Jonathan Richards

Facadism - the preservation of historic facades, the creation of facsimiles in front of new buildings and the decorative exercises of postmodernism - is accused of destroying architectural innovation, of divorcing the interior and exterior of buildings and of reducing townscapes to theatre sets. Its defenders describe facadism as the way urban tradition and progress walk hand in hand. Facadism presents a critical analysis of a concept central to the way in which the city is being remodelled. Assessing architectural and townscape philosophies and their aesthetics, the principles of urban conservation, the process of heritage planning and the market forces of urban development, the book builds a complete picture of the causes and effects of facadism in the Twentieth Century.

An ordinary day is about to spell disaster for Flight Three-Alpha-Nine. *Author's note: not actually spell disaster, it's not like an anagram or anything. 'Ride tass' is an angram of disaster but that bears no realtion to anything in the story. Look it's probably best we forget this whole blurb bit - it's already gone awry with the whole anagram thing - best you just read the book to find out what it's about...

The year is 2146 and the term 'Canaries' refers to death-row convicts sent into hostile situations by the military. When a geological surveying station comes under attack a Canary team is sent in, but the survivors soon learn they have more to fear from the Canaries than the creature attacking them.

Theresa Robbins is a New York cop, single mother and Brooklynite. These are three non-consecutive days in May and the events and thoughts that fill them. Life as a street cop is anything but dull. There's that which makes you laugh, that which beggars belief and that which you wish you never saw.

Facadism - the preservation of historic facades, the creation of facsimiles in front of new buildings and the decorative exercises of postmodernism - is accused of destroying architectural innovation, of divorcing the interior and exterior of buildings and of reducing townscapes to theatre sets. Its defenders describe facadism as the way urban tradition and progress walk hand in hand. Facadism presents a critical analysis of a concept central to the way in which the city is being remodelled. Assessing architectural and townscape philosophies and their aesthetics, the principles of urban conservation, the process of heritage planning and the market forces of urban development, the book builds a complete picture of the causes and effects of facadism in the Twentieth Century.