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  • The Architect Who Couldn't Sing

    by J.D. Alt ...
    A design competition for a new utopian community elicits competing visions for the future of human settlements, but none is more controversial than the submission by Charlie Cadwell's mysteriously lost architect-father, a surprise that entangles Charlie with the most erotically beautiful girl he's ever met and the inevitable forces of greed and corruption that undermine the human prospect. ... Read more

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  • An Architect's Concerto

    by J.D. ALT ...
    The quest to find the father he never knew--the architect father who mysteriously disappeared after returning from the war in Vietnam--leads Charlie Cadwell, unexpectedly, to a utopian architectural experiment hidden away on a white-water river in the Pacific Northwest. Even more startling than the reason for his father's disappearance is Charlie's discovery that the architectural experiment is ... Read more

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  • Low Earth Orbit

    A Novella About the Near Future

    by J.D. ALT ...
    The American people have been underemployed and disillusioned for nearly a generation. The U.S. Government, about to embark upon an asteroidal mining venture, has promised the profits to its citizens. But when an unexpected climate-change catastrophe forces Congress to choose between rebuilding the American heartland and going forward with the mining venture as planned, U.S. political stability is ... Read more

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  • The Summer Guest

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  • The Grid

    The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

    One of Bill Gates's Favorite Books of 2016A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy future.America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of ... Read more

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  • The Mimicking of Known Successes

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    “Every once in a while, a book comes along that is both a comfort read and a rousing, fist-pumping adventure, and The Mimicking of Known Successes absolutely is both of those things. An utter triumph.”—Charlie Jane AndersA Hugo Award nominee for Best NovellaA Nebula Award nominee for Best NovellaAn Ignyte Award nominee for Best NovellaA Locus Award nominee for Best Novella<stro... ... Read more

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  • Too Much Magic

    Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation

    The author of The Long Emergency explains why technology can't solve all our problems, and how excessive optimism can endanger our future .The Long Emergency quickly became a grassroots hit, offering a shocking vision of our post-oil future and capturing the attention of environmentalists and business leaders alike. As discussion about our dependence on fossil fuels and our dysfunctional financial ... Read more

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    by Paul Theroux ...
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  • When the Emperor Was Divine

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    From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers, this commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese American incarceration camps that is both a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and a resonant lesson for our times.On a sunny day in Berkeley, California, in 1942, a woman sees a sign in a post office window, returns to her home, and matter-of ... Read more

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  • The Winning of the Carbon War

    Power and Politics on the Front Lines of Climate and Clean Energy

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