In this provocative collection of essays, renowned architect Daniel Solomon delves into the complexities of what makes a city vibrant. Acknowledging that a city is not a static thing, he argues we need to pay more attention to nurturing what he calls “continuous cities.” In such a city, he says, “new buildings, new institutions, and new technologies don’t rip apart the old and wreck it. They accommodate, they act with respect, and they add vibrant new chapters to history without eradicatin...

"This is a book about the making of cities and the buildings that compose them. It is about the conditions under which an architect engaged in those activities now works, how those conditions evolved and why they are changing. It is about the qualities of life that are threatened by the ways cities are built at the beginning of the 21st century and intelligent response to those threats. It is about why the city planning ideas and the cultural cuisinart that came in the box with modern arch...

Blue Wave is a Novel based on the story of Prof. John Joseph who would like to get rid of his mind. Cina Mathew and Kiya Waka are the two symbols of his mind, trying to take away his free will for love. The story is well established, striking and amusing. It is a true story of each one of us. The characters are superbly and fearfully created. Yet, they are let to live their own life as it goes. The plot is astonishingly suspensive. It drives the readers all the way to the end alert and rap...

The War of Two Brothers is a collection of poems which were written over a period of the last fifteen consequent years. They were all coined in the wake of EPRDF, which brought identity politics to office and triggered citizens to slaughter each other on the basis of ethnic profile for nothing. It embraces a total of over 150 poems. Most of the poems echo the heartrending torment beleaguered over the entire nation. Some depict the arduous trail the country has been through in the last thre...

Law firms are undergoing structural change at a pace not previously seen in the profession. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are reshaping research, drafting, and knowledge work; clients are demanding increasing levels of efficiency, transparency, and innovation; and alternative legal service providers and the Big Four continue to expand, offering clients an ever-widening array of options and restricting law firms’ slice of the market. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in legal operati...

Distinguished clinicians explain what lies at the heart of change in effective psychotherapy.A wide range of distinguished scientists and clinicians discuss the nature of change in the therapeutic process. Jaak Panksepp, Ian McGilchrist, Ruth Lanius, Francine Shapiro, and other luminaries offer readers a powerful journey through mindful awareness, neural integration, affective neuroscience, and therapeutic presence to reveal the transformational nature of therapy.Healin...

Real love starts with you.Loving someone else requires courage and vulnerability. And in order to create deep and authentic relationships that really go the distance, it's important to develop self-awareness and a willingness to take responsibility for your experiences. You've heard the saying, "You can't love anyone unless you love yourself first." But in the midst of life's distractions and society's myths of flawless romance, how exactly do you...

Highly skilled 10x talent brings at least 10 times the value to your organization. By understanding how to attract, manage, and retain these sought-after individuals, your business will become more agile, innovative, and experience transformational growth.10xers can tackle a company’s toughest problems, improve their strongest assets, and blaze a path to success. With the rapid digitization of every conceivable product and service, the environment has transformed s...

Multiple Dirichlet Series, L-functions and Automorphic Forms gives the latest advances in the rapidly developing subject of Multiple Dirichlet Series, an area with origins in the theory of automorphic forms that exhibits surprising and deep connections to crystal graphs and mathematical physics. As such, it represents a new way in which areas including number theory, combinatorics, statistical mechanics, and quantum groups are seen to fit together. The volume also includes papers on automo...

East meets West in this fresh, modern take on a timeless challenge: how to find contentment and meaning in life.In Radically Happy, a meditating Silicon Valley entrepreneur teams up with a young, insightful, and traditionally educated Tibetan Rinpoche. Together they present a path to radical happiness—a sense of well-being that you can access anytime but especially when life is challenging. Using mindfulness techniques and accessible meditations, personal ...

This book addresses many issues affecting our people throughout the world. It not only addresses them, but gives real and practical solutions that can be applied to everyone's life today. The first topic covered is Health and Nutritional Balancing; Understanding the current causes and corrections of diseases that are becoming more pervasive amongst our people, especially our children. What can we do to create a new generation of physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy youth? This que...

Daniel Solomon is an accomplished author that writes both in English and Amharic, the vernacular official language of the Federal Democratic Republic. He was born and raised in Ethiopia. Hence, the majority of his works are portraits of his motherland, a country of ancient civilization, a home of hospitality, and a symbol of freedom. That being said, Daniel is currently a citizen of the United States of America, where he has lived and worked for years now. Literature is very much near and ...