Download or read book Come With Me If You Want to Live written by Michael Harris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If our near future sometimes feels like a dystopian sci-fi movie, that’s because it is. In Come With Me If You Want to Live: The Future as Foretold in Classic Sci-Fi Films, Michael Harris reveals the hidden-in-plain-sight meanings of the greatest science fiction films of the past fifty years, the ways in which they predicted the future that we are increasingly living in, but how we can still avoid the worst of what they warned us about. The 1970s saw the start of a new wave of science fiction that predicted environmental destruction, out-of-control technology, and escalating political crises. These were not the fantastical imaginings of filmmakers, they were based on rising environmental consciousness and solid scientific research. The explanation of why we didn’t heed these warnings might be the most important story of our time – and now our future. Each chapter focuses on a classic sci-fi film: among them Blade Runner, Terminator 2, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, , Soylent Green, and the Back to the Future series; these films are used to consider our likely environmental, technological, and political future. But taking sci-fi seriously again could help us to regain our power to create different tomorrows guided by practical utopianism, and to imagine new science fictions for a better world. If you’re wondering what the future holds, maybe you’ve already seen it.
Download or read book Piercing the Veil written by Steven A. Guglich and published by Your Wildest Dreams Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say that legends are born, not made. But for Jeremy Goodson and Masaru Hagen that is far from the truth. Confronted by something that neither of them can explain, two complete strangers from opposite sides of the world embark on an unforgettable journey that will forge them into living legends. It has been almost 4,000 years since magic disappeared from the Earth. Hidden from humanity by the Veil, those who possess magic live in ancient settlements across the globe. Over the centuries, these beings have pierced the Veil, leaving behind glimpses and shadows of the fantastic and arcane. Fueled by distant memories and humanity’s desire for wonder, familiar stories of myths and legends have been passed down for thousands of years in nearly every culture and nation. Jeremy Goodson, an average, overweight teacher in New York City finds his entire world turned upside down when a stranger tempts him to leave everything behind and start a journey that will test Jeremy’s mysterious gift and bring magic and hope back to humanity. Masaru Hagen, the adopted son of American tech entrepreneurs living in Tokyo, has been guided by an unseen voice all his life. On the eve of his twentieth birthday, the voice leads him across thousands of miles, on a mysterious and perilous mission he alone can undertake. But there are principalities of this world that will do whatever they can to stop Jeremy and Masaru and keep magic out of the hands of humanity forever. One of these men will bring hope to the world; the other will bring death. The world they once knew will be changed forever, not only for themselves, but for everyone on Earth…and maybe not for the best.
Download or read book Wild Montana written by Danica Winters and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have a former FBI agent and a park ranger met their match in the wilds of Montana? With a mysterious death to solve in Glacier National Park, Customs and Border Patrol agent Casper Lawrence must come up with motive, means, opportunity—and a killer. If he doesn't crack this case by the book, the former FBI agent on strike two will be out. Teamed with a beautiful park ranger, the cowboy agent with the gritty past has to trust sexy lone wolf Alexis Finch. But as their investigation takes them through dangerous terrain and an outlaw motorcycle club's turf, Casper will do anything to keep Alexis—and what they've ignited—alive.
Download or read book Cheating Death written by J.D. Ursini and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Evelyn Brennans parents are slaughtered without warning, she naturally assumes that her life is overespecially when she herself is drained dry by a vampire. To her surprise, however, she awakens sixteen years later to discover that she has been reborn as a banshee, a creature of myth with the power to foresee death. After she is taken in by her great aunt and fellow banshee, Kendyl, Evelyn knows she cannot return home. Her former life is over, and her new life as a banshee has begun. But when she learns her baby brother is still alive, Evelyn embarks on a journey to keep him safe a quest that leads her to realize both Theodore, a persistent vampire, and Donovan, a mysterious yet charming grim reaper are shadowing both her and her brother. Propelled into a world she does not understand, Evelyn must do whatever it takes to keep her loved ones safe no matter what the cost. Cheating Death is the tale of a young womans struggle to adapt to life as a creature she never believed was real. Now, Evelyn must come to terms with her new role as a banshee as if her life (and her brothers) depended it.
