INSIDE GLASS TOWERS
INSIDE GLASS TOWERS

Author: Jackie Lynaugh

Publisher: Southern Soul Novels

Published: 2021-05-11

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13:

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Step into the world of luxury on a captivating private island in Palm Beach, Florida. A place with deep pockets and gorgeous views. Eve had always been the attention-getter. The big sister who was ahead of her time, and never just the girl next door. Gab, the little sister, always felt she had to catch up with Eve to find her way until she graduated from college. Life caught up with both sisters. Will secrets derail their chance to find love? Danger lurks nearby, and it forever changed their life when Alva McGyver, a Navy SEAL alpha male, enters their lives. ***** "A heart-wrenching and riveting story. I was hooked from the very first page." Read to Getaway “INSIDE GLASS TOWERS will take you deep into other people's homes and lives. You will become captivated by their darkest secrets. Along the way, you applaud for the antagonist to live, and transfixed in who wins in a love triangle." — NiaJDaniels "Amazing journey, many light bulb moments throughout the book, that reached beyond the pages. Family comes first and the story takes you through trauma, survival, and love at all cost." Highly Recommend "What a great book from cover to cover! Once you start reading it, you can't put it down. I experienced a lot of emotions throughout the book. It is a story that should definitely be made into a movie. Every character is interesting and unforgettable. The author does a phenomenal job in writing and with explicit details. I saw everything that she wrote. I felt like I was living there with them. I had an amazing journey which won't be forgotten for years to come." Anne

Glass Towers
Glass Towers

Author: Adler Holt

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2012-12-26

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781481844369

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Beautiful small-town interior decorator Danielle Austen-Pyne has finally rid herself of her charismatic two-timing husband Bradley Pyne. While she has sworn off men, Danielle secretly retains her romantic ideals about love and marriage.HARRISON TOWERS, an enigmatic mega mogul, however, has turned his own romantic loss into a coldly cynical attitude about relationships and women. This sexual master has vowed to keep his relationships strictly physical with no strings attached.This powerful business tycoon is about to break all of Danielle's rules and his own, as they embark on an intensely erotic and passionate, no-strings attached relationship.As Danielle gets closer to Harrison Towers, she quickly learns being in Harrison's world is not all glamour when power, lust, money, greed and danger present themselves at every angle and threatens to tear them apart.

Tower of Dawn
Tower of Dawn

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 1681195801

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A glorious empire. A desperate quest. An ancient secret. The search for allies extends to a new land in the sixth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived in the shining city of Antica to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent, whose vast armies are Erilea's last hope. But they have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol received in Rifthold. After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child at the hands of Adarlanian soldiers, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need, and she will honor it. But Lord Westfall carries his own dark past, and Yrene soon realizes that those shadows could engulf them both. Chaol, Nesryn, and Yrene will have to draw on every scrap of their resilience to overcome the danger that surrounds them. But while they become entangled in the political webs of the khaganate, long-awaited answers slumber deep in the mountains, where warriors soar on legendary ruks. Answers that might offer their world a chance at survival . . . or doom them all. The final battle looms in this sixth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series.

The Los Angeles Watts Towers
The Los Angeles Watts Towers

Author: Bud Goldstone

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780892364916

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"The Watts Towers of Simon Rodia are one of the unique treasures of Los Angeles and the product of one man's obsession. Rodia, a poor Italian immigrant, settled in a sleepy railway junction south of downtown in 1921 and spent the next thirty-four years single-handedly assembling a frenzy of shapes and color. Rising to one hundred feet, the towers were built without machine equipment, scaffolding, bolts, rivets, welds - or plans!" "Bud Goldstone, who knew Rodia personally, and Arloa Paquin Goldstone have worked to preserve the towers since 1959. They tell the exciting story of how the towers were first rescued from demolition by the City of Los Angeles itself and then saved from natural and man-made disasters. They present new biographical information about Rodia and his innovative techniques and discuss the towers as art, as architecture, and as a singular expression of urban culture in Southern California."--Page 4 of cover.

Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers
Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers

Author: Rachael Johnstone

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2024-05-01

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0774869275

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Even as Canadian universities suggest their gender issues have largely been resolved, many women in academia tell a different story. Systemic discrimination, the underrepresentation of women in more senior and lucrative roles, and the belief that gender-related concerns will simply self-correct with greater representation add up to a serious gender problem. Although these issues are widely acknowledged, reliable data is elusive. Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers fills this research gap with a cross-disciplinary, data-driven investigation of gender inequality in Canadian universities. Research presented in this book reveals, for example, that women are more likely to hold sessional teaching positions and to face difficulties obtaining funding. They are also poorly represented at the upper echelons of the professoriate and must contend with a gender pay gap that widens as they move up the ranks. Contributors consider the daily grind of academic life, social, structural, and systemic challenges, and the gendered dynamics of university leadership, all with an eye to laying the groundwork for practical and meaningful institutional change.

From Ivory Tower to Glass House
From Ivory Tower to Glass House

Author: Andrew Policano

Publisher:

Published: 2016-01-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780997336207

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Higher education is facing unprecedented stress. The combined effects of rising tuition, growing student debt and a challenging job market are raising serious concerns about the value of a college degree. At the same time, global competition and technological innovations are disrupting traditional educational models. Universities are under intense scrutiny as students, parents and legislators demand a more efficient, lower cost educational platform. No longer can universities expect to receive support with little accountability. Indeed, the insular ivory tower existence long cherished by universities is rapidly disappearing. This environment requires a radically different strategy, one that is guided by multifaceted leaders who not only understand academic culture but who also have a keen sense of business acumen. The purpose of this book is to both identify and analyze current challenges facing higher education and then to develop the requisite skill set for academic leaders to address them.Today's university requires leaders who not only understand and appreciate academic values, but who are also well versed in strategy, finance, human resources, external relations and fundraising. Some universities are looking outside academia to find leaders who possess the required background and experience. Faculty members strongly resist this external intervention but who among them is capable and willing to assume a leadership role? Most faculty members do not have the training, experience or even empathy to take on a leadership role, especially one confounded by the current mounting pressures. The discussion analyzes the tradeoffs facing a faculty member who is considering a leadership path and examines the strategies required to succeed in this rapidly changing environment.

