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Dream states : smart cities, technology, and the pursuit of urban utopias / by Lorinc, John,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year. But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities--one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies. Smart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago, Dream States unpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places."--
Subjects: City planning; Smart cities.; Urban policy.; Urbanization.;
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Where there's hope : healing, moving forward, and never giving up / by Smart, Elizabeth,1987-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographies.; Smart, Elizabeth, 1987-; Hope.; Kidnapping victims; Psychic trauma;
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Where there's hope [sound recording] : healing, moving forward, and never giving up / by Smart, Elizabeth,1987-author.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Smart, Elizabeth, 1987-; Hope.; Kidnapping victims; Psychic trauma;
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Growing urban orchards : how to care for fruit trees in the city and beyond / by Poizner, Susan,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Fruit trees.; Fruit-culture.; Orchards.;
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The umbrella / by Ferry, Beth.; Lichtenheld, Tom.;
A little girl and her dog find unexpected ways to spread the light in their dreary town where it always rains, showing that happiness is contagious.Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Picture books.; Rain and rainfall; Umbrellas; Happiness; City and town life;
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Doc Martin. [videorecording]. by Catz, Caroline.; Clunes, Martin,1961-; Cole, Stephanie,1941-; McNeice, Ian.; Acorn Media (Firm); Buffalo Pictures Ltd.; Portman Film and Television Ltd.;
Disc 1. Tick tock -- The morning after -- Love they neighbor -- The GP always rings twice.Disc 2. Breaking up is hard to do -- The two of us -- In sickness and in health.Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stephanie Cole, Ian McNeice.Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: City and town life; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Physicians; Television comedies.;
© c2010., Acorn Media,
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Velvet was the night / by Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a riveting noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome thug, and the mystery of the missing woman that brings them together. 1970s Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger. Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful art student, seems to live a life of intrigue and romance that Maite envies. When Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman--and journeying deeper into Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. Meanwhile, someone else is also looking for Leonora at the behest of his boss, a shadowy figure who commands goon squads dedicated to squashing political activists. Elvis is an eccentric thug who longs to escape his own life: He loathes violence and loves old movies and rock 'n' roll. But as Elvis searches for the missing woman, he comes to observe Maite from a distance--and grows more and more obsessed with this woman who shares his love of music, and the unspoken loneliness of his heart. Now as Maite and Elvis come closer to discovering the secrets behind Leonora's disappearance, they can no longer escape the danger that threatens to consume their lives, with hitmen, government agents, and Russian spies aiming to protect Leonora's secrets--at gunpoint"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Noir fiction.; Missing persons; Man-woman relationships;
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How can I help you / by Sims, Laura,1973-author.;
"No one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library only know her middle-aged normalcy, congeniality, and charm. They have no reason to suspect that she is, in fact, a former nurse with a trail of countless premature deaths in her wake. She has turned a new page, so to speak, and the library is her sanctuary, a place to quell old urges. That is, at least, until Patricia, a recent graduate and failed novelist, joins the library staff. Patricia quickly notices Margo's subtly sinister edge, and watches her carefully. When a patron's death in the library bathroom gives her a hint of Margo's mysterious past, Patricia can't resist digging deeper--even as this new fixation becomes all-consuming."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Librarians; Murder; Small cities; Women librarians;
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Mystery in the Whispering Woods / by Hapka, Cathy.; Min, Sung Ku.;
Subjects: LEGO toys; Heartlake City (Imaginary place); Friendship; Camping; Science projects;
© 2013., Scholastic,
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The eyes & the impossible / by Eggers, Dave.; Harris, Shawn(Artist);
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Dogs; Animals; Parks; City and town life; Friendship;
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