Download or read book Harlequin Intrigue February 2017 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Heather Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. LAW AND DISORDER The Finnegan Connection by Heather Graham Dakota “Kody” Cameron never expected to be taken hostage in her historic Florida manor, especially not by men disguised as old-time gangsters searching for a fortune hidden somewhere on the grounds. Among them is undercover FBI agent Nick Connolly, who must protect Kody before she recognizes him from their shared past and compromises his cover. TEXAS-SIZED TROUBLE Cattlemen Crime Club by Barb Han The O'Briens and the McCabes have a deep rivalry and get on like fire and gasoline. So when Faith McCabe's secret affair with Ryder O'Brien results in pregnancy, she keeps the baby secret and walks away. But when her half brother goes missing, Faith knows there's only one man she can turn to. MOUNTAIN WITNESS Tennessee SWAT by Lena Diaz Julie Webb came back to Destiny, Tennessee, to get away from her estranged husband and family after an unspeakable betrayal. And maybe it's destiny that her new neighbor is Chris Downing, a police detective and part-time SWAT officer, because it's going to take all his skills to protect her when darkness from her past resurfaces. Look for Harlequin Intrigue's February 2017 Box Set 2 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!
Download or read book Law and Disorder In the Dark written by Heather Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Heather Graham brings her unique brand of suspense to Harlequin Intrigue in two outstanding books in one! LAW AND DISORDER Desperate to escape her kidnappers, Kody Cameron can turn to only one man…and he's holding a gun. Outnumbered and trapped in the deadly Everglades, she has little recourse. For something in this captor's eyes makes her believe she can trust him. Undercover agent Nick Connolly knows Kody from his past and knows she might very well blow his cover. Though determined to maintain his facade, he can't let Kody die. He won't. And his decision to change his own rules of law and order are about to make all hell break loose. IN THE DARK After Alexandra McCord stumbles upon the body of a dead woman, her working paradise on Moon Bay Island has turned into a nightmare. The evidence seems to point toward someone on the island—and to herself as the next victim. But who would do this? And why has David Denham, the ex-husband she hasn't seen for more than a year, chosen this moment to reappear in her life? The evidence points toward his guilt, but Alexandra feels compelled to defy logic and trust in the safety of his embrace. No matter what, either her heart or her life will be forfeit.
Download or read book Hostage At Crystal Manor written by Heather Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plunge back into heart-pounding drama with this thrilling romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham. Trust the enemy? Desperate to escape her kidnappers, Kody Cameron can turn to only one man…and he’s holding a gun. Outnumbered and trapped in the deadly Everglades, she has little recourse, but something in this captor’s eyes makes her believe she can trust him. Does she dare to take the risk? Undercover agent Nick Connolly has met Kody before and knows she might very well blow his cover. Though determined to maintain his facade, he can’t let Kody die. He won’t. And his decision to change his own rules of law and order are about to make all hell break loose. First published as Law and Disorder in 2017.
Download or read book Law and Disorder Secret Bodyguard written by Heather Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. A FEARLESS ROMANCE Desperate to escape her kidnappers, Kody Cameron can turn to only one man…and he’s holding a gun. Outnumbered and trapped in the deadly Everglades, she has little recourse, but something in this captor’s eyes makes her believe she can trust him. Does she dare to take the risk? Danger lurks around every corner, but so does temptation. Undercover FBI agent Nick Connolly has met Kody before and knows she might very well blow his cover. Though determined to maintain his facade, he can’t let Kody die. He won’t. And his decision to change his own rules of law and order are about to make all hell break loose. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Secret Bodyguard by New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels Undercover cop Jesse McCall is assigned to watch a mobster’s daughter, but when Amanda Crowe’s baby is kidnapped, Jesse will compromise everything he values to make things right for her and her daughter. Previously published.
Download or read book Be the Unicorn written by William Vanderbloemen and published by HarperCollins Leadership. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to stand out from the crowd? We have studied 30,000 top leaders and have discovered the 12 habits they share that make them as rare as a unicorn. Learn these habits, and you’ll be one of the best at whatever you do! How do I stand out? How do I become irreplaceable? With a crowded workforce, an unstable job landscape, and the rise of AI, these questions are the ones that everyone either is or should be asking. William Vanderbloemen has asked these questions over the past 15 years while running one of the world’s top executive search firms. Through extensive research of over 30,000 top leaders and proprietary data, Vanderbloemen has identified the 12 habits that the best of the best have in common. Traits such as authenticity, responsiveness, agility, and the ability to problem solve, among others. Each habit includes information on What We Know (the hard data behind why the habit is so transformative), What We’ve Seen (first-hand accounts by high-achieving professionals on how they live the habit), and What We Do (simple ways to build this habit into your daily routine). Be the Unicorn will help you: Discover the top twelve soft skills the most successful leaders, the top 1%, have. Understand how to develop these soft skills in your own life for better job success. Learn how to apply soft skills to interpersonal relationships outside of work. Understand how these soft skills can be applied in different work environments and job fields, especially with the rise of AI technology.
Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Better in Every Sense written by Norman Farb and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned neuroscientist Dr. Norman Farb and clinical psychologist Dr. Zindel Segal reveal how to break out of negative patterns by engaging your senses. For many of us, daily life has stopped making sense. Super-efficient routines that once served us well now stress us out. Patterns of judgment and negative thinking lead to downward emotional spirals. For others, life has simply lost its spark. Where does change come from when habit lets you down? Whether we’re struggling with a problem, a bad habit, or life in general, we often think we need to be resilient by “toughing it out” or “trying harder.” But when we do that, our brains double down on the thinking patterns that got us stuck in the first place—even when they clearly aren’t working for us. Fortunately, the science of sensation provides the key. In Better in Every Sense, neuroscientist Norman Farb and clinical psychologist Zindel Segal explain that the brain has two networks—the rapid problem-solving (habit) network and the sensory network, which is devoted to fresh insight. By tuning into new and everyday sensations—from the feeling of our feet on a crowded street to the sound of birdsong in the park—we can engage the sensory network. When we’re stressed or stuck, we can pause to notice and feel the dynamic, vibrant world around us and boost our resilience, well-being, health, and creativity wherever we are, in the moment. Grounded in decades of scientific research and filled with simple exercises and practical mental techniques for mastering “sense foraging,” Better in Every Sense explores the power of sensory experiences to liberate us from our ruts and dead ends—and help us successfully handle all of life’s challenges.
Download or read book The Zombie Apocalypse Call Center Boxset 1 written by Taylor Ellwood and published by Taylor Ellwood. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Zombie Apocalypse Convenience Store, The Zombie Apocalypse Call Center, Secret Missions of the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center and Rebels of the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center in one gigantic book and get your zombie apocalypse action on! WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL, TO HELP YOU SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE? Sam thinks his job at the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center is a joke. Zombies aren't real and the customers who call in for support about their guns and conspiracy theories are crazy! Sam knows the zombie apocalypse will never happen. Until the day it does happen… Now Sam is juggling potential romances with two of his co-workers, Michelle and Ember. His manager is micro-managing him about his call stats and customer happiness, and he has to defend the call center from invading zombies. Sam and his fellow analysts need to keep their customers alive and well-stocked with ammo, while also surviving the hordes of zombies attacking the call center.
Download or read book So You Want to Start a Brewery written by Tony Magee and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, Tony Magee, who had foundered at every job he'd ever had, decided to become the founder of a brewery. So You Want to Start a Brewery? is the thrilling first-person account of his gut-wrenching challenges and heart-warming successes. Based in Petaluma, California, the Lagunitas Brewing Company makes simple and flavorful craft beer that defies categorization. The same could be said for this book. Equal part memoir, narrative, and business story, with liberal dashes of pop culture and local color, this illuminating yet hilarious account of a one-of-a-kind made-in-America journey just happens to culminate with the success of one of the nation's most popular craft beer brands. In twenty years, Lagunitas has grown from a seat-of-the-pants one-man operation to be the fifth largest—and the fastest-growing—craft brewer in the United States. So You Want to Start a Brewery? is a look behind the curtain rather than a simple business story. It's unglamorous and full of hilarious digressions, but it's never afraid to mess with the nuts and bolts. Devoted to details but never boring, this is a must-read for all who have considered starting their own business—or have sweated blood working to get one on its feet. Told in the vibrant voice of the man closest to the process—and with the most to lose—this illuminating volume should quench the thirst of anyone who has ever tried a Lagunitas beer. Tony Magee is the founder and CEO of the Lagunitas Brewing Company. He lives in Marin County, California.
