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A Burglar's Guide to the City
A Burglar's Guide to the City | Geoff Manaugh
Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again. At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone hoping to break into it. Studying architecture the way a burglar would, Geoff Manaugh takes readers through walls, down elevator shafts, into panic rooms, up to the buried vaults of banks, and out across the rooftops of an unsuspecting city. With the help of FBI Special Agents, reformed bank robbers, private security consultants, the L.A.P.D. Air Support Division, and architects past and present, the book dissects the built environment from both sides of the law. Whether picking padlocks or climbing the walls of high-rise apartments, finding gaps in a museum's surveillance routine or discussing home invasions in ancient Rome, A Burglar's Guide to the City has the tools, the tales, and the x-ray vision you need to see architecture as nothing more than an obstacle that can be outwitted and undercut. Full of real-life heists-both spectacular and absurd-A Burglar's Guide to the City ensures readers will never enter a bank again without imagining how to loot the vault or walk down the street without planning the perfect getaway.
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vivastory
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This received a good amount of buzz when released a few years ago, but looking at the feed it's been awhile since it's been posted. Still TBR, this nf historical survey of burglaries & heists sounds informative & fun. I'm sure I'll learn a thing or two about entry points on #rooftop #WishesandBlessings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Does sound fun 🤩 2y
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marginalia_misfit
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At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone hoping to break into it.

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NotCool
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If you liked the television show Leverage, I think you‘ll like this.

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Well-ReadNeck
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REPollock I liked this, so many fascinating stories. 6y
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BeththeBookDragon
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Methadone was initially meant to be crime prevention, not treatment. People forget that... heroin addiction can be directly related to crime rates.

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Audiobookhead
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Really enjoying this one on audio today.

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Well-ReadNeck
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#maybookflowers #bestofmay

These were my favs from this month. Unexpectedly, A Burglar's Guide was amazeballs!!!

Soubhiville I just go Ghachar Ghochar. I'm hearing good things about it. 7y
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Pickpick

I've never read anything quite like this before. A very interesting read to get me back into non fiction.

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Bundoolin
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Almost done with this one 👌

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Bundoolin
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Today was rough, but it's nice to have a chill reading afternoon. Also, I bought a hammock today! With warm weather upon us, I can't wait to get outside to read more #myfavoritethings

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Bundoolin
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I'm in love with this weather 😍😍

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Well-ReadNeck
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I absolutely loved this!!! So much fodder for cocktail conversations. 💯

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Bundoolin
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Baseball reading 💯

Suet624 Doing some baseball and Litsy reading! 7y
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Bundoolin
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Today's library book haul 👌 #library

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Angeles
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Bailedbailed

Interesting subject and fresh perspective but either the narrator or the excessive slightly too literary descriptions given the subject matter conspired to make me abandon this audiobook. I might try to give it another go in print

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LubicaP
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The topic is fascinating but this material would have a worked better as a series of interviews for a podcast. The writing is unfocused and facts are thin on the ground.

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SarahBZ
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Walked in to look and walked out with a stack. Story of my life in bookstores.

Well-ReadNeck Saw this one in a bookstore recently. Almost bought it. Now, of course, I will next time! 8y
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typebooks
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Recommend sections for this book are MYSTERY and ARCHITECTURE and I don't know if I can think of another book that would also be true for. Non-fiction about the urban considerations of breaking and entering.

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megmcardle
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No trip to NYC would be complete without a trip to the Strand. Picked up a book that got lots of good buzz.

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hcmarks
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A deep look into real-life criminals & their love of solving the greatest urban dilemma: how to get into a building w/out using the front door. Feat. interviews w/retired & not-so-retired burglars, law enforcement, and private security personnel, ABGttC opens the vault door on the world of burglary.

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MatthewBurris
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Urban exploration! Heists! Dumb criminals! Architecture!

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