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The Bell mill / by Simpson, Kathy.; Giffen, Anne; Buker, Peter.;
© 1979., Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Better to have gone : love, death, and the quest for utopia in Auroville / by Kapur, Akash,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A spellbinding story about love, faith, the search for utopia-and the often devastating cost of idealism. It's the late 1960s, and two lovers converge on an arid patch of earth in South India. John Walker is the handsome scion of a powerful East Coast American family. Diane Maes is a beautiful hippie from Belgium. They have come to build a new world-Auroville, an international utopian community for thousands of people. Their faith is strong, the future bright. So how do John and Diane end up dying two decades later, on the same day, on a cracked concrete floor in a thatch hut by a remote canyon? This is the mystery Akash Kapur sets out to solve in Better to Have Gone, and it carries deep personal resonance: Diane and John were the parents of Akash's wife, Auralice. Akash and Auralice grew up in Auroville; like the rest of their community, they never really understood those deaths. In 2004, Akash and Auralice return to Auroville from New York, where they have been living with John's family. As they reestablish themselves, along with their two sons, in the community, they must confront the ghosts of those distant deaths. Slowly, they come to understand how the tragic individual fates of John and Diane intersected with the collective history of their town. Better to Have Gone is a book about the human cost of our age-old quest for a more perfect world. It probes the underexplored yet universal idea of utopia, and it portrays in vivid detail the daily life of one utopian community. Richly atmospheric and filled with remarkable characters, spread across time and continents, this is narrative writing of the highest order-a heartbreaking, unforgettable story"--
Subjects: Maes, Diane.; Walker, John.; Utopias;
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Pirate Enlightenment, or, The real Libertalia / by Graeber, David,author.; translation of:Graeber, David.Pirates des lumières.English.;
Includes bibliographical references.Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societies - vibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of European empire.
Subjects: Pirates; Utopias;
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Dream states : smart cities, technology, and the pursuit of urban utopias / by Lorinc, John,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year. But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities--one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies. Smart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago, Dream States unpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places."--
Subjects: City planning; Smart cities.; Urban policy.; Urbanization.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ready player two : a novel / by Cline, Ernest,author.;
Days after winning control of OASIS, the immersive virtual reality environment in which most of humanity chooses to live, Wade Watts discovers a world-changing technological advancement and draws the attention of a merciless new rival.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Utopian fiction.; Puzzles; Regression (Civilization); Technology; Utopias; Virtual reality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Ready player one [videorecording] / by Spielberg, Steven,1946-film director,film producer.; De Line, Donald,film producer.; Krieger, Kristie Macosko,film producer.; Farah, Dan,1979-film producer.; Penn, Zak,1968-screenwriter.; Cline, Ernest,screenwriter.; Sheridan, Tye,1996-actor.; Cooke, Olivia,1993-actor.; Mendelsohn, Ben,actor.; Waithe, Lena,1984-actor.; Miller, T. J.,1981-actor.; Pegg, Simon,1970-actor.; Rylance, Mark,actor.; Kamiński, Janusz,director of photography.; Kahn, Michael,1935-editor of moving image work.; Broshar, Sarah,1980-editor of moving image work.; Silvestri, Alan,composer (expression); motion picture adaptation of (work):Cline, Ernest.Ready player one.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm),presenter,production company.; Village Roadshow Pictures,presenter.; De Line Pictures (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher,film distributor.;
Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; edited by Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar ; music by Alan Silvestri.Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance.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.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Treasure troves; Virtual reality; Easter eggs (Computer programs); Puzzles; Utopias;
For private home use only.
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The kingdom of no worries / by Roy, Philip,1960-;
Story of three young friends who create their own kingdom and develop it into a utopia.LSC
Subjects: Boys; Friendship; Utopias; Multiculturalism; Democracy;
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Don't worry darling [videorecording] / by Berlant, Kate,1987-actor.; Chan, Gemma,1982-actor.; Kroll, Nick,actor.; Pine, Chris,1980-actor.; Pugh, Florence,1996-actor.; Silberman, Katie,screenwriter.; Simons, Timothy,actor.; Styles, Harry,1994-actor.; Wilde, Olivia,actor,film director.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,film distributor.;
Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Chris Pine, Harry Styles, Kate Berlant, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Timothy Simons.A 1950s housewife living with her husband in an idealistic experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding troubling secrets.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Communal living; Housewives; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Nineteen fifties; Secrecy; Utopias;
For private home use only.
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How to fix the future / by Keen, Andrew,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Information society.; Information technology; Information technology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Motherland : A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. by Ioffe, Julia.;
In 'Motherland', award-winning journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women; HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union;
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