BOOKS
THE IDLER'S GLOSSARY, by Joshua Glenn and Mark Kingwell, Biblioasis
by Maria Schamis Turner
04.04.2009
The Idler’s Glossary is a small book. This is not a judgment on its contents (more on that later) — the actual book measures roughly four by six inches and is less than half an inch thick. It is, thanks to its size and to the lovely design and illustrations by Seth (author of the [...]
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BOOKS
THE WALKABLE CITY: FROM HAUSSMAN’S BOULEVARDS TO JANE JACOBS’ STREETS AND BEYOND
Mary Soderstrom, Véhicule Press
by Maria Schamis Turner
28.02.2009
SOME TIME OVER THREE MILLION YEARS AGO, our early hominid ancestors began to walk upright. As a result, writes Mary Soderstrom, the bodies of modern humans are engineered for this activity. We are, quite literally, made to walk.
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