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  • The Rise of the Great Southern Land
    David Shaun Larsen
    I have a vision for Australia and it’s a new story, about a new chapter for our great nation but its more than a dream, it foretells our destiny. ‘The Rise of the Great Southern Land” is my second book and interweaves a mix of stories into a series of chapters to provide a 5-year blueprint for how Australia will become a Republic by January 26th, 2023.However, this short book i...
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    7,36 €

  • Making the World Go Away
    Ruth L. Miller / Ruth LMiller
    Ancient mystery schools and modern shamans teach us that the future is constantly calling us into it, that humanity has evolved in epochs, or “worlds,” and that we’re now coming to the end of one and beginning another. It’s time to make our current, distressing world go away so it may be replaced with another, more loving, harmonious way of being.In Making the World Go Away Rut...
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    15,50 €

  • a man wearing a dress
    Glenn C. Koenig / Glenn CCKoenig / Glenn CKoenig
    This is the story of one man who starts to question his gender identity in his middle age. Along the way, he reflects on today’s world of rapid and profound change, why we’re enduring stressful times, and where he thinks we’re headed (hint: he’s an optimist, and tells you why!). Finally, he suggests that we heal the damage caused by sexism and racism by abandoning blame and ins...
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    21,15 €

  • Singapore Perspectives 2017
    Singapore has experienced remarkable progression in the first 50 years of its independence. This volume comprises chapters written by thought leaders in Singapore where they re-examine Singapore's key governing institutions, systems, principles and values as they consider the country's next 50 years. Given the prospect of deep and possibly disruptive internal and extern...
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    58,31 €

  • Beyond the Black Stump of Eternity
    David Shaun Larsen
    'Beyond The Black Stump of Eternity' provides a toolkit for exploring the deeper meaning to life, its existence and global issues. This book is the first in a series of three books and at a time when anyone can be published, I feel it is my responsibility to “Awaken others” to what I know. Written uniquely for an Australian audience, it’s also suited for broader global ...
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    11,55 €

  • Population, Progress, Ethics
    Stephen McKevitt
    Population, Progress, Ethics addresses a number of critical problems America currently faces. First, and most importantly, this book tackles the huge issue of human overpopulation, a crisis now affecting everyone on our planet. The worlds human population has tripled in the authors lifetime, to more than 7.5 billion, creating significant challenges around the globe. The book ne...
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    19,54 €

  • Population, Progress, Ethics
    Stephen McKevitt
    Population, Progress, Ethics addresses a number of critical problems America currently faces. First, and most importantly, this book tackles the huge issue of human overpopulation, a crisis now affecting everyone on our planet. The worlds human population has tripled in the authors lifetime, to more than 7.5 billion, creating significant challenges around the globe. The book ne...
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    12,45 €

  • Patent Depending
    Steven M. Johnson / Steven MJohnson
    This collection represents Steven M. Johnson's 7th book; some of his books have gone to several editions. With the exception of a drawing done in 1962, most of the work included in this book was published in 1984 and 1991, though many drawings were created in intervening years up to and including 2017. Johnson began to focus on a specialty around 1974 while working as a mag...
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    39,33 €

  • Living Digital 2040
    HYOWON LEE / KING WANG POON / WEE KIAT LIM
     Countries, cities, and companies are investing in smart cities and digital economies. How can people thrive as their lives are disrupted and transformed? Will jobs be created or destroyed? Will digital divides narrow or widen in education and healthcare? Living Digital 2040 provides practical answers to these questions. It focuses on the future of work, education, and he...
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    46,50 €

  • Living Digital 2040
    HYOWON LEE / KING WANG POON / WEE KIAT LIM
     Countries, cities, and companies are investing in smart cities and digital economies. How can people thrive as their lives are disrupted and transformed? Will jobs be created or destroyed? Will digital divides narrow or widen in education and healthcare? Living Digital 2040 provides practical answers to these questions. It focuses on the future of work, education, and he...
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    93,16 €

  • Will This Be Canada's Century?
    D. Paul Schafer
    In this thought-provoking book, D. Paul Schafer makes the case that Canada possesses the potential to play a crucial role in the world. After taking stock of the country’s history, geography, and two of its greatest assets–creativity and diversity–he sets his sights on the rapidly-changing global and Canadian landscape. Schafer contends that by applying a cultural and chronolog...
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    14,71 €

  • A Time Traveller’s Guide to South Africa in 2030
    Frans Cronje
    What will South Africa look like in 2030? And how will the next fifteen years unfold? South Africa has undergone dramatic change in recent years. Political tensions are on the up, economic performance has weakened, and South Africans are increasingly taking their frustrations to the streets. What does this mean for the country? Frans Cronje’s new set of scenarios is a sober com...
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    22,57 €

  • Social Futures of Singapore Society
    David Chan
    After celebrating 50 years of independence, Singapore is focused on the question of what the future may bring. The future is neither predetermined nor random. How the chapter turns out will be affected by many economic and social forces, but much will also depend on how Singapore and Singaporeans choose to contribute to it.Singapore is likely to do well if important unresolved ...
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    81,54 €

  • Afrofuturism 2.0
    This collection examines the applicability of contemporary expressions of Afrofuturism to the fields of Africana studies, cultural studies, and other areas of academic inquiry. The essays within this book identify the twenty-first-century expressions of Afrofuturism emerging in several areas of metaphysics. ...
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    61,13 €

