This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development (ICSUD 2022), held at the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) in Vietnam. The theme of the conference is “innovative and inclusive growth models for sustainable urban development”. Articles in this book present major issues that cities and regions around the world are facing these days to adapt to new, unexpected, and profound challenges.Over past few years, the world has...

The plan for this volume emerged during the international Leipzig conference commemorating the centenary of the death of Gustav Fechner. The contributors suggested that while many features of modern psychological theory were anticipated by Fechner, many new theoretical approaches owe much more to him than often is realized. As such, they decided to honor Fechner by evaluating his own contribution to the founding of psychology and psychoanalysis, by deepening the foundations of psychologica...

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me . . .This beautiful collection features twelve gorgeously romantic stories set during the festive period, by some of the most talented and exciting YA authors writing today. The stories are filled with the magic of first love and the magic of the holidays.My True Love Gave to Me includes stories by:Ally CarterHolly BlackLaini TaylorRainbow RowellMatt de la Peñ...

Summer Days and Summer Nights is a beautiful collection of twelve gorgeously romantic short stories, by some of the most talented and exciting YA authors writing today. Collected together by Stephanie Perkins, the editor behind My True Love Gave to Me, this wonderful collection of summer romances will delight all fans of YA.Summer Days and Summer Nights includes stories by:Leigh BardugoNina LaCourLibba BrayFrancesca Lia Block

Kindred Spirits is an engaging short story by Rainbow Rowell, author of the bestselling Eleanor & Park, Fangirl and Carry On, and is part of a handful of selected short reads specially produced for World Book Day.'Everybody likes everything these days. The whole world is a nerd.''Are you mad because other people like Star Wars*? Are you mad because people like me like* Star Wars*?'*'Maybe.'...

Acclaimed author Emery Lord pens another gorgeous story of best friends, new love, and second chances.* "Will inspire readers." --SLJ, starred reviewIt's been a year since it happened--when Paige Hancock's first boyfriend died in an accident. After shutting out the world for two years, Paige is finally ready for a second chance at high school . . . and she has a plan. First: Get her old crush, Ryan Chase, to date her--the ...

**In this delightful young adult contemporary romance, a novice designer discovers whether the boy from her past is the love of her future.“Stephanie Perkins’s characters fall in love the way we all want to, in real time and for good.”—Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author“Stephanie Perkins is the Jane Austen of our generation. Her stories ache, soothe, and leave you breathless with joy; there's true magic in these pages.”—Tahereh Mafi, #1 New Yo...

Welcome to the Kingdom, a dazzling fantasy theme park where 'happily ever after' is not just a promise, but a rule . . .It's a fairytale which ends in murder as the one of the 'Fantasists' goes renegade. Ana, a half-human, half-android princess, is tasked with entertaining visitors and making wishes come true but now she's on trial, after finding herself experiencing emotions and romantic feelings against all her programming.Told through court testimony, in...

From debut author and poet Lexa Hillyer comes the lyrical story of four seventeen-year-old friends who receive an unlikely chance to relive the perfect summer . . . and the devastating secret that could unravel it all. Elegant and evocative, Proof of Forever is one of those first novels that hooks you from the beginning and builds toward a stunning—and unexpected—end, calling to mind Gayle Forman and Ann Brashares.Joy, Tali, Luce, and Zoe were once best friends. Now they barely spe...

When seventeen-year-old track and field star Jesse Collins’s dreams of a full scholarship are shattered after the sudden death of her dad, she leaves home to work as a summer camp counsellor to escape the nosy stares in small town…and her own secret guilt. After a mix-up at registration, she’s put in charge of a boys’ cabin, and the head counsellor, Kirk, predicts she won’t last the first two weeks.In the midst of fending off four twelve-year-old boys who are hell-bent on mortifyin...

Taylor's a star on the soccer field, but she's going to need a new game plan to protect her heartCaptain of the soccer team, president of the Debate Club, contender for valedictorian: Taylor's always pushed herself to be perfect. After all, that's what is expected of a senator's daughter. But one impulsive decision—one lie to cover for her boyfriend—and Taylor's kicked out of private school. Everything she's worked so hard for is gone, and now she's starting over a...

In this romantic novel perfect for fans of Laura Nowlin, New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer will have you wondering . . . can you fall in love with someone you've never met?Juliet is drowning in grief after her mother's death.Declan is trying to escape the demons of his past.Leaving handwritten letters on her mother's grave is the only way Juliet can process her loss. When Declan finds a lett...