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1) Your utopia
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bora Chung's inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience a variety of possible fates for humanity, from total demise via a disease whose only symptom is casual cannibalism to a world in which even dreams can be monitored and used to convict people of crimes. ...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition."--
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of children steal a haunted doll; a runaway bride encounters a sea monster; a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. Five mysterious billionaires summoned theorist Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive the "Event": the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a Silicon Valley-style certainty that they and their cohort can break the laws of physics,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. When Martha Einkorn fled her father's isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she's surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private...
Author
Publisher
Sutherland House Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 318 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The English longbow, made of rare yew wood, unmatched for accuracy, speed of fire, and deadliness, shifted Europe's balance of power in the Middle Ages. Schooners, those "able handsome ladies" of the sea, inaugurated a new era of global trade, carrying high-value cargoes of tea and spice to Europe and America with unmatched speed and reliability. The violin, individual examples of which have personalities and histories as brilliant as the performers...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 87 min.)
Language
English
Description
Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society? Or too much of a good thing? Executive Produced by Martin Scorsese, this provocative documentary explores the concept of progress in our modern world, guiding us through the major "progress traps" facing our civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment. Featuring powerful arguments from such visionaries...
10) 9
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When rag doll 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone. It is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the newest member of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive and they will need to discover...
11) Gamer
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kable is the superstar and cult hero of the ultraviolent Slayers. Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned, and forced to fight against his will, the modern-day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game, free his family, regain his identity, and save mankind from this ruthless technology.
12) Space cowboys
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
They had trained body and mind for America's leap into space. But when the moment came, they were replaced. Now, 40 years later, another moment has come and this time it's all theirs. These old-school test pilots whose grasp of outdated technology makes them the only ones able to repair a primitive, deorbiting Russian satellite that imperils Earth.
13) The storm
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Techno-billionaire Robert Terrell has a sinister plan. He wants to rule the world by controlling the weather. His experiments threaten to destroy Earth. But when a test goes wrong and stirs up a global cataclysm, it's up to a dedicated scientist and a renegade reporter to reverse the Megastorm's deadly rampage before it leaves a devastating path of destruction.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First English language edition; First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages : color illustrations ; 28 x 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be 'human'. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
252 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and...
16) Last sentinel
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the near future, a skeleton crew of soldiers is stranded at sea on an abandoned military outpost awaiting the arrival of reinforcements or an enemy invasion, whichever comes first.
Author
Publisher
Debate, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
252 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
Language
Español
Description
El historiador y filósofo más influyente de la actualidad nos narró de forma extraordinaria la compleja trama de la historia de la humanidad en su libro Sapiens. De animales a dioses. Con la ayuda de David Vandermeulen y las maravillosas ilustraciones de Daniel Casanave, este otoño publicamos Sapiens. El nacimiento de la humanidad, la adaptación gráfica de un best seller internacional que lleva quince millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo...
18) Red metal
Author
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 638 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three Rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control for generations over the world's hi-tech sector. Pitted against the Russians are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy job at the Pentagon and thrown into the fray in Africa, a French Special Forces captain and his...
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