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Beautyland / by Bertino, Marie-Helene,author.;
"At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different; she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of earthlings. For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. But at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone? A blazing novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life in our universe, Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland is a remarkable evocation of feeling in exile at home and introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times."--
Subjects: Novels.; Extraterrestrial beings; Human beings; Supernatural;
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The fragile Earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change / by Remnick, David,editor.; Finder, Henry,editor.; Kolbert, Elizabeth,writer of afterword.;
"A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change-including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more"--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Human beings;
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How to be animal : a new history of what it means to be human / by Challenger, Melanie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What makes us human, and why are we so sure we're different from other animals? Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal rewrites the remarkable human story and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle with being animal. Most of our effects on the planet are the consequences of technological improvements and advances in our understanding of natural mechanisms. But why did this cognitive and technological edge come about in the first place and what kind of being has it made us? In How to Be Animal, Challenger brilliantly argues that this dizzying trajectory is the result of a singular characteristic of our species: the struggle with being an animal. Using a combination of memoir, historical texts, interweaving interviews and cultural and environmental history, How to Be Animal is lively and thought-provoking, bursting with ideas. This is a book for anyone who has ever contemplated what humans are and what makes our species so simultaneously brilliant and awful. Even more so, it is a book that asks tantalizing philosophical questions, such as whether and how human life matters. How to Be Animal is a tough-minded but ultimately sympathetic portrait of humanity. It exposes human beings as extraordinary animals defined by a profound struggle. In the third millennium, the way humans respond to being an animal among animals is the greatest and most inspiring challenge we face."--
Subjects: Human beings; Human-animal relationships.;
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The reality bubble : blind spots, hidden truths, and the dangerous illusions that shape our world / by Tong, Ziya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Ecology.; Science.; Nature;
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The once and future world : nature as it was, as it is, as it could be / by MacKinnon, J. B.(James Bernard),1970-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Human ecology.; Nature; Restoration ecology.;
© 2013., Random House Canada,
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No cure for being human : (and other truths I need to hear) / by Bowler, Kate,author.;
Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, only to find that she was stuck in a cancerous body at age 35. In 'No Cure for Being Human', Kate searches for a way forward as she mines the wisdom (and absurdity) of our modern best life now advice industry, which tries to convince us that we can out-eat, out-learn and out-perform our humanness. With dry wit and unflinching honesty, she grapples with her diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith and searches for some kind of peace with her limitations in a culture that says that anything is possible.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Bowler, Kate,; Cancer; Colon (Anatomy);
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How do we look? : the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation / by Beard, Mary,1955-author.; Beard, Mary,1955-Civilisations : how do we look : the eye of faith.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 211-226) and index."From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity"--
Subjects: Art and religion.; Human beings in art; Civilization.;
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The decline and fall of the human empire : why our species is on the edge of extinction / by Gee, Henry,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."By the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history of humanity on the brink of decline. We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. In the middle of this century population growth will stop, and the number of people on Earth will start to decline-fast. In this provocative book, award-winning science writer Henry Gee offers a concise, brilliantly-told history of our species--and argues that we are on a rapid, one-way trip to extinction. The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire narrates the dramatic rise of humanity, how a scattered range of small groups across several continents eventually inbred, interacted, fought, established stable communities and food supplies, and began the process of dominating the planet. The human story is relatively brief-the oldest fossils of H. Sapiens date to approximately 300,000 years ago-yet the spread of our species has been unstoppable ... until recently. As Gee demonstrates, our population has peaked, and is declining; our environment is becoming inimical to human life in many locations; our core resources of water, arable land, and air are diminishing; and new diseases, simmering conflicts, and ambiguous technologies threaten our collective health. Can we still change our course? Or is our own extinction inevitable? There could be a way out, but the launch window is narrow. Unless Homo sapiens establishes successful colonies in space within the next two centuries, our species is likely to stay earthbound and will have vanished entirely within another ten thousand years, bringing the seven-million-year story of the human lineage to an end. With assured narration, dramatic stories, and his signature sprightly humor, Henry Gee envisions new opportunities for the future of humanity--a future that will reward facing challenges with ingenuity, foresight, and cooperation"--
Subjects: Human beings; Human evolution.; Philosophical anthropology.;
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Angry weather : heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change / by Otto, Friederike Elly Luise,1982-author.; Brackel, Benjamin von,1982-author.; Pybus, Sarah,translator.; translation of:Otto, Friederike Elly Luise,1982-Wütendes wetter.English.; David Suzuki Institute,sponsoring body.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-233) and index.
Subjects: Climatic changes; Severe storms.; Weather;
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Silent night [videorecording] / by Depp, Lily-Rose,1999-actor.; Goode, Matthew,1978-actor.; Griffin Davis, Roman,2007-actor.; Griffin, Camille,film director,screenwriter.; Knightley, Keira,1985-actor.; Rattray, Celine,1975-film producer.; Styler, Trudie,film producer.; Vaughn, Matthew,1971-film producer.; Wallis, Annabelle,1984-actor.; Marv Films,production company.; Maven Screen Media,production company.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;
Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Lily-Rose Depp, Annabelle Wallis.A group of old friends, in true British fashion and while the rest of the world faces impending doom, reunite to celebrate Christmas in the comfort of an idyllic country home. Burdened with the inconvenience of mankind's imminent destruction, they adopt a stiff upper lip, crack open another bottle of prosecco and continue with their festivities. But no amount of stoicism can replace the courage needed for their last night on Earth.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Apocalyptic films.; Christmas films.; Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Christmas; Families; Friendship; Human beings;
For private home use only.
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