From parks and libraries to pubs and schools, social infrastructures are the everyday places that bring people together, support community life, and foster connection. As interest in the concept grows, this timely and accessible edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of social infrastructure—its origins, development, and practical impact.Packed with innovative case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia, and the US, it highlights how these shared spaces can shape urban l...

Aiden Shaw is the smuggest, most infuriating man I’ve ever met. Ever. He’s also my next door neighbor.We’ve been at war for four bitter years. But last night, Aiden crossed a line.The worst part? My public humiliation was caught on camera, and the video’s a viral sensation.Now, the entire internet is raving about our “off the charts chemistry” and “crackling sexual tension.”Apparently, everyone is delusional. And blind.Yet when Aiden...

Conor Brady is the hottest man I have ever laid eyes on. Ever. He’s also my new roommate.In the past few days, I became jobless, homeless, and boyfriendless.So, I did what any 28-year-old woman with her life together would do: I ran. Far, far away from my life in New York and straight to my big brother’s house in Atlanta.Only, it turns out that my brother is away on a business trip. And, he failed to tell me that a full-on, godlike hottie—who happen...

In this innovative work, Julia King moves nimbly among a variety of sources and disciplinary approaches—archaeological, historical, architectural, literary, and art-historical—to show how places take on, convey, and maintain meanings. Focusing on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland, King looks at the ways in which various groups, from patriots and politicians of the antebellum era to present-day archaeologists and preservationists, have transformed key landscapes into historica...

In this paranormal world, her death is just the beginningRiley’s seventeenth birthday should have been fun, but when a knife-wielding psycho attacks her best friend, of course Riley tries to stop him.Turns out, taking a knife through the heart isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.Neither is death.Instead of pearly gates, Riley wakes up alive and ensnared in a witch’s curse with twelve paranormals known as the Outcasts—including the inhumanly beau...

She disappeared from our lives without a word. I never expected to run into her at a Quik Mart in between jobs. What’s a guy to do when he finds his first crush? Follow her home, of course, and remind her of all the things she’s missing.I didn’t know that holding onto Riley would involve living in a trailer park. Or keeping it a secret from my sister—her best friend.Riley is completely at home with lawn-mower racing, beer-guzzling exhibitionists. She doesn’t think ...

The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface.In response to local needs, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands have developed some of the most important and influential techniques, legislation, doctrine ...

For these Alpha billionaires, revenge is a dish best served scorching hot! But what’s more important, payback …or passion? Dive into three electrifying full-length billionaire revenge romances from Harlequin Presents.ENEMY’S GAME OF REVENGEby Maya BlakeReclusive tycoon Jario Tagarro can never quite escape the shadow of his brutal past. However, alone on his super-yacht, new assistant Willow seems like she could be a ...

An interdisciplinary excavation of colonoware as a material archive of African, Indigenous, and colonial entanglements across the early American South.In Materializing Colonial Identities in Clay, Jon Bernard Marcoux, Corey A. H. Sattes, and contributors examine colonoware to explore the active roles that African Americans and Indigenous people played in constructing southern colonial culture and part of their shared history with Europeans.

Harlequin Presents brings you four full-length stories in one collection! Experience the glamorous lives of royals and billionaires, where passion knows no bounds. Be swept into a world of luxury, wealth and exotic locations.This box set includes:THE ACCIDENTAL ACCARDI HEIR (An Outrageous Accardi Brothers novel)by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin CrewsProud, dutiful Ago is quick to make am...

She disappeared from our lives without a word. I never expected to run into her at a Quik Mart in between jobs.What’s a guy to do when he finds his first crush? Follow her home, of course, and remind her of all the things she’s missing.I didn’t know that holding onto Riley would involve living in a trailer park.Or keeping it a secret from my sister—her best friend.Riley is completely at home with lawn-mower racing, beer-guzzling exhibitionists. She does...

What happens when the man I can't stand becomes my boss?Kingston Palmer is public enemy number one. Pain in the—*ahem.You see, I used to like Kingston. He even asked me out…and then crushed my feelings.To Kingston, I'm nothing more than a game. One that he's sure he can win.Don't worry; he underestimates my own dedication to winning.Unfortunately for me, I accidentally signed on to work at his company (yes, yes, it's a loooon...