As Los Angeles confronts a growing housing crisis, a city known for its single-family housing will inevitably shift toward a greater emphasis on apartments and other types of multi-family housing. Anderton\'s book shows how connected dwellings work as good architecture and good social systems; multi-family housing itself will become an aspirational form of dwelling, not second in status or style to

Told through four interlinked cases, this Gothic horror mystery sees Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula join forces to banish a terrible enemy. 1902. Sherlock Holmes\'s latest case begins with a severed finger. With no signs of decomposition and an adverse reaction to silver, it is the most perplexing mystery yet - one that relates to their next client - and the moment Sherlock\'s and Watson\'s lives

Informed by theories pertaining to transnational mobility, ethnicity and race, gender, postcolonialism, as well as Japanese studies, Transnational Musicians explores the way Japanese musicians establish their transnational careers in the hierarchically structured classical music world. Drawing on rich material from multi-sited fieldwork and in-depth interviews with Japanese artists in Japan, France

Beneath the Big Top is a social history of the circus, from its ancient roots to the rise of the \'modern\' tented traveling shows. A performer and founder of a circus group, Steve Ward draws on eyewitness accounts and contemporary interviews to explore the triumphs and disasters of the circus world. He reveals the stories beneath the big top during the golden age of the circus and the lives of circus

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller, The Lost City of The Monkey King, presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history. In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Italy. Then he discovered that

A miniature masterpiece about the joys of books, cats, travel, and jazz. A man living alone in Quebec City hears a brassy tune (La java bleue) waft through his apartment window. He follows its chirping out to the street, and there he meets a rollicking troupe of acrobats, jugglers, and musicians--among them a charming Katherine Hepburn-lookalike, Marie. He is enamored by the ensemble\'s joyful irreverence

Discover how to create amazing crochet pieces with your hook and unleash your inner creative genius with this comprehensive guide to crocheting for absolute beginnersAre you looking to pick up a new, wholesome hobby, but have no idea which one to choose? Have you tried to learn crocheting in the past, but gave up, due to how seemingly complicated it was to get a hang of? Are you ready to craft awesome

The Owl Book is a fascinating compendium of all things owl, featuring details of the life cycle and the differences between the many species. There is also a section exploring owls in myth and legends from around the world and their place in art and literature. This compact guide to a much-loved creature is rigorously researched and photo-illustrated

The ideal gift to help kids learn brilliant new hobbiesGet up, get moving and get energised!The how-to book that encourages kids to get active. It\'s easy to understand and tells them exactly what they need to know step-by-step.Easy-peasy activities to do at home, outside or in the park from obstacle courses to bike rides and park runsSpace to scribble and make the book their ownPacked with 50 fun

The final instalment in the acclaimed \"Seasons\" series, which interrogates how climate change has disrupted the natural rhythm of the seasons. It has attracted widespread praise and prize attention; Jim\'s passionate stance on climate chaos and the need for rewilding chimes with an increasingly eco-aware

The photographs in Home Fires, Volume I: The Past were taken during the height of a crippling drought in the state of California. Bruce Haley, known for his hard-hitting war and documentary work, turns his camera homeward, to the agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley where he spent his childhood. The resulting images, haunting and melancholy, play out against the larger framework of contentious water

Acutely unwell patients can deteriorate dangerously without timely recognition and intervention. Emergencies in Clinical Medicine provides an easy-to-use guide to the prompt management of common medical emergencies. Designed for rapid use, it explains how to arrive at a differential diagnosisand how to prevent, manage, or treat an emergency. The second edition has been fully updated to reflect current

Includes three new hot short stories and two \"Black Lace\"

We are in the midst of a global crisis of care. How do we get out of it? The Care Manifesto puts care at the heart of the debates of our current crisis: from intimate care--childcare, healthcare, elder care--to care for the natural world. We live in a world where carelessness reigns, but it does not have to be this way. The Care Manifesto puts forth a vision for a truly caring world. The authors want

Flemish cartoonist and illustrator Serge Baeken is a cat person. He has shared his life with an army of cats, starting with Sugar, who lived to the venerable age of 18. In Sugar: The life of my cat, Baeken imagines the world through the eyes of his cats. The result is a joyous, poignant, inventive collection of stories where Baeken uses his incredible skill as an illustrator to show us a world where

The first of an annual, non-themed horror anthology series of original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to

Jane Hirshfield is a visionary, profoundly original American writer whose poems ask nothing less than what it is to be human. Both sensual meditations and passionate investigations, they reveal complex truths in language luminous and precise. Rooted in the living world, her poems celebrate and elucidate a hard-won affirmation of our human fate. Born of a rigorous questioning of heart, spirit and mind,

Discover the ins and outs of Wall Street with the 2nd edition to the engaging, informative, and easy-to-navigate guide to investing with all-new entries and updates throughout. Investing for the first time can be intimidating. In easy-to-understand language, Stock Market 101, 2nd Edition provides the groundwork needed to begin building knowledge on the stock market. It cuts out the boring explanations