The world in which we live is facing many challenges, including the growing world population of more than 8 billion people in 2022. This population growth has created increasing pressure on natural resources, the environment, and the infrastructure of cities. In addition, population growth has led to increased demand for services, products, and technologies that may be unsustainable in the near future. In this context, technology could be a solution. Digitizing the person is an idea that could enable the world's population to continue living sustainably, creating a new form of existence in the "Netverse."

The Colbeck collection was formed over half a century ago by the Bournemouth bookseller Norman Colbeck. Focusing primarily on British essayists and poets of the nineteenth century from the Romantic Movement through the Edwardian era, the collection features nearly 500 authors and lists over 13,000 works. Entries are alphabetically arranged by author with copious notes on the condition and binding of each copy. Nine appendices provide listings of selected periodicals, series publications, anthologies, yearbooks, and topical works.

The Elgin Marbles, designed and executed by Phidias to adorn the Parthenon, are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient Greece. In 1801 Lord Elgin, then British ambassador to the Turkish government in Athens, had pieces of the frieze sawn off and removed to Britain, where they remain, igniting a storm of controversy which has continued to the present day. In the first full-length work on this fiercely debated issue, Christopher Hitchens recounts the history of these precious sculptures and forcefully makes the case for their return to Greece. Drawing out the artistic, moral, legal and political perspectives of the argument, Hitchens's eloquent prose makes The Elgin Marbles an invaluable contribution to one of the most important cultural controversies of our times.

With critical essays about the collection by A.E. Popham and about the Michelangelo section by Johannes Wilde. The selections for the catalogue were culled from the royal collection's twelve hundred plus Italian drawings from this period. Includes indices of places, collections and subjects; with a concordance.