First published in 1926, University Reform in London by Thomas Lloyd Humberstone, with an introduction by H.G. Wells, examines the evolution of higher education in London. The book explores key commissions, controversies, and reforms, including the Selborne and Haldane Commissions, the South Kensington debates, and the push for a unified university. Divided into thematic chapters, it provides a detailed historical and institutional analysis, making it an essential resource for tho...

Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon is for anyone who has enjoyed time spent in a garden, from aspiring garden makers to those who manage large estates. This collection is comprised of extracts from Bunny's own writings and garden notes, as well as photographs and drawings from her archive. Chapters are organized by Atmosphere (sky, horizon, shadows), Climate, Light, Space, Shape, Maintenance, and more―readers will feel as if Bunny Mellon has come alongside as a gardening guide and friend. Bunn...

One out of every three veterans suffer from PTSD.International author Kevin Lloyd-Thomas is an infantry combat veteran of two tours of Vietnam. Forward scout, machine gunner and section commander in a mechanized ready reaction and reconnaissance platoon, a platoon whose very existence became a controversy.Very happy in his marriage and successful in business life, until nearly three years of unemployment threw his life into utter chaos - sending him crashing and burning int...

Maggie is a discouraged lawyer, Dillon, a heart-broken vagabond, and Phillip, a frustrated writer. Their stories are told by the mysterious Jillian, part purveyor of spirits and part spiritual guru. Inside the walls of cafe rembrandt, where whipping fresh cream is an act of poetry and pouring a drink an act of faith, we fall under Jillian's spell.With a voice that is lyrical and immediate, she artfully trails her Ariadne thread to lead her devotees back into the light.Wakin...

Waking Up at Rembrandt's stands out in the literary marketplace because it is a tale told in part by poems. These poems. Each of which were born of the novel. In a sense, they are one part abridged version and one part magic of their own.Part of the beauty of love jaywalks lies not in its origins, as poems from the novel, but in these poems' ability to stand alone from novel and to tell their own story.Rembrandt, the master, believed there was light in all things. The novel...

Ren’s fantasy wishlist includes:A sexy lover (preferably of the male variety)Peace inside of the palacePossibly an onsenHis best friend never deployed again, and always beside himIt does not include:Assassins inside of his palaceFar too many conspiraciesBeing proposed to while hungover. In bed. By his straight best friend.Arman Brahms falling in love with him is a fantasy Ren’s buried for over six years, so to have it ...

Jonathan Bane and Donovan Havili cordially invite you to their wedding.They just have to prove a man’s innocence and get him out of prison first.Not to mention prove Solomon completely inept (not hard), and fired from being a detective.Oh, and train Jon’s new apprentice.They can probably get married this year. Probably.Tags:Jon has an apprentice, apprentice finds him an innocent man in prison, as usual it snowballs from there, frustrating cold...

Maggie is a discouraged lawyer, Dillon, a heartbroken vagabond, and Phillip, a frustrated writer. Their stories are told by the mysterious Jillian, part purveyor of spirits and part spiritual guru. Inside the walls of Cafe Rembrandt, where whipping fresh cream is an act of poetry and pouring a drink an act of faith, we fall under Jillian's spell. With a voice that is lyrical and immediate, she artfully trails her Ariadne thread to lead her devotees back into the light. Waking Up at Rem...

Building Sites addresses the urgent need to advance the critical understanding of relations between architectural design and the labour of building. While recognising that in many parts of the world building takes place through self-organised processes and traditional skills, the book questions a central and problematic omission in architectural discourse, education and practice – the production of buildings and the erasure of construction labour entailed by that omission. Through...

Ren’s homecoming wishlist includes:● Arman not bashing everyone’s heads together (at least not without him)● Getting the fortress built before the Mongs attack (not at the rate they’re going with all the the thefts happening)● Going home without incident (also, again, not likely)What it did not include was:● Social reform● A child● A raiding party● Arman actually using his wordsLife once again proved reality is better ...

At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and historical tools are needed to understand these new developments and how they are altering the practices and concepts of architecture. Building Materials offers a radical rethink of how materials, as they are constituted in architectural practice, are themselves constructed and, in turn, uncovers a vast and neglected resource of architect...

Proposing vs defusing a bomb?Defusing a bomb is much easier than proposing.Defusing Donovan’s anger over getting on a plane to defuse said bomb? Harder than the bomb.Jon is not liking these odds.Is proposing supposed to be this difficult?Tags:Jon and Donovan have a fight, as expected they’re very bad at it, things go BOOM, my kink is healthy processing and expressing of emotions, relationship lessons, life lessons, love is not based on worth,...