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2012: Extinction or Utopia

Author : J. Allan Danelek
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738724769
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book 2012: Extinction or Utopia written by J. Allan Danelek and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is 2012 the end of the world as we know it? From 2012 to global warming to worldwide pandemics, doomsday scenarios play an increasingly large role in our lives. Do any of these apocalyptic scenarios pose a real, urgent risk? Why does our modern culture continue to embrace these bleak beliefs, and how are they affecting our world? Separating hype from truth, J. Allan Danelek scrutinizes the ancient Mayan calendar's end date of 2012 and takes a hard look at whether it spells the end of the world—or a new beginning. Danelek also delves into other doomsday beliefs past and present, from biblical end-times prophecies to biological warfare, and discusses the predictions of world-famous prophets such as Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce. With piercing logic, Danelek objectively explores the apocalyptic threats that have captured our imagination . . . and reveals startling insights about what kind of future—dire or dazzling—awaits humanity.

Prophecies and Soothsayers

Author : Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 160152322X
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Prophecies and Soothsayers written by Stuart A. Kallen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since time immemorial prophets and soothsayers have attempted to predict earthshaking events and imminent disasters. Prophecies and Soothsayers takes a fascinating look at the work of ancient astrologers, Biblical prophets, modern-day psychics, and failed prophecies throughout the ages.

The First Rung

Author : Hamid Rafizadeh
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480862371
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The First Rung written by Hamid Rafizadeh and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can the long-dead ancients tell us about our future? Plenty, according to sacred texts and modern science. While the modern person has only witnessed one celestial state of the earth, ancient peoples have witnessed two. Science calls these two versions glacial and interglacial earth, but to the ancients they are the blue-skied earth and the canopied earth. And as the earth positions to once again flip to its yet unknown secondary state, we can turn to the ancients for answers. The First Rung weaves together the stories of humanitys epic struggle to understand the past in order to understand the presentand most importantly, to understand the future. This fascinating account provides eye-opening insight into the mix of ancient and modern knowledge that defines the earths celestial environment, and author Hamid Rafizadeh offers a tour of the evidence regarding the earths two different versionsdetails of which our ancient human ancestors have seen. By bringing echoes of the past into the present, we can have an intellectual awakening of the knowledge that holds the answers for humanitys survival and well-being. The unknown, hidden past of the ancients haunts the modern humans life; it is a dangerous shadow cast on everyone, but it is also a knowledge not to be missed.

The Great Airship of 1897

Author : J. Allan Danelek
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1935487167
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book The Great Airship of 1897 written by J. Allan Danelek and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November of 1896 residents of California watched a mysterious bright light-often described as being suspended beneath a "cigar shaped" craft of considerable size-pass slowly over their cities on several occasions, sparking a media frenzy. A few months later, what appeared to be the same craft was seen in the skies over the sparsely populated prairie states of the Midwest making its way methodically eastward and appearing to literally hundreds-if not thousands-of witnesses. Then, as suddenly as the reports began, they abruptly ended, leaving a mystery that has never been satisfactorily explained by either science or historians to this day. Was it evidence of a nascent technology, appearing a full decade before Von Zeppelin began building the first of his behemoths in Germany, or was it all merely a media hoax generated by the yellow journalism of the time in an effort to increase sales? Or, most provocative of all, was it a visitor from outer space, making an early appearance? Each theory is examined in turn before J. Allan Danelek finally presents his provocative theory that the mysterious vessel was a terrestrial craft years ahead of its time that may have been destroyed just as it was on the verge of being publicly acknowledged. Admittedly controversial, the hypothesis leaves it for the reader to decide for themselves whether the history of aviation is complete as we know it or if it's merely waiting for the final chapter to be written.

