The Future Show

The Future Show
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 151
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ISBN-10 : 9781783192960
ISBN-13 : 1783192968
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis The Future Show by : Deborah Pearson

The Future Show is a piece that tells the story of Deborah’s future, starting from the end of the performance and going until the end of her life, that is consistently re-written to be both site and time specific. It is a Sisyphean task of a show, examining the mundane, the uncertain, and the fragility of our futures. The Future Show toured internationally for two years, with a new script written for every iteration. It has been performed in the USA, Canada, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Ireland and throughout the UK. With an Introduction by Tim Etchells, Founder of Forced Entertainment The Future Show was developed with a grant from Arts Council England and with support-in-kind from BAC, Amhurst Republic and MAKE in Ireland.

The Ministry for the Future

The Ministry for the Future
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Publisher : Orbit
Total Pages : 579
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ISBN-10 : 9780316300162
ISBN-13 : 0316300160
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ministry for the Future by : Kim Stanley Robinson

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR “The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem "If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future." —Ezra Klein (Vox) The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis. "One hopes that this book is read widely—that Robinson’s audience, already large, grows by an order of magnitude. Because the point of his books is to fire the imagination."―New York Review of Books "If there’s any book that hit me hard this year, it was Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future, a sweeping epic about climate change and humanity’s efforts to try and turn the tide before it’s too late." ―Polygon (Best of the Year) "Masterly." —New Yorker "[The Ministry for the Future] struck like a mallet hitting a gong, reverberating through the year ... it’s terrifying, unrelenting, but ultimately hopeful. Robinson is the SF writer of my lifetime, and this stands as some of his best work. It’s my book of the year." —Locus "Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom." ―Bloomberg Green

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future
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Publisher : Hachette Books
Total Pages : 71
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ISBN-10 : 9781401395087
ISBN-13 : 1401395082
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by : Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox abandoned high school to pursue an acting career, but went on to receive honorary degrees from several universities and garner the highest accolades for his acting, as well as for his writing. In his new book, he inspires and motivates graduates to recognize opportunities, maximize their abilities, and roll with the punches--all with his trademark optimism, warmth, and humor. In A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, Michael draws on his own life experiences to make a case that real learning happens when "life goes skidding sideways." He writes of coming to Los Angeles from Canada at age eighteen and attempting to make his way as an actor. Fox offers up a comically skewed take on how, in his own way, he fulfilled the requirements of a college syllabus. He learned Economics as a starving artist; an unexpected turn as a neophyte activist schooled him in Political Science; and his approach to Comparative Literature involved stacking books up against their movie versions. Replete with personal stories and hilarious anecdotes, Michael J. Fox's new book is the perfect gift for graduates.

Once & Future

Once & Future
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9781786076557
ISBN-13 : 1786076551
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Once & Future by : Amy Rose Capetta

King Arthur as you’ve never seen her! This bold YA novel reimagines the Once and Future King as a queer teenage girl on an epic quest to save the universe. Coming to terms with your identity is always difficult. But for Ari, the 42nd reincarnation of King Arthur, it just got a whole lot more complicated. Gender-bending royalty, caustic wit and a galaxy-wide fight for peace and equality all collide in this epic adventure. With an awkward adolescent Merlin and a rusty spaceship, this is the Arthurian legend as you have never before seen it. ‘A rip-roaring, no holds-barred, gloriously queer reinvention of Arthurian legend.’ Malinda Lo, author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club ‘Utterly compelling, brilliantly witty, and delightfully queer.’ Simon James Green, author of Noah Can't Even

Forging the Future

Forging the Future
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Publisher : Dreamspinner Press
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9781634763042
ISBN-13 : 1634763041
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Forging the Future by : Mary Calmes

If Jin can regain his memory and Logan overcome the threats to his leadership, they can resume their lives. But is that what they want?

The Dog Fancier

The Dog Fancier
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 654
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015080367611
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dog Fancier by : Eugene Glass

The Complete Cost-keeper; Some Original Systems of Shop Cost-keeping Or Factory Accounting, Together with an Exposition of the Advantages of Account Keeping by Means of Cards Instead of Books

The Complete Cost-keeper; Some Original Systems of Shop Cost-keeping Or Factory Accounting, Together with an Exposition of the Advantages of Account Keeping by Means of Cards Instead of Books
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B37978
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete Cost-keeper; Some Original Systems of Shop Cost-keeping Or Factory Accounting, Together with an Exposition of the Advantages of Account Keeping by Means of Cards Instead of Books by : Horace Lucian Arnold