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    Sprawl. A Compact History

    Sprawl. A Compact History

    Engelstalige hardcover met stofomslag, als nieuw, like new.

    As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to capture the complexity of these vast regions with their superhighways, subdivisions, industrial areas, office parks, and resort areas pushing far out into the countryside. Detractors call it sprawl and assert that it is economically inefficient, socially inequitable, environmentally irresponsible, and aesthetically ugly. Robert Bruegmann calls it a logical consequence of economic growth and the democratization of society, with benefits that urban planners have failed to recognize.

    In his incisive history of the expanded city, Bruegmann overturns every assumption we have about sprawl. Taking a long view of urban development, he demonstrates that sprawl is neither recent nor particularly American but as old as cities themselves, just as characteristic of ancient Rome and eighteenth-century Paris as it is of Atlanta or Los Angeles. Nor is sprawl the disaster claimed by many contemporary observers. Although sprawl, like any settlement pattern, has undoubtedly produced problems that must be addressed, it has also provided millions of people with the kinds of mobility, privacy, and choice that were once the exclusive prerogatives of the rich and powerful.

    The first major book to strip urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations, Sprawl offers a completely new vision of the city and its growth. Bruegmann leads readers to the powerful conclusion that "in its immense complexity and constant change, the city-whether dense and concentrated at its core, looser and more sprawling in suburbia, or in the vast tracts of exurban penumbra that extend dozens, even hundreds, of miles-is the grandest and most marvelous work of mankind."

    “Largely missing from this debate [over sprawl] has been a sound and reasoned history of this pattern of living. With Robert Bruegmann’s Sprawl: A Compact History, we now have one. What a pleasure it is: well-written, accessible and eager to challenge the current cant about sprawl.”—Joel Kotkin, The Wall Street Journal

    “There are scores of books offering ‘solutions’ to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.”—Witold Rybczynski, Slate

    Robert Bruegmann ;

    € 5,00

    The Wrecking Crew. The...

    The Wrecking Crew. The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret

    Engelstalige paperback, mooi exemplaar, nog nagenoeg als nieuw 

    Winner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller

    "It makes good music sound better."-Janet Maslin in The New York Times

    "A fascinating look into the West Coast recording studio scene of the '60s and the inside story of the music you heard on the radio. If you always assumed the musicians you listened to were the same people you saw onstage, you are in for a big surprise!"-Dusty Street, host of Classic Vinyl on Sirius XM Satellite Radio

    If you were a fan of popular music in the 1960s and early '70s, you were a fan of the Wrecking Crew-whether you knew it or not.

    On hit record after hit record by everyone from the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and the Monkees to the Grass Roots, the 5th Dimension, Sonny & Cher, and Simon & Garfunkel, this collection of West Coast studio musicians from diverse backgrounds established themselves in Los Angeles, California as the driving sound of pop music-sometimes over the objection of actual band members forced to make way for Wrecking Crew members. Industry insider Kent Hartman tells the dramatic, definitive story of the musicians who forged a reputation throughout the business as the secret weapons behind the top recording stars.

    Mining invaluable interviews, the author follows the careers of such session masters as drummer Hal Blaine and keyboardist Larry Knechtel, as well as trailblazing bassist Carol Kaye-the only female in the bunch-who went on to play in thousands of recording sessions in this rock history. Readers will discover the Wrecking Crew members who would forge careers in their own right, including Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, and learn of the relationship between the Crew and such legends as Phil Spector and Jimmy Webb. Hartman also takes us inside the studio for the legendary sessions that gave us Pet Sounds, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and the rock classic "Layla," which Wrecking Crew drummer Jim Gordon cowrote with Eric Clapton for Derek and the Dominos. And the author recounts priceless scenes such as Mike Nesmith of the Monkees facing off with studio head Don Kirshner, Grass Roots lead guitarist (and future star of The Office) Creed Bratton getting fired from the group, and Michel Rubini unseating Frank Sinatra's pianist for the session in which the iconic singer improvised the hit-making ending to "Strangers in the Night."

    The Wrecking Crew tells the collective, behind-the-scenes stories of the artists who dominated Top 40 radio during the most exciting time in American popular culture.

    Auteur onbekend;

    € 9,85

    Onze kinderen zijn anders

    Onze kinderen zijn anders

    Nieuwstaat, paperback.

    Wat als het noodlot toeslaat? Christel, een optimistische stralende vrouw met een enorme levenskracht, vertelt in dit aangrijpende en ontroerende boek over haar uitzonderlijke gezin. De jongste drie van haar vier kinderen zijn verstandelijk beperkt en autistisch. Hierdoor ontstaat een chaotische en onzekere situatie. Uiteindelijk komen ze erachter dat de kinderen het zeldzame syndroom van Cohen hebben. Eerlijk schrijft deze moeder over de invloed die haar bijzondere kinderen hebben op haar relatie, haar gezin en hun omgeving. Christel verliest zichzelf niet in wrok, verdriet of in een slachtofferrol. Met haar verhaal toont ze hoe hoop en onvoorwaardelijke liefde de teleurstellingen#13;#13;en tegenslagen overwinnen en uiteindelijk het leven verrijken.#13;#13;'Onze kinderen zijn anders' is een persoonlijk verhaal van een vrouw, moeder en echtgenote. Het boek biedt (h)erkenning aan ouders die een 'handicap' overkomt. Voor specialisten, zorgverleners (in opleiding), instellingen en instanties biedt dit boek inzicht in het proces dat verwanten van hun cliënten doorstaan. Leerkrachten in het speciaal onderwijs krijgen een waardevol kijkje achter de schermen van de thuissituatie van hun leerlingen.#13;#13;Christel Kooyman maakt sinds zij moeder is notities over haar kinderen en besloot haar ervaringen in boekvorm te gieten. Waar het boek eindigt, gaan haar blogs verder. Deze zijn te vinden op onzekinderenzijnanders.nl.

    Christel Kooyman Christel Kooyman-Van Loo ;

    € 12,99
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