"The city of Bumblyburg’s in danger and LarryBoy’s the only one who can save the day. Everyone is weak with jealousy after the diabolical Napoleon of Crime and Other Bad Stuff―a.k.a. the Emperor of Envy― tainted the Slushee supply with his envy formula during Mister Slushee’s Slushee Slurping Contest. The Emperor has set the ultimate envy trap, and he and his “army” of henchmen are taking over the city of Bumblyburg. The whole town has slurped some of the Slushees, including LarryBoy. What will LarryBoy do? Will he conquer his own envy? If he doesn’t stop the evil emperor, Bumblyburg will be destroyed forever."
The Veggie kids in Bumblyburg don’t want to go to school. They’re convinced that school is boring and they want a snow day―even in the middle of warm weather. The Veggie kids make friends with the snow peas who assure them that all their snow dreams “can come true”―and now Bumblyburg is in danger of becoming a frozen wasteland. Can LarryBoy fight Iceburg and his notorious band of snow peas―and show everyone that when you stop learning, you stop growing?
The book features peer-reviewed papers by a Gestalt therapist that explore the applications of field theory in diverse contexts, including individual therapy, group dynamics, organizations, and societal interactions. Drawing on the works of influential figures like Lewin, Goldstein, and Smuts, it offers insights into how these theories can enhance understanding and practice in therapy and management across cultural boundaries.
"Construction Matters examines the way that architects understand and respond to technological innovation through the creation of new types of spaces, and the materials through which an architectural idea finds its physical realization. Understanding the properties of different materials is indispensable for the creation of architecture that is original, powerful, and meaningful. Organized into chapters on the major methods of construction–masonry, concrete, steel, and wood–Construction Matters examines specific technologies that experienced major transformations in the last century, or were newly invented: a new material, jointing technique, or fabrication procedure for example. The architectural application of this invention is then analyzed with building case studies that are selected based on an obvious formal relationship between the building’s form and the new type of construction that it incorporates–ranging from prewar designs in the United States and Europe to recent projects in Asia and includes built projects as well as significant design proposals. Construction Matters develops a way of thinking about architecture in relation to technology that transcends a particular building method or design task. The architect and educator Georg Windeck conducted independent research that ranges from scientific advancements to philosophical contemplations. The multi-facetted discussion that emerges from this work is developed in close collaboration with artist and journalist Lisa Larson Walker, with mathematician and architect Will Shapiro, and with artist and architect Sean Gaffney. If we are to rescue the physical substance of architecture–the Matter of Construction–and create a practice that celebrates both the physical and the metaphysical aspects of building, we must understand how and why construction matters."--Publisher
The English kings who rise from their graves in Westminster Abbey on All Souls' Eve are in a terrible fix. They want visiting New Yorker Charlie Chancer to use his special IT skills to steal abbey funds and send them off to queens who have already come to life and escaped the abbey.Handsome commodities trader Charlie is also in a bind. He has whisked his young son, Georgie, away to London (amid a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife) to join his teenage daughter, Ginny, who is on a student exchange.Tudor queens show Georgie architectural wonders of the abbey. Plantagenet kings give Ginny picturesque tutorials on their colourful but devastating battles.But what are the kings to do with these visitors who have seen their dazzling coronation ceremony and their daring TV games? Kill them or free them when they may tell what they have seen?
The priest's pig gets the most porridge. In this illustrated collection of blarney from all over the Emerald Isle, no one escapes the barb: the clergy, the miser, the drinker, the foreigner, the chaste maiden and her lusty suitor. There is also humour and pride, faith and love ... and the odd word of caution. Learn to banter like the Irish with these wise, witty and wicked sayings. And remember ... It's a good story that fills the belly.
