Při přednášce na univerzite v Los Angeles na téma smrt a umírání se shodou okolností setkávají dva nemocní lidé. Jeffrey Griffin, pojišťovací agent z Nového Mexika, a Sarah Phoenixová, sekretářka ze Seattlu. Zamilují se do sebe, ale jeden před druhým svou nemoc tají. Tráví krásné dny v domku na pláži v Santa Monice a odmítají věřit, že čas je neúprosný...
The essential walking companion to more than two hundred cutting-edge buildings constructed since the new millennium. The first decade of the 21st century has been a time of lively architectural production in New York City. A veritable building boom gripped the city, giving rise to a host of new―and architecturally cutting-edge―residential, corporate, institutional, academic, and commercial structures. With the boom now waning, this guidebook is perfectly timed to take stock of the city’s new skyline and map them all out, literally.This essential walking companion and guide features 200 of the most notable buildings and spaces constructed in New York’s five boroughs since the new millennium―The High Line, by James Corner Field Operations/Diller Scofidio + Renfro; 100 Eleventh Avenue, by Ateliers Jean Nouvel; Brooklyn Children’s Museum, by Rafael Vinoly Architects; 41 Cooper Square, by Morphosis; Poe Park Visitors Center, by Toshiko Mori Architect; and One Bryant Park, by Cook + Fox, to name just a few. Projects are grouped by neighborhood, allowing for easy, self-guided tours, with photos, maps, directions, and descriptions that highlight the most important aspects of each entry. 400 full-color photographs and 22 maps
Exploring a new century of architecture in the Windy City Chicago's wealth of architectural treasures makes it one of the world's majestic cityscapes. Published in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Center, this easy-to-use guide invites you to discover the new era of twenty-first-century architecture in the Windy City via two hundred architecturally significant buildings and spaces in the city and suburbs. Features include: Entries organized by neighborhood Maps with easy-to-locate landmarks and mass transit options Background on each entry, including the design architect, name and address, description, and other essential information Sidebars on additional sites and projects A detailed supplemental section with a glossary, selected bibliography, and indexes by architect, building name, and building type Up-to-date and illustrated with almost four hundred color photos, the Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture takes travelers and locals on a journey into an ever-changing architectural mecca.
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The book delves into the complex meanings of home, examining its role as a physical space, cultural identity, and therapeutic sanctuary. It explores themes of homelessness and homesickness within the context of contemporary global culture. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the text presents diverse narratives that reflect on personal experiences of loss and recovery, offering profound insights into the individuation process and the emotional significance of home in people's lives.
A Balanced Analysis of the Theory and Practice of a Sustainable Portfolio
Exploring the principles of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing, this book delves into how these criteria influence investment decisions and corporate behavior. It highlights the growing importance of sustainable practices and ethical considerations in finance, emphasizing the impact of ESG factors on long-term profitability and risk management. The text offers insights into integrating ESG metrics into investment strategies, catering to both individual and institutional investors aiming to align their portfolios with responsible and impactful investing.
The book explores Mill's life and influence on the liberal tradition and argues that his reformulation of liberalism has indelibly influenced our modern constitutional rights tradition in the twentieth century including the right to privacy, freedom of expression, equality and, most fundamentally, how we now conceptualize the meaning of liberty.
Chaucer's Neoplatonism covers his major works and the ways in which he has absorbed a Boethian, essentially rational Neoplatonism. By means of that philosophy he poetically engages issues of truth, falsehood, love, friendship, joy, and community. His widely recognized, capacious humanism arises from that engagement.
"FoxHide" is a charming story about a family of foxes and their meandering adventures. Through a number of adventures here, there, and way over there, the foxes carve out a living in the forest caring for each other. They find that there are some things in life that no one else can figure out for you.A powerful poetic tide carries the lyrical prose of this story of a band of lovable foxes. Through their adventures, and misadventures, readers will gain laughs and life lessons.
Two hundred years after her death, Mary Shelley is still alive. She has been granted immunity from death by the Fifth Estate: a vampire-led organization that has kept the world from being overrun by sentient zombies. She is the first of many human storytellers employed to reveal the presence of undead inhabitants on this planet. Others included: Bram Stoker and George Romero. Their works have been used to prepare society for the impending judgment day. Even government organizations such as the CDC have unknowingly joined the effort by issuing contingency plans. However, the world changed, and people are no longer afraid of what goes bump in the night. We are desensitized. In our state of ignorance vampires have become our guardians and zombies have become more menacing and thoughtful. Only faced with the possibility of extinction has humankind come to embrace the reality of a zombie apocalypse. However, it is too late because the attack has already begun. Zombies, like other creatures on Earth, have evolved over the centuries. No longer shiftless and slow, they now rely on guile and science to attack humankind. Their most recent invention is a vaccine for H1NI that will turn its receiver into a full-fledged zombie. The books and movies had it wrong from the beginning. A zombie scratch or bite won't turn you because zombies don't leave anything to turn. They are the ultimate predator. Like Shelley's Frankenstein, the first fictional zombie, only science can make one into a zombie and once humankind labeled the latest flu a global pandemic, the fight was over before it even started.