'Thought-provoking and entertaining, this highly original first-contact story should please any science fiction reader.' - School Library Journal 'Mind-expanding science fiction at its best; it is no surprise that it has been shortlisted for all the main science fiction awards.' - THE TIMES The great sunliner 'But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky!' is nearing the end of a four-hundred-year journey. A ship-born generation is tense with expectation for the new system that is to be their home. Expecting to find nothing more complex than bacteria and algae, the detection of electronic signals from one of the planets comes as a shock. In millennia of slow expansion, humanity has never encountered aliens, and yet these new signals cannot be ignored. They suspect a fast robot probe has overtaken them, and send probes of their own to investigate. On a world called Ground, whose inhabitants are struggling into the age of radio, petroleum and powered flight, a young astronomer searching for distant planets detects an anomaly that he presumes must be a comet. His friend, a brilliant foreign physicist, calculates the orbit, only to discover an anomaly of his own. The comet is slowing down ... Reminding us that the universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we CAN imagine, LEARNING THE WORLD is a stunning novel of exploration, discovery and Mankind's destiny amongst the stars. Books by Ken MacLeod: Fall Revolution The Star Fraction The Stone Canal The Cassini Division The Sky Road Engines of Light Cosmonaut Keep Dark Light Engine City Corporation Wars Trilogy Dissidence Insurgence Emergence Novels The Human Front Newton's Wake Learning the World The Execution Channel The Restoration Game Intrusion Descent

'Thought-provoking and entertaining, this highly original first-contact story should please any science fiction reader.' - School Library Journal 'Mind-expanding science fiction at its best; it is no surprise that it has been shortlisted for all the main science fiction awards.' - THE TIMES The great sunliner 'But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky!' is nearing the end of a four-hundred-year journey. A ship-born generation is tense with expectation for the new system that is to be their home. Expecting to find nothing more complex than bacteria and algae, the detection of electronic signals from one of the planets comes as a shock. In millennia of slow expansion, humanity has never encountered aliens, and yet these new signals cannot be ignored. They suspect a fast robot probe has overtaken them, and send probes of their own to investigate. On a world called Ground, whose inhabitants are struggling into the age of radio, petroleum and powered flight, a young astronomer searching for distant planets detects an anomaly that he presumes must be a comet. His friend, a brilliant foreign physicist, calculates the orbit, only to discover an anomaly of his own. The comet is slowing down ... Reminding us that the universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we CAN imagine, LEARNING THE WORLD is a stunning novel of exploration, discovery and Mankind's destiny amongst the stars. Books by Ken MacLeod: Fall Revolution The Star Fraction The Stone Canal The Cassini Division The Sky Road Engines of Light Cosmonaut Keep Dark Light Engine City Corporation Wars Trilogy Dissidence Insurgence Emergence Novels The Human Front Newton's Wake Learning the World The Execution Channel The Restoration Game Intrusion Descent

Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, D.C. - triggering an extinction-level global warming event - Earth's survivors have started an international effort to establish homes on space stations and the Moon. The next step - Mars. Elma York, the Lady Astronaut, lands on the Red Planet, optimistic about preparing for the first true wave of inhabitants. But from the moment she arrives, something is off. Disturbing signs hint at a hidden disaster during the First Mars Expedition that never made it into the official transcript. As Elma and her crew try to investigate, they face a wall of silence and obfuscation. What you don't know CAN harm you. And if the truth doesn't come to light, the ripple effects could leave humanity stranded on a dying Earth...

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Galaxy Dog is an epic space opera. What starts as an ordinary invasion of an alien planet brings to light an ancient archeological site of huge importance. A young man called Knave makes a life-changing discovery there and rises from a lowly position as an infantry trooper to become a player among the powers of the galaxy. This is the story of his rise, and the story of the fierce and independent woman and the feisty robot who help him. It is also the story of a spaceship that can upset the balance of power across human space. A spaceship from an ancient time, built by aliens, and full of advanced technology. It is an action-packed, sci-fi page turner that goes in directions the reader just will not expect.

