Buildings can make us sick or keep us well. Diseases and toxins course through indoor spaces, making us ill. Meanwhile, better air quality and light levels improve productivity. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has us focused more than ever on indoor air quality, Healthy Buildings shows how much we have to gain from human-centered design.
Rediscovery of Polk Smith's geometric abstractions Connects the European and North Americanavant-gardes Influenced by Native American art and culture
Rediscovery of Polk Smith's geometric abstractions Connects the European and North Americanavant-gardes Influenced by Native American art and culture
The richly atmospheric new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow.<br />
He had seen drowned people.<br />
A sight not to be forgotten. 1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn't approach, but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person's case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea. Called in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally - the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke - a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways.
Kiras Entscheidung, wieder bei ihrem Stiefvater zu leben, der sie vor Jahren missbraucht hat, führt zu einer krise in der Beziehung mit Rei. Der fühlt sich von der neuen Situation überfordert und will kurzerhand Schluss machen. Doch Kira ist fest entschlossen, um Rei zu kämpfen. Und Rei muss schon bald feststellen, dass alles leichter gesagt war als getan. Und dann überschlagen sich die Ereignisse und es kommt zu einer drammatischen Wende ... Zwei überarbeitete Bände des Manga-Klassikers in einem!