City of the Mind

2003 Fiction

Author : Penelope Lively
Release : 2003
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 203/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis City of the Mind by : Penelope Lively

Download or read book City of the Mind written by Penelope Lively. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penelope Lively is one of England's greatest living writers. In City of the Mind, Matthew Halland is an architect intimately involved with the new face of London, while haunted by the destruction and loss in its history. Matthew has a rich and moving relationship with his daughter Jane, and becomes entangled with an array of fascinating characters, from Rutter, a corrupt real estate developer whose Mafia-like ways disgust him, to Sarah, a romantic ray of hope who enters his life. In Lively's most ambitious novel, she has created a wonderfully rich and audacious confrontation with the mystery of London.

Cities of the Mind

2013-06-29 Business & Economics

Author : Lloyd Rodwin
Release : 2013-06-29
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 978/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Cities of the Mind by : Lloyd Rodwin

Download or read book Cities of the Mind written by Lloyd Rodwin. This book was released on 2013-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious about the images of the city that have been evolving in the different social sciences, we did what academics often do in such a situa 1 tion: we set up a seminar on "Images of the City in the Social Sciences." From the start, we counted on the help of specialists in other fields to pursue their interests. Of the persons who agreed to participate, all but two came from the United States, and their analyses, in the main, reflect the experience of Western countries and the United States. In our formal instructions to our collaborators, we took fi>r granted that a variety of images of the city could be found or inferred in their fields of expertise. We asked them to identify these images and their functions, to explain how and why they have changed over time, and to relate these images to the distinct intellectual traditions and techniques-analytical or otherwise-in their respective fields. The definition of image was left to the judgment of the participants.

City of the Mind

2010-05-27 Fiction

Author : Penelope Lively
Release : 2010-05-27
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 96X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book City of the Mind written by Penelope Lively. This book was released on 2010-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City of the Mind is the second novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively. 'This is the city in which everything is simultaneous. There is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction.' In London's changing heartland, architect Matthew Halland is aware of how the past and the present blend. It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter Jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him. Here too is the London of prehistory, of Georgian elegance, of the Blitz. But Matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for London in Docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own. 'A glorious novel' Observer 'The descriptions of the London Blitz are achingly real' Sunday Telegraph Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Cleopatra's Sister; Heat Wave; Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories; Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; Spiderweb; her autobiographical work, A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London.

City of the Mind

2007-12-01 Fiction

Author : Penelope Lively
Release : 2007-12-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 396/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book City of the Mind written by Penelope Lively. This book was released on 2007-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “well crafted . . . fascinating” story of a London architect’s struggle for identity in love and career (Time Out). This is the city in which everything is simultaneous. There is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction. In London’s changing heartland, architect Matthew Halland can’t help but contemplate how the past and the present blend. It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years with his daughter, and the failed marriage he has not yet put behind him. Here, too, is the London of prehistory, of Georgian elegance, of the Blitz. But at the same time, Matthew must keep focused on the constructing of a new future for London—his latest project in Docklands—and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own. City of the Mind is the “lucid and complex, meditative and playful, concise and expansive” second novel from the Man Booker Prize–winning author (The Washington Post Book World).

The City in Mind

2003-01-07 History

Author : James Howard Kunstler
Release : 2003-01-07
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 239/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The City in Mind written by James Howard Kunstler. This book was released on 2003-01-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title takes an in-depth look at the history, development and state of architectural and societal success of cities, including London, Rome, Berlin, Paris and Mexico City.

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