title: The Ice Palace That Melted Away: Restoring Civility and Other Lost Virtues to Everyday Life
author:  Bill Stumpf 
description: "No thing is too large or too small to have within it a civil message," writes designer Bill Stumpf, "inventions, all manner of urban architecture from public schools, daycare centers, to housing, police cars and uniforms, taxicabs, food, plumbing, telephones, computers, media, affordable and available products of quality." Stumpf has been doing his part to make the world a more comfortable place for years--among the products he's designed was the world's first ergonomic chair--and in <i>The Ice Palace That Melted Away</i>, he shares his thoughts (and a few flights of fancy) with readers.
zlib_text: Bringing Home the Ice Prince • Jana Downs Bringing Home the Ice Prince
  lone. It was the story of his life. Colton Stanton, Cole for short, took a sip out
  of his polar bear coffee mug A and let the hot chocolate warm his insides.
  The flames crackled in the fireplace; despite the warmth emanating from
  therein, he‟d have to add wood soon.
  He could already feel the heat ebbing as his fire lost energy.
  He sighed deeply, set his mug on the coffee table, and stood.
  No matter how warm he made his house, it wouldn‟t warm the ice that
  seemed to encase his soul.
  Cole had left his North Carolina prison as soon as he‟d turned eighteen. NYC
  had seemed like the Promised Land for someone like him, a place where he
  could lose himself in the anonymity of the city. A place where no one would
  care that he was a foster brat. A place to start over. He‟d worked hard to put
  himself through school, managing to snag two scholarships sponsored by the
  state after his first semester.
  He‟d always pushed himself aca