Electric State

The inspiration for Netflix blockbuster starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Fallout and Black Mirror. In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy...

Tom Wolfe - one of the 20th century’s foremost voices in cultural criticism - went from local news reporter to international icon in 1968, with the publication of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Now voiced with vivacity and vigor by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Luke Daniels, the non-fiction swan-dive delves into the world of hippies, hedonism, and everything in between.

Most of us take the supply of electricity for granted. This booklet gives simple explanation of what is electricity and how it reaches your home. Concepts such as AC and DC current and a few simple electrical components and their functions are explained. Mathematical expressions are totally avoided. 

Updated & Re‑formatted— July 15, 2025 ❓ Struggling to grasp the core principles of electrical engineering despite hours of research and study, and feeling confused? ❓ You know the formulas, but when you face a circuit, you don’t know where to start or in what order to proceed? ❓ For every exercise, do you wonder which theorem to use (Ohm, Kirchhoff, Thevenin/Norton?) and when to apply it, wasting precious time? 7-Day Learning Strategy: forget endless pages of raw formulas—each chapter leads you through a four-step path that turns theory into real-world skill: Theory and ...

The classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which inspired two major motion pictures: Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living...

Enter a frighteningly familiar dystopian world with the first book of a new series from the author of Falling with Folded Wings and Victor of Tucson. In the year 2107, the world has both made astounding leaps forward and reduced humanity to its most basic existence. While the megacorps and those...

The Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Guide is an essential compendium for anyone navigating the burgeoning world of electric vehicles. Tailored to demystify the nuances of EV charging for both prospective and current EV owners, this guide illuminates the path toward a more sustainable and electrified future of transportation. From detailed explorations of charging technologies to practical advice on setting up home charging solutions, and insights into public charging networks, this guide covers the spectrum of EV charging needs and innovations. Within its pages, readers will find a ...

Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thing—its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance, cleared arteries, and new ways to combat...

“Weird, wonderful...I loved this.” —Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are sentient, a young Roomba vacuum sets out to save the humans of her house from a rising technological power in this...

>When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.

A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most unusual way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: A type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony. To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinaire.

Over the last 220 years, society has evolved a universal belief that electricity is "safe" for humanity and the planet. Scientist and journalist Arthur Firstenberg disrupts this conviction by telling the story of electricity in a way it has never been told before - from an environmental point of view - by detailing the effects that this fundamental societal building block has had on our health and our planet.

This program is read by the author. Tap into the extraordinary power of electricity to heal your body and empower your life. Everything is electric. This seemingly simple observation has transformational repercussions on the way we think about and approach physical, mental, and emotional health...

This is the book that finally lets you decode every battery headline—from 824 Wh/kg lab cells to 1,200‑km prototypes and understand what’s real, what’s noise, and what will actually reach your driveway. Every few weeks another headline announces that batteries are about to change everything. A lab cell hits 824 watt-hours per kilogram. A prototype EV runs 1,200 kilometers on a single charge. A pilot line ships the first solid-state pouches with a self-healing electrolyte. Then months pass, the news cycle moves on, and your daily commute is still limited by the same charging problems...

China manufactures steel, solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, and industrial equipment at a scale that affects prices and competition worldwide. But industrial scale is not the same as industrial overcapacity. Nor do low export prices, unused factories, or production exceeding domestic consumption prove that an industry has invested too much. The central question is whether productive capacity can be sustained by commercially viable demand—and who gains or loses when that balance breaks down. In The Overcapacity Economy, Bernd Riemann investigates the economic foundations of ...

The myth of Electra is retold in this master work by Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. After the murder of her father at the hands of her mother, the housebound Electra discovers that her last hope for freedom may be lost.

** NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM DIRECTED BY THE RUSSO BROTHERS, STARRING MILLIE BOBBIE BROWN, CHRIS PRATT AND KE HUY QUAN ** A teenage girl and her robot embark on a cross-country road trip in this beautifully illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Fallout and Black Mirror. In late...

Now an animated series streaming on Apple TV+! A girl leaves her underground home for the first time in this first book in the New York Times bestselling, richly illustrated space-age adventure The Search for WondLa middle grade series from cocreator of The Spiderwick Chronicles, Tony DiTerlizzi...

The Sunshine State’s most lovable psychopath, Serge A. Storms, kills it in this zany adventure from the “compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny” (Boston Globe) king of mayhem, New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey. Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next...

That's what witnesses say Irene Schroeder told a deputy holding her four-year-old son's photograph, an hour after she came down off an Arizona mountainside in handcuffs. She was twenty. Six days after her twenty-second birthday, she would die in Pennsylvania's electric chair — the first woman the state ever executed. Wheeling, West Virginia. Irene is eighteen when a married car salesman named Glenn Dague nearly runs her down on Sixteenth Street — and doesn't drive away. She's already divorced, waitressing, raising a son alone on tips and arithmetic. Eight months after Glenn leaves his ...