Download or read book At All Costs written by Simone Anderson and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBT+ ROMANCE, SIMONE ANDERSON Sometimes the price is too steep. Riley James Hamilton, RJ to his friends, is in New Orleans for a last vacation with his best friends before they each head off to pursue their own careers. Riley is destined to work in his family's company. A position he doesn't want and can't refuse. During a night of drinking, an Army Veteran he'd fought with earlier in the day saves him from would be kidnappers and in the process, Riley finds his world turned upside down. Riley has always considered himself straight, knowing his family wouldn't allow anything else. When he finds himself having to pretend to be gay in order to stay alive, he also has to confront the reality of his life. Kaden Tennison is an intelligence officer tasked with protecting the only son of a wealthy business man, at all costs. What should be a simple bodyguard assignment turns out to be anything but. Unsure who he can trust, the pair embark on a cross country road trip to find out who is after Riley, and more importantly, why. Kaden denies their burgeoning relationship, knowing that at all costs sometimes means sometimes the price is simply too steep.
Download or read book There ll Be Peace When You Are Done written by Lynn S. Zubernis and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years. Two brothers. Angels and demons. A story like no other. And one of the most passionate fan bases of all time. That's Supernatural. There'll Be Peace When You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural is an emotional look back at the beloved television show Supernatural as it wraps up its final season after fifteen unprecedented years on air. With heartfelt chapters written by both the series' actors and its fans—plus full-color photos and fan illustrations—There'll Be Peace When You Are Done traces Supernatural's evolution, the memorable characters created by its writers and brought to life by its talented actors, and the many ways in which the show has inspired and changed the lives of both its viewers and cast. Both a celebration of Supernatural and a way of remembering what made it so special, this book is a permanent reminder of the legacy the show leaves behind and a reminder to the SPN Family to, like the series' unofficial theme song says, "carry on." Featuring chapters from Jared Padalecki ("Sam Winchester") and Jensen Ackles ("Dean Winchester"), which include some of the most heartfelt and emotional things they've previously said about Supernatural that they want fans to remember—plus new reflections about Sam and Dean's legacy, There'll Be Peace When You Are Done also includes original contributions from: • Richard Speight, Jr. ("Gabriel") • Chad Lindberg ("Ash") • Julie McNiven ("Anna Milton") • Tahmoh Penikett ("Gadreel") • Shoshannah Stern ("Eileen Leahy") • Rick Worthy ("Alpha Vamp") • David Haydn-Jones ("Arthur Ketch") • Lauren Tom ("Linda Tran") • And many more, including a special message from Misha Collins ("Castiel") Edited by Lynn S. Zubernis, a clinical psychologist, professor, and passionate Supernatural fangirl, There'll Be Peace When You Are Done is the ultimate send-off for this iconic show that has touched and changed the lives of so many fans across all walks of life.
Download or read book Terminator and Philosophy written by William Irwin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are cyborgs our friends or our enemies? Was it morally right for Skynet to nuke us? Is John Connor free to choose to defend humanity, or not? Is Judgment Day inevitable? The Terminator series is one of the most popular sci-fi franchises ever created, captivating millions with its edgy depiction of the struggle of humankind for survival against its own creations. This book draws on some of history’s philosophical heavy hitters: Descartes, Kant, Karl Marx, and many more. Nineteen leather-clad chapters target with extreme prejudice the mysteries surrounding intriguing philosophical issues raised by the series, including the morality of terminating other people for the sake of peace, whether we can really use time travel to protect our future resistance leaders in the past, and if Arnold’s famous T-101 is a real person or not. You’ll say “Hasta la vista, baby” to philosophical confusion as you develop a new appreciation for the complexities of John and Sarah Connor and the battles between Skynet and the human race.
Download or read book Intertidal History in Island Southeast Asia written by Jennifer L. Gaynor and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intertidal History in Island Southeast Asia shows the vital part maritime Southeast Asians played in struggles against domination of the seventeenth-century spice trade by local and European rivals. Looking beyond the narrative of competing mercantile empires, it draws on European and Southeast Asian sources to illustrate Sama sea people's alliances and intermarriage with the sultanate of Makassar and the Bugis realm of Boné. Contrasting with later portrayals of the Sama as stateless pirates and sea gypsies, this history of shifting political and interethnic ties among the people of Sulawesi’s littorals and its land-based realms, along with their shared interests on distant coasts, exemplifies how regional maritime dynamics interacted with social and political worlds above the high-water mark.
