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Book cover for Barry B. Hughes: Exploring and Shaping International Futures

Exploring and Shaping International Futures

Barry B. Hughes
Paperback - $63.95

What will be the long-term impact of AIDS in Africa or concentration of global oil production in the Middle East?

Book cover for Paul M. Kennedy: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

Paul M. Kennedy
Paperback - $29.95

Kennedy's groundbreaking book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers helped to reorder the current priorities of the United States. Now, he synthesizes extensive research on fields ranging from demography to robotics to draw a detailed, persuasive, an ...

Book cover for Arthur Kroker: Spasm

Spasm : Virtual Reality, Android Music and Electric Flesh

Arthur Kroker
Paperback - $33.95

"Spasm is the 1990s. A theory-fiction about the crash world of virtual reality, from the cold sex of Madonna Mutant, the pure sex of Michael Jackson and the dead sex of Elvis to the technological fetishes of Silicon Valley. Written from the perspecti ...

Book cover for Ervin Laszlo: Vision 2020

Vision 2020

Ervin Laszlo
Paperback - $67.95

The vision of the year 2020 Laszlo sketches is not a science fiction account of a technological utopia, nor is it the doomsday world pictured by pessimists. Laszlo argues for a holistic approach to education, the environment, and political economic s ...

Book cover for Paul Levinson: The Soft Edge

The Soft Edge : A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution

Paul Levinson
Paperback - $65.95

Boldly extending and deepening the pathways blazed by Marshall McLuhan, Paul Levinson presents an engaging tour of how communications media have been responsible for major developments in history.

Book cover for James Martin: The Meaning of the 21st Century

The Meaning of the 21st Century : A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future

James Martin
Paperback - $26.95

According to James Martin-known as "the guru of the Information Age"-humanity is at a crucial turning point. If we succeed in finding ways to support massive gains in population combined with dizzying technological progress, we have a magnificent fut ...

Book cover for Colin J. Mason: A Short History of the Future

A Short History of the Future : Surviving the 2030 Spike

Colin J. Mason
Paperback - $51.95

* This is a revised edition of Colin Mason's "The 2030 Spike," that received the following acclaim:

Book cover for Ira Matathia: Next

Next : Trends for the Near Future

Ira Matathia
Hardcover - $44.95

"Next is a book for everyone, explaining that what already exists technologically is about to change the way we live, not the day after tomorrow, but tomorrow - and not necessarily the way one would expect."--BOOK JACKET. "A non-fiction armchair jour ...

Book cover for Graham H. May: The Future Is Ours

The Future Is Ours : Foreseeing, Managing and Creating the Future

Graham H. May
Paperback - $75.95

Why do we continue to think about, imagine, and forecast the future despite believing we will probably be wrong? Why do we need to do so? What does "the future" mean, and how do we relate to it? Is it possible that Western societies condition their m ...

Book cover for Pat McGrew: Critical Mass

Critical Mass : A Primer for Living with the Future

Pat McGrew
Paperback - $24.95



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