City Management

This is the story of a local government manager who got hired by a small mountain town in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in his first city manager job. The job got complicated from the first day and developed into more and more complexity.

Charlotte is a tale of one city, a meditation and inquiry into the inner life of one Southern metro of 2.6 million. It is also a story of life in cities across America. It is about a profound and prevalent experience of daily life, yet so seldom acknowledged or allowed expression, it has no name. This book calls it Soul, referring to Sense of Place, Home, the universal and innate need of people to form attachment to and shape where they live.

2026 Update The Beautiful Machine: Guardiola’s Manchester City By Alex Ishikawa The definitive story of how Pep Guardiola transformed Manchester City into the greatest football team of the modern era. From the terraces of Maine Road to the global glory of the Etihad, The Beautiful Machine tells the inside story of Manchester City’s remarkable evolution — a journey from chaos to control, from grit to grace, from dream to dynasty. Written in vivid, journalistic prose by football author Alex Ishikawa, this book explores how Pep Guardiola redefined English football, blending art and ...

Eight hours of soft, distant city-at-night ambience — the gentle hum of late streets, faraway traffic, and the calm pulse of a sleeping city, crafted to calm the mind, mask distractions, and carry you into deep, restorative sleep.

Water is the lifeblood of urban development, yet its sustainable management remains one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. As mega cities expand to accommodate burgeoning populations and economic activities, the demand for clean water surges while traditional supply systems struggle to keep pace. This book, "Water Management in Mega Cities: Engineering Sustainable Water Supply Systems for Urban Growth," delves into the innovative solutions, strategies, and technologies essential for ensuring water security in an era of rapid urbanization and climate change. Drawing on a ...

Charles' crazy wager paid off. After facing near annihilation, he managed to upend Nicos the warmonger and secure a new strip of land near the coast. With Tine growing steadily, he can now turn his attention to developing this new village and turning it into a new powerhouse. But as always, nothing ever goes as planned. For one, the borders of his new territory do not quite reach the water, so he cannot build a Seaport until he levels up his village. He cannot even access the resource tiles such as the fish, making this place completely depend on Tine for food.

There are so many reasons to be angry after the devastating discovery of being betrayed and deceived by the person you trusted the most with your heart, your body and mind, and your life. Eighty-four percent of betrayed partners who participated in a Betrayal Trauma Anger survey reported the anger they experienced after discovery was more intense than at any other time in their life.

Red Shoes Living offers a higher standard by which you can live, work, and thrive. In a world that is increasingly noisy and negative, the Red Shoes philosophy has become a symbol for making a positive impact. As an authentic authority in this growing movement, Lonnie Mayne shares his expertise on standing out in the way you live, the way you interact with people, and the way you can make a difference - whether in business or your personal life.

How did Circuit City go from a Mom and Pop store with a mere $13,000 investment, to the best performing Fortune 500 Company for any fifteen-year period between 1965 and 1995, to bankruptcy and liquidation in 2009? What must leaders do not only to take a business from good to great, but to avoid plummeting from great to gone in a constantly evolving marketplace?

Pete and Geri Scazzero developed The Emotionally Healthy (EH) Relationships Course over a 21-year period to directly address core biblical principles to guide you and others into an experience of discipleship that will deeply change your life. In the EH Relationships Course, everyone will learn...

Resisting Garbage presents a new approach to understanding practices of waste removal and recycling in American cities, one that is grounded in the close observation of case studies while being broadly applicable to many American cities today.

From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environment reflect and determine the way we think, connect, and live. We've been led to believe that purposefully designed spaces are something reserved only for...

After an intelligence failure at Op-Center results in a major terrorist attack, director Chase Williams radically transforms the agency into a ground-breaking new mobile strike force. It’s a beautiful day in Manhattan as excited tourists board the floating Air and Space Museum on the USS...

The wait is over: Arsenal are Premier League Champions. Now you can read the exclusive story. For two decades, Arsenal Football Club was weighed down by under-achievement and internal friction. But under the visionary leadership of Mikel Arteta, the club has shed its bad apples, forged an...

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022 Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about how you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is played, coached, scouted and...

Step into the world of green innovation and sustainable living with "Urban Permaculture Blueprint," the definitive guide that will transform your urban space into a thriving ecosystem. Whether you have a small balcony or a concrete backyard, this eBook unveils the secrets of creating a permaculture paradise in the heart of the city. Discover a treasure trove of knowledge as you delve into the essence of urban permaculture, beginning with the foundational principles that can benefit even the most challenged urban settings. Navigate through the complexities of soil health, learning the art of...

Urban water infrastructure is under mounting pressure from climate change, aging assets, and rapidly expanding service demands. Sensor networks, machine learning, and data platforms are restructuring how cities monitor, operate, and govern critical water systems — but only where the right governance and institutional conditions are in place. - Understand how smart metering, LoRaWAN sensor networks, and edge computing generate the data on which every downstream analytics application depends - Analyze machine learning applications in water demand forecasting, pipe failure prediction, and ...

Climate-resilient cities are no longer an aspiration but a survival requirement as heat, flooding, and storms intensify across urban regions worldwide. This analytical framework shows how planners, officials, and infrastructure professionals can turn exposure into durable resilience. - Understand the conceptual foundations that separate genuine urban resilience from incremental adaptation and coping. - Analyze climate hazards and urban risk assessment methods that reveal where exposure and vulnerability concentrate. - Discover how resilient infrastructure and safe-to-fail design keep ...

A practical and irreverent guide to Burning Man, its philosophy, why people do this to themselves, and how it matters to the world Over 30 years Burning Man has gone from two families on a San Francisco beach to a global movement in which hundreds of thousands of people around the world create...

In “The Trail to Success: A City Manager on Leadership, Management, and Civic Empowerment" Howard W. Brown Jr. shares his inspiring journey from a first generation college student to one of the youngest and few Black city managers in the nation. This memoir is not just a chronicle of Brown's rise, but also a candid account of the challenges he faced along the way. From a youthful marriage and subsequent divorce, raising two children, financial struggles, multiple relocations, to the relentless scrutiny of the media, Brown's journey was far from easy.