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Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character-Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth-in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. In his most stunning novel yet, the voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to...
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"But What If We're Wrong? visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past"--
"We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed...
3) Future world
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young man searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"One of the most stunning achievements of moral philosophy is something we take for granted: moral universalism, or the idea that every human has equal moral worth. In What We Owe the Future, Oxford philosopher William MacAskill demands that we go a step further, arguing that people not only have equal moral worth no matter where or how they live, but also no matter when they live. This idea has implications beyond the obvious (climate change) - including...
5) Normal
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Some people call it "abyss gaze." Gaze into the abyss all day and the abyss will gaze into you. There are two types of people who think professionally about the future: Foresight strategists are civil futurists who think about geoengineering and smart cities and ways to evade Our Coming Doom; strategic forecasters are spook futurists, who think about geopolitical upheaval and drone warfare and ways to prepare clients for Our Coming Doom. The former...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In this debut set in near future NYC--where lives last 300 years and the pursuit of immortality is all-consuming--Lea must choose between her estranged father and her chance to live forever. Lea Kirino is a "Lifer," which means that a roll of the genetic dice has given her the potential to live forever--if she does everything right. And Lea is an overachiever. She's a successful trader on the New York exchange--where instead of stocks, human organs...
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English
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Publisher Annotation: No world is like the other. Within this masterful collection, each setting is more strange and wonderful than the last, brimming with new technologies and beings. And yet, for all the advances in these futuristic lands, the people still must confront deeply human problems. In these six stories, Veronica Roth reaches into the unknown and draws forth something startlingly familiar and profoundly beautiful. With tales of friendship...
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"For many Americans, imagining a bright future has always been an act of resistance. A People's Future of the United States presents twenty never-before-published stories by a diverse group of writers, featuring voices both new and well-established. These stories imagine their characters fighting everything from government surveillance, to corporate cities, to climate change disasters, to nuclear wars. But fear not: A People's Future also invites...
10) The witnesses
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English
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"Young lawyer Parker House is on the rise--until his grandfather's mysterious past puts both of their lives in danger. The fresh-faced North Carolina attorney shares his German grandfather's ability to see future events in his mind's eye--a gift that has haunted 82-year-old Frank House, who is trying to erase a murderous wartime past"--From the publisher's web site.
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past.
In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physicas to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire
14) The ice lion
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Series
Rewilding reports (Kathleen O'Near Gear) volume 1
DAW book collectors volume no. 1882
The rewilding report volume 1
DAW book collectors volume no. 1882
The rewilding report volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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