Sean Hertel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Sean Hertel on XConsulting planner helping plan & build around transit. Speak, write & facilitate. Teach planning @yorkUEUC @envwaterloo & @TMUsurp. Harrow-Windsor-Detroit son.

Perfect City: An Urban Fixer's Global Search for Magic in the Modern Metropolis
Joe Berridge@donnelly_b “Perfect City” by @joe_berridge provides good insights into this. A book I highly recommend for city-builders and urban thinkers everywhere. Preview: “Jane’s ideas don’t scale.”
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Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Declineof America's Man-Made Landscape
James Howard Kunstler@Fleischmarket @TO_Resident Think James Howard Kunstler, in his seminal work The Geography of Nowhere, said something like “People love Disney World but forget why when then go home to suburban hell.”
Paperback, 1994
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Far Side
Gary LarsonWe’re all this guy, at one time or another (The Far Side, Gary Larson). https://t.co/ohj57IDdML
Paperback, 1982
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bold Ventures: Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy
Charlotte Van Den Broeck“Mediocrity is worse than failure.” - Charlotte Van den Broeck, from her book “Bold Ventures”.
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book