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Concise History of the Antikythera Mechanism, A: How the Greeks Built a Machine Ahead of Its Time

by Robert Halstead ...

Narrated by Robert Halstead ...

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min

Discover the archaeological detective story of a lost mechanical computer that rewrites ancient scientific history. Found by sponge divers in a treacherous shipwreck, these corroded bronze gears held stunning celestial secrets that lay hidden for decades. Journey back to the Hellenistic era, where brilliant artisans transformed complex astronomical math into a portable marvel.Perfect for your ... Read more

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Discover the archaeological detective story of a lost mechanical computer that rewrites ancient scientific history. Found by sponge divers in a treacherous shipwreck, these corroded bronze gears held stunning celestial secrets that lay hidden for decades. Journey back to the Hellenistic era, where brilliant artisans transformed complex astronomical math into a portable marvel.Perfect for your
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Sports and Play in Christian Theology

by Philip Halstead, John Tucker, Robert Ellis, Stephen Garner, Myk Habets, Sarah Harris, Peter Lineham, Simon Moetara, B. Grant Stewart0, Steven N. Waller1 ...

Series series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Sport is a major preoccupation of the modern world. It consumes the time and energies of millions of people around the globe. In fact, for many participants, it operates much like a functional equivalent of religion, giving them a way to interpret and understand the world. Sports stadiums are the cathedrals of our time. Sports stars are the saints or demi-gods through whom we access the ... Read more

$126.99 CAD

Sport is a major preoccupation of the modern world. It consumes the time and energies of millions of people around the globe. In fact, for many participants, it operates much like a functional equivalent of religion, giving them a way to interpret and understand the world. Sports stadiums are the cathedrals of our time. Sports stars are the saints or demi-gods through whom we access the
... Read more
Socioeconomic Impact Management

Design And Implementation

by John M Halstead, Robert A Chase, Steve H Murdock, F. Larry Leistritz ...

The authors of this book present a comprehensive analysis of impact management for such large-scale resource and industrial development projects as power plants, mines, and nuclear waste disposal facilities. An overall framework for designing an impact management program is presented and specific recommendations for implementing management measures are provided. This book is unique in that it ... Read more

$75.57 CAD

The authors of this book present a comprehensive analysis of impact management for such large-scale resource and industrial development projects as power plants, mines, and nuclear waste disposal facilities. An overall framework for designing an impact management program is presented and specific recommendations for implementing management measures are provided. This book is unique in that it
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Orphans of the Sky

by Robert A. Heinlein ...

Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

Series Audiobook 23 - The Future History Series
Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

Lost in SpaceHugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was just allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of metal corridors were all there was of creation? Science knew that the Ship was all the universe, and as long as the sacred ... Read more

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Lost in SpaceHugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was just allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of metal corridors were all there was of creation? Science knew that the Ship was all the universe, and as long as the sacred
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Jack of Shadows

by Roger Zelazny ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

5 hours 20 min

In a world half of light, half of darkness, where science and magic strive for dominance, there dwells a magical being who is friendly with neither side. Jack, of the realm of shadows, is a thief who is unjustly punished. So he embarks on a vendetta. He wanders through strange realms, encountering witches, vampires, and, finally, his worst enemy: the Lord of Bats. He consults his friend ... Read more

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In a world half of light, half of darkness, where science and magic strive for dominance, there dwells a magical being who is friendly with neither side. Jack, of the realm of shadows, is a thief who is unjustly punished. So he embarks on a vendetta. He wanders through strange realms, encountering witches, vampires, and, finally, his worst enemy: the Lord of Bats. He consults his friend
... Read more
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Earthworks

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Narrated by Dan Calley ...

Unabridged

4 hours 47 min

War is humanity's only hope. "Aldiss' dark vision of collapsing society and withering earth is poignant and brutal . . . [a] richly detailed world" (Science Fiction Ruminations).In a future where the Earth has been savaged by overpopulation and over-farming, robots are considered more valuable than humans, and sand must be altered to create artificially fertile soil. Ex-convict Knowle Noland, the ... Read more

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War is humanity's only hope. "Aldiss' dark vision of collapsing society and withering earth is poignant and brutal . . . [a] richly detailed world" (Science Fiction Ruminations).In a future where the Earth has been savaged by overpopulation and over-farming, robots are considered more valuable than humans, and sand must be altered to create artificially fertile soil. Ex-convict Knowle Noland, the
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A Time of Changes

by Robert Silverberg ...

