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James Howard Kunstler: Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
James Howard Kunstler: HOME FROM NOWHERE: REMAKING OUR EVERYDAY WORLD FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Kenneth T. Jackson: Crabgrass Frontier : The Suburbanization of the United States
Peter Katz: The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community
Christopher Lasch: The Revolt of the Elites: And the Betrayal of Democracy
Robert A. Caro: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Anthony Flint: This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
Robert E. Lang: Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities (James a Johnson Metro)
Daniel McGinn: House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes
Bill Bishop: The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart
Bill McKibben: Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Catherine Lutz: Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives
- Lewis Mumford: The Lewis Mumford Reader
Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
John F. Wasik: The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream
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Currently in production - John Michlig: Sonic the Hedgehog: The Secret Admirer
Tim Walsh: Timeless Toys
Edited and polished manuscript- John Michlig: The GI Joe Masterpiece Edition
A book-and-figure gift set - John Michlig: Sonic the Hedgehog: Up Against the Wall
- John Michlig: Sonic's Shoes Blues
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