| 1. |  | Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
from New Press
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
We recently had Dr. Loewen as a guest for an online meeting of the Everyday Democracy Book Club. It was interesting to hear whether he feels his book has made much of a difference (he doesn't, yet) and what needs to happen to overcome the legacy of Sundown Towns. Here's his prescription and a link... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Condominium Concept: A Practical Guide for Officers, Owners, Realtors, Attorneys, and Directors of Florida Condominiums
from Pineapple Press (FL)
Price: $14.93
Customer Review:
The book is very informative...I use it for work and helping the condo board members...gret book... | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Homeowners Association Manual
from Pineapple Pr
Price: $16.46
Customer Review:
This book is well written without a lot of "fluffy" space filling verbiage. It gets to points quickly and the organization is very good. If you are involved in an HOA this book will really help. Get your state HOA rules/regs, along with this book, and you will be able to get a handle on your... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960 (Historical Studies of Urban America)
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $17.10
Customer Review:
Excellent review of how the Chicago Housing Authority, despite good intentions, ended up not only itself segregated, but reinforced existing housing segregation in the private market.Hirsch actually takes a much broader view of his subject than public housing. Rather, he exp;ores the various ways... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change
from Urban Land Institute
Price: $35.96
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| 6. |  | The Law of Florida Homeowners Associations 7th ed.
from Pineapple Pr
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
A mandatory manual for any C.A.M. This puts homeowner law in simple terms while referencing the pertinent Florida Statute. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community
from New Society Publishers
Price: $19.14
Customer Review:
I like this book on coho. I liked it so much that I tried to form a coho. Not so easy. You need a lot of time and you need a lot of patience. Money is very helpful too. The people that write coho how to books seem to be in the coho business, so a book is a great promotional tool.
If want to... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects
from Wiley
Price: $60.00
Customer Review:
Benjamin Franklin said, "Experience is the best teacher, and a fool knows no other." This book shows how to avoid the hundreds of mistakes (of design, contract and organization) frequently made by developers of urbanist communities, i.e., walkable, real estate developments and communities that... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | In Detail: High-Density Housing: Concepts, Planning, Construction (In Detail (englisch))
from Birkhäuser Basel
Price: $53.52
Customer Review:
The book contains some great projects that concern examples of high-density housing. The texts are short and to the points, accompanied by good photographs and drawings (plans/details).
As for the book itself, the paper-wrapped cover can damage quickly and the book could use some more... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 (Studies of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
from Cornell University Press
Price: $17.95
Customer Review:
When the history of North Korea is discussed, the focus is usually on the division of the peninsula, the installation of a pro-Soviet regime, and the application of communism. But Charles K. Armstrong went far beyond this approach in this work.
Armstrong went through several aspects of North... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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