Dragon Soldiers

Author : J. Allan Danelek
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1939149223
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Dragon Soldiers written by J. Allan Danelek and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An old Tibetan monk has presented Paul and Sarah Manhart—the world’s only husband and wife cryptozoology team—an unusual gift: a claw from a pterosaur Paul identifies to have lived during the time of the dinosaurs. The problem is that the claw is less than sixty years old, enticing them to embark on a expedition to the “rooftop of the world” to see whether others of its kind still roam the rarified air of Tibet. Only they hadn’t bargained on getting caught up in a treacherous game of cat and mouse between the Chinese Army and winged creatures that are as vicious as they are terrifying. Forced to not only fend off creatures capable of killing with a single snap of their jaws but also the efforts of opportunistic Chinese Army officers intent on seeing them dead in an effort to cover up their own nefarious deeds. Fortunately, they find an unlikely ally in the guise of a surly and ruthless colonel named Deng, the only man capable of providing them their only chance at survival—if they aren’t already too late.

The Case for Reincarnation

Author : J. Allan Danelek
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738726214
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Case for Reincarnation written by J. Allan Danelek and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens after we die? What is the purpose of reincarnation? How does it work? What is the role in this mysterious process of the soul, free will, karma, soul mates, and God? Paranormal investigator J. Allan Danelek presents a compelling exploration of reincarnation that sheds light on both the mechanics of rebirth and its spiritual purpose. Addressing all aspects of reincarnation—including how the next physical life is chosen, the influence of past lives, the difference between the soul and personality, the necessity of evil, and what happens between lives—Danelek illuminates this transcendent yet practical mode for perfecting the soul. The Case for Reincarnation presents a fascinating, thought-provoking examination of reincarnation and the elements involved: The Divine • The eternal soul • Spiritual lessons The link between the spiritual and physical worlds • Linear time Past-life memories • Karma • Choosing our next incarnation What happens to souls drawn to evil • Ghosts

Serpente Gigante

Author : J. Allen Denelek
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 193548799X
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Serpente Gigante written by J. Allen Denelek and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2012-10-27 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon is a place of breathtaking beauty, but also one of tremendous danger in which death can take many forms. Few, however, suspected that it would manifest itself in the form of a genetically engineered anaconda of extraordinary size with a ravenous appetite for the things that live on and beneath the river-especially human beings. Among the few scientists who know of the creature’s existence is world renowned cryptozoologist Paul Manhart who, along with his young but intrepid assistant, Sarah Underhill, are on a quest not only to prove the snake’s existence to Brazilian authorities, but persuade them to do something about it before it wreaks havoc among the larger population centers on the Amazon River. The only problem is that Paul Manhart didn’t expect to fall in love with his assistant, nor did he realize the tremendous price their eventual encounter with the beast will cost them, both personally and in blood. An exciting, action-packed fictional novel based on fact! Includes maps and illustrations, a great book to take on your next adventure!

Nightman

Author : J. Allen Denelek
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1939149088
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Nightman written by J. Allen Denelek and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something evil is prowling the vast forests of upper Vancouver Island, and it’s not human. A rogue sasquatch that has learned to enjoy hunting humans is on the loose and only one man, self-styled “bigfoot tracker” Jake Verity, knows about it and the danger it poses. Obsessed with killing the beast before it can find its next victim, Verity turns to the world’s foremost–and only–husband and wife team of cryptozoologists, Paul and Sarah Manhart, to help him find the creature and end its reign of terror once and for all. Unfortunately, none of them expect the monster to be as cunning and dangerous as it turns out to be, resulting in a struggle for survival that will pit Paul and Sarah against an abomination of nature more determined and more evil than anything they have ever encountered before. An exciting novel based on conjectured Sasquatch behavior!

