We are born twice: once when nature casts us into the world, and again when we lift the chisel and carve from ourselves something that resembles us.A man arrives in a strange land carrying the ashes of a homeland lost to war, half his family buried without a farewell, and a body slowly betraying him. The doctors hand him a verdict on a slip of paper — and that slip becomes both the blade that severs his old life and the antidote that saves it.Referred to on...

They taught us the world has two colours: white and black. Wolf and meat. Victor and vanquished. And that whoever stands in the middle has no colour at all.Then life comes, and teaches us otherwise.The Gray is a novel in five self-contained tales, each a portrait of an ordinary human being pushed to the single moment that reveals their true colour.A hardened man, alone at the end of his life, learns from a s...

A Modern Family is filled with wry observation, ruthless satire and, underneath it all, a real warmth. It is scathing, truthful and hilariously, painfully funny.' Jenn Ashworth. Television's most popular car show presenter lives his life in the shadow of his career and his persona. he has the perfect job. He doesn't have the perfect family. His wife retches in in the bathrooms of exclusive restaurants; his daughter's obsession with a friend is consuming her; his son lives a double life sel...

Socrates (Σωκράτης), born in Athens around 470 BC, was a Greek philosopher who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, he authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. These accounts are written as dialogues, in which Socrates and his interlocutors examine a subject in the style of question and ...

A stirring account of the mathematicians who went looking for the bedrock philosophical foundations of their field and witnessed a house of cards collapse instead“A fascinating romp through one of the most consequential conflicts of the early 20th century.”—Johnjoe McFadden, author of Life on the EdgeAs the nineteenth century ended, mathematicians were celebrating a century of triumphs that—surprisingly—made clear how little they k...

In 399B. C. an indictment was laid against Socrates, Famous Greek philosopherand educational reformer, “for not worshiping the gods whom the city worshipsand for introducing new divinities of his own; next, for corrupting theyouth.” Plato, in his book Apologygives the substance of his defense, a vindication of his whole life, but notgiven in a way to conciliate the jury of over 500 Athenian citizens. Thevote of condemnation was carried by a small majority, though the sentence ofde...

What if one man's search for truth could shape the future of civilization?The Complete Plato & Socrates Collection presents the definitive anthology of the foundational works that defined ethics, politics, logic, love, death, and the human condition for millennia to come. This modern, reader-friendly translation brings together the greatest dialogues and testimonies written by Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes-the men who knew Socrates and captured the power of ...

What if a man who wrote nothing became the foundation of Western philosophy?The Complete Socrates Collection is the ultimate anthology of works capturing the life, thought, and paradox of history's most enigmatic philosopher. This modernized edition brings together the enduring writings of Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes-each offering a distinct and complementary lens into the mind and mission of Socrates.Spanning high philosophy, historical testimony,...

The Sockmonster came from a conversation I had with my then seven year old daughter about the disappearance of her socks. It started out as silly voices and such and eventually evolved into what it is today. The Sockmonster tells the tale of four misguided, mismatched sock friends who go on a Journey of No Return to retrieve the match to one of the socks. It has a surprise ending and moral. Enjoy!

Why does the 1974 war in Cyprus remain so dominant in Greek-Cypriot cinema? How has this event shaped the imagination of contemporary filmmakers, and how might one define the new national cinema that has emerged as a result? This book explores such questions by analysing a range of Greek-Cypriot films that have hitherto received little or no critical discussion.The book adopts a predominantly conceptual approach, situating contemporary Greek-Cypriot cinema within a specific cultural...

This book examines the manifestations of architecture, cities, and design processes within digital culture.Adopting a comparative and critical method, the author looks at past and present encounters of the digital with architectural discourse and practice. Along three central themes – machines, networks, and computation – the book begins by discussing transformations of the analogy between architecture and the machine since the early twentieth century, foregrounding questions about...

Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures, digitally driven building parts, interactive installations, intelligent environments, early precedents and their historical context, socio-cultural aspects of adaptive architecture, the history and theory of artificial life, the theory of human-computer interaction, tangible computing,an...