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  Blue Architecture - Water Design...

  Brook Muller

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  2023 PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning 
   
   
   
  Le Corbusier famously said, "A house is a machine for living in." We now confront the litany of environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural machine: a changing climate, massive species die-off, diminished air and water quality, and resource scarcities. Brook Muller offers an alternative: water-centric urban design that fosters sustainability, equity, and architectural creativity. 
   
   
   
  Inspired by the vernacular, such as the levadas of Madeira Island and both the arid and drenched places of the American West, Muller articulates a "hydro-logical" philosophy in which architects and planners begin by conceptualizing interactions between existing waterways and the spaces they intend to develop. From these interactions—and the new technologies and approaches enabling them—aesthetic, spatial, and experiential opportunities follow. Not content merely to work around sensitive ecology, Muller argues for genuinely climate-adapted urban landscapes in which buildings act as ecological infrastructure that actually improve watersheds while delivering functionality and beauty for diverse communities. Rich in practical examples, Blue Architecture will change the way we think about our designed world.

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  Keep Your Mouth Shut! - And...

  Annie Korzen

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  Keep Your Mouth Shut! (And Other Things I Can't Do) is an evening of comedy and music from entertainer, Annie Korzen, the creator of Yenta: Unplugged. 
   
  You might call her Joan Rivers with Class. Plus, she plays the piano, singing her own insightful lyrics. I'd advise you to hurry and see her! 
  - The Santa Monica Daily Press 
  Based out of Los Angeles, Annie Korzen began her career as an actress-writer in New York's Off-Broadway scene. She is, perhaps, best known for her recurring role as Doris Klompus on Seinfeld, and her humorous essays on NPR's popular Morning Edition. She has done extensive work in well-known feature films (Tootsie, Stardust Memories, and others) and top television shows.

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  Songbook

  Joshua Idehen

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  "We know where we came from. We came on boats, onplanes, with passports and on the back of trucks. Weworked three jobs and sent the money back home. Webrought our motherland to life in our kitchens, ourbedrooms, our churches, our songs, our dance, our sex,our pidgin, our patois…"
  Joshua Idehen's collected works has been a long time coming. Songbook comprises verses from Mercury-nominated and MOBO-winning albums by Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming, alongside watershed poems of spoken word legend, newly captured in book form. From Poejazzi and Benin City to a string of supreme collaborations, Idehen's impact resonates far and wide across the landscapes of poetry and jazz/electronica. Cross-examining colonialism, masculinity, mental health and ways of healing, his writing is an essential provocation, a diasporic dance, a comedy roast, an intervention, a cannonball from which no one is safe, least of all himself.
  "The poet laureate of UK jazz" Kate Hutchinson, The Guardian
  "Idehen's words are always worth leaning in for." Q Magazine

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  Complete Stoicism Collection The...

  Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Seneca, ...

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  Transform Your Life with the Timeless Wisdom of Stoic Philosophy 
  Are you ready to embrace personal mastery, resilience, and inner peace? The Complete Stoicism Collection presents the transformative teachings of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus, carefully translated and adapted for the contemporary reader. For over two millennia, these profound insights have shaped the minds of leaders, thinkers, and individuals seeking meaning and fulfillment. 
  Whether you're searching for practical guidance to navigate life's challenges or aiming to deepen your understanding of Stoic principles, this collection offers the wisdom you need to thrive.What’s Inside This Comprehensive Collection?Meditations by Marcus Aurelius – Reflections of a Roman emperor on living virtuously amid adversity.Letters From a Stoic by Seneca – Powerful letters filled with advice on overcoming grief, anger, and daily struggles.The Discourses and Enchiridion by Epictetus – Practical lessons on achieving personal freedom and tranquility through self-mastery.Plus, other timeless Stoic works – Each one carefully modernized to help you lead a balanced and fulfilling life. 
  This modern adaptation of Stoicism’s greatest works delivers actionable insights on living a life of virtue, mindfulness, and strength—ultimately guiding you toward lasting happiness and peace. 
  Start Your Journey Today 
  Whether you're new to Stoicism or looking to deepen your practice, this collection is an essential resource for personal growth and self-improvement. 
  Click ‘Buy Now’ to unlock the power of Stoic philosophy and embark on your journey to a more purposeful and resilient life!

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  21-Hit Wonder - Flopping My Way...

  Sam Hollander

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  As one of the most renowned songwriters and producers in the game, Sam Hollander has had multi-platinum success writing and producing for the likes of Panic! At The Disco, Fitz and the Tantrums, Weezer, Katy Perry, Train, One Direction, Blink-182, Daughtry, Ringo Starr, Carole King, Gym Class Heroes, and many others. 
   
  But rising up the charts seemed, at many points in his career, highly unlikely. This is his story of failing his way to the top. 
   
  Sam Hollander has spent 30 years trudging through the peaks and valleys of a songwriting career. Before he was stacking Billboard hits, he was piling up bad luck, calamitous flops, false starts, and feeling like the world was moving on and up without him while he spun in place. Now he wears his failures like a badge of honor.  
   
  In 21-Hit Wonder, he’s collected anecdotes from his weird waltzes around the banquet of pop to help aspiring songwriters and other creatives learn about survival, endurance, scheming, hustle, and the importance of laughing even on the worst days of the journey. Music lovers spanning generations and genres will find stories about many of their heroes and industry icons.  
   
  21-Hit Wonder is one part chronicle of a songwriter’s storied career and another part love letter to anyone who has been counted out—from no-hit wonders and one-hit wonders to the novelties and the never-beens—and just needs a bit of inspiration to persevere. Sam’s inspiring story is proof that setbacks are just steps on the road to success.

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  Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd...

  Editors Charles River

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  Halfway into the 19th century, Spain's Catalonia underwent a sweeping transformation when it was thrust into not one, but 2 golden eras – the Renaixença and the Industrial Revolution. It was during this explosive period of creativity, thriving prosperity, and invigorated patriotism that a steadfastly nonconforming and fascinatingly eccentric icon was born, one that was about to take Catalonia by storm with his brilliant eye for unorthodox art and his legendary – or as some would say, notoriously – out-of-the-box ideas. Salvador Dalí, the celebrated surrealist, was one of many who would find a fount of inspiration in him, even once raving about the Sagrada Familia, the highlight of this icon's career: “Those who have not heard about the chromatic and shining essence of its color, the astonishing polyphony of its towers as organ pipes and shocked by its mutant naturalism, are traitors.” This icon in question, of course, is none other than what many now consider to be the patriarch of the Catalan Modernism movement: Antoni Gaudí. 
  Across the pond, America’s most innovative and prolific architect was Frank Lloyd Wright, whose works are almost too vast and diverse to list. Recognized for designing unique churches and distinctive commercial buildings, and admired for his geometric style house designs, Wright has been widely imitated, and his work continues to influence architecture not only in the United States but around the world. Laymen often think they know the definition of “a Frank Lloyd Wright,” but they probably don’t fully understand the brilliant mind of the man, nor the intricacies of his Prairie Style. Yet it endures because he has made it so, and in many ways, Wright’s architectural career has overshadowed other aspects of his life.

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