7908 results for "Science"

New dimensions 12

Marta Randall,Robert Silverberg
New Dimensions 12 provides a snapshot of the New Wave movement in the years before SF was revitalized by the advent of the Cyberpunks. Authors in this edition include Michael Swanwick, Gregory Benford, Richard Grant, Elizabeth Lynn, Vonda McIntyre, Gordon Ecklund, Jack Dunn & Barry Maltzberg, Michael Ward, Tony Sarowitz, Juleen Brantingham, Carter Scholz, Peter Santiago and an illustration by Wendy Rose.
Pocket Books 1981 223 pages

Tom O'Bedlam

Robert Silverberg
A tortured man's visions hold the key to mankind's future in Robert Silverberg's post-apocalyptic masterpiece Life in the blasted wasteland of 2103 California is nasty, brutish, and short. If the savage "scratchers" don't kill you, the poisoned environment will. But one man wanders this desolate landscape and sees beauty: glorious visions of impossible places and majestic beings not of Earth. Scorned and mocked as a madman, Tom doubts his sanity until his visions mysteriously begin to spread to others and a returning star probe offers evidence that they are real. Now, as a new religion is born, with Tom as its reluctant messiah, violent forces are unleashed--forces that have the power to transform humanity . . . or destroy it.
Open Road Integrated Media, Incorporated 2015-07-28 436 pages

The Australian Century Political Struggle in the Building of a Nation

Robert Manne
At the dawn of the twentieth century Australia became a nation and entered a period of sustained political change. Edited and introduced by Robert Manne, The Australian Century provides nine essays on key events and issues which have defined our path to independent nationhood.Engaging and accessible, The Australian Century is an indispensable guide to the turning points in our history.
Text Publishing 2001 333 pages

Palestine The Legitimacy of Hope

Richard Falk
This is an advance review copy not for sale or further distribution.Palestine: The Legitimacy of Hope is Prof. Falk's first major publication since he completed his term as Special Rapporteur. In it, he gathers and presents the best of the essays on Palestine that he published on his personal blog in the years 2010-2014, with added commentary that provides a rich meta-narrative to the collection. Palestine: The Legitimacy of Hope powerfully shows how in recent years the Palestinians' struggle for rights and equality has become transformed into a "legitimacy struggle" of the kind that resulted in victory for many (but not all) of the most important other anti-colonial movements of the past century. Palestine: The Legitimacy of Hope follows eleven other path-breaking works on the intersection of law, rights, and society that Prof. Falk has authored. In Spring 2015, Just World Books will be publishing a companion volume that presents the essays he has written during this same tumultuous period about the rest of the Middle East, including Egypt, Syria, Libya, and Turkey.
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2014-07-04 238 pages

Deep Space A Novel and Two Novelettes

Richard A. Lupoff
Someday giant cities will travel through space, orbiting the sun or carrying colonists to distant worlds as they circle alien stars. These space cities resemble ocean liners more than battleships. Or they may develop complete, self-contained civilizations, producing their own food, housing, and entertainment. Forever City is the story of Alfonso Ivanovich Petrov and Mariel O'Hara, two members of a space-bred generation to whom Earth is little more than their ancestral home, a legend of the past. When Mariel's brother, Dylan, disappears on an expedition to explore the distant Oort Cloud that circles the sun at a distance far beyond the orbit of the most remote planet, Mariel refuses to give him up for lost. Along with Alfonso, Mariel explores deep space in search of her missing brother! Also included in Deep Space: A Novel and Two Novelettes are Richard A. Lupoff's acclaimed, Nebula-nominated stories "After the Dreamtime" and "Sail the Tide of Mourning."
Lulu.com 2009-03-01 204 pages

Circumpolar!

Lupoff, Richard A.
"Coming soon--the most fantastic contest ever conceived: an airplane race pitting Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes against Manfred von Richthofen (the Blood Red Baron), his kid brother Lothar, and Princess Irina Lvova of Russia! Which team will be the first to complete the never-before-attempted round-the-poles flight? Warning: on this doughnut-shaped alternate Earth it is possible to fly off the edge!"--Pg. [4] of cover.
Berkley Books 1985 295 pages

The Torah Revolution Fourteen Truths That Changed the World

Reuven Hammer
Unlock the powerful truths that shattered ancient beliefs and paved the way for the new and revolutionary religion that became Judaism. This is a unique look at the Torah--the foundation of Jewish existence--and the revolutionary teachings of Moses embedded within it that gave birth to Judaism and influenced the world. Dr. Reuven Hammer presents fourteen radical ideas found in Torah, explains their original intentions, and shows how understanding these "truths" can help you better understand the narrative and laws of Judaism. He shows how when taken together, these value concepts present a picture of human life that is surprisingly modern and relevant to our goals for repairing the world today: * Humanity is one as God is one * Human beings are responsible for their actions and have the choice to do good or evil * Poverty, deprivation, slavery and hatred are evils that must be eradicated * The earth is not ours to destroy * The love of others is a divine command * And much more ...
LongHill Partners, Incorporated 2014-02-25 240 pages

Politics: a survivor's guide

Behr, Rafael
"We live in an age of fury and confusion. A new crisis erupts before the last one has finished: financial crisis, Brexit, pandemic, war in Ukraine, inflation, strikes. Prime Ministers come and go but politics stays divided and toxic. It is tempting to switch off the news, tune out and hope things will get back to normal. Except, this is the new normal, and our democracy can only work if enough people stay engaged without getting enraged. But how? To answer that question, award-winning journalist Rafael Behr takes the reader on a personal journey from despair at the state of politics to hope that there is a better way of doing things, with insights drawn from three decades as a political commentator and foreign correspondent" --
Atlantic Books 2023 404 pages