaging.”—Mayor Pete Buttigieg, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves ... Read more

$20.00 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward.”—Jon StewartNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • “Engaging.”—Mayor Pete Buttigieg, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves
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The Urban Food Revolution

Changing the Way We Feed Cities

by Peter Ladner ...

Narrated by Cherlandra Estrada ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lion's share of the food on our supermarket shelves, we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption.The Urban Food Revolution provides a recipe for community food ... Read more

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Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lion's share of the food on our supermarket shelves, we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption.The Urban Food Revolution provides a recipe for community food
... Read more
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La Loi d’Illich Aujourd’hui

Quand le Progrès Devient Contre-productif

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 30 - Histoire, société et politique
Unabridged

4 hours 45 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si le progrès n’était plus synonyme de liberté ?Ivan Illich, penseur visionnaire, nous mettait en garde contre un phénomène subtil : lorsque les institutions et les technologies dépassent un certain seuil, elles cessent de nous servir... et commencent à nous asservir.Dans ce livre, nous explorons comment cette « loi d’Illich » se manifeste aujourd ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si le progrès n’était plus synonyme de liberté ?Ivan Illich, penseur visionnaire, nous mettait en garde contre un phénomène subtil : lorsque les institutions et les technologies dépassent un certain seuil, elles cessent de nous servir... et commencent à nous asservir.Dans ce livre, nous explorons comment cette « loi d’Illich » se manifeste aujourd
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