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Author: Jennifer Morales
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Published: 2015-04-21
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 0299303640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven the most ordinary moments are infused with an awareness of the lost past and a kind of prescience of the future. From one setting to another, these poems give voice to the human longing for permanence, home and connection in the face of a constantly changing reality.
Author: Hugh Howey
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 035821324X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNearly sixty teens awaken halfway through their training, stranded on a harsh alien world with few supplies, no adults, and led by a treacherous artificial intelligence, but their greatest enemy is each other.
Author: Susan Kaye Quinn
Publisher: Twisted Space LLC
Published: 2017-03-10
Total Pages: 238
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Susan Kaye Quinn
Publisher: Twisted Space LLC
Published: 2024-04-10
Total Pages: 21
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSHORT STORY: A sister in the far future, when we no longer burn things for fuel, finds a forbidden thing that would make the perfect gift. The Day We Stopped Burning is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Author: Susan Kaye Quinn
Publisher: Twisted Space LLC
Published: 2024-04-16
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSHORT STORY: A very short story about the cost of cutting down a tree. I Came Home From Saving the Rainforest is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Author: Susan Kaye Quinn
Publisher: Twisted Space LLC
Published: 2024-03-14
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSHORT STORY: At the bottom of the sea, a trawler crawls across an abyssal plain, carefully cleaning microplastics off the ancient mineral-rich nodules, when the crew finds something that shouldn’t be possible. Slimy Things Did Crawl is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Author: Susan Kaye Quinn
Publisher: Susan Kaye Quinn
Published: 2024-03-19
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSHORT STORY: A cute technician keeps breaking things in her too-shiny lab, then calling a fixer in for repairs. Zita’s a certified member of the International Guild of Repair Workers, Local 772, and she’s certain this hot girl is breaking her toys on purpose. But why? Something very sexy but very weird is going on… Tower Girls is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.
Author: Rebecca Balcárcel
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2019-08-20
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1452170002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuijana is a girl in pieces. One-half Guatemalan, one-half American: When Quijana's Guatemalan cousins move to town, her dad seems ashamed that she doesn't know more about her family's heritage. One-half crush, one-half buddy: When Quijana meets Zuri and Jayden, she knows she's found true friends. But she can't help the growing feelings she has for Jayden. One-half kid, one-half grown-up: Quijana spends her nights Skyping with her ailing grandma and trying to figure out what's going on with her increasingly hard-to-reach brother. In the course of this immersive and beautifully written novel, Quijana must figure out which parts of herself are most important, and which pieces come together to make her whole. This lyrical debut from Rebecca Balcárcel is a heartfelt poetic portrayal of a girl growing up, fitting in, and learning what it means to belong.
Author: Susan Kaye Quinn
Publisher: Twisted Space LLC
Published: 2024-09-17
Total Pages: 65
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe thing the machines consume is us. Ready to lease out your mind? Or pay for your next meal with involuntary ads? The Closet Full of Time collection contains five short stories that speak to that sinking feeling that we're serving the machines instead of the other way around. That our inventions are taking things we can’t afford to lose. 1 - Welcome to the Mindshare Program 2 - How to Treat Your Algorithm 3 - Indexed 4 - The Everything Machine 5 - Closet Full of Time If you think AI should liberate us from folding laundry, not make our art, these stories are for you. Keywords Artificial intelligence, AI, chatGPT, cyberpunk, dystopian science fiction, Black Mirror
Author: Reuben Jonathan Miller
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2021-02-02
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0316451495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller's "stunning, and deeply painful reckoning with our nation's carceral system" (Heather Ann Thompson). Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record. Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and now a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their families to understand the lifelong burden that even a single arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with jobs that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes that cannot be cast. As The Color of Law exposed about our understanding of housing segregation, Halfway Home shows that the American justice system was not created to rehabilitate. Parole is structured to keep classes of Americans impoverished, unstable, and disenfranchised long after they've paid their debt to society. Informed by Miller's experience as the son and brother of incarcerated men, captures the stories of the men, women, and communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to fail. It is a poignant and eye-opening call to arms that reveals how laws, rules, and regulations extract a tangible cost not only from those working to rebuild their lives, but also our democracy. As Miller searchingly explores, America must acknowledge and value the lives of its formerly imprisoned citizens. PEN America 2022 John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist Winner of the 2022 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences 2022 PROSE Awards Finalist 2022 PROSE Awards Category Winner for Cultural Anthropology and Sociology An NPR Selected 2021 Books We Love As heard on NPR’s Fresh Air
