The Planet Wizard
Author | : John Jakes |
Publisher | : Ace Books |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Fantasy fiction, American |
ISBN | : 9780441670611 |
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Author | : John Jakes |
Publisher | : Ace Books |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Fantasy fiction, American |
ISBN | : 9780441670611 |
Author | : John Jakes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
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Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 2018-01-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0307961702 |
From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493--an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow's world. In forty years, Earth's population will reach ten billion. Can our world support that? What kind of world will it be? Those answering these questions generally fall into two deeply divided groups--Wizards and Prophets, as Charles Mann calls them in this balanced, authoritative, nonpolemical new book. The Prophets, he explains, follow William Vogt, a founding environmentalist who believed that in using more than our planet has to give, our prosperity will lead us to ruin. Cut back! was his mantra. Otherwise everyone will lose! The Wizards are the heirs of Norman Borlaug, whose research, in effect, wrangled the world in service to our species to produce modern high-yield crops that then saved millions from starvation. Innovate! was Borlaug's cry. Only in that way can everyone win! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity faces--food, water, energy, climate change--grounding each in historical context and weighing the options for the future. With our civilization on the line, the author's insightful analysis is an essential addition to the urgent conversation about how our children will fare on an increasingly crowded Earth.
Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Picador |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Climatic changes |
ISBN | : 9781509884186 |
La 4ème de couv. indique : "In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this unique, original and important book, Charles C. Mann illuminates the four great challenges we face - food, water, energy, climate change - through an exploration of the crucial work and wide-ranging influence of two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt. Vogt (the Prophet) was the intellectual forefather of the environmental movement, and believed that in our using more than the planet has to give, our prosperity will bring us to ruin. Borlaug's research in the 1950s led to the development of modern high-yield crops that have saved millions from starvation. The Wizard of Mann's title, he believed that science will continue to rise to the challenges we face. Mann tells the stories of these scientists and their crucial influence on today's debates as his story ranges from Mexico to India, across continents and oceans and from the past and the present to the future."
Author | : Diane Duane |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0152052232 |
Nita and Kit rejoin forces when a strange darkness of the mind overcomes the older wizards, stealing away their power, and forcing the younger wizards to go to war to save the world.
Author | : William C. Tracy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-11-14 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781960247155 |
Sisters Kisare and Belili uproot an ancient box in their owner's orchard and find a miracle inside: a fifth godfruit in a society that knows only four. It is punishable by death for non-nobles to eat godfruit, so the sisters hide the discovery and plot to escape servitude for good. With the power represented in the box, they could live as nobles themselves.But Kisare finds her new freedom more difficult than she imagined, and Belili has many secrets she strives to keep hidden. With the help of a people slowly losing their culture and technology to the powerful nobles, the sisters lead an infiltration of the highest levels of noble society.While Kisare finds she cares for the captured leader of the people helping them, Belili comes to love her noble suitor's guard-a fierce woman with a similar past to her own. In the end, the fifth godfruit may bring harmony to the world, but the sisters' only hope of succeeding lies in deciphering ancient mythologies surrounding the gods' original plan for their people.
Author | : Diane Duane |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 565 |
Release | : 2010-04-12 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547487959 |
“One of finest current writers of speculative fiction pays loving homage to its Golden Age in this ninth title in the Young Wizards series.” —Kirkus Reviews In the hotly anticipated ninth installment of the Young Wizards series, Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan become part of an elite team investigating the mysterious “message in a bottle,” which holds the first clues to the secrets of the long-lost inhabitants of Mars. But not even wizardry can help them cope with the strange events that unfold when the “bottle” is uncorked and a life form from another era emerges. Though the Martians seem friendly, they have a plan that could change the shape of more than one world. As the shadow of interplanetary war stretches over both worlds, Kit and Nita must fight to master the strange and ancient synergy binding them to Mars and its last inhabitants. If they don’t succeed, the history that left Mars lifeless will repeat itself on Earth. Praise for the Young Wizards series “Duane is tops in the high adventure business . . . This rollicking yarn will delight readers.” —Publishers Weekly “High Wizardry is . . . high entertainment.” —Locus “Recommend this series to young teens who devour books about magic and wizards . . . or kids looking for ‘Harry Potter’ read-alikes.” —School Library Journal “Stands between the works of Diana Wynne Jones . . . and Madeleine L’Engle . . . An outstanding, original work.” —The Horn Book
Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547851391 |
Originally published in 1968, Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea marks the first of the six now beloved Earthsea titles. Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
Author | : John Varley |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1987-05-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101623284 |
One of the greatest science fiction epics ever written, John Varley's Titan, Wizard, and Demon comprise a groundbreaking trilogy that will live forever. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful...and definitely insane."These books are going to be around for a long time." --Locus
Author | : Diane Duane |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Mars (Planet) |
ISBN | : 0152047700 |
Young wizards Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan manage to wangle their way onto an elite team sent to investigate the mysterious, long-sought "message in a bottle" that holds the first clues to the secrets of the ancient Martian race.