In Junkspace (2011), architect Rem Koolhaas itemised in delirious detail how our cities are being overwhelmed. His celebrated jeremiad is here updated and twinned with Running Room, a fresh response from architectural critic Hal Foster.

In a lush solarpunk future, plants have stripped the poison from the air and trained warriors keep resource hoarders in check.Orfeus only wants to be a travelling singer, famed and adored. She has her share of secrets, but she’s no energy criminal, so why does an assassin come for her head? Not just any assassin but the Wolf, deadliest killer in all the Order of the Vengeful Wild.Orfeus will call in every favour she has to find out, seeking answers while clinging to her pri...

Wellington. The wind city. New Zealand's home of art and culture, but darker forces, forgotten forces, are starting to reappear. Aotearoa's displaced iwi atua – the patupaiarehe, taniwha, and ponaturi of legend – have decided to make Wellington their home, and while some have come looking for love, others have arrived in search of blood.A war is coming, and few can stand in their way. Saint (lovably fearless, temporarily destitute, currently unable to find a shirt) may be our only ...

'It was at the time when I was wandering around hungry in Kristiania, that strange city no one leaves before it has set its mark on them...' Hunger is the first-person story of a young man desperately trying to establish himself in the city as a writer, living in shabby lodgings where he can seldom afford to pay the rent, eating almost nothing, and engaging spasmodically and manically with landladies, eccentric elderly men, policemen, shopkeepers, pawnbrokers, and...

The life of a spinster in Victorian London isn't an easy one on the best of days, but such a life becomes infinitely more complicated when said spinster is "soulless" - a preternatural bridging the gap between the natural and supernatural worlds. Miss Alexia Tarabotti has this unique distinction, and when she is assailed at a formal gathering by a rove vampire, an encounter that results in the death of the half-starved creature, her circumstances become exponentially more complicated indee...

Every discipline tends to develop its own particular language and ways of communicating. This is true also about the various disciplines that talk about and describe the human voice - particularly as it relates to singing. The aim of this book is to bridge any gaps in communication, foster better understanding of the singing voice and encourage collaboration between those involved in performance, teaching, therapy and medicine. Because there is increasing interest in research in all these ...

Self-taught witch Ashley Robinson considers it her duty to protect her hometown Hamilton. She spends her time doing community work and picking up litter by the Waikato River.But something is badly wrong with the river, a sickness deeper than mere pollution can explain. Magic must be the cause, but is it a curse or something else entirely? Ash has to get to the bottom of it, armed with nothing more than the support of her best friend Mikaere and a pocketful of crystals.Then ...

Enter into this epic telling of Twin Aces which follows the lives and adventure of Vail & Muan two childhood friends who face the ultimate test of friendship.Immune to the outside world living simple lives all changes as they are introduced to Silla, a jinni from the parallel realm of the world long forgotten by mankind.Shifting the lines between the seen and unseen realms Vail & Muan must walk a path unknown as they try to right the wrongs in this mind-altering tale of fri...

Orfeus is trapped. Manipulated into leading the Order of the Vengeful Wild, she is desperate to be a mere singer once more.But relinquishing the mantle means damaging her relationship with once-enemy and current lover, Faol the Wolf.Luckily, Orfeus has the perfect plan: break into the fabled Cloud Forest gene bank, steal wolf DNA, and reintroduce wolves into the wild. What could prove her devotion better than restoring Faol’s favourite species into the ecosystem they both p...

Condemned by society and her werewolf husband due to a pregnancy she cannot explain, Alexia Maccon - preternatural, tea aficionado - seeks an explanation for this "infant inconvenience" so as to cleanse her sullied reputation and prove her fool of a husband wrong. Preternaturals are a rare breed and the only history of their kind lies in Italy with the Templars, a group that once partnered with preternaturals to hunt down werewolves and vampires. Will Alexia find an explanation for her imp...

Junkspace first appeared in the Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping (2001), a vast compendium of text, images, and data concerning the consumerist transformation of city and suburb from the first department store to the latest mega mall. The architect Rem Koolhaas itemized in delirious detail how our cities are being overwhelmed. His celebrated jeremiad is updated here and twinned with Running Room, a fresh response from the cultural critic Hal Foster. Ju...

You've invested considerable time and effort into your business, yet you feel like you're on a hamster wheel. Your profits aren't meeting your expectations. Your company consumes the majority of your free time. Moreover, if you opt to sell, buyers might only propose a fraction of your company's true value.What if you could boost your profits, free up more time, and secure a higher valuation for your business when you're ready to sell?Don't wait until it's too late-now is th...