Extreme Future

Our world is constantly buffeted by new and dramatic changes we can't fully grasp. No one is fully prepared for the challenges, crises, and risks that lie ahead. The Extreme Future is a blueprint for what's next and how to navigate these changes.  

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents an important examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at...

A New Statesman best book of the year A Financial Times best economics book of 2019 An accessible, story-driven look at the future of the global economy, written by a leading expert To predict our future, we must look to the extremes. So argues the economist Richard Davies, who takes listeners...

BREAK FREE from emotional eating, overeating, and sugar cravings by working with the most powerful tool you already have: your mind. If diets have left you frustrated, restricted, and stuck in the same cycle, this audiobook offers a different path. Instead of relying on willpower, calorie...

Your home was built for a climate that no longer entirely exists—and the gap is growing. Extreme heat waves, flooding in areas that never flooded before, wildfire smoke that reaches across an entire continent, power outages that last not hours but days: these are not future concerns. They are happening now, in neighborhoods like yours, to homeowners just like you. The Climate-Resilient Home is the practical, step-by-step guide you have been looking for—one that skips the political debate and the survival-bunker extremism and gets straight to the question that actually matters: What can ...

A rapid and massively disruptive shift from centralized to distributed organizations has already begun. But current leadership practices were designed for large centralized organizations, making them increasingly obsolete. Bob Johansen, who has been projecting future trends from Silicon Valley since 1968, outlines five literacies leaders need to develop to cope with this brave new world.

Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this guide from The Explorers Club, the esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers. The discovery of the North and South Poles. The summiting of Everest. The moon landing. The (largely unknown) birth of...

In a world with an uncertain future, do you imagine for the best or for the worst case scenario? Twelve writers tackle extreme solarpunk utopias and apocalyptic or political dystopias—and the gray areas in between—in Biketopia, the fourth volume of the Bikes in Space series of feminist science fiction stories about bicycling. Some find love and fierce resistance in the end times; others imagine an ecological future of saving technology, with solarpunk ecotopian visions, at times paired with crushing social control.

The rain took everything—now the sun will test what's left. From New York Times bestselling author Matt Eicheldinger comes the pulse-pounding sequel to When the Rain Came: a gripping survival story of truth, hunger, and the desperate will to live. “Like Dry by Neal and Jordan Shusterman and...

‘Very entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘A thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ NEW YORK TIMES Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and...

To understand how humans react and adapt to economic change we need to study people who live in harsh environments. This audiobook tells the personal stories of humans living in extreme situations, and of the financial infrastructure they create. Here, economies are not concerned with the familiar stock market crashes, housing crises, or banking scandals of the financial pages.

As humanity embarks on a journey of exploration and settlement beyond Earth's confines, the need for effective and reliable heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems becomes increasingly crucial. Space stations, the outposts of human presence in the cosmos, demand a sophisticated approach to environmental control to ensure the comfort and safety of astronauts, while also supporting the critical functions of life support systems. This book delves into the intricacies of HVAC for space stations, providing a comprehensive overview of the unique challenges and innovative ...

Bloomsbury presents Sink or Swim by Susannah Fisher, read by Deryn Edwards The world needs to adapt to climate change – but how? What are the key problems and hard choices that lie ahead for the global community? This book reveals all. Heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes and flooding caused by...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Life on Mars is an adventurous and visionary audiobook about architecture for extreme worlds. Moshe Katz uses Mars and other harsh environments as design laboratories for the future of human life. What does it mean to create a home where nature does not...

The future of our planet is in the hands of the next generation, and this book is here to inspire young minds to take action! Designed for curious kids aged 7 to 12, this engaging guide is filled with fun facts, real-life examples, and easy-to-understand explanations about climate change and how it’s affecting the world. Readers will explore the science behind rising temperatures, learn why protecting our oceans and forests is so important, and discover how even small actions can make a big difference for the Earth. From saving energy at home to starting eco-friendly projects at school, ...

The final book in the Robot Wife series follows the Smith family as they make their way through the aftermath of a worldwide war. While Lucas struggles with making a future after the army, his sister picks up the pieces of her love life. And robots Patience, Wanda and Charity adapt to a major change in their operating systems.

The outpost went dark at 04:17 Zulu. No distress call. No survivor beacon. No explanation. Just silence - where forty-three people used to be. VALKYRIE WING: VENUS BLACK Commander Grant Rutherford has read the mission file three times. Hephaestus Outpost - humanity's most advanced research station on Venus - dropped off the grid without warning. Equipment failure is the official line. Rutherford has run enough black ops to know what equipment failure looks like. This isn't it. The encrypted comms were cut, not faded. The thermal signatures spiked before the silence. And someone - something ...