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The City $51.95 Locates the concept of ‘the city’ within traditions of social thought, providing a basis for understanding its varying usages and meanings. Spelling out the importance of a geographical perspective on the city, this book suggests that it is only by bringing different ways of mapping it together that we can begin to make sense of it.

For the City $9.99 This is the story of two pastors whose hearts were gripped by the need for a church in the inner core of their cities. It outlines a gospel-centered missional approach to planting churches that can lead to city renewal and restoration.

In the City $3.95 From rush hour on a busy city street to harvest time down on the farm, the Wheels at Work series provides a close-up look at the world of hardworking trucks, buses, ambulances, tractors, combines and more. With simple narrative sentences and vibrant, detailed artwork, these books put kids behind the wheels of some formidable machines. The vehicles they see every day — in the city or in the country — are brought to life on each appealing page.

To The City $24.95 In the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States moved from a rural to an urban nation, the pull of the city was irrepressible. It was so strong that even a photographic mission designed to record the essence of rural America could not help but capture the energy of urbanization too.  To the City  showcases over 100 photographs from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) project along with extracts from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) guidebooks and oral histories, to convey the detail and dimensions of that transformation. This artfully grouped collection of photographs includes magnificent images by notable photographers Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Gordon Parks, among many others. Foulkes organizes this history of Americana into five themes: Intersection; Traffic; High Life and Low Life; The City in the Country; and Citizens to illuminate the changes in habits, landscapes, and aspirations that the march to cities encompassed. As the rural past holds symbolic sway and the suburb presents demographic force, the urban portion of our history—why and how cities have been a destination for hope—recedes from view.  To the City  is a thoughtful, engaging reminder.

City $3.74 DK Eyewitness City is a brand new topic for this bestselling reference series. Stunning photographs of architecture, streets and skylines offer your child a unique "eyewitness" view to the world's most fascinating cities. Go on a journey with your child from suburbs and shanty towns to high-rise business districts. They'll also discover how cities grow and how they function, from the people and places to the transport and communications. Great for projects or just for fun, make sure your child learns everything they need to know about the City. Find out more and download amazing clipart images at www.dk.com/clipart.