(Part 3) Top products from r/LosAngeles

The Reluctant Metropolis by William Fulton. Not only does he talk about development and history of Los Angeles, but also how it relates to Orange County, the San Fernando Valley, and Las Vegas.

If you're interested in water and politics of the American west including Los Angeles, I also recommend Cadillac Desert -- pretty relevant in this multiyear drought

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For a wealth of data but a perspective of addiction which actually disagrees with what I say (though they are selective in their interpretation) there's this:

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674057272

The standard primer on neurobiology of addiction is this:

https://www.amazon.com/Neurobiology-Addiction-George-F-Koob/dp/0124192394/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869508&sr=8-2&keywords=drugs+koob

For a biopsychosocial perspective, there's this:

https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Society-Human-Behavior-Carl/dp/0073529745/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869548&sr=8-4&keywords=drugs+and+society

By the same author but for a popular audience is this:

https://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869576&sr=8-1&keywords=carl+hart

Another popular, critical book:

https://www.amazon.com/Realm-Hungry-Ghosts-Encounters-Addiction/dp/155643880X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869570&sr=8-1&keywords=in+the+realm+of+hungry+ghosts

Another popular take:
https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Scream-First-Last-Drugs/dp/1620408902


For the history of junkies in the us:

https://www.amazon.com/Creating-American-Junkie-Addiction-Research/dp/0801883830/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869591&sr=8-1&keywords=creating+the+american+junkie

A global one:

https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Oblivion-Global-History-Narcotics/dp/0393051897/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869828&sr=8-1&keywords=in+pursuit+of+oblivion

Primer on Harm Reduction:

https://www.amazon.com/Harm-Reduction-Second-Pragmatic-Strategies/dp/1462502563/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869612&sr=8-2&keywords=harm+reduction

Primer on drugs and drug policy, quite neutral:

https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Drug-Policy-Everyone-Needs-ebook/dp/B0054ID9UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869623&sr=8-1&keywords=drugs+kleiman

A book on the legalization of drugs:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765701510/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Another, economic take, on legalization:

https://www.amazon.com/Drug-War-Crimes-Consequences-Prohibition/dp/0945999909

Sociology of drugs in the US:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199935904/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Psychopharmacology primer intro:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0878935347/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A criticism of the concept of addiction:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814747647/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Some more esoteric but interesting stuff on epigenetics, neuroscience etc:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0849373913/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1


A great book on the anthropology of drugs (this author also writes a lot of smaller papers too):

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6614135-righteous-dopefiend

If anyone is interested in learning more about Lockheed in Burbank, this book has some pretty good stories about some of the high profile projects that were designed/built there.

This was the first cookbook I owned and it is how I learned to cook. Now I make much more advanced recipes and I can just whip things up from whatever is around the house.

The very first lesson in cooking is knowing that you need to read the entire recipe before starting.

Also, Sur La Table offers Knife Skills classes. Basic knife skills are an important part of cooking. The New School of Cooking offers basic courses, but they are pretty pricey.

Here's a great book to counter!, and at the BLS look at the different employment time series since 97.

Yes! Jonathan Gold knows his stuff. Counter Intelligence is also worth a look.

I would recommend Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers singer/original member) and L.A. Son by Roy Choi (chef/Kogi truck mastermind). Both autobiographies tell stories about how growing up in LA shaped who they are.

Check out my New York Times bestselling graphic novel The White Donkey, published by Little Brown, below. I have a new book with LB coming this winter as well.

The White Donkey

Hardcore. Proven. Repeatable. Science.

No, I really don’t know. I think most people who take it seriously likely base it on Freud’s thinking, though that’s just an educated guess.

When I was a kid I was given a book on dreams by Tony Crisp. It’s a fun one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0440237076/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_0440237076

my boss is on this diet and it surprisingly seems to work! i'm thinking of doing it myself, anyone ever tried it?
http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Metabolism-Diet-More-Weight/dp/0307986276/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452102536&sr=8-1&keywords=haylie+pomroy

The Average American Male

It's hilarious and the whole setting is all around you.

I recently read "Revolt of the Cockroach People" by Oscar Acosta (aka Dr. Gonzo in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas). Highly recommended for the uninitiated if you're interested in more of this rich history. He took up a lot of the Chicano legal cases in that period. Those seemed like crazy times, politically and culturally.

Anything by John Fante is hilarious and poignant.

Joan Didion has a singular voice and nails Los Angeles to the wall. Not a novel, I know, but so what.

http://www.amazon.com/On-Gold-Mountain-Lisa-See/dp/0307950395/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404907708&sr=8-1&keywords=on+gold+mountain

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

Life changing

For an early history I suggest
The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space

Mike Davis is also fun to read

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (1990, 2006)

Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster (1998)

Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the U.S. Big City (2000)

The majority of all development in DTLA is completely shortsighted and go against proper urban planning in principle. I share your frustration and I'm glad there's some of us who think what they're doing is wrong for the city and its people. The city has or now seems it had a great opportunity in making this a great city. But that seems to fade further and further. I've become more pessimistic as the years pass. Jose Huizar has become the Robert Moses of Los Angeles going on a binge rubber-stamping horrible unwelcoming structures. History tells us these developments will not have longevity thus destroying the city's appeal. And for the guy who said we need a parking lot in that development. Time will prove you wrong. Studies conclude parking is extremely detrimental to a city both in economics and property value. The people in charge of city planning should travel a bit and take note of what works and what doesn't. You would think these people are well versed and educated but that seems to prove otherwise. Maybe Jose Huizar should read a little about Jane Jacobs' legacy in standing up to bad urban planning. http://www.amazon.com/Death-Life-Great-American-Cities/dp/067974195X