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      October 2024

      Renunciation and Freedom

      Survivial in the future

      by Jean-Pierre Wils

      The situation in our society is precarious. The ecological shocks are omnipresent. The mere continuation of our lifestyles fixated on expansion and self-development has long since reached its limits. As if intoxicated by ourselves, we consume our world voraciously and without restraint. We need moderation and frugality that lead us out of the ecological and social dead ends and hold both the individual and Politics to account. We are by no means powerless and are perfectly capable of leading a life that offers prospects for a humane future. However, our idea of freedom needs urgent correction. For this endeavour to succeed, we need the courage to face reality and the willingness, in a spirit of solidarity, to say goodbye to a false life and join the alliance of renunciation and freedom. Then we will be free – differently and better.

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      February 2024

      Why We Should Care if a Sack of RiceFalls Over in China

      The food of the future

      by Dr. Malte Rubach

      It is time to counter the numerous utopias, myths and established narratives of the future of nutrition with a fact-based scenario. This book shows where the natural limits of what is currently technologically feasible lie and how the global diversity of food cultures will ensure the survival of humanity in the future. It exposes the great promises of meat substitutes from the laboratory as well as vegan renunciation scenarios, and shows a realistic path for the future of global nutrition along the lines of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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      October 2016

      Dreams of Moonlight

      by Tao JIN

      This book include 3 pieces of science fictions.They are not only focus on future techonology, but also aim at exploring human nature.There contains rich sci-fi elements in this book,and the author uses suspense techniques to attract the readers to enter the sci-fi world to think about human nature.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      May 2022

      Memory and the future of Europe

      by Peter J. Verovšek

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      2024

      Brave new city

      Smart Cities - a survaillance-nightmare?

      by Peter Schaar

      The dream of the ideal city is as old as the city itself. Since real cities often develop chaotically, the idea of perfecting them, even tearing them down if necessary, and rebuilding them according to the prevailing patterns of thought is an obvious one. The latest manifestation of this utopia is the smart city - the intelligent city, packed with the latest technology and extensively digitised. But will air taxis and hyperloops, ubiquitous sensors, access control systems and data-driven management really make the city of the future a better place to live? Are they the answer to the enormous challenges facing today's fast-growing metropolises? Or will the supposed administrative paradise ultimately mutate into a digital juggernaut?

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      Children's & YA

      You for Future

      by Franziska Wessel/ Günther Wessel

      ‘We will not stop demonstrating,’ writes Franziska Wessel in a guest column in the Berliner Zeitung. Franziska is pursuing a goal. Decisive measures must finally be taken to protect the climate. While that is not happening she spends every Friday on the streets, gives interviews and puts pressure on politicians. But climate change isn’t the only thing threatening our future. There is so much suffering, injustice and destruction in the world. Something must be done about it. And as a climate activist, Franziska knows exactly how to be active. Together with her father, the journalist and author, Günther Wessel, she explains: How do I start a petition? How do I organise a campaign? How does lobbying work? So that everyone knows how they can make things happen.

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      Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
      2019

      Sapienses

      by Volodymyr Arenev

      This is the world of the distant future – comfortable, bright and full of hopes and expectations. This is Kyiv, in which kids fly to school on jetpacks and study at the School of Space Travelling. And this is Mykhailo Neborak, an ordinary schoolboy who on one April day meets Oleksandr Nenarok, a new boy in his school. And this newbie knows a lot of strange and dangerous things about this beautiful and comfortable world of the future… ‘Sapiences’ is a sci-fi novel for teenagers set in Kyiv of 2178. One of the protagonists, Oleksandr Nenarok, has two moms, a necromant grandpa and an iron heart. Dangerous adventures, interplanetary voyages and fighting against galactic thugs – the readers will find all these in the book.

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      January 2020

      The Future of Nuclear Power, Revised Edition

      by James A. Mahaffey, Ph.D.

      Newly conceived, safer reactor designs are being built in the United States (and around the world) to replace the 104 obsolete operating nuclear power reactors in this country alone. The designs—which once seemed exotic and futuristic—are now 40 years old, and one by one these vintage Generation II plants will reach the end of productive service in the next 30 years. The Future of Nuclear Power, Revised Edition examines the advanced designs, practical concepts, and fully developed systems that have yet to be used. This eBook introduces readers to the traditional, American system of units, with some archaic terms remaining in use. Ideal for students and teachers interested in the technology of energy production in the next 100 years, this updated, full-color resource provides clear explanations of the terms and expressions used almost exclusively in nuclear science and the direction in which nuclear power is expected to go.

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      Till Stress Do Us Part

      Resilience in Relationships

      by Guy Bodenmann

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      November 2021

      The Forest of the Future – A New Reality

      Understanding the ecosystem

      by Hans Jürgen Böhmer

      What happened with forest dieback? The predictions of the 1980s that forests would be in decline across Europe have not come true. Currently, attention again focuses on the doom scenarios of the loss of entire forests and cultural landscapes in an emotional and sometimes hysterical debate. Biogeographer Hans Jürgen Böhmer refers to updated case studies and his 30 years of research experience on global ecosystems to demonstrate extremely complex interrelations of the natural world that various actors monitor in contrasting ways and characterized by different times and ideologies. Böhmer advocates to embed the sustainability debate more strongly in the living environment, rather than relying exclusively on model calculations.

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      Geography & the Environment

      IT’S OUR FUTURE

      THE YOUNG FEMALE REBELS CHANGING OUR WORLD

      by Bettina Weiguny

      Greta Thunberg is not alone: there is now a worldwide movement. Young female rebels are taking to the world stage. They are campaigning for clean drinking water, opposing the gun lobby, mobilising against child marriage and child labour. In order to achieve their goals, they are speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, at the Economic Forum in Davos, at climate conferences or at the "March for Our Lives" in Washington. Their influence is immense; a single speech can shake global corporations such as Siemens. Behind the young activists, just a Tweet away, stands a whole generation. The book introduces the key players, for example Emma González and the Indonesian sisters, 10 and 12 years old, who managed to bring about the prohibition of single use plastic on Bali, but it also follows up the fundamental issues: who brings them out onto the streets, what motivates them?

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      October 2012

      Meeting the Future You

      by Zhang De Fen

      It was an easily-read, well-used and easily-learned “modern spiritual book”. “Dear, there is nobody outside, only us”. In this book, the author share her life wisdom in the area of seeking body and spiritual harmony, help us how to explore the our real self, to learn how to love ourselves, to take the full responsibility for our happiness and life, to embrace life’s shadow and to make ourselves, families and friends live more happier. The book sold over 1 million copies, receiving good comments and recommendations from over 120 thousands readers. It has been a classic of the spiritual healing books. The book is still on the top list of the best-sellers till now, and was promoted as “World Book Day’s recommended book”.

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