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1) Utopia
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Utopia (1516) is a work of political satire by Thomas More. Published in Latin while More was serving as Privy Counsellor under King Henry VIII, the text is stylized as a true account of a new civilization discovered in the New World by traveler Raphael Hythlodaeus. While there have been varying interpretations of Utopia over the centuries, it is most consistently regarded as a work of political philosophy in the tradition of Plato's Republic that...
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In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the Oasis. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines -- puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first...
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Firefly code volume 2
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Mori and her friends set out to seek help for Ilana from Dr. Varden, one of the founders of Old Harmonie, but meeting Outsiders gives them new perspective on their utopian community.
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Twelve-year-old artist Zailey lives in a utopian community where residents are forbidden from anything that might reveal their image, but when her grandmother discovers her secret collection of portraits, it triggers a chain of events that enables Zailey to view everything in a new way.
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A comet rushes toward the earth, a deadly, glowing orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing, scheming, and killing to care. As luminous green trails of cosmic dust and vapor stream across the heavens, blood flows beneath: nations wage all-out war, bitter strikes erupt, and jealous lovers plot revenge and murder. The earth slips past the comet by the narrowest of margins, but all succumb to the gases in...
12) Folding The Red Into The Black: Developing A Viable Untopia For Human Survival In The 21st Century
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Walter Mosley is one of America's bestselling novelists, known for his critically acclaimed series of mysteries featuring private investigator Easy Rawlins. His writing is hard-hitting, often limned with a political subtext-aimed at a broad audience. When Mosley was working on a doctorate in political theory, he envisioned himself writing very different kinds of books from the ones he writes now. But once you've been tagged as a novelist, and in Mosley's...
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Thomas Morus: Utopia Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert und mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung. Voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und einem erklärenden Vorwort.Dieses Buch hat gewaltige Wirkung hinterlassen. Es ist die erste Sozialutopie, und wurde zum Vorläufer eines ganzes Genres. Der Engländer Thomas More (14781535), der es im Alter von 37 Jahre schrieb, schildert darin einen, aus seiner Sicht idealen Staat. Die Utopier kennen kein...
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Una decisión del emperador romano Marco Aurelio (siglo ii a.C.) fue el germen de la crisis y caída del Imperio romano: el nombramiento como sucesor de su hijo Cómodo. ¿Pero qué hubiera sucedido si el gobierno hubiera recaído en el general Avidio Casio? ¿Y si, además, se hubiera prohibido el cristianismo? Este es el punto de partida utópico de la obra de Renouvier, Ucronía, que narra la escisión entre la zona oriental del Imperio, donde...
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Glenn foretells of a united world government led by a world leader who becomes envisioned is the Messiah in Judaism, the second coming or resurrection in Christianity and Islam, and would have a place of reverence in many other religions, and respect among the nonreligious. Within this book, he seeks to establish inner and outer peace, love, happiness, and joy. Utilizing his inspired value system and beliefs, he shares his views on religion, government,...
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"A riveting novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems. Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being,...
17) The men: a novel
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"Deep in the California woods on an evening in late August, Jane Pearson is camping with her husband Leo and their five-year-old son Benjamin. As dusk sets in, she drifts softly to sleep in a hammock strung outside the tent where Leo and Benjamin are preparing for bed. At that moment, every single person with a Y chromosome vanishes around the world, disappearing from operating theaters mid-surgery, from behind the wheels of cars, from arguments and...
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Across more than four decades, the conflict between the national government and Muslim liberation forces in the southern Philippines has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. Two landmark agreements under the presidency of Benigno S. Aquino III-the first in 2012 and the second in 2014-raised high hopes that peace might finally be on the way. But the peace process stalled, and has yet to regain momentum, after a botched counterterrorism...
19) Ready player one
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"When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune"--From www.imdb.com.
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Rebelión en la granja es la historia de cómo unos animales de establo consiguieron hacer de la Manor Farm, dirigida por el granjero Joe, un paraíso en la tierra y constituir la Animal Farm. En su último discurso el precursor e ideólogo de la rebelión, el cerdo Major, señaló que una granja distinta era posible, una granja donde las relaciones de subordinación fueran historia, donde no existiera la explotación por parte de los hombres y los...
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