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Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades
A complete guide to organic vegetable, herb, and flower gardening covering soil, seeds, compost, watering, and small plot planning. Though written for the Pacific Northwest, its practical approach to soil building, efficient watering, and crop by crop growing advice translates well to other regions.
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Killed by a Traffic Engineer
In Killed by a Traffic Engineer, civil engineering professor Wes Marshall shines a spotlight on how little science there is behind the way that our streets are engineered, which leaves safety as an afterthought.
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Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns
Written by two accomplished architects and urban designers, this user-friendly street design manual shows both how to design new streets and enhance existing ones.
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The Power Broker
Robert Caro’s The Power Broker traces how Robert Moses reshaped New York through unelected power—building bridges, highways, and parks that transformed the city while destroying neighborhoods. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of ambition, control, and the cost of progress.
