{"product_id":"an-urban-odyssey-a-critics-search-for-the-soul-of-cities-and-self-paperback","title":"An Urban Odyssey: A Critic's Search for the Soul of Cities and Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Hall Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn evocative, candid reveal of the media and design worlds by an award-winning journalist and activist urban planner in search of the soul of cities and himself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the stoops of Brooklyn and the streets of East Harlem to the newsrooms of New York and Los Angeles, from the freeways of Southern California to the shores of Malibu, \u003ci\u003eAn Urban Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e traverses the award-winning author's seven decades in the media and the public and private sectors, as well as his time teaching and advocating for a more, equitable, livable city. Here, Sam Hall Kaplan regales readers with personal tales of his time at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and Fox Television, among others, interspersed with anecdotes of a host of the famed and ill-famed. A rollicking reveal of the vainglorious media and design worlds, candid and compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Hall Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e is a renowned print and broadcast journalist, activist urban planner, and teacher, who in a seventy-year career has been a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e design critic, and Emmy Award-winning television commentator. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Deferred\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL.A Lost \u0026amp; Found\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eL.A. Follies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53575162331443,"sku":"9798887195483","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/an-urban-odyssey-a-critics-search-for-the-soul-of-cities-and-self-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}