Adam Isacson wants to read Natural History of Empty Lots by Christopher Brown
Natural History of Empty Lots by Christopher Brown
During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot in an industrial section of …
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Adam Isacson wants to read Uses of Disorder by Richard Sennett
Uses of Disorder by Richard Sennett
The excitement of the brilliantly innovative book is that it challenges the reader to revise his concept of order—and to …
Adam Isacson wants to read Suburban Nation by Jeff Speck
Adam Isacson wants to read The death and life of great American cities by Jane Jacobs
The death and life of great American cities by Jane Jacobs
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its initial publication, this special edition of Jane Jacobs’s masterpiece, The Death …
Adam Isacson finished reading Playground by Richard Powers
Playground by Richard Powers
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of …
Adam Isacson wants to read Biophilic cities by Timothy Beatley
Adam Isacson wants to read Urban Jungle by Ben Wilson
Adam Isacson started reading Playground by Richard Powers
Playground by Richard Powers
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of …
Adam Isacson finished reading Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and …
Adam Isacson rated Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: 4 stars
Brandon Sanderson: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (2023, Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC)
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and …
Adam Isacson rated Lost Cause: 4 stars
Adam Isacson rated Demon Copperhead: 5 stars
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single …
Adam Isacson rated How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying: 3 stars
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
Groundhog Day meets Deadpool in Django Wexler’s raunchy, hilarious, blood-splattered fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending …
Adam Isacson rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 3 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Adam Isacson rated Going Zero: 2 stars
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
German translation deposit.dnb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=8fe83b04dd604c37a6925db5e106da36&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm Hat man als Einzelner überhaupt eine Chance gegen das System? Eine junge Bibliothekarin aus Boston ist entschlossen, …