A burglar's guide to the city
"Studying architecture the way a burglar would, Geoff Manaugh takes readers through walls, down elevator shafts, into panic rooms, and out across the rooftops of an unsuspecting city. At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms whe...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Studying architecture the way a burglar would, Geoff Manaugh takes readers through walls, down elevator shafts, into panic rooms, and out across the rooftops of an unsuspecting city. 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. Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and break-ins, the book draws on the expertise of reformed bank robbers, FBI Special Agents, private security consultants, the L.A.P.D. Air Support Division, and architects past and present. Whether picking locks 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 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."--From publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 296 pages ; 19 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780374117269 (pbk.) 0374117268 (pbk.) |
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