Men had built cities before but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shutout the creeping decay & danger of the world outside. Once it held powers that rules the stars. But then as legend had it The invaders came driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man A Unique to break through Diaspars stifling inertia to smash the legend & discover the true nature of the Invaders. ...

Do you dream of a city at the end of time? In a time like the present on a world that may or may not be our own three young people-Ginny Jack & Daniel-dream of a fabulous decadent city in the distant future: the Kalpa. The dreams of Ginny & Jack overtake them without warning leaving their bodies behind while carrying their consciousnesses forward into the minds of two inhabitants of the Kalpa-a would-be warrior Jebrassy & an inquisitive explorer Tiadba-who have been genetically retroengineered to possess qualities of ancient humanity. In turn the dreams of Tiadba & Jebrassy carry them back into the minds of Jack & Ginny. As for Daniel: he dreams of an empty darkness--all his future holds. But more than dreams link Ginny Jack & Daniel. They are fate-shifters born with the ability to skip like stones across the surface of the fifth dimension inhabiting alternate versions of themselves. & they are each guardians of an object whose origins & purpose are unknown a gnarled stony artifact called a sum-runner that persists unchanged through all versions of time. They can save the future but they are being hunted down. ...

In the New York of the 1970s in the wake of Stonewall & in the midst of economic collapse you might find the likes of Jasper Johns & William Burroughs at the next cocktail party & you were as likely to be caught arguing Marx at the New York City Ballet as cruising for sex in the warehouses & parked trucks along the Hudson. This is the New York that Edmund White portrays in City Boy": a place of enormous intrigue & artistic tumult. Combining the no-holds-barred confession & yearning of "A Boys Own Story" with the easy erudition & sense of place of " The Flaneur" this is the story of Whites years in 1970s New York bouncing from intellectual encounters with Susan Sontag & Harold Brodkey to erotic entanglements downtown to the burgeoning gay scene of artists & writers. Its a moving candid brilliant portrait of a time & place full of encounters with famous names & cultural icons. Critical Praise: " City Boy" seems effortless in its tone; it is seamless wise funny & charming. The New York described in the book is history now but history that has made an essential difference to the way we live now. Edmund White evokes the main players in the culture of the city all of whom he knew with clarity & with brilliantly-chosen detail & sense of the moment
- Colm Toibin."
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This publication allows architects to become familiar with the type of constantly changing urban conditions that architecture has commonly avoided. A resource for a new generation of designers young professionals students & academics who want to engage with the city on its own grounds to abet its potentials & seek opportunities in its existing condition City Catalyst demonstrates how todays architecture is redefining its position within the city. ...

Devlin Caroline & Maggie. Women in their prime. They have it all. Careers. Success. Marriage. They are the envy of their peers. But at what price? Just when Devlin has everything she has ever dreamed of a callous betrayal shows her that there's no room for friendship & loyalty in business. Can she be as tough as she needs to be in a world of deceit & double-dealing where honesty & integrity are rare commodities? Caroline fed up being a victim is no longer shy unsure & needy. She's about to take a step that will change her life. Then tragedy strikes & her plans change completely. But when one door closes...another opens. & Maggie alone unsupported & unhappy in her marriage has to make a choice that will put her children's needs before her own. Has she the strength to do what she has to do? City Lives is the story of three women who have one great certainty in their lives. Their friendship. The enduring bonds of loyalty & love will carry them through the worst of times & the best of times. ...

The new Moleskine City Notebooks" are ideal for those who travel whether to see the sights or for work as a way of organising trips & preserving them for memories & records. Also perfect for those who live there as a way of organising the things they need to know about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure 228 pages with up to 44 pages in colour & a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers each in a different colour." ...

The new Moleskine City Notebooks" are ideal for those who travel whether to see the sights or for work as a way of organising trips & to preserving it for memories & records. It is perfect for those who live there as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure 228 pages with up to 44 pages in colour & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers each in a different colour." ...

The new Moleskine City Notebooks" are ideal for those who travel whether to see the sights or for work as a way of organising trips & to preserving it for memories & records. It is perfect for those who live there as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure 228 pages with up to 44 pages in colour & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers each in a different colour." ...

The new Moleskine City Notebooks" are ideal for those who travel whether to see the sights or for work as a way of organizing trips & to preserving it for memories & records. They are perfect for those who live there as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure 228 pages with up to 44 pages in color & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers each in a different color." ...

The new Moleskine City Notebooks" are ideal for those who travel whether to see the sights or for work as a way of organising trips & to preserving it for memories & records. It is perfect for those who live there as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure 228 pages with up to 44 pages in colour & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers each in a different colour." ...