Senses of the Future

Author : Gerard Delanty
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111240606
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Senses of the Future written by Gerard Delanty and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future has become a problem for the present. Almost every critical issue is now understood and experienced through the prism of the future since this is the primary focus for the playing out of crises. Senses of the Future offers a wide-ranging discussion of theories of the future. It covers the main ideas of the future in modern thought and explores how we should view the future today in light of a plurality of very different and conflicting visions. The key contribution of this book is to bring together the different approaches with an account that is grounded in sociological and philosophical analysis as opposed to visions of the future that are inspired by extreme visions of catastrophe or approaches that see the future as only the continuation of the present. Given a revival of apocalyptical visions of the ‘end times’ and dystopian views of the future of human societies, there is urgent need for a new approach on how we should imagine the future. The author explores the future as a field of tensions that is revealed in narratives, utopian desires, hope, imaginaries, and social struggles concerning the potential possibilities of the present: the future does not just arrive; it has to be fought for. This book is an important contribution to a critical sociology of the future. It is both a work of reconstruction and critique grounded in a historical and philosophical hermeneutics of the future. Table of Contents Chapter One Introduction: Conflicting Visions of the Future Contested Visions of the Future Today Return to the Future Outline of the Chapters References Chapter Two When is the Future? The Problem of Time and the Human Condition Time in the Physical World: Lessons from Physics Has the Future already Begun? Time and History Time, Life, and the Human Condition: Biology, Evolution, and Culture Conclusion References Chapter Three Lessons from the Past: What Does the Past Tell Us about the Future? The Future in the Past Failed Societies and Civilizational Collapse Catastrophes and History Conclusion References Chapter Four Modernity and the Concept of the Future: Utopia, Progress, and Prophecy The Future as Expectation The Future as an Imaginary and the Emergence of Utopianism The Future as Possibility The Future as Experience Conclusion References Chapter Five Ideas of the Future in the Twentieth Century: Futurism, Modernism, Sociology, and Political Theory New Political Ideas of the Future after 1945 Responses to the Future: From Fear of the Future to Futurology Sociological Theory and the Future Conclusion: The New Sociology of the Future References Chapter Six Critical Theory and the Future: The Sources of Transcendence The Intellectual Origins of Critical Theory: A Brief Outline The Idea of the Future in the Critical Theory of the Early Frankfurt School Habermas and the Communication Paradigm The Responsibility Paradigm and Cosmopolitanism: Jonas and Apel Critical Cosmopolitanism and the Idea of the Future Conclusion: Cultural Models and the Future as Possibility References Chapter Seven Conclusion: In The Shadow of the Future Do We Need a Theory of the Future? Are we already in a New Historical Era? AI and a Posthuman Future Struggles for the Future References Index

Food Utopias

Author : Paul V. Stock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131765773X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Food Utopias written by Paul V. Stock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food is a contentious and emotive issue, subject to critiques from multiple perspectives. Alternative food movements – including the different articulations of local, food miles, seasonality, food justice, food knowledge and food sovereignty – consistently invoke themes around autonomy, sufficiency, cooperation, mutual aid, freedom, and responsibility. In this stimulating and provocative book the authors link these issues to utopias and intentional communities. Using a food utopias framework presented in the introduction, they examine food stories in three interrelated and complementary ways: utopias as critique of existing systems; utopias as engagement with experimentation of the novel, the forgotten, and the hopeful in the future of the food system; and utopias as process that recognizes the time and difficulty inherent in changing the status quo. The chapters address theoretical aspects of food utopias and also present case studies from a range of contexts and regions, including Argentina, Italy, Switzerland and USA. These focus on key issues in contemporary food studies including equity, locality, the sacred, citizenship, community and food sovereignty. Food utopias offers ways forward to imagine a creative and convivial food system.

Childhood's End

Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : RosettaBooks
ISBN 13 : 0795324979
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Childhood's End written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

Rethinking Democracy for Post-Utopian Worlds

Author : Jorge León Casero
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031534913
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Democracy for Post-Utopian Worlds written by Jorge León Casero and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nationality of Utopia

Author : Maxim Shadurski
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000682870
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Nationality of Utopia written by Maxim Shadurski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its generic inception in 1516, utopia has produced visions of alterity which renegotiate, subvert, and transcend existing places. Early in the twentieth century, H. G. Wells linked utopia to the World State, whose post-national, post-Westphalian emergence he predicated on English national discourse. This critical study examines how the discursive representations of England’s geography, continuity, and character become foundational to the Wellsian utopia and elicit competing response from Wells’s contemporaries, particularly Robert Hugh Benson and Aldous Huxley, with further ramifications throughout the twentieth century. Contextualized alongside modern theories of nationalism and utopia, as well as read jointly with contemporary projections of England as place, reactions to Wells demonstrate a shift from disavowal to retrieval of England, on the one hand, and from endorsement to rejection of the World State, on the other. Attempts to salvage the residual traces of English culture from their degradation in the World State have taken increasing precedence over the imagination of a post-national order. This trend continues in the work of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, J. G. Ballard, and Julian Barnes, whose future scenarios warn against a world without England. The Nationality of Utopia investigates utopia’s capacity to deconstruct and redeploy national discourse in ways that surpass fear and nostalgia.