Arthur C. Clarke's classic in which he ponders humanity's future and possible evolution When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime. When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and endless leisure began. But the children of this utopia dream strange dreams of distant suns and alien planets, and begin to evolve into something incomprehensible to their parents, and soon they will be ready to join the Overmind ... and, in a grand and thrilling metaphysical climax, leave the Earth behind.

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Mit Leichtigkeit und Spaß am Klavier zu üben und die Liebsten mit wunderschönen Melodien überraschen zu können, wer träumt nicht davon? Immer mehr Musikliebhaber möchten auch nach jahrelanger Pause wieder anfangen Klavier zu spielen. In der Notenheft-Reihe „Melodies for Piano“ finden Sie Kompositionen, die inspirierend schön klingen und ohne großen Aufwand erlernbar sind. Diese Reihe enthält gefühlvolle und abwechslungsreiche Melodien für Wiedereinsteiger und Fortgeschrittene, welche für ein schnelles Wiedereinfinden in das Klavierleben sorgen. Die Melodien sind mittel bis schwer arrangiert, die jedoch ad libitum verwendet werden können. Sie eignen sich sowohl für das Selbststudium als auch für den Klavierunterricht. Außerdem bieten die Hefte einen ästhetischen Anblick dank bezaubernder Aquarell-Illustrationen und stellen ein perfektes Geschenk für einen Musikbegeisterten dar. Der sechste Band enthält elf Kompositionen: I’m Thankful Parade of Planets Guiding Light A Reflection of the Moon Soonthing Souls I Like It Play With the Soul Love Story Winter Garden We Go Together Play off Doesn't everybody dream of practicing and playing the piano with ease, fun and surprising the audience with beautiful melodies. More and more music-lovers like to start playing again after several years' break. In the music book series „MELODIES for PIANO“; you will find easy-to–learn compositions of inspiring beauty. This series contains emotional and versatile melodies for returners as well as for advanced learners for a quick piano restart. The arrangements of the melodies are on a medium to advanced level and can be used ad libitum. They are suitable for self-study as well as for piano lessons. Thanks to charming water colors, these music books offer a very aesthetic sight and are the perfect present for every music fan. Volume 6 of the exclusive edition „MELODIES for PIANO“ contains 11 compositions: I’m Thankful Parade of Planets Guiding Light A Reflection of the Moon Soonthing Souls I Like It Play With the Soul Love Story Winter Garden We Go Together Play off

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Pandora's Star is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga duology - a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds. At the edge of the galaxy something awakens - and it's coming for us . . . Earth AD 2329: Humanity has colonized over four hundred planets, all interlinked by wormholes. For the first time in mankind's history there is peace. Then a star over a thousand light years away suddenly vanishes, imprisoned inside a force field of immense size. Yet who - or what - has that sort of technology? And what could this mean for us? Only a faster-than-light starship, captained by ex-NASA astronaut Wilson Kime, can reach that distance to investigate. For Wilson, getting inside the force field could be easy. It may be harder to stop something else from getting out. What if there was a very good reason to seal off an entire star system? The Commonwealth Saga duology concludes with Judas Unchained. 'The best book Hamilton has written in years' - Guardian 'Anyone who begins this won't be able to put it down' - Publishers Weekly

