Self-Organization and the City

Self-Organization and the City
Author: Juval Portugali
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662040999

This book integrates the theories of complex self-organizing systems with the rich body of discourse and literature developed in what might be called ‘social theory of cities and urbanism’. It uses techniques from dynamical complexity and synergetics to successfully tackle open social science questions.

Olivia Wolf and the Night of the Giant Monsters

Olivia Wolf and the Night of the Giant Monsters
Author: José Fragoso
Publisher: NubeOcho
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2023-11-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8410074060

En Engendroland está pasando algo extraño: hace horas que debería haber amanecido, pero sigue siendo de noche. ¿Qué está ocurriendo? Olivia, la niña loba, y su pandilla se enfrentarán a las malignas criaturas de la noche para salvar a la ciudad y resolver el misterio.

Monstrocity

Monstrocity
Author: Jeffrey Thomas
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2003
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781894815611

There are haunted places. Haunted houses. The metropolis of Punktown, on the planet Oasis, is a haunted city. An unassuming and aimless young man has begun to perceive the city's dark tentacles in the lay of the streets. Its roots in the labyrinth of the subways. Its polluted taint in the eyes of the people he knows, and even loves. And this evil is stirring, building toward an apocalyptic culmination. The city is not only haunted - it's perhaps a living thing. MONSTROCITY combines elements of science fiction with horror in the vein of H. P. Lovecraft, taking place in the milieu of Jeffrey Thomas' acclaimed collection, PUNKTOWN - which China Mieville described as "searing and alien and anxious and rich."

Timmy's Monster Diary

Timmy's Monster Diary
Author: Raun Melmed
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1641700998

Meet Timmy, a lovable monster who can’t get enough of the coolest gadgets and video games. Too bad he doesn’t realize how much time he spends each day in front of a screen. In the same humorous spirit of Diary of a Wimpy Kid comes Timmy’s Monster Diary: Screen Time Stress. Using the “Time-Telling” and “ST4” techniques developed by Dr. Raun Melmed of the Melmed Center in Arizona, Timmy’s Monster Diary teaches kids how to self-monitor the amount of time they spend on technology. Timmy’s hilarious doodles and diary entries chronicle his delightful adventures, misadventures, and eventual triumph in a funny, relatable way. It’s the one book that kids will want to turn off the TV and read! Timmy’s Monster Diary also includes a resource section to help parents and teachers implement Dr. Melmed’s methods, plus ST4 reminders that kids can remove, color, and place around the house. Ages 6–12. Don’t miss Marvin’s ADHD adventures in Book 1.

Weird Missouri

Weird Missouri
Author: James Strait
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781402745553

Each fun and intriguing volume in the award-winning series offers more than 250 illustrated pages of places where tourists usually don't venture: the oddball curiosities, ghostly sites, local legends, crazy characters, cursed roads, and peculiar roadside attractions.

Olivia Wolf and a Million Olivias

Olivia Wolf and a Million Olivias
Author: José Fragoso
Publisher: NubeOcho
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2023-11-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8410074087

Es el cumpleaños de Sam, y Olivia y sus amigos lo celebran en el chiquipark de Mick Liebre, que tiene la piscina de bolas más increíble de todo Engendroland. Pero un maléfico ser, el marqués Ojostrés, ha embrujado las bolas de la piscina, y de allí empiezan a salir decenas de Olivias malignas que quieren destruir todo el centro de ocio. La pandilla de la niña loba se enfrentará a las falsas Olivias y usará su ingenio y buen humor para detener al marqués Ojostrés. ¡No hay días aburridos en Engendroland!