Books:
Below is a list of books I have read recently. I'll start with this just the titles and authors but hope to add summaries and opinions at a later point.
Currently Reading: The Death and Life of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream - Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck
The New Urbanism: Toward Architecture of Community - Peter Katz
The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community - Ray Oldenburg
The Nature of Ornament - Kent Bloomer
From Bauhaus to Our House -Tom Wolfe
Home From Nowhere - James Howard Kunstler
The Shining - Steven King
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
Mutant Message from Down Under - Marlo Morgan
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Ask the Dust - John Fante
Thank You for Smoking - Christopher Buckley