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Summary: Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates--all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACOBS, JANE KANDebbink, Andrea
Summary: "While rivers make up just a fraction of the water on Earth, they provide the majority of what we use every day. Rivers run over and through our world, and sometimes we don't even know they are there. But do we fully understand or even appreciate all that rivers can do?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.91 DEBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Envi Iss DebbinkJacobs, Jane
Summary: The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. ... [It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1 JACSummary: Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers are racing against the clock and battling the forces of nature to try to save this historic city for future generations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SAVRybczynski, Witold.
Summary: "A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 RYBKlinenberg, Eric
Summary: "An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society. We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn't seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together, to find common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 KLISummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UpNorth Media Center
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.4 TRAHealy, Thomas
Summary: "A history of Floyd McKissick's 1969 plan to build a Black city in North Carolina, examining the story of the idealists who settled there, the obstacles that derailed the project, and what Soul City's saga says about Black opportunity, capitalism, and power then and now"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.6 HEASummary: "Tom Peters has just moved to the small town of Jefferton, best known for its strip malls, buffet restaurants and run-down parks. Seeking to make a name for himself, Tom begins setting up meetings with the eccentric mayor of the town. Together they develop a number of pointless ideas that never seem to go anywhere. Sometimes they seem to make things worse."--Www.adultswim.com (as viewed on Apr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartoon Network 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TOMFitzgerald, Joan
Summary: "Collectively, cities take up a relatively tiny amount of land on the earth, yet emit 72 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Clearly, cities need to be at the center of any broad effort to reduce climate change. This book argues that too many cities are only implementing random acts of greenness that will do little to address the climate crisis. It instead calls for 'greenovation'-using the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1 FITLyles, Brian.
Summary: Provides complete step-by-step instructions for multistory buildings, recliners, and traffic lights constructed with LEGO pieces.
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Publisher / Publication Date: No Starch Press, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 688.7 LYLSummary: A stylish and moving documentary about the resilience and spirit of Detroit's neighborhoods: the film tells the story of the city's past, its present resurgence, and future potential.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNIEngwicht, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishing 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.4 ENGHager, Thomas
Summary: During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country's poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's "Detroit of the South" would be ten times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.980 HAGVerkade, Thalia.
Summary: Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach the biggest urban problem, reflecting on the apparent successes of Dutch cities.Making our communities safer, cleaner, and greener starts with asking the fundamental question: who do our streets belong to? Although there have been experiments in decreasing traffic in city...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.41 VERSummary: It is a timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably, no one did more to shape our understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and writer who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. The film vividly brings to life Jacobs' 1960s showdown with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CITBinelli, Mark.
Summary: "The fall and maybe rise of Detroit, America's most epic urban failure, from local native and Rolling Stone reporter Mark BinelliOnce America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 307.1 BINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1216 BINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1216 BINSummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UpNorth Media Center
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.4 TRASummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UpNorth Media Center
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.4 TRASummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UpNorth Media Center
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.4 TRASummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UpNorth Media Center
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.4 TRASummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Traverse Area Community Media
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.4 TRASummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UpNorth Media Center
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.4 TRASummary: Unless otherwise indicated, Traverse Area District Library Regular Board meetings are scheduled for 5:30 PM on the third Thursday each month in the McGuire room at 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UpNorth Media Center