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1	The death and life of great American cities more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist Jane Jacobs sets out to produce an attack on current city-planning and rebuilding in America and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on the urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's ... see all copies from £7.56! new only from £9.60! \| first editions
2	The Economy of Cities more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from £5.35! new only from £9.91! \| first editions
3	Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist "Learned, iconoclastic and exciting...Jacobs' diagnosis of the decay of cities in an increasingly integrated world economy is on the mark."--"New York Times Book Review" "Jacobs' book is inspired, idiosyncratic and personal...It is written with verve and humor; for a work of embattled theory, it is wonderfully concrete, and its leaps are ... see all copies from £6.51! new only from £9.54! \| first editions
4	Dark Age Ahead more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist Jane Jacobs looks at our society, and sees many areas of concern, among them the breakdown of family and community, the money being taken away from state and city governments by Washington, and even the sorry state of public transportation. Putting it all together, Jacobs sees the eventual downfall of Western civilization as an imminent--but still ... see all copies from £1.44! new only from £5.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist Jane Jacobs, radical thinker of urban studies, casts her own unique eye on commerce and politics. She envisions different ethical means and ends for each. see all copies from £5.53! new only from £9.91! \| first editions
6	A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece more books like this by Hannah Breece, Jane Jacobs (Editor) add to wishlist The story of Hannah Breece, a schoolteacher who, in 1904, went to Alaska at age 45. Her memoirs recount the many hardships she faced there, as well as the success she had in "elevating" the local Indian, Inuit, and Russian population. Breece's belief (typical of her time) in the superiority of the dominant American culture is tempered throughout ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Deborah Company: Becoming a Woman Who Makes a Difference more books like this by Jane Hamon, Cindy Jacobs (Foreword by) add to wishlist The Deborah Company is an inspiring look at how God is using women to impact the earth through employing divine strategies for breakthrough. In Judges 4 the prophetess and judge, Deborah, brought freedom to her land through hearing the voice of the Lord see all copies from £6.70! new only from £8.15!
8	The Nature of Economies more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist Writing in the form of a Socratic dialogue, Jacobs draws together and synthesizes her insights into how cities grow--in both good and bad ways. Looking to nature as a model, she advocates clutter over design and evinces a sensitivity to the flow of everyday life. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Cities and the wealth of nations more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from £6.18! signed copies \| first editions
10	James Marston Fitch: Selected Writings on Architecture, Preservation, and the Built Environment more books like this by James Marston Fitch, Martica Sawin (Editor), Jane Jacobs (Foreword by) add to wishlist A collection of essays by a founding father of historic preservation in the United States. see all copies from £15.17! new only from £15.17!
11	Death&life Gr Cit.V241 more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from £6.59! new only from £65.64!
12	The Bluefish Cookbook, 6th: Delicious Ways to Deal with the Blues more books like this by Greta Jacobs, Jane Alexander, Wezi Swift add to wishlist This book offers dozens of creative ways to prepare one of the Atlantic's most delicious--and most abundant--fish. It includes easy, kitchen-tested recipes for chowders, salads, fish cakes, sandwiches, fritters, soups, and even a pate. Old standards, such as Baked Stuffed Bluefish, and more exotic selections, such as Thai-style Blue Satay, will ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £4.95!
13 view cover	The Nantucket Diet: A Safe and Effective 3-Phase Program for Permanent Weight Loss and a Healthy Lifestyle more books like this by Sol Jacobs, Jane Conway Caspe add to wishlist Sensible, easy-to-follow, and effective, "The Nantucket Diet" presents a way of eating and living that best benefits one's body and attitude. Included are recipes from more than 20 of the island's top restaurants, along with traditional Nantucket family recipes. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.29! \| first editions
14 view cover	Edge of Empire: Postcolonialism and the City more books like this by Jane M Jacobs, M Jacobs Jane add to wishlist Edge of Empire examines struggles over urban space in four contemporary first world cities: two sites in London and two sites in the Australian cities of Perth and Brisbane. Through these examples the spatialised cultural politics of a number of 'postcolonial' processes are unravelled: the imperial nostalgias of the one-time heart of empire, the ... see all copies from £32.88! new only from £32.88!
15	The Bluefish Cookbook: Includes New Low-Calorie Recipes more books like this by Greta Jacobs, Jane Alexander add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! new only from £27.24!
16 view cover	Cities of Difference more books like this by Ruth-Marie Fincher (Editor), Jane M Jacobs (Editor) add to wishlist An urban geography text examining the facets of cities and their cultural political economy. Taking an approach that is sensitive to issues of difference as well as to the role of the state, it considers the fragmentation of city life and the see all copies from £4.79! new only from £17.03!
17	Question of Separatism more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from £4.07! first editions
18 view cover	West Africa : the rough guide more books like this by Jim Hudgens, Richard Trillo add to wishlist This guide has involved the authors in more than 20,000 miles of overland travel from Algeria to Cameroon and from Sierra Leone to Mauritania. The coverage of all the region's 17 countries amounts to a guide to each one. It includes 130 maps, many commissioned directly from field research, including plans of cities and city centres, parks and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £22.26! \| first editions
19	The Girl on the Hat by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from £13.63! new only from £18.28! \| first editions
20	Toronto: Considering Self-Government more books like this by Jane Jacobs, Mary W. Rowe add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57!
21	V748 Qstn of Separatsm more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from £6.20!
22 view cover	Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation more books like this by Jane Jacobs, Ken Gelder add to wishlist A challenging and thought-provoking work that offers a new way of understanding how the sacred haunts the modern through the effect of the uncanny. Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the fortunes and misfortunes of the modern nation. see all copies from £24.26!
23 view cover	The Bluefish Cookbook: 101 Ways to Get Rid of the Blues more books like this by Greta Jacobs, Wezi Swift (Illustrator), Jane Alexander add to wishlist Discover dozens of creative ways to prepare one of the Atlantic's most delicious fish. When you've cooked bluefish every way you can think of, it's time to turn cookbook for inspiration. see all copies from £50.15!
24 view cover	Placebound: Australian Feminist Geographies more books like this by Louise C Johnson, Jackie Huggins, Jane Jacobs add to wishlist In Australia, women and men inhabit quite different spaces. This book examines a range of contemporary issues - such as "better cities", restructuring, masculinity, shopping, multiculturalism - as well as a number of topics long studied by the spatial disciplines - housing, cities, work places - from the perspective of feminist geography. see all copies from £9.51!
25	The Bluefish Cookbook more books like this by Greta Jacobs, Jane A. Sherin add to wishlist see all copies from £3.47!

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