The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community by Ray Oldenburg

The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community

Ray Oldenburg

384 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The landmark survey that celebrates all the places where people hang out--and is helping to spawn their revivalA New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "Third places," or "great good places," are the many public places where people can gather,...

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