{"id":2529,"date":"2013-07-30T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2013-07-30T12:34:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T16:34:05","slug":"giant-island-press-ebook-sale-on-urbanism-titles-4-99-until-aug-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/07\/30\/giant-island-press-ebook-sale-on-urbanism-titles-4-99-until-aug-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Island Press eBook sale on urbanism titles &#8211; $4.99, until Aug. 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Island Press is celebrating the summer with a giant eBook sale. This special sale includes more than 500 titles from three decades of publishing the best ideas and information in environmental studies, including books on water, food systems, cities, ecosystems, and climate.\u00a0This deal ends on midnight, <strong>Monday, August 5th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more information at the Island Press <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandpress.org\/sale\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0or browse your favorite eBook retailer (i.e. amazon.ca, kobo&#8230;.or you can see a full list of Island Press titles on sale at amazonKindle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search\/ref=sr_adv_b\/?search-alias=stripbooks&amp;unfiltered=1&amp;field-keywords=&amp;field-author=&amp;field-title=&amp;field-isbn=&amp;field-publisher=island+press+-vashon+-winter+-grove+-sea+-tales+-mackinac+-long+-palm+-marrowstone+-rebel+-margaret+-desert+-Boularderie+-sandy+-nation+-peaks+-leisure+-columbia+-murder+-mythic+-flying&amp;node=&amp;field-p_n_condition-type=&amp;field-feature_browse-bin=618073011&amp;field-subject=&amp;field-language=&amp;field-dateop=During&amp;field-datemod=&amp;field-dateyear=&amp;sort=relevanceexprank&amp;Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=23&amp;Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=5\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.). For all you urban enthusiasts, there are a lot of classics and amazing titles, many of which we at Spacing have reviewed. Here is a shortlist of some great titles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Life-Between-Buildings-Using-Public\/dp\/1597268275\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375200708&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=life+between+buildings\" target=\"_blank\">Life Between Buildings<\/a> by Jan Gehl<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Cities-People-Jan-Gehl\/dp\/159726573X\/ref=pd_sim_b_1\" target=\"_blank\">Cities for People<\/a> by Jan Gehl<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Urbanism-Climate-Change-Peter-Calthorpe\/dp\/1597267201\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375201375&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Urbanism+in+the+Age+of+Climate+Change\" target=\"_blank\">Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change<\/a> by Peter Calthorpe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Regional-City-Peter-Calthorpe\/dp\/1559637846\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375201447&amp;sr=1-3\" target=\"_blank\">The Regional City<\/a> by Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Human-Transit-Clearer-Thinking-Communities\/dp\/1597269727\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375200420&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=human+transit\" target=\"_blank\">Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives<\/a> by\u00a0Jarrett Walker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/City-Rules-Regulations-Affect-Urban\/dp\/1597266922\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375200781&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=City+rules\" target=\"_blank\">City Rules: How Regulations Affect Urban Form<\/a> by Emily Talen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Urbanism-Without-Effort-ebook\/dp\/B00CGRHBN4\/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375200842&amp;sr=1-1-spell&amp;keywords=urbanism+without+effore\" target=\"_blank\">Urbanism Without Effort<\/a> by Charles R. Wolfe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Sprawl-Repair-Manual-Galina-Tachieva\/dp\/1597267325\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375200911&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=sprawl+repair+manual\" target=\"_blank\">Sprawl Repair Manual<\/a> by Galina Tachieva<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those of you who have yet to collect some of these foundation books on urbanism, this is your chance to get them at a fraction of the price &#8211; some as much as 90% off. \u00a0Happy reading!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information visit the Island Press <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandpress.org\/sale\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Island Press is celebrating the summer with a giant eBook sale. This special sale includes more than 500 titles from three decades of publishing the best ideas and information in environmental studies, including books on water, food systems, cities, ecosystems, and climate.\u00a0This deal ends on midnight, Monday, August 5th. You can find out more information<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/07\/30\/giant-island-press-ebook-sale-on-urbanism-titles-4-99-until-aug-5th\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Giant Island Press eBook sale on urbanism titles &#8211; $4.99, until Aug. 5th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":2530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[412,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-urban-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Giant Island Press eBook sale on urbanism titles - $4.99, until Aug. 5th - Spacing National<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/07\/30\/giant-island-press-ebook-sale-on-urbanism-titles-4-99-until-aug-5th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giant Island Press eBook sale on urbanism titles - $4.99, until Aug. 5th - Spacing National\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Island Press is celebrating the summer with a giant eBook sale. 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