Future Library

Timothy Morton argues that ecological awareness in the present Anthropocene era takes the form of a strange loop or Möbius strip, twisted to have only one side. Deckard travels this oedipal path in Blade Runner when he learns that he might be the enemy he has been ordered to pursue. Ecological awareness takes this shape because ecological phenomena have a loop form that is also fundamental to the structure of how things are.

Ancient Astrology - Divination History - Occult History - Ancient Egypt - Ancient China - Ancient Rome - Mysticism - World Mythology Long before smartphone horoscopes, Babylonian priests stood on ziggurats and read the future in the movement of planets they believed were gods. Long before tarot decks, Roman generals refused to march until a sacred chicken had eaten its grain the right way. Ancient Oracles: Astrology and Divination Explained takes you inside the ancient world's most powerful, most feared, and most misunderstood practice: the belief that the universe leaves clues, if you know...

Every other book was written in the past. But this book? This book was written in the future. Do you want to know what the future is like? Listen on to get a glimpse at the world of tomorrow and its unexpected words, strange social customs, and mind-blowing colors! From the award-winning duo Mac...

"Narrator Tinashe Warikandwa gives dimension to the featured character, Ropa, as she makes her way in a harsh environment. Warikandwa captures the spirit of a young teen who quit school to become a ghost stalker to support her gran, sister, and self." -- AudioFile Magazine Sixth Sense meets...

It's 1996, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM. Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on--and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future. Everybody wonders...

"This satire offers a thought-provoking and scathing indictment that may prod readers to examine the more sinister possibilities of corporate- and media-dominated culture." —Publishers Weekly(starred review) For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon — a...

Travel back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in this #1 bestselling series and meet the greatest warriors of all--the Romans! Then get whisked away and meet famous founding-father and inventor Ben Franklin! Warriors in Winter: We are warriors! Jack and Annie have met knights...

AI & The Future of Work - Career Reinvention - Job Search Strategy - Future-Proof Skills - Resume Optimization - Workplace Disruption - Professional Development - Artificial Intelligence Careers Your resume vanishes into an algorithm. Your dream job goes silent. And somewhere, a machine just decided you weren't "qualified enough" — without a single human ever reading your name. This is the new reality of work. And ignoring it won't make it disappear. This 4-book box set gives you the complete, no-nonsense roadmap to not just survive the AI hiring revolution — but to come out ahead of it...

A smart and funny modern day 13 Going on 30 from New York Times bestselling author Jen Calonita! A tween girl finds out it is like to be 22 when she jumps in time with the help of a mysterious TikTok filter. The perfect gift for readers who want to feel 22 like Taylor Swift's iconic song!...

Steven A. Cook charts the course of the United States' encounter with the Middle East from the mid-twentieth century through the present day. Looking back, Cook makes a bold claim: the US was—despite setbacks and moral costs—successful. That record of achievement began to unravel in the early 1990s when policymakers embarked upon a set of overly ambitious policies to remake the Middle East. Cook highlights that calls to withdraw from the region are rash given the important interests the US maintains in the region.

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information like credit card numbers, and we use digital signatures to verify the identity of the websites we visit.

The New York Times best-selling series is coming to an epic conclusion—witness the beginning of the end! Written by one of the original High Republic story architects and the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark, Star Wars: Lost Stars, and the...

Riane Eisler reads this new, accessible adaptation of her ground-breaking classic The Chalice and the Blade, in which she combined original theory with noted scholarship to tell a new story of our cultural origins. Drawing evidence from literature, art, sociology, archeology, politics, and economics, she eloquently reconstructs a prehistoric culture based on partnership rather than domination. She then traces the roots of the global shift to patriarchy, showing that was and the "war of the sexes" are neither divinely nor biologically ordained.

Opening up a world of magic and adventure, Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T. L. Huchu is the second audiobook in the Edinburgh Nights series. Ropa Moyo’s ghostalking practice has tanked. Desperate for money to pay bills and look after her family, she reluctantly accepts a job to look into...

In this fantastical sequel to The Other Merlin, Emry no longer has to hide her gender to study wizardry, but with her magic suddenly acting up and Prince Arthur still engaged to Princess Guinevere, can she truly find her happily ever after? “King Arthur, but make it feel like a classic CW teen...

“[Kimberly] Mandindo expertly narrates the supernatural mystery’s twists and turns, keeping the listener guessing until the very end...The narration brings depth to the compelling cast of characters, culminating in the spellbinding and thought-provoking conclusion.” — Booklist One final...

A true story of Cincinnati native, J Steven Osborne, who began a search for his Native American ancestry in 2021. Through a DNA test, he discovers a first cousin in Prince Edward Island, Canada — a near impossibility given his Kentucky-based heritage and family. The DNA test he had taken was intended to detail his genetic makeup but it delivered more information than he ever bargained for. Following an arduous genealogical investigation by his wife, Becky (a part-time forensic genealogist), most of what he believed about his life and family begins to unravel.

Duels, magic, and plenty of ghosts await in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book of T. L. Huchu's USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series. Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference just...

“Their trademark world building and questions of morality remain intact . . . The explosive cliffhanger ending—also now something of a trademark—promises one final return to the series.” — Booklist The fourth novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter’s bestselling series, which io9...

Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your skills of reflection in this illustrated guide from Stanford University's d.school. While we often think of reflection as a way to consider what is or was, it can also be a powerful tool for...