  • The Revolution Will Be Improvised
    Mike Freedman
    Filmmaker and writer Mike Freedman speaks with a range of experts from a variety of backgrounds about what the future has in store for humanity.Post-growth economics, sustainability, water privatisation, rejuvenation biotechnology, cyber-security and the war on drugs are some of the topics covered, featuring new insights from diverse thinkers including Richard Heinberg, Derrick...
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    11,36 €

  • THEM
    MG Hardie
    When stock trader Devon Heathrow finds a mysterious device, a new world is open to him, plunging him into a world of violence and uncertainty. Otherworlders murder his wife, his daughter, and him. Devon was dead.Who determines winners and losers, what drives a person to succeed or fail... luck, hard work...maybe it's fate... Sometimes...sometimes it's THEM. Every hero h...
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    13,44 €

  • Visions of Technological Transcendence
    James A Herrick
    The human enhancement movement--with Transhumanism as its best-known and most influential manifestation--promotes dramatic mental and physical augmentations to be realized by the radical and coordinated appropriation of biotechnology and computer science. Goals of Transhumanism include immortality, the merger of humans and machines, human-level artificial intelligence, and spac...
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    40,88 €

  • Visions of Technological Transcendence
    James A. Herrick / James AHerrick
    The human enhancement movement—with Transhumanism as its best-known and most influential manifestation—promotes dramatic mental and physical augmentations to be realized by the radical and coordinated appropriation of biotechnology and computer science. Goals of Transhumanism include immortality, the merger of humans and machines, human-level artificial intelligence, and space ...
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    82,65 €

  • Eco-Nihilism
    Wendy Lynne Lee
    If we were to ask what is the root cause of our current and unprecedented environmental crisis, climate change, many, particularly on the progressive Left, would refer to the excesses of capitalism-and they’d be right. In Eco-Nihilism: The Philosophical Geopolitics of the Climate Change Apocalypse, Wendy Lynne Lee demonstrates that there are no versions of conquest capital comp...
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    186,27 €

  • A History of the Future
    Peter J. Bowler / Peter JBowler
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    102,92 €

  • A History of the Future
    Peter J. Bowler / Peter JBowler
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    33,72 €

  • Crisis of Control
    Peter J Scott
    The human race is caught in the crosshairs of twin threats stemming from exponential advances in technology: easy access to weapons of mass destruction by terrorists, and the development of artificial intelligences that could take over our infrastructure. In Crisis of Control, Peter Scott lays out the stark choices and consequences facing us in clear, provocative, and sometimes...
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    16,71 €

  • Foresight
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    26,21 €

  • The Future in America
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This is H. G. Wells’ 1906 work, 'The Future in America'. Within it, he explores America’s history and its relation to the future. Wells argues that America has evolved from a society that requires individual self-sufficiency into something new, and that what worked - and was indeed necessary - in the past may not be practical in the future. A fascinating insight into America’s ...
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    23,29 €

  • The Queer Story of Brownlow’s Newspaper
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This book contains H. G. Wells’ 1932 short story, 'The Queer Story of Brownlow’s Newspaper'. On the 10th November 1931 Brownlow receives his daily newspaper like any other day-however, unlike any other day, the newspaper contains full colour images and is dated forty years in the future. The story is primarily a description of the information contained within the news paper and...
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    14,75 €

  • The Salvaging of Civilization
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    'The Salvaging of Civilization' is a 1921 work by legendary English author H. G. Wells. Within it, Wells explains how a single planetary government could be created through education and the manipulation of public opinion. This book offers a fascinating insight into the mind of this seminal author and is highly recommended for those with an interest in global politics. Contents...
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    18,92 €

  • The Dualarity
    Olivier Van Duren
    The changes that are upon us will alter the face of every industry, business and government but, even more importantly, the way you and society live. Drawing on Olivier Van Duüren’s extensive global experience at the cutting edge of one of the world’s most successful companies, The Dualarity provides a comprehensive overview of what is happening around you and the implications....
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    32,94 €

  • The Dualarity
    Olivier Van Duren
    The changes that are upon us will alter the face of every industry, business and government but, even more importantly, the way you and society live. Drawing on Olivier Van Duüren’s extensive global experience at the cutting edge of one of the world’s most successful companies, The Dualarity provides a comprehensive overview of what is happening around you and the implication...
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    20,17 €

  • Thinking Together At The Edge Of History
    William Irwin Thompson
    When a cultural historian writes a memoir it is likely to be interesting. When that person is William Irwin Thompson, author of numerous book and articles including the best selling At the Edge of History, it is guaranteed to be both intriguing and thought provoking. From 1972 and for 40 years thereafter Dr. Thompson brought together a who’s who of leading scientists, avant-ga...
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    17,38 €

  • Thinking Dead
    Murali Balaji
    Zombies are everywhere these days. We are consuming zombies as much as they are said to be consuming us in mediated apocalyptic scenarios on popular television shows, video game franchises and movies. The 'zombie industry' generates billions a year through media texts and other cultural manifestations (zombie races and zombie-themed parks, to name a few). Zombies, like vampires...
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    66,56 €


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