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Everyman's library volume no. 359
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IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
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Towering classic of dystopian satire, BRAVE NEW WORLD is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society--and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity. Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs and...
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The final book in the Guardians novella series. The idea of joining a superhero team had never been all that enticing to me. Until I met Ellie and the others. To say they were a disaster was putting it lightly. The three of them tried, I would give them that. But man, they were crap at being a functional team. Sure, they got the job done, but that didn't mean it was done well. A team was supposed to work together, and from what I could gather, these...
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In his first book, Journey to a Brave New World, author David Watts detailed how a small group of Satan-worshiping elites is following a multi-generational plan to manipulate humanity toward a vision outlined in Aldous Huxleys novel Brave New World. In this, the second book in his series, he provides further evidence of their intentions for the United States. He has spent six years considering history, scientific research, and declassified government...
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In this "brilliantly written" book, the author of Brave New World reflects on his dystopian classic-and its echoes in the real world decades later (Kirkus Reviews).
Written almost thirty years after the publication of Aldous Huxley's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Brave New World Revisited compares the "future" of 1958 with his vision of it from the early 1930s. Touching on subjects as diverse as world population, drugs, subliminal suggestion,...
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Aldous Huxley's dystopian classic about a perfectly engineered society, and his book of essays reflecting on it almost three decades later, in one volume.
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Brave New World: Half a millennium from now, no matter what class of human you are bred to be-from the intellectual Alphas to the Epsilons who provide manual labor-you are a part of the efficient, well-oiled whole, nourished, secure, and blissfully serene thanks to...
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The distinguished historian "does a remarkable job" with this lively and comprehensive textbook-now in a new, expanded edition (Daniel P. Kotzin, Teaching History).
The Brave New World covers the span of early American history, from 30,000 years before Europeans ever landed on North American shores to creation of the new nation. With its exploration of the places and peoples of early America, this volume brings together the most recent scholarship...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Brave New World with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a pioneering science fiction novel which is generally considered one of the most significant English novels of the 20th century and remains a classic today. Its harrowing depiction of a totalitarian society built on a class system which is strictly enforced...
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An informed and erudite look at the current state of the American healthcare system from former Governor Richard D. Lamm and political economist Andy Sharma, including: Will the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation bankrupt our healthcare services? What does the impending healthcare reform mean for the nation? Does the US still have the best healthcare system in the world?
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Life is tough. It gets a whole lot tougher when death isn't the end...It started as some weird stories on the news. Then came the reports of rioting. Units of the National Guard and Reservists across the Eastern Seaboard of the United States activated to help restore law and order in the effected areas. The situation quickly crumbled into anarchy as the dead apparently did not want to stay that way...Senior Airman Amy Frays and Private Adam Lacey...
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Stem-cell research. Cloning. Genetic engineering. Today, discoveries in biotechnology are occurring so rapidly that we can barely begin to address one ethical debate before another looms overhead. This brave new world we've entered is a daunting one as well, with disturbing implications for the sanctity of life and for human nature itself. How should we respond as Christians?
Drawing on an abundance of cutting-edge information and life experience,...
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Adam and Kay White are carriers of The One Virus, a genetic fountain of youth. They have made billions of dollars disseminating the virus, which is sexually transmitted, to the rich and famous. Now they are being studied by scientists and doctors at the NIH to see what makes them special. Their Carrier state is different from those who simply receive a single Gift of the viral infection. They were inseminated by The One himself and thus are filled...
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Get the Summary of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at...
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The way the world is changing so rapidly inspired the author to sort the wheat from the chaff. In a series of illustrated articles, Hamthesketch takes a wide perspective on global trends and tears away the surface trivia.
This intriguing booklet faces up to attitudes and actions which negate advantages that techno-science has achieved. It reveals with plain logic that civilization cannot expand indefinitely within the confined size of our planet.
His...
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A Study Guide for Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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The definitive account of how a small Ozarks company upended the world of business and what that change means.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest company, roared out of the rural South to change the way business is done. Deploying computer-age technology, Reagan-era politics, and Protestant evangelism, Sam Walton's firm became a byword for cheap goods and low-paid workers, famed for the ruthless efficiency of its global network of stores and factories....
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There was a time when Christians pioneered the future-from business to church, mathematics to justice reform. Along the way, that redemptive, adaptive movement began to gild in gold the victories of the past, leaving us change averse and frozen in time.
But, ready or not, the invitation is for kingdom leaders to reclaim their calling to innovate.
Weaving together stories with surprising twists, studies with striking conclusions, and spellbinding...
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If Chairman Mao came back to life today, what would he think of Nanjings bookstore, the Librairie Avant-Garde, where it is easier to find primers on Michel Foucaults philosophy than copies of the Little Red Book? What does it really mean to order a latte at Starbucks in Beijing? Is it possible that Aldous Huxley wrote a novel even more useful than Orwells 1984 for making sense of post-Tiananmen Chinaor post-9/11 America?
In these often playful, always...
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Every American remembers exactly how it unfolded, where they were, and what they were doing on that terrible morning of September 11. And like any other unprecedented historic jolt, September 11 continues to roil our collective mind. We still ponder the questions it raised: What changed that day? What remains of the old? What is truly new? The essays in this collection examine these and other questions, taking a sometimes sobering, sometimes uplifting...
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A dynamic new guide to personal investment for the era of cryptocurrencies and personal trading platforms.
We're all investors now.
The first quarter of the new century has seen developments in technology, monetary policy, and the management of large companies that have transformed personal savings and investment around the world.
Love it, loathe it, or just not interested in it, this innovation has changed not only the nature of money, but our...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Aldous Huxley. Titles in this study guide include Brave New World, Point Counter Point, After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, and Eyeless in Gaza.
As a gifted critic, with an unprecedented, intelligence, Huxley's science fiction vividly, expresses the power and corruption of technology and politics in contemporary society. Moreover, Huxley's lifelong...