Liz is killed in a hit-and-run accident and her 'life' takes a very unexpected turn. At nearly sixteen she knows she will never get married, never have children, and perhaps never fall in love. This is a novel that tells of sadness with heart-breaking honesty and of love and happiness.
Sander Gilman's story of Jurek Becker provides a portrait of an extraordinarily gifted artist whose hope and courage are manifested in his legacy as one of the greatest German writers of the past century.
In architecture, looking to the past is a prerequisite to looking to the future. Innovative design is inevitably informed by an understanding of earlier design and technology. No one exemplifies this more than architect Jan Kaplicky and his firm Future Systems, renowned for its futuristic structures.