Utopia or Oblivion

Author : R. Buckminster Fuller
Publisher : Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Utopia or Oblivion written by R. Buckminster Fuller and published by Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller. This book was released on 1963 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utopia or Oblivion is a provocative blueprint for the future. This comprehensive volume is composed of essays derived from the lectures he gave all over the world during the 1960’s. Fuller’s thesis is that humanity – for the first time in its history – has the opportunity to create a world where the needs of 100% of humanity are met. “This is what man tends to call utopia. It’s a fairly small word, but inadequate to describe the extraordinary new freedom of man in a new relationship to universe — the alternative of which is oblivion.” R. Buckminster Fuller. Description by Lars Muller Publishers, courtesy of The Estate of Buckminster Fuller

Utopia in the Anthropocene

Author : Michael Harvey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429859562
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Utopia in the Anthropocene written by Michael Harvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utopia in the Anthropocene takes a cross-disciplinary approach to analyse our current world problems, identify the key resistance to change and take the reader step by step towards a more sustainable, equitable and rewarding world. It presents paradigm-shifting models of economics, political decision-making, business organization and leadership and community life. These are supported by psychological evidence, utopian literature and inspirational changes in history. The Anthropocene is in crisis, because human activity is changing almost everything about life on this planet at an unparalleled pace. Climate change, the environmental emergency, economic inequality, threats to democracy and peace and an onslaught of new technology: these planetwide risks can seem too big to comprehend, let alone manage. Our reckless pursuit of infinite economic growth on a finite planet could even take us towards a global dystopia. As an unprecedented frenzy of change grips the world, the case for utopia is stronger than ever. An effective change plan requires a bold, imaginative vision, practical goals and clarity around the psychological values necessary to bring about a transformation. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the environmental humanities, sustainability studies, ecological economics, organizational psychology, politics, utopian philosophy and literature – and all who long for a better world.

The Multispecies Salon

Author : Eben Kirksey
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822376989
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Multispecies Salon written by Eben Kirksey and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new approach to writing culture has arrived: multispecies ethnography. Plants, animals, fungi, and microbes appear alongside humans in this singular book about natural and cultural history. Anthropologists have collaborated with artists and biological scientists to illuminate how diverse organisms are entangled in political, economic, and cultural systems. Contributions from influential writers and scholars, such as Dorion Sagan, Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, are featured along with essays by emergent artists and cultural anthropologists. Delectable mushrooms flourishing in the aftermath of ecological disaster, microbial cultures enlivening the politics and value of food, and nascent life forms running wild in the age of biotechnology all figure in this curated collection of essays and artifacts. Recipes provide instructions on how to cook acorn mush, make cheese out of human milk, and enliven forests after they have been clear-cut. The Multispecies Salon investigates messianic dreams, environmental nightmares, and modest sites of biocultural hope. For additional materials see the companion website: www.multispecies-salon.org/ Contributors. Karen Barad, Caitlin Berrigan, Karin Bolender, Maria Brodine, Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn, David S. Edmunds, Christine Hamilton, Donna J. Haraway, Stefan Helmreich, Angela James, Lindsay Kelley, Eben Kirksey, Linda Noel, Heather Paxson, Nathan Rich, Anna Rodriguez, Dorion Sagan, Craig Schuetze, Nicholas Shapiro, Miriam Simun, Kim TallBear, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Maps of Utopia

Author : Simon J. James
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199606595
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Maps of Utopia written by Simon J. James and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study of the literary theories of H. G. Wells, the founding father of English science fiction and once the most widely read writer in the world. It explores his entire career, during which he produced popular science, educational theory, history, politics, and prophecy, as well as realist, experimental, and science fiction.