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Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relationships, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life. How do we move from the current reality in most cites--separated uses and lengthy commutes in single-occupancy vehicles that drain human, environmental, and community resources--to support a soft city approach? In Soft City David Sim, partner and creative director at Gehl, shows how this is possible, presenting ideas and graphic examples from around the globe. He draws from his vast design experience to make a case for a dense and diverse built environment at a human scale, which he presents through a series of observations of older and newer places, and a range of simple built phenomena, some traditional and some totally new inventions....

They're the shooting stars of rock and roll - burning bright, and burning out. Whether they crash-land like Randy Rhoads or Stevie Ray Vaughan, waste away like Karen Carpenter or Freddie Mercury, or self-destruct like Kurt Cobain or Shannon Hoon, they rarely fade away...as this in-depth collection of their tragic stories reveals. The needle and the damage done: Sid Vicious, Hillel Slovak, Janis Joplin, and too many more; death in the fast lane: Cliff Burton, Duane Allman, and other casualties of the road; the next whiskey bar: Jim Morrison, John Bonham, and other alcohol-related demises; and dozens more stories of the days the music died...Rock 'n' Roll Heaven. The all-access pass to the great gig in the sky. Product details Format Paperback | 184 pages ...

"A simple, informative and engaging way of learning about some of Ireland's most exciting tales" The In a Nutshell series is a wonderful way to introduce children to some of Ireland's best-loved myths and legends, it's a history lesson, yes, but a fun, colourful one, and the witty tone means it will appeal to mums and dads too. Highly recommended - Mothers & Babies magazine, Irish Independent Kidnapped as a boy and sold into slavery in Ireland, Patrick spent many brutal years away from his family and friends and should have hated the Irish people. Yet having escaped, he was drawn back to challenge the High King, his warriors and the great druids who fought against him with all their magic powers. This was a battle Patrick had to win and it changed a way o f life forever. The Irish Myths & Legends In A Nutshell Series: 1:The Children of Lir 2: How Cuchulainn Got His Name 3: The Story of Saint Patrick 4: The Salmon of Knowledge 5: The Story of Newgrange 6:...

論文やレポート、日常の文章などを、自然な日本語で書くことを目指す教科書。留学生が日本語文章を書くときに、よくまちがわれるところを集めている。 Product details Format Hardback | 146 pages Publication date 01 May 2009 Publisher スリーエーネットワーク Publication City/Country Japan ...

Knock, Knock. Who's there? Isadore. Isadore who? Isadore open or shut? Knock knock teeth-gritters such as this one have tickled funnybones for generations. Now, this entertaining collection of 60 knock knock gems, painstakingly selected by Victoria Fremont to appeal to all ages, puts dozens of these rib-ticklers at the fingertips of fun-loving jokesters. Accompanied by engaging black-and-white illustrations and incorporating key works that double as preposterous puns, these amusing queries provide all the ammunition you need to entertain friends, relatives, and anyone who enjoys a bit of madcap humor. Product details For ages 9-12 Format Paperback |...

Legions of self-help authors rightly urge personal development as the key to happiness, but they typically fail to focus on its most important objective: hardiness. Though that which doesn't kill us can make us stronger, as Nietzsche tells us, few authors today offer any insight into just how to springboard from adversity to strength. It doesn't just happen automatically, and it takes practice. New scientific research suggests that resilience isn't something with which only a fortunate few of us have been born, but rather something we can all take specific action to develop. To build strength out of adversity, we need a catalyst. What we need, according to Dr. Alex Lickerman, is wisdom wisdom that adversity has the potential to teach us. Lickerman's underlying premise is that our ability to control what happens to us in life may be limited, but we have the ability to establish a life-state to surmount the suffering life brings us. The Undefeated Mind distills the wi...

Creating Stylized Characters gives readers a valuable insight into the popular art of character design. Professional illustrators, animators and cartoonists, well versed in creating characters for video games, comics and film, guide the reader through accessible tutorial projects packed with images and advice. Any budding artist will soon be able to draw characters of all ages, shapes and sizes! This entertaining, beginner-friendly book is applicable to both digital and traditional media, and delves into many essential aspects of the character development process, from real-world research, to sketching gestures and poses, to exploring different genres, personalities and styles. Product details Format Paperback | 248 pages ...

●内容を大まかに捉える練習●要点をまとめて答える練習●要約文を書く練習を通して、話者の言いたいことを適切につかむための練習が段階を踏んでできる構成になっています。テーマは日本の社会や文化に関する、〇新幹線のおでこ、〇体験プレゼント、〇女性専用車両、〇剣道、〇落語など、留学生が興味を持って聞けるものを集めました。音声は付属のCDのほか、動画をダウンロードして聞くこともできます。 Product details Format Paperback | 87 pages Publication date 11 Jul 2014 Publisher スリーエーネットワーク ...

Es war einmal ein wunderschöner Prinz, der war so glücklich, dass er nach den Sternen greifen wollte ... Er hatte nur ein Problem: Alle dachten, er sei eine Prinzessin! Ein Kinderbuch zum Thema Transidentität mit Text von Rabea Jasmin Usling und Illustrtionen von Linette Weiß Product details Format Paperback | 36 pages Dimensions 155 x 220 x 3mm | 142g ...

