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The Global Street Design Guide is a timely resource that sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces and redefines the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The guide will broaden how to measure the success of urban streets.

Based on the latest missions results and supported by commissioned artwork, this book explores the possible lessons we may learn from exoplanets. As the number of known Earth-like objects grows significantly, the author explores what is known about the growing roster of "pale blue dots" far afield. Aided by an increased sensitivity of the existing observatories, recent discoveries by Keck, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Kepler are examined. T...

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I think this woman may be the death of me. A dire prediction, but probably true. Probably true because she's not mine to have and I'll probably take her, even at the risk to my own safety. So many men slobbering to get a taste of her and only one, sweet, virginal girl to go around. That's right. She's a virgin. Looking like a porcelain china doll that would break if not handled carefully. But I also know she's stronger than she looks. She's a ...

Rand Bishop's dreams of Olympic gold were shattered years ago but he's left that all behind, settling into a new career and lifestyle that would make any man jealous. While he may not be competitively racing down the ski slopes anymore, he's just as happy getting his rocks off as a Fantasy Maker for The Silo. He's good at what he does. Damn good. But while life couldn't be better for Rand, it seems to be falling apart for Catherine Lyons ...

Gilly Hopkins ist ein Pflegekind und wird von einer Familie zur nächsten weitergereicht. Daher hat sie es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, niemanden zu brauchen, weder ihren aufrichtigen Sozialarbeiter Mr. Ellis, noch ihre engagierte Lehrerin Miss Harris und schon gar nicht ihre neue Pflegemutter Maime Trotter. So rebellisch und aufsässig sie auch ist, so träumt sie doch davon, dass ihre leibliche Mutter Courtney sie wieder zu sich zurückholt. Aber v...

Magie und Intrigen am Hof des ElfenkaisersMit >Der Winterkaiser< hat Katherine Addison einen gefühlvollen und klugen Fantasy-Roman geschrieben, der für alle vier wichtigen Genre-Preise nominiert wurde: Hugo Award, Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award und Locus Award. Mit Letzterem wurde >Der Winterkaiser< als »Bester Fantasy-Roman 2015« ausgezeichnet.Maia hat sein Leben bisher in der Provinz verbracht, wohin ihn sein Vater, der mächtige Elfenkais...

Since she couldn't remember who she used to be, she could become someone brand new."Do you enjoy writing Fan Fiction? Well, here's your opportunity to keep all of your ideas about Deborah McTiernan's Actual Magic series in one place.Lilly Noble & Actual Magic, a gremoire, is the companion journal to Lilly Noble & Actual Magic, Volume One of Deborah McTiernan's Actual Magic Series.Within these pages, Deborah has hidden clues to Lilly's future a...

This book explores diverse communities living in Central Asia and the Caucasus, who are generally gathered under the umbrella term of ‘Gypsies’, their multidimensional identities, self-appellations and labels given to them by surrounding populations, researcher and policy-makers. The book presents various Gypsy and Gypsy-like communities and provides a comprehensive review of their history, demography, ways of life, past and present occupation...

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Fans of Hollywood's golden age will find this collection of interviews conducted over many years revealing...an enlightening picture emerges of Tinseltown, different from that presented in the fanzines." ¬Publishers Weekly"The book is more than it seems because these women are great talkers." ¬Booklist"I was curious about 'Hollywood Lesbians.' I have now read the book. I am still stunned." ¬ Bea Arthur of "The Golden Girls" "Riveting!...an eye...

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THE STORY OF NORTH DEVON BOXING U.K.VOLUME Two Part 1

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Change is in the air at Hartford Women's College in the fall of 1898. Renowned inventor Peter Sanbourne-working on Project Blue Arrow for the Navy-heads the school's new engineering program, and literature professor Concordia Wells prepares to leave to marry David Bradley.The new routine soon goes awry when a bludgeoned body-clutching a torn scrap of the only blueprint for Blue Arrow-is discovered on the property Concordia and David were plann...

Press freedom in Turkey is a hot topic. If a (well known) journalist is detained, prosecuted or sacked in Turkey, the news is covered in full in many Western countries. Nevertheless, many articles and reports reveal only a part of what really happens: they tell the story of the journalist, newspaper or TV broadcaster involved, but not that of the underlying mechanisms. No wonder: these are not easy to explain in a paragraph or two, or in two o...

The influx of technology into Silicon Valley brought unaccustomed luxuries to many residents, along with a craving for fast money and sex. As a young single mother, Tanisha Nicole Billops worked in this flashy setting for years. But at age twenty-seven, she found herself in financial ruin, contemplating suicide. What went so wrong so quickly? This honest personal account goes deep into the author's past, starting with her beloved grandparents'...

It's 1957 and Cathy Fallon is home in Iowa, but not for long. Cathy doesn't want what most 23-year old women want - a husband. She doesn't care that her aunts worry that she will become an old maid. She knows what she wants. She wants to spend her days surrounded by great art. She already has an education. She earned a Masters in Fine Arts from Radcliffe (which was, by-the-by, the happy hunting ground for Harvard educated husbands). Now she is...