The millennium has come and gone, leaving stunned survivors in the sister states of NoCal and SoCal in what used to be California. Chevette Washington is a bicycle courier turned pickpocket. He picks up an innocent-looking pair of...
Twenty-first century
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Author:Gibson, WilliamSummary: -
Author:Heilbroner, RobertSummary:A New York Times Notable Book What forms will capitalism take in the twenty-first century? To answer this question, noted economist and social philosopher Robert Heilbroner looks beyond economic theory to the social and political...
- Author:Crichton, MichaelSummary:
TIMELINE opens on the threshold of the 21st century in a world of exploding advances on the frontiers of technology. Information moves instantly, and any moment of the past can be actualized. Historians can enter, literally, life in...
- Author:Barnatt, ChristopherSummary:
The Next Big Thing explores future revolutions that will determine how things are made, who we share the planet with, where resources come from, and the evolution of the human species. Beyond 2030, the way we live today will no longer...
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Author:Maynard, Herman Bryant, Mehrtens, Susan E.Summary:Applying the concept of historical waves originally propounded by Alvin Toffler in The Third Wave, Herman Maynard and Susan Mehrtens look toward the next century and foresee a "fourth wave," an era of integration and responsibility far...
- Author:Lepore, JillSummary:
A book to be listened to and kept for posterity, The Deadline is the art of the essay at its best. Few, if any, historians have brought such insight, wisdom, and empathy to public discourse as Jill Lepore. Arriving at The New Yorker in...
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Author:Kagan, RobertSummary:Addresses the challenges and questions confronting the modern-day liberal democratic world, from the competition among powerful nations to the violent struggle of radical Islam, and calls for a new approach on the part of the liberal...
- Author:Brunner, JohnSummary:
The brilliant 1969 Hugo Award-winning novel from John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar, now included with a foreword by Bruce Sterling. Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations....
- Author:MacLeod, Ian R.Summary:
"A man lies half-drowned on a Cornish beach at dawn in the furthest days of this century. The old woman discovers him, once a famous concert violinist, is close to death herself - or a new kind of life she can barely contemplate. Does...
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Author:DeFronzo, JamesSummary:The rise of Islamic Fundamentalist revolutionary movements, the conflict in Iraq, the surge of leftist political movements in Latin America led by Venezuela's example, and updates of the chapters on Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba,...
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Author:Michaels, A. J.Summary:What happens when Jane Austen’s immortal characters are thrust into 21st century Pennsylvania, with an all-male twist? Liam Bennet has always been a good judge of character, but when William Darcy is thrown into his social circle,...
- Author:Collectif d'auteursSummary:
L’amour ponctue nos vies, bouleverse nos âmes, transforme nos cœurs. Mais quand vient le moment de déterminer lequel est réellement ineffaçable, la question se complique. Car bien qu’universel, l’amour est surtout multiple. Qu’il soit...
- Author:Drucker, Peter F.Summary:
Drucker succintly tackles the evolving paradigms and management challenges businesses face as the new century begins. He explains that manages should consider themselves leaders, not bosses, and treat their employees as though they are...
- Author:Francis, Pope, Ivereigh, AustenSummary:
In this uplifting and practical book, written in collaboration with his biographer, Austen Ivereigh, the preeminent spiritual leader explains why we must—and how we can—make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people now....
- Author:Braden, GreggSummary:
Dans cette fascinante exploration des mystères de la vie, Gregg Braden fusionne les découvertes modernes sur les patterns de la nature (les fractales) avec les anciennes connaissances traditionnelles sur les cycles universels. Il en...
- Author:McGonigal, JaneSummary:
A world-renowned future forecaster and game designer teaches us to envision the future before it arrives--and gives us the tools to help shape the world we want to live in. The COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most disruptive events in...
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Author:Kissinger, Henry, Dr., Ferguson, Niall, Zakaria, Fareed, Li, David DaokuiSummary:Is China's rise unstoppable? Powered by the human capital of 1.3 billion citizens, the latest technological advances, and a comparatively efficient system of state-directed capitalism, China seems poised to become the global superpower...
- Author:Daneau, MartinSummary:
1605 De visite à Édimbourg, en Écosse, Jacques Ier ordonne l’exécution de femmes accusées de sorcellerie. Cyrielle Isère, condamnée au bûcher, provoque tout un émoi alors qu’elle manipule les flammes et empêche sa mise à mort. À Rome,...
- Author:Holmes, NancySummary:
Arborophobia, the latest collection by award-winning poet Nancy Holmes, is a poetic spiritual reckoning. Its elegies, litanies, and indictments concern wonder, guilt, and grief about the journey of human life and the state of the...
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Author:Steyn, MarkSummary:In his first major book, conservative columnist Steyn takes on the anti-Americanism that fuels both Old Europe and radical Islam. America, Steyn argues, will have to stand alone. The future, Steyn shows, belongs to the fecund and the...
