Along with the summer edition of What We Are Reading, we are sharing our staff picks of local, independent bookstores. We look forward to walking the aisles and browsing for hours in these favorite haunts someday soon, but we can support them now. If any of the titles on our summer reading catch your interest, look to your favorite local book seller to pick up a copy.
The Book Rack, Arlington MA
Frugal Bookstore, Roxbury MA
Papercuts, Boston, MA
Porter Square Books, Somerville MA
Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
Trident Booksellers, Boston, MA
Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge MA
Whitelam Books, Reading MA
Books on the Square, Providence RI
Here’s what our start of summer reading list looks like. It’s a snapshot of books, articles and features that have caught our interest – from digging in to understand our role and the work to be done towards creating a more equitable society to an unexpected, entertaining reinterpretation of the architecture of cities – we’re taking it all in.
Midnight in Chernobyl, Adam Higginbotham
The Great Land Robbery
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
The 1619 Project
The White Goddess, Robert Graves
A Burglars Guide to the City, Geoff-Manaugh
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
Northeastern EXP features an organic pinwheel design, shaping research and classroom neighborhoods with shared community spaces radiating from the core to define each area. The building façade was tuned to achieve a 78% reduction in peak solar heat gain and a 62% reduction in cumulative solar radiation leading to energy use reductions and reduced mechanical system sizing. The use of stainless steel further leads to an embodied carbon reduction of almost one million tons when compared to aluminum while the natural stainless surface reflects light in a natural and warm tone giving the building an inherent energy.
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