Rees, Martin
Summary: Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes--good and bad--are possible. Yet our approach to the future is characterized by short-term thinking, polarizing debates, alarmist rhetoric, and pessimism. In this short, exhilarating book, renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018
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Summary: Science is often portrayed as an obscure, difficult discipline, governed by elite researchers and inaccessible to the general public. In this riveting, inspiring new book, preeminent astrophysicist Martin Rees overturns this view, urging improved communication between researchers and laypeople. In order to shape debates over healthcare, energy policy, space travel, and other vital issues,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.18 REESummary: Posing the question to one hundred and fifty of the world's leading scientists and thinkers, this collection of responses reveals what about the present or the future worries each of them the most.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.49 WHABuckley, Martin
Summary: This comprehensive visual directory shows some of the most significant and beautiful cars of the 20th century. Comprehensive historical, technical and performance data combine to make this a thorough and fascinating guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz 2009
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Summary: "People may say that I couldn't sing. But no one can say that I didn't sing." Despite lacking pitch, rhythm or tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, celebrated for her unique recordings and her sell-out concert at Carnegie Hall. Born in 1868 to wealthy Pennsylvanian parents, Florence was a talented young pianist but her life was thrown into turmoil when she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JENKINS, FLORENCE FOSTER MARBree, Marlin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marlor Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.13 BREBree, Marlin
Summary: The author tells of his three month adventure sailing alone on Lake Superior in his twenty-foot wooden sailboat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.N. Potter 1988
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime BreeBenson, George
Contents: Turn your love around / Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather, Bill Champlin (3:49) -- Love all the hurt away (duet with Aretha Franklin) / Sam L. Dees (4:08) -- Give me the night / Rod Temperton (3:42) -- Never give up on a good thing / Tom Shapiro, Michael Garvin (4:04) -- On Broadway / Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (5:14) -- White rabbit / Grace Slick (6:57) -- This masquerade /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ BENDeeb, Margie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.582 DEESummary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021