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bibliography Biographies. biography Children's stories. Fiction. History. Juvenile works.Kakutani, Michiko
Summary: "An urgent examination of how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today's world, creating both opportunity and peril--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Truth. The twenty-first century is experiencing a watershed moment defined by chaos and uncertainty, as one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 909.83 KAKKaku, Michio.
Summary: The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Physics of the Impossible" offers a stunning and provocative vision of the future, and explains how science will shape human destiny and everyone's daily life by the year 2100.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 KAKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 501 KAKKaku, Michio.
Contents: Predicting the next 100 years -- Future of the computer : mind over matter -- Future of AI : rise of the machines -- Future of medicine : perfection and beyond -- Nanotechnology : everything from nothing? -- Future of energy : energy from the stars -- Future of space travel : to the stars -- Future of wealth : winners and losers -- Future of humanity : planetary civilization -- A day in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.48Stelson, Caren Barzelay
Summary: "Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YASKaku, Michio
Summary: "Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whether in the near future due to climate change and the depletion of finite resources, or in the distant future due to catastrophic cosmological events, we must face the reality that humans will one day need to leave planet Earth to survive as a species....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 KAKKaku, Michio.
Summary: Introduces the most cutting-edge field in physics, superstring theory, and explains how scientists have been able to join the theroy of relativity and quantum mechanics to approach a theory of the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.1 KAKKakutani, Michiko
Summary: Over the last three decades, Michiko Kakutani has been thinking and writing about the demise of objective truth in popular culture, academia, and contemporary politics. In The Death of Truth, she connects the dots to reveal the slow march of untruth up to our present moment, when Red State and Blue State America have little common ground, proven science is once more up for debate, and all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 KAKMachado, Manuel A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eakin Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.081 MACLingo, Kaira Jewel
Summary: "Guided meditation practices and journaling exercises to help readers navigate major life transitions in relation to personal changes of direction and climate, racial, and social justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 LINBolick, Kate
Summary: On its 150th anniversary, four acclaimed authors offer personal reflections on their lifelong engagement with Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of girlhood and growing up. For the 150th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley explore their strong lifelong personal engagement with Alcott's novel--what it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.4 BOLChollet, Mona
Summary: "Mona Chollet celebrates the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution. Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 CHODeBrosse, Jim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004