Klinenberg masterfully weaves topics like social media and climate security into his perspective on social infrastructure, which creates a spark for anyone looking to build, reignite or scale a community with an eye toward impact and longevity. The book is full of sometimes sad and sometimes uplifting examples of the power of investing in social infrastructure, from schools to parks to shops to pools, and more. Palaces for the People: How to Build a More Equal and United Society by Eric Klinenberg review Why libraries, parks and other endangered public spaces are essential to good city living. Social infrastructure plays a critical role in helping humans to form connections with each other in the public and private spaces in their surroundings. I recently reread Eric Klinenberg’s 2018 nonfiction work Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life. Klinenberg argues that social infrastructure is the key to safety and prosperity in 21st-century urban America. In this book, Klinenberg looks at how the social infrastructure (what he defines as “physical conditions that determine whether social capital develops”) of a neighborhood helps or hinders how human connection and relationships are fostered. Community diminishes social isolation, which lessens a myriad of mental and physical health consequences. We all want to belong to a community and to build social capital.
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"The Constant Gardener" is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time.Copyright © Libri GmbH. Justin Quayle, amateur gardener and ineffectual bureaucrat, seemingly oblivious to his wife's cause, discovers his own resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love. His eighteenth novel is also the profoundly moving story of a man whom tragedy elevates. A master chronicler of the deceptions and betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, le Carre portrays, in "The Constant Gardener," the dark side of unbridled capitalism. Tessa's much older husband, Justin, a career diplomat at the British High Commission in Nairobi, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive. Her putative African lover and traveling companion, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has vanished from the scene of the crime. Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carre's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near northern Kenya's Lake Turkana, the birthplace of mankind. This is right up there to what I expect from such a talented narrator. Yes, I've listened to many of Kinsale's other novels that he's narrated. Have you listened to any of Nicholas Boulton’s other performances before? How does this one compare? I don't want to share more cause I don't want to reveal anything, but it was a very memorable scene. It was a heart wrenching and tragic way to grow, but after the ambush I feel like she was able to connect with Sheridan on a deeper level. I'd say the scene that stuck out most in my mind was an ambush at sea, because I feel like it pushed Olympia's character to a whole new level of understanding and growth. There are a lot of really memorable moments in this novel. What was one of the most memorable moments of Seize the Fire? 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Her desire to be surrounded by all things fantastical led her to pursue a career in the visual effects and animation industry. Astrid Scholte has loved telling stories for as long as she can remember, writing her first "novel" at age 5. |