<p>Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tom Hylton and photographer Blair Seitz have teamed up on a thought provoking, visually striking book on the evils of suburban sprawl. In words and pictures, the book contrasts the pleasant, pastoral images we like to hold of America's towns and countryside with what is increasingly becoming the reality - bulldozed farmland, abandoned factories and row homes, glutted highways, and sterile housing developments. Hylton contends that these problems are an outgrowth of a trend in professional planning which began in the 1930's of grouping similar land uses together, and of post-World War II government policies that encouraged suburban development. Hylton describes the subtle ways in which the development patterns of the past fifty years have contributed to the decline of our sense of community. Suburban-type development seems designed to separate - to separate homes from places of work, to separate different economic classes and races, and perhaps most importantly, to separate individuals from each other. The separation of individuals is caused by the size of suburban lots and by the need to use cars to get anywhere. Hylton cites one poignant example of the isolation that results from these trends: there are far fewer opportunities for children who live in suburban developments to visit with older people. A change in public policy to encourage building true communities would strike at the root of many problems for which we now seek simple solutions, including political hot button issues such as welfare reform and, yes, even crime. Anyone who is concerned about the future of our environment and quality of life will find ample evidence that we need to combat sprawl and nurture communities. The book has been reprinted and revised five times since it was first published in 1995. The book was most recently revised and updated in 2008.</p>

Save Our Land, Save Our Towns

Thomas Hylton

Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Inc.

<p>The Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom &amp; Wanderings is a celebration of the bicycle by people who love to ride. It's a tribute to one of the finest, most efficient, useful machines ever invented. It's packed with original stories, narratives and cartoons from a talented corps of writers and artists from around the world. The book features 32 articles and scattered throughout the book is a collection of 43 cartoons from artists whose work has appeared in a wide array of magazines. Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Thomas Hylton, kicks off the collection with Bicycling and Walking, a sensible, prescriptive editorial on why cycling-friendly communities are winners. On his heels is Keeping Up With Lance, Scott Roberts' exclusive, one-on-one interview with Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong's long time coach and friend. Two prominent names in cycling journalism - Richard Fries, editor of Bike Culture, and Maurice Tierney, publisher of Dirt Rag - comment on the future of bicycling. And that's just the beginning.</p>

The Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom and Wanderings

Humor & Entertainment

Chip Haynes

Theresa Russell

John Stuart Clark

Gianna Bellofatto Reid

Humor

Satya House Publications

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