In City Life; Witold Rybczynski; bestselling author of Now I Sit Me Down; looks at what we want from cities; how they have evolved; and what accounts for their unique identities. In this vivid description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper to the changes wrought by the automobile; the telephone; the airplane; and telecommuting; Rybczynski reveals how our urban spaces have been shaped by the landscapes and lifestyles of the New World.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy MeganGreat0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Liberating.By CustomerLOVE this book: very brave and liberating.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. An art journal that embraces lifeBy Luan GainesBy its nature; an art journal is an intensely personal foray into the creative mind of the artist who finds expression in the combination of art and language. Spilling Open offers page after page of collaged images; highlighted by the writing that explains; explores; questions and muses; in search of the inner self. Author/artist Sabrina Ward Harrison begins her very personal journey after an introduction by SARK that encourages readers to dive into these pages; give over to the adventure that awaits; to "see through Sabrina eyes".Indeed; there is much to see. Colorful splotches; photographs and ink drawings attract the eye to the hand-lettered text that personalizes the experience. Harrison shares her growing pains; the struggle to accept her own body just as it is and the heartbreak of lost love. Her self-expression is courageous and honest; constantly revelatory of an evolving self: "Its a mixture of speaking up and speaking in; reaching out and reaching in."With more questions than answers in these years of early womanhood (eighteen to twenty-one); this imaginative map of the authors inner heart is an epiphany of sorts; one where Harrison defines her space as an individual; the bright; bold images as stimulating as her curiosity about the world that awaits: "Love it all...the whole process thats known as Life". Luan Gaines/2004.
