john's bookshelf

These are all books I own. Notes are included below each book. Mouse over the book title to see an image of the cover and the current price on Amazon.com.

Architecture

An Architectural Guidebook to Philadelphia Francis Morrone (ISBN 0879058900)

Materials, Structures and Standards Julia McMorrough (ISBN 1592531938)

Modern Architecture Since 1900 William J. R. Curtis (ISBN 0714833568)

What Style Is It? John C. Poppeliers & S. Allen Chambers (ISBN 0471250368)

A great (almost) pocket reference to most American architectural styles.

GIS

Designing Better Maps Cynthia A. Brewer (ISBN 1589480899)

Geographic Information Systems and Science Longley, Goodchild, Maguire & Rhind (ISBN 0471892750)

General

Statistics Hacks Bruce Frey (ISBN 0596101643)

Town Planning in Practice Raymond Unwin (ISBN 1568980043)

Geography

From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow Mark Monmonier (ISBN 0226534650)

Geography and Technology Brunn, Cutter & Harrington (ISBN 1402018711)

How to Lie with Maps Mark Monmonier (ISBN 0226534219)

A great book on how maps are used and distorted to fit an agenda.

Mapping Hacks Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson & Jo Walsh (ISBN 0596007035)

Maps Are Territories David Turnbull (ISBN 0226817059)

The Geography of Urban Transportation Susan Hanson & Genevieve Giuliano (ISBN 1593850557)

Transit Maps of the World Mark Ovenden (ISBN 0143112651)

WorldMinds Janelle, Warf & Hansen (ISBN 1402016131)

History

American Gospel Jon Meacham (ISBN 0812976665)

New Jersey

24 Great Rail Trails of New Jersey Craig P. Della Penna (ISBN 1889787043)

A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey Howard P. Boyd (ISBN 0937548197)

A Geography of New Jersey Charles Stansfield (ISBN 0813525799)

A Guide to Green New Jersey Lucy Rosenfeld & Marina Harrison (ISBN 0813532302)

An Encyclopedia of New Jersey Michael Siegel (ISBN 0813533252)

Atlantic City Vicki Gold Levi (ISBN 0898156130)

Boardwalk Empire Nelson Johnson (ISBN 0937548499)

Country Roads of New Jersey Judi Dash (ISBN 0658001795)

Digging New Jersey's Past Richard Francis Veit (ISBN 0813531136)

Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey Henry Charlton Beck (ISBN 0813510163)

Jersey Genesis Henry Charlton Beck (ISBN 0813510155)

More Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey Henry Charlton Beck (ISBN 0813504325)

New Jersey Curiosities Peter Genovese (ISBN 0762725273)

Our Town: Race, Housing and the Soul of Suburbia David L. Kirp (ISBN 0813524563)

A great resource for the history behind the Mount Laurel affordable housing cases.

Pine Barrens Legends, Lore and Lies William McMahon (ISBN 0912608196)

South Jersey Towns William McMahon (ISBN 0813507189)

Tales of South Jersey Jim Waltzer (ISBN 0813530075)

The Pine Barrens John McPhee (ISBN 0374514429)

Twelve Days of Terror Richard G. Fernicola (ISBN 1585745758)

Vacationing on the Jersey Shore Charles Stansfield (ISBN 0811729702)

Social Sciences

American Project Sudhir Venkatesh (ISBN 0674008308)

Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (ISBN 006073132X)

Off the Books: The Underground Economy Sudhir Venkatesh (ISBN 0674023552)

The Working Poor David K. Shipler (ISBN 0375708219)

Urban Planning

A Vision of Britain Charles, Prince of Wales (ISBN 038526903X)

Cities of Tomorrow Peter Hall (ISBN 0631232524)

Contemporary Urban Planning John M. Levy (ISBN 0130835749)

Geography of Nowhere James Howard Kunstler (ISBN 0671888250)

Geography of Nowhere got me interested in urban planning.

Great Streets Allan B. Jacobs (ISBN 0262600234)

Home from Nowhere James Howard Kunstler (ISBN 0684837374)

Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law Juergensmeyer & Roberts (ISBN 0314257802)

New American Urbanism John A. Dutton (ISBN 8881187418)

Redesigning Cities Jonathan Barnett (ISBN 1884829716)

Suburban Nation Andres Duany, Jeff Speck (ISBN 0865476063)

The City in Mind James Howard Kunstler (ISBN 0684845911)

The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs (ISBN 067974195X)

The New Civic Art Andres Duany (ISBN 0847821862)

The Urban Design Handbook Urban Design Associates (ISBN 0393731065)

Understanding the Law of Zoning and Land Use Controls Barlow Burke (ISBN 0820541125)

Visions for a New American Dream Anton C. Nelessen (ISBN 1884829007)

A great guide to implementing New Urbanist principles from the local to regional levels.

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