studio bau:ton, the practice founded by Swiss architect Peter Grüneisen, designs buildings rooted in the sphere of imagination and creativity. The practice’s main clients are in the music and film production industry in Los Angeles, for whom it designs private houses and work spaces. The focus is on the combination of high-tech entertainment design with glamorous, exclusive architecture. On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the Los Angeles-based architectural practice nonzero\architecture is publishing the second monograph. The book includes conversations with well known clients including Hans Zimmer, David Lynch, Bruce Botnik, and Paul Lieberstein. The completed projects include residences, mixed residential/work spaces, through to recording studios and public buildings.

Cassidy Knowles, the nation’s fastest rising food-and-wine writer, receives a gift. A calendar of lighthouses surrounding Seattle. And a dozen letters revealing a past she never knew. Russell Morgan, born to a fortune, went out and made one of his own. With a calendar of lighthouses as a chart, he steps aboard a sailboat, seeking a new heading for his future. Where their courses collide? That is Where Dreams Are Born.

What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? The walls of the cell are etched with the names of the prisoners who came before. A bird perches on the cell window and offers a deal: "You bring the pencil, and I will bring the stories," stories of family, of community, of Gaza, of Palestine. Mohammad Sabaaneh brings uses his striking linocut artwork to help the world see Palestinian people as human, not as superheroes or political symbols.

Josh Harper, one of the nation’s top food writers, had it all — until his life’s plot took an unexpected twist. Embracing the challenge, he quits his job and moves to Seattle to pursue his lifelong dream of writing a foodie mystery novel. With a past hidden behind perfect poise and a studied French accent, Melanie nailed her first swimsuit cover at eighteen. Her supermodel career never faltered once — until now. Losing her first job in a decade, she sees the writing on the runway, and it’s not the walk she’d planned. Only together can they write their own happy ending Where Dreams Are Written.

From wildfire to gunfire, these heroes battle more than flames. “Top 10 romance of 2015. Suspenseful. Emotionally nuanced.” – Booklist Master mechanic Denise Conroy—with a reputation for being as steel-clad as the aircraft she keeps aloft—shuns useless flyboys who don’t know one end of a wrench from the other. Firehawk pilot Vern Taylor—known for unstoppable charm and a complete lack of mechanical skills—proves he’s a survivor and a natural-born heli-aviation firefighter. When they crash together in the Central American jungle with wildfire on one side and a full-fledged military coup on the other, their newly forged partnership is tested to the max. Can their formidable skills protect them from the conflagration sweeping the jungle...and their hearts? “High-octane action, three-dimensional characters to love, another sigh-worthy romance.” – RT Book Reviews [Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete happy-ever-after with no cliffhangers. Originally published in 2015. Re-edited 2021 for improved reader experience but still the same great story.] Buy now to join the romantic firefighting adventure.

Local Gloucester artist Morgan Henry built a career carving sand. Upon the arrival of a magnificent racing yacht off the beach, he alters his latest contest entry to match. Little does he know that his past skippers the boat. Mary Elizabeth sailed away from Gloucester and made her name on the ocean racing circuit. She never once looked back. Yet for reasons beyond her understanding, she returns. On the beach, in a sand sculpture conceived by a boy but carved by a man, she discovers that her past and her future are more connected than she could possibly imagine.

When it’s time to leave the team, can they actually go? Jeremy’s skills make him ready to leave Miranda’s air-crash investigation team and start his own. But neither Jeremy nor Miranda are prepared for it when the time comes. Jeremy must take the lead. Miranda must stay behind. The change forces each member of the team to grapple with their own challenges. Does the answer lie in the black box of a flight data recorder? Maybe it does.