Narrated by Pete Bradbury ...

Unabridged

8 hours 15 min

As Kinnall Darival writes "I" in his journal, he knows this pronoun is forbidden by his people of Manneran because it is too personal. But through the use of a powerful, mind-altering drug, he has learned to understand what people are really feeling and to speak for himself. Now he is compelled to share his message of liberation, regardless of the risk. This science fiction classic is a cult ... Read more

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As Kinnall Darival writes "I" in his journal, he knows this pronoun is forbidden by his people of Manneran because it is too personal. But through the use of a powerful, mind-altering drug, he has learned to understand what people are really feeling and to speak for himself. Now he is compelled to share his message of liberation, regardless of the risk. This science fiction classic is a cult
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Only Begotten Daughter

by James Morrow ...

Narrated by Christine Helen Lakin ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

Rejoice! A new messiah has come, and her name is Julie. Born to Murray Katz, the solitary (and celibate) keeper of an abandoned lighthouse on the Jersey shore, our protagonist arrives on Earth boasting supernatural abilities evocative of her divine half-brother, Jesus. As a child, she revels in her talent for walking on water, resurrecting dead crabs, and treating fireflies as luminous alphabet ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Rejoice! A new messiah has come, and her name is Julie. Born to Murray Katz, the solitary (and celibate) keeper of an abandoned lighthouse on the Jersey shore, our protagonist arrives on Earth boasting supernatural abilities evocative of her divine half-brother, Jesus. As a child, she revels in her talent for walking on water, resurrecting dead crabs, and treating fireflies as luminous alphabet
... Read more
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We Install

And Other Stories

by Harry Turtledove ...

Narrated by Tom Beyer ...

Unabridged

12 hours 32 min

Short fiction, plus three essays, by the New York Times–bestselling author—including a Hugo Award–winning novella.Harry Turtledove earned the title "master of alternate history" from Publishers Weekly for his thought-provoking novels that turn historical facts into gripping tales of possibility. But his writing talent goes much further. We Install offers a showcase of styles, from humor—in "Father ... Read more

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Short fiction, plus three essays, by the New York Times–bestselling author—including a Hugo Award–winning novella.Harry Turtledove earned the title "master of alternate history" from Publishers Weekly for his thought-provoking novels that turn historical facts into gripping tales of possibility. But his writing talent goes much further. We Install offers a showcase of styles, from humor—in "Father
... Read more

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Birthright

The Book of Man

by Mike Resnick ...

Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Birthright Series
Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

An epic novel of human expansion across the starsThis brilliant science fiction novel constructs a blueprint of mankind's history—social, political, economic, scientific, and religious—for the next eighteen thousand years. Through a series of adventures, it illustrates clear, focused ideas about our birthright and our destiny.Since this 1982 debut, Mike Resnick has emerged as one of the most ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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An epic novel of human expansion across the starsThis brilliant science fiction novel constructs a blueprint of mankind's history—social, political, economic, scientific, and religious—for the next eighteen thousand years. Through a series of adventures, it illustrates clear, focused ideas about our birthright and our destiny.Since this 1982 debut, Mike Resnick has emerged as one of the most
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Neptune

by Ben Bova, Tom Newth ...

Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Outer Planets Trilogy
Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

Hugo Award winner Ben Bova continues his grand tour of the human-settled solar system with a look at life in the Outer Planets, among the moons of Neptune.In the future, humanity has spread throughout the solar system, on planets and moons once visited only by robots or explored at a distance by far-voyaging spacecraft. No matter how hostile or welcoming the environment, mankind has forged a path ... Read more

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Hugo Award winner Ben Bova continues his grand tour of the human-settled solar system with a look at life in the Outer Planets, among the moons of Neptune.In the future, humanity has spread throughout the solar system, on planets and moons once visited only by robots or explored at a distance by far-voyaging spacecraft. No matter how hostile or welcoming the environment, mankind has forged a path
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The Robot Who Looked Like Me

Stories

by Robert Sheckley ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

In "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together.The twelve other stories in this collection are "Slaves of Time," "Voices," "A Supplicant in Space," "Sneak Previews," "Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, John Westerly Dead," "Welcome to the ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

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In "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together.The twelve other stories in this collection are "Slaves of Time," "Voices," "A Supplicant in Space," "Sneak Previews," "Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, John Westerly Dead," "Welcome to the
... Read more

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