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Neil Smith

    1 janvier 1964
    Neil Smith
    The dying detective
    Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space
    Le couteau
    Beartown
    The New Urban Frontier
    Yes I Can!: Struggles from Childhood to the NFL
    • Filled with vibrant illustrations and engaging photos, this book encourages children to confront their challenges with confidence. It offers a blend of inspiring text aimed at both kids and parents, making it a valuable resource for sharing life lessons. Through its action-packed content, readers are motivated to embrace resilience and positivity, fostering a sense of empowerment.

      Yes I Can!: Struggles from Childhood to the NFL
    • The New Urban Frontier

      Gentrification and the Revanchist City

      • 288pages
      • 11 heures de lecture
      4,3(134)Évaluer

      Focusing on the harsh realities of gentrification, the book delves into the complex relationships between urban policy, eviction, and homelessness. Neil Smith presents a detailed examination of the conflicts arising in newly gentrifying areas, shedding light on the struggles faced by communities as they navigate the impacts of urban development. Through a critical lens, the work highlights the social and economic challenges that accompany these transformations in urban landscapes.

      The New Urban Frontier
    • In a large Swedish forest Beartown hides a dark secret ... Cut-off from everywhere else it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart. And each year more and more of the town is swallowed by the forest. Then the town is offered a bright new future. But it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act. It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justice done. Who will speak up? Could you stand by and stay silent? Or would you risk everything for justice? Which side would you be on?

      Beartown
    • Focusing on the theory of uneven geographical development, this work intertwines concepts of space and nature with a critique of capitalism. It presents innovative analyses of how nature is produced and the implications of scale in politics, providing insights into the uneven patterns that characterize neoliberal globalization today. The author's pioneering approach offers a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of economic and environmental interactions.

      Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space
    • Retired Chief of the National Crime Police and Swedish Security Service Lars Martin Johansson has just suffered a stroke.

      The dying detective
    • Lazarus

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      4,1(6496)Évaluer

      It may take you a while to sleep after you finish it - Daily Express. The most chilling and terrifying serial killer thriller of the year, from international bestseller Lars Kepler.

      Lazarus
    • The Endgame of Globalization

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,9(22)Évaluer

      The book explores the implications of the American invasion of Iraq as a culmination of a long-standing effort to enforce a specific model of globalization influenced by multinational corporations and liberal economic theories. While the invasion dismantled Saddam Hussein's regime, it also triggered a series of counterforces that threaten to unravel America's recent global initiatives, suggesting a significant shift in the geopolitical landscape.

      The Endgame of Globalization
    • Uneven Development

      • 323pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      3,9(14)Évaluer

      Offers the theory of uneven geographical development, expanding on established ideas regarding space and nature and combining these with a critique of capitalist economics.

      Uneven Development
    • Boo

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      3,9(2404)Évaluer

      From Neil Smith, author of the award-winning, internationally acclaimed story collection Bang Crunch, comes a dark but whimsical debut novel about starting over in the afterlife in the vein of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. When Oliver 'Boo' Dalrymple wakes up in heaven, the eighth-grade science geek thinks he died of a heart defect at his school. But soon after arriving in this hereafter reserved for dead thirteen-year-olds, Boo discovers heâe(tm)s a 'gommer', a kid who was murdered. Whatâe(tm)s more, his killer may also be in heaven. With help from his volatile classmate Johnny, Boo sets out to track down the mysterious Gunboy who cut short both their lives. In a heart-rending story written to his beloved parents, the odd but endearing Boo relates his astonishing heavenly adventures as he tests the limits of friendship, learns about forgiveness and, finally, makes peace with the boy he once was and the boy he can now be.

      Boo