Towers on the Wane
Towers on the Wane

Author: Lee J.M. da Rocha

Publisher: Wickedly Fiendish Press

Published: 2022-11-13

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1739584732

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Book summary Two attack squads; each led by Amelia Harris and Ben Vargas. Club SOHO; the target of their desires. What they find inside while on the hunt for a person of interest puts them on a whirlwind of fatalities and bloodshed. A descending babel follows their mission, the Balmore Twin Towers Fort is adrift without the leadership of her father but Amelia has taken his place. Upon discovering her late father’s arcane notes of ‘Project Life Tanker’, she and Ben see where it may lead to... All the limited clues and all the pieces she and Ben know of lead to a rescue undertaking of Emilio Javier Vargas from Eldreth the Departer’s inhuman grasp—back to where the few remnants of the Penn Commune narrowly escaped from. The old Steward may be the one man to be to save the fort from eating itself and provide the final piece to Project Life Tanker. Seeing the recklessness grow within his old friend, Dante Rossi involves himself in Amelia’s scheme to observe Ben. Within the Balmore fort itself, Avery Whitfield feels herself fracture from under the immense weight of the mental wounds of her assault and the guilt, as well as from the social isolation and resentment from the young Brit she looks up to. In their absence, she only feels herself falling deeper in despair but begins to find a slither of solace in a local Balmore resident taking interest in her... From the back cover A GHETTO IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST. OUTSIDERS WITH A MOST DANGEROUS SECRET. A PERILOUS JOURNEY. The power vacuum extingueshed in the Balmore Twin Towers Fort—Garret O’Conner imprisoned—Amelia Harris reigns in her late father’s place. She and Ben Vargas incite a bold undertaking; rescue the Steward from Eldreth the Departer’s captivity in his glass tower ... with high chance of a hefty body count. Reeling from the toll his past inaction has brought, Dante Rossi is embroiled in their relentless pursuit and sees how it’s affecting Ben. The hectic stay in the fort weighs in on them all—especially on Avery Whitfield’s already troubled mind—as the distrust and disarray boils behind every wall of every floor.

The Dark Tower IV
The Dark Tower IV

Author: Stephen King

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 928

ISBN-13: 1501143557

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Roland, the last gunslinger, escapes with his band of followers from one world, and he begins to tell a story from his past. -- provided by publisher.

Eco-Towers
Eco-Towers

Author: K. Al-Kodmany

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2015-05-05

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 1784660175

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Eco-Towers introduces readers to groundbreaking designs, most progressive projects, and innovative ways of thinking about a new generation of green skyscrapers that could provide solutions to crises the world faces today including climate change, depleting resources, deteriorating ecology, population increase, decreasing food supply, urban heat island effect, pollution, deforestation, and more. The book suggests that the eco-tower culminates the cultural and technological evolutions of the 21st century by building and improving on the experiences of earlier designs of skyscrapers and philosophies particularly green, sustainable, and ecological. It argues that the true green skyscraper is the one that engages successfully with its larger urban context by establishing symbiotic relationships with the social, economic, and environmental aspects. Since tall buildings are becoming larger and taller, serving greater number of people, and exerting higher demand on the environment and existing infrastructure, any improvements in their design and construction will significantly enhance urban conditions. The book elucidates how green skyscrapers better serve tenants, mitigate environmental impacts, and improve integration with the city infrastructure. It explains how skyscrapers’ long life cycle offers the greatest justifications for recycling precious resources, and makes it a worthwhile to employ green features in constructing new skyscrapers and retrofitting existing ones. Subsequently, the book explores new designs that are employing cutting-edge green technologies at a grand scale including water-saving technologies, solar panels, helical wind turbines, sunlight-sensing LED lights, rainwater catchment systems, graywater and blackwater recycling systems, seawater-powered air conditioning, and the like. In the future, new building materials and smart technologies will continue to offer innovative design approaches to sustainable tall buildings with new aesthetics, referred to as “eco-iconic” skyscrapers.

Building the Skyline
Building the Skyline

Author: Jason M. Barr

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0199344388

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The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the economic history of the Manhattan skyline. In the process, he debunks some widely held misconceptions about the city's history. Starting with Manhattan's natural and geological history, Barr moves on to how these formations influenced early land use and the development of neighborhoods, including the dense tenement neighborhoods of Five Points and the Lower East Side, and how these early decisions eventually impacted the location of skyscrapers built during the Skyscraper Revolution at the end of the 19th century. Barr then explores the economic history of skyscrapers and the skyline, investigating the reasons for their heights, frequencies, locations, and shapes. He discusses why skyscrapers emerged downtown and why they appeared three miles to the north in midtown-but not in between the two areas. Contrary to popular belief, this was not due to the depths of Manhattan's bedrock, nor the presence of Grand Central Station. Rather, midtown's emergence was a response to the economic and demographic forces that were taking place north of 14th Street after the Civil War. Building the Skyline also presents the first rigorous investigation of the causes of the building boom during the Roaring Twenties. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the boom was largely a rational response to the economic growth of the nation and city. The last chapter investigates the value of Manhattan Island and the relationship between skyscrapers and land prices. Finally, an Epilogue offers policy recommendations for a resilient and robust future skyline.