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Heather Boyer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Editorial director and editor of books at Island Press. Focused on cities, people, transit, the planet. Tired of cars.

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Book Cover for: Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering, Lynn Peterson

Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering

Lynn Peterson
Heather BoyerHeather Boyer

All print books at @IslandPress are 50% off until midnight. You can get a sneak peek at Roadways for People (pub date December) by Lynn Peterson at half price. https://t.co/GLUY8Eq6kF

Paperback, 2022

$32.00Member price:$32.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives, Chris Bruntlett

Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

Chris Bruntlett
Heather BoyerHeather Boyer

Have you been waiting to buy the new Trains, Buses, People by @christofspieler, Curbing Traffic by @modacitylife, or Autonorama by Peter Norton? The @IslandPress sale goes through tomorrow (12/3) at midnight! No lining up at the door. Just go to http://islandpress.org

Paperback, 2021

$30.00Member price:$30.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition, Shalanda Baker

Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition

Shalanda Baker
Heather BoyerHeather Boyer

"We're in a fork in the road. We can choose to harden the existing centralized infrastructure or we take the other path", Shalanda Baker and Revolutionary Power @IP_URP https://t.co/inl75cOrqn via @nbcnews

Paperback, 2021

$32.00Member price:$32.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Unconventional Vehicles: Forty-Five of the Strangest Cars, Trains, Planes, Submersibles, Dirigibles, and Rockets Ever, Michael Hearst

Unconventional Vehicles: Forty-Five of the Strangest Cars, Trains, Planes, Submersibles, Dirigibles, and Rockets Ever

Michael Hearst
Heather BoyerHeather Boyer

@AndrewRumbach I second the Mercy Watson suggestion. While they are not chapter books, your daughter may like the Michael Hearst books, Unusual Creatures, Curious Constructions, and Unconventional Vehicles.

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Book Cover for: Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving, Peter Norton

Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving

Peter Norton
Heather BoyerHeather Boyer

@skip_sf Peter Norton makes this argument in Autonorama https://t.co/HVKMNCRFxg

Hardcover, 2021

$35.00Member price:$35.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Curious Constructions: A Peculiar Portfolio of Fifty Fascinating Structures (Construction Books for Kids, Picture Books about Building, Creat, Michael Hearst

Curious Constructions: A Peculiar Portfolio of Fifty Fascinating Structures (Construction Books for Kids, Picture Books about Building, Creat

Michael Hearst
Heather BoyerHeather Boyer

@AndrewRumbach I second the Mercy Watson suggestion. While they are not chapter books, your daughter may like the Michael Hearst books, Unusual Creatures, Curious Constructions, and Unconventional Vehicles.

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Book Cover for: Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of Us Transit, Christof Spieler

Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of Us Transit

Christof Spieler
Heather BoyerHeather Boyer

Have you been waiting to buy the new Trains, Buses, People by @christofspieler, Curbing Traffic by @modacitylife, or Autonorama by Peter Norton? The @IslandPress sale goes through tomorrow (12/3) at midnight! No lining up at the door. Just go to http://islandpress.org

Paperback, 2018

$45.00Member price:$45.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)