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After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see waste management as an object of environmental governance central to the creation of "modern" cities, and experiment...

After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see waste management as an object of environmental governance central to the creation of "modern" cities, and experiment...

Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world, seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun takes her savings and goes off the grid. A haunting and romantic novel about family, friendship, philosophy, fitting in, and love from Amy Zhang, the acclaimed author of Falling into Place and This Is Where the World Ends.Ocean Sun has always felt an enormous pressure to succeed. After struggli...

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This book advances the reflexion into how temporary urbanism is shaping cities across the world. Temporary urbanism has become a core concept in urban development, and its application is increasingly crossing the borders of both the North and the Global South. There is a need to reflect upon the diverse ways of understanding and implementing the temporary in the production of space internationally and discuss what this means, for both research...

Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her deep ambivalence about her own place in the world, seventeen-year-old Ocean Wu takes her savings and goes off the grid. A haunting and romantic novel about family, friendship, philosophy, and love from Amy Zhang, the acclaimed author of Falling into Place and This Is Where the World Ends.Ocean Wu has always felt enormous pressure to succeed. After struggling with depressio...

This book advances the reflexion into how temporary urbanism is shaping cities across the world. Temporary urbanism has become a core concept in urban development, and its application is increasingly crossing the borders of both the North and the Global South. There is a need to reflect upon the diverse ways of understanding and implementing the temporary in the production of space internationally and discuss what this means, for both research...

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A heartbreaking and non-linear novel, told by an unexpected narrator, piecing together the short and devastating life of a popular high school junior who steers her car into a tree. Why did Liz Emerson decide the world would be better off without her?

Upon the heartbreaking loss of her colleagues and mentor, Sable, the guardian of darkness, finds herself facing a new battle with enemies rising darker and stronger than ever before. But it is her destiny to unite the others and save the galaxy as we know it. Although her loss has left her feeling ashamed, frustrated, and betrayed, Sable gets back on her feet and shoulders the responsibility to search for and train the next generation of guard...

Once upon a time . . .There was a girl named Janie Vivian. And a boy named Micah Carter. And a boy named Dewey. A boy named Ander. A girl named Piper.And once upon a time . . . Janie Vivian declared an apocalypse. And they all fell down. They all fell down.Micah can’t remember when or how or why. But he knows one thing for certain:This is where the world ends.We drive in silence. I study my palms. There are four perfect half moons where my nai...

The author of FALLING INTO PLACE returns with a second contemporary, realistic novel for teens that tells the story of Micah Carter and Janie Vivian - secret best friends on a collision course with the real world. For fans of Lauren Oliver, Gayle Forman, and Jay Asher.

A heart-wrenching novel about best friends on a collision course with the real world from Amy Zhang, the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce and Indie Next author of Falling into Place. Janie and Micah, Micah and Janie.

A final year Interior Architecture thesis project which explores the possibilities of the re-design of The New Zealand Film Archive through theory, design and research. The extremities of time relate explicitly to the opportunities and challenges that film offers in relation to the capture, recording, storage and preserving of time. Taking leads from the theoretical investigations of the project, the form and function of a computer hard drive ...

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Sable Morovsky made a mistake by letting her ambition run away with her while turning a blind eye to her deadliest foe. In her world, who is a friend? Who is an enemy? Nyx didn't do anything wrong. But at the same time she committed a sin. The Raven awakened her, and it destroyed her and her sanity. Can her descendants stop it? Angelique was a placeholder-a pawn. But she was cunning and had a role to play, even if it was just as a guide. Don't...

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