cities and towns

Simple text help describe what it is like to live in the city.

Detailed essays, extensive photos, and informative sidebars describe life in ancient Sumer, showing the results of significant archaeological digs; also includes a time line and a bibliography.

A collection of essays that offers varying perspectives on issues related to urban communities in the United States.

Provides an introduction to life in the cities and towns of medieval Europe, discussing the origins of urban centers, streets and structures, the role of the church, government, crafts and trade, and health, wealth, and welfare.

Collects the first six volumes of the comic-book series "Astro City," which chronicles the hopes, dreams, and trials of ordinary people and superheroes in a city with a long history of protection from such powerful figures as Samaritan and Winged Victory.

Addresses the various issues surrounding the subject of environmental crisis, including conserving natural resources, saving the ozone layer, reversing environmental damage, and other relatd topics.

Leland Gaunt opens a shop called Needful Things where there is something for everyone, but of course there is always a very high price to pay.

Discusses cities throughout the world that were once thought to only be a myth.

Traces the development of one street from the Stone Age to the present day, from dirt track to the rebuilding of inns as wine bars, showing how people lived and what they did all day.

Explores the many places in the Uglyverse, from the Ugly Firehouse and Ugly Hospital to the Ugly Beauty Shop and the Haunted Woods.