There's no better guide through mind-expanding questions such as what the nature of space and time is, how we fit within the universe, and how the universe fits within us than Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in digestible chapters consumable any time and anywhere in the busy day. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry reveals just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe. Product details Format Hardback | 224 pages ...

The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. Forty years later, its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published. This 40th anniversary edition includes a new epilogue from the author discussing the continuing relevance of these ideas in evolutionary biology today, as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. Oxford L...

In der Schwangerschaft und vor allem in der Zeit nach der Geburt haben Mütter viele Fragen zum Stillen ihres Babys - der Ratgeber STILLEN greift die wichtigsten und häufigsten Fragen auf. Praktische Anregungen und Tipps gehen darauf ein, wie man den Stillbeginn gut schafft, wie das Baby angelegt werden kann, was bei Problemen zu tun ist oder wie das sanfte Abstillen klappt. Das Buch hilft außerdem dabei, die Körpersprache des Babys besser zu verstehen und zum Beispiel zu erkennen, wann es Hunger oder Bauchweh hat. Product details Format Paperback | 127 pages Dimensions 170 ...

Der große Sammelband zum 75. Geburtstag von Sven Nordqvist. Seit der kleine Kater Findus bei Pettersson wohnt, stellt er das ruhige Leben des Alten ganz schön auf den Kopf. Immer ist irgendetwas los: Die beiden müssen zusammen den bösen Fuchs vertreiben, sie feiern Geburtstag oder gehen zelten. Und dann ist da noch Caruso, dieser blöde Hahn, der den Hühnern den Kopf verdreht ... Der Sammelband mit Bastelideen, Rätseln und Rezept enthält die fünf Einzeltitel "Wie Findus zu Pettersson kam", "Kennst du Pettersson und Findus", "Ein Feuerwerk für den Fuchs", "Findus und der Hahn im Korb" sowie "Pettersson zeltet". Product details Format Hardback | 148 pages ...

Obwohl sich Jess den Behütern anvertrauen konnte, scheint gerade dieser Ausweg sie umso mehr in Gefahr zu bringen. Wenn Saphir erfährt, dass seine beste Diebin eine Verräterin ist, wird er nicht zögern, den Auslöser des Giftes zu betätigen. Daher ist es Jess' und Cedrics oberste Priorität, diese permanente Gefahr aus Jess' Körper zu entfernen. Allerdings kann niemand vorhersagen, ob die Operation glücken wird oder Saphir Jess' angegriffenen Zustand nicht sogar bemerkt. Aber sie weiß, dass sie Dinge losgetreten hat, vor denen sie nun nicht zurückschrecken darf. Um Saphir aufzuhalten, muss Jess all ihr Können aufbringen. Trotzdem schwirren ihre Gedanken immer wieder um die Frage, ob es richtig gewesen war, sich Cedric und den Jungs zu offenbaren. Können sie es wirklich akzeptieren, dass sie eine Diebin ist? Und wird Cedric mit ihrem problembehafteten Wesen zurechtkommen? Denn ihn zu verlieren, würde sie nicht verkraften... Product det...

In this unforgettable seventh book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased. Sophie Foster doesn't know what--or whom--to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst mistake can be focusing on the wrong threat. But when the Neverseen prove that Sophie's far more vulnerable than she ever imagined, she realizes it's time to change the rules. Her powerful abilities can only protect her so far. To face down ruthless enemies, she must learn to fight. Unfortunately, battle training can't help a beloved friend who's facing a whole different danger--where the only solution involves one of the biggest risks Sophie and her friends have ever taken. And the distraction might be exactly what the villains have been waiting for. Product details ...

Seemingly simple bugs can have drastic consequences, allowing attackers to compromise systems, escalate local privileges, and otherwise wreak havoc on a system. A Bug Hunter's Diary follows security expert Tobias Klein as he tracks down and exploits bugs in some of the world's most popular software, like Apple's iOS, the VLC media player, web browsers, and even the Mac OS X kernel. In this one-of-a-kind account, you'll see how the developers responsible for these flaws patched the bugs or failed to respond at all. As you follow Klein on his journey, you'll gain deep technical knowledge and insight into how hackers approach difficult problems and experience the true joys (and frustrations) of bug hunting. Along the way you'll learn how to: Use field-tested techniques to find bugs, like identifying and tracing user input data and reverse engineering Exploit vulnerabilities like NULL pointer dereferences, buffer overflows, and type conversion flaws Develop pro...

The second edition of The Spec Manual provides fashion professionals and students with an affordable, up-to-date guide for measuring a variety of garments, reflecting standard garment-industry practice. This textbook/workbook contains front and back view croquis for men, women, off sizes and children, spec sheet templates, illustrated measurement points, tables with measurement points, sample spec sheets and a CD-ROM. Users with both beginner and advanced digital skills will learn how to create computer-generated spec sheets. This text serves as a how-to-measure manual for fashion students and industry professionals operating without a corporate spec manual. Product details Format Paperback | 200 pages ...