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Library of America volume 285
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"A paleontologist with the spirit of a poet"--Publisher.
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"In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted...
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Engineering is where human knowledge meets real-world problems—and solves them. It's the source of some of our greatest inventions, from the catapult to the jet engine. Marshall Brain, creator of the How Stuff Works series and a professor at the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at NCSU, provides a detailed look at 250 milestones in the discipline. He covers the various areas, including chemical, aerospace, and computer engineering, from
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In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and...
67) Last sentinel
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Set in the near future, a skeleton crew of soldiers is stranded at sea on an abandoned military outpost awaiting the arrival of reinforcements or an enemy invasion, whichever comes first.
68) Batman forever
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Gotham City D.A. Harvey Dent is hideously scarred down one side of his face, by an acid attack. The result is 2 personalities and 2 faces. Two-Face blames Batman and goes after him with vengeance on his mind. Two-Face teams up with Edward Nygma, a technical wizard who worked for Wayne Enterprises, invents a brain-sucking TV and adopts the alto-ego of The Riddler. Dick Grayson, after watching his acrobatic family plummet to their death, teams up with...
69) Connections
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James Burke presents science as a detective story, illustrating the connections between events of the past and inventions of the future. Burke tracks through twelve thousand years of history for the clues that lead to eight great life-changing inventions-- the atom bomb, telecommunications, the computer, the production line, jet aircraft, plastics, rocketry and television.
70) Koyaanisqatsi
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Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi Indian word meaning variously: crazy life, life in turmoil, life disintegrating, life out of balance (the subtitle for this film), and a state of life that calls for another way of life. Presented by Francis Ford Coppola, this creation of director Godfrey Reggio, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass seems to flash by your eyes but lingers in your mind.
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‘What is humanity?’ In this revealing documentary, world experts in the fields of Futurology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy consider the impact of technological advances on the two certainties of human life; Work and Death. Charting human developments from Homo Habilis, past the Industrial Revolution, to the digital age and beyond, THE FUTURE OF WORK AND DEATH looks at the shocking exponential rate at which mankind has managed to...
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At the dawn of the New Millennium, mankind has awakened a threat unlike any faced before, the Angels. The Angels can only be stopped by means of the Evangelions - bio-engineered vessels born from the Angels' own technology. Although forbidden, it is the key to bringing about a startling new genesis for the human race.
73) The storm
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Techno-billionaire Robert Terrell has a sinister plan. He wants to rule the world by controlling the weather. His experiments threaten to destroy Earth. But when a test goes wrong and stirs up a global cataclysm, it's up to a dedicated scientist and a renegade reporter to reverse the Megastorm's deadly rampage before it leaves a devastating path of destruction.
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The Jetsons were the very first family, animated or not, to have a big-screen home entertainment system decades before it became reality. They also had flying cars, floating cities and androids, all commonplace scenery in today's most popular sci-fi blockbusters. Now this beloved series teletransports onto Blur-ray, all 24 hilarious episodes plus soaring extras!
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Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing? Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, 'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment.
77) Connections 1
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James Burke presents science as a detective story, illustrating the connections between events of the past and inventions of the future. Burke tracks through twelve thousand years of history for the clues that lead to eight great life-changing inventions-- the atom bomb, telecommunications, the computer, the production line, jet aircraft, plastics, rocketry and television.
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At the dawn of the New Millennium, mankind has awakened a threat unlike any faced before-- the Angels. They can only be stopped by means of the Evangelions, bio-engineered vessels born from the Angels' own technology. The forbidden knowledge is key to bringing about a new genesis for the human race.
79) Visitors
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"Visitors is the fourth collaboration of director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass now joined by filmmaker Jon Kane, advancing the film form pioneered by The Qatsi Trilogy (Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi): the non-spoken narrative experience where each viewer's response is radically different yet undeniably visceral. As Reggio explains, "Visitors is aimed at the solar plexus, at the appetite within us all, the atmosphere of our...
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