There is an emerging consensus that urban street layouts should be planned with greater attention to 'placemaking' and urban design quality, while maintaining the conventional transport functions of accessibility and connectivity. However, it is not always clear how this might be achieved: we still tend to have different sets of guidance for main road networks and for local str...(展开全部)

塔里克·阿里，作家兼制片人。1968年席卷全球五大洲的抗议和反叛运动的领袖人物之一。写有四部小说和十多部有关世界历史和政治的著作。曾经是《新左派评论》的编辑，是《新侏儒》刊物的创办者之一。现居伦敦。 苏珊·沃特金斯，自由撰稿人。著有《女性主义入门：妇女的权力》、《截止目前的情况》和历史小说《马克思的恋爱》。现居伦敦。

塔里克·阿里，作家兼制片人。1968年席卷全球五大洲的抗议和反叛运动的领袖人物之一。写有四部小说和十多部有关世界历史和政治的著作。曾经是《新左派评论》的编辑，是《新侏儒》刊物的创办者之一。现居伦敦。 苏珊·沃特金斯，自由撰稿人。著有《女性主义入门：妇女的权力》、《截止目前的情况》和历史小说《马克思的恋爱》。现居伦敦。

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A timeless classic of sleazy London life in the 1930s, a world of streets, full of cruelty and kindness, comedy and pathos, where people emerge from cheap lodgings in Pimlico to pour out their passions, hopes and despair in pubs and bars.

From the creator of HBO's "The Wire," the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television showThe scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possib...(展开全部)

大卫·西蒙（David Simon），美国著名电视剧监制、编剧及作家。前《巴尔的摩太阳报》记者。他的纪实作品《凶年》荣获1992年度爱伦·坡最佳真实罪案奖。根据《凶年》改编的《凶案组：街头生活》和《火线》都成为了经典剧集，被誉为美剧黄金时代的代表作，彰显了美剧在文学性及社会批评方面的可能性。

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book...(展开全部)

Dancing in the Streets explores a human impulse that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Drawing on a wealth of history and anthropology, Barbara Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. From the earli...(展开全部)

芭芭拉·艾伦瑞克（Barbara Ehrenreich），美国畅销书女作家。 1941年生，洛克菲勒大学细胞生物学博士，女性主义者、民主社会主义者和政治活动家。专栏作家，作品常出现在《哈泼》《国家》《新共和》等重要刊物中。 她出身底层，父亲是矿工，前夫是卡车司机，因此特 别 关注美国底层社会的生活。至今已出版21本著作，代表作有《纽约时报》畅销榜作品《M型社会白领的新试炼》《街头的狂欢》《我在底层的生活》《失控的正向思考》等。