【Smart APP&Remote Controlled】Download Steuerungsanwendungen, Bluetooth verbinden mit Smart APP, Ihr Smartphone wird Ihre Fernbedienung. Schalten Sie das Gerät ein/aus, passen Sie die Helligkeit an oder ändern Sie die RGBIC-Farbe. Mehrere blinkende Modi zeigen fließende, animierte Mehrfarbeffekte an: Verfolgungs-, Blitz-, Shuttle-, Fluss-, Sprung- und Atemmodi. Schaffen Sie die perfekte Atmosphäre. 【Musik Rhythmus Synchronisation】Eingebautes Mikrofon erkennt Umgebungsgeräusche, Musik und Spiel-Audio und passt die Lichteffekte mit Echtzeit-Reaktionen an.DIY-Musik-Modus zeigt mehrere Lichtfarben gleichzeitig in einem biegbaren Neon-Streifen-Licht an, um Ihr Gefühl für musikalische Atmosphäre zu verbessern. Transformieren Sie fantastische Lichteffekte basierend auf RGBIC-Modus, wie Auto Jump, Ein- und Ausblenden und Blitzen, um die ideale Atmosphäre nur für Sie zu schaffen 【DIY Personal Light Show】Neonlichter sind flexibel genug, um leicht in jede Form gebogen und auf jede Länge geschnitten zu werden. Sie können süße Wörter, Formen und Ihre Fantasie entwerfen. Wie Planet, Mädchen, Wolke, Buchstabe Symbol Design. Die entlang des Schnittes markieren, ohne den Streifen zu beschädigen. Aber du musst das neue Ende versiegeln. Es ist die erste Wahl für moderne Beleuchtung und Heimwerker Dekoration. 【Super Bright & Flexible Silicon Neon Light】LED-Seillicht ist heller mit lebendigeren Farben, 160°-Strahlwinkel bietet einen großen Beleuchtungsbereich. Die Helligkeit des Neonseils ist einstellbar, und der Neonstreifen wird von einer flexiblen Gummihülle für ein gleichmäßigeres und weicheres Licht umwickelt. Neon-Seilleuchten sind IP67 wasserdicht, es ist ein geeignetes RGBIC-Seillicht für den Innen- und Außenbereich. (Hinweis: Der Adapter und der Steuerkasten sind nicht wasserdicht) 【Artikelgarantie】 Sie können LUXONIC Produkt mit Glauben und Vertrauen kaufen, alle LUXONIC Produkt hat ein Jahr Garantie. Wenn Sie irgendwelche Produktprobleme haben, fühlen Sie sich bitte frei, uns eine E-Mail zu senden, Sie erhalten eine zufriedenstellende Antwort rechtzeitig.

A curated guide to some 20 distinctive homes in the fabled East End, owned by some of the area's most creative denizens, including interior designers, architects, furniture designers, and entrepreneurs InInside the Hamptons,Southampton resident Jennifer Ash Rudick takes us on an insider's tour of some 20 diverse and notable homes, from the village of Quogue to Montauk. Sag Harbor-based photographer Tria Giovan captures the ineffable Hamptons ambiance, bringing to life generous verandas, intimate nooks, antique-laden barns, and windows framing sweeping ocean views, all bathed in that inimitable light. The Atlantic Ocean washes up against miles of pristine beaches along Long Island's South Fork. This legendary stretch-the Hamptons-seduces with its unique light, fertile fields, lush gardens, and distinctive architecture, which ranges from humble shingled cottages to artists' barns, charming farmsteads, ultramodern residences, and magnificent oceanfront estates. Together, the homes featured in this beautifully photographed coffee table book provide an inspiring look at interior design, architecture, and the enduring appeal of coastal living in the Hamptons. Sustainability is integral to Vendome's publishing process.org), supporting global communities through sustainable land use. By planting trees, we help create thriving regional economies, robust food systems, and a healthier planet.

A curated guide to some 20 distinctive homes in the fabled East End, owned by some of the area's most creative denizens, including interior designers, architects, furniture designers, and entrepreneurs InInside the Hamptons,Southampton resident Jennifer Ash Rudick takes us on an insider's tour of some 20 diverse and notable homes, from the village of Quogue to Montauk. Sag Harbor-based photographer Tria Giovan captures the ineffable Hamptons ambiance, bringing to life generous verandas, intimate nooks, antique-laden barns, and windows framing sweeping ocean views, all bathed in that inimitable light. The Atlantic Ocean washes up against miles of pristine beaches along Long Island's South Fork. This legendary stretch-the Hamptons-seduces with its unique light, fertile fields, lush gardens, and distinctive architecture, which ranges from humble shingled cottages to artists' barns, charming farmsteads, ultramodern residences, and magnificent oceanfront estates. Together, the homes featured in this beautifully photographed coffee table book provide an inspiring look at interior design, architecture, and the enduring appeal of coastal living in the Hamptons. Sustainability is integral to Vendome's publishing process.org), supporting global communities through sustainable land use. By planting trees, we help create thriving regional economies, robust food systems, and a healthier planet.

Bloomsbury presents Design Beyond the Human, edited by Elio Caccavale and Gordon Hush, read by James Rottger. How can design shine a light on humanity's relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants, now and in the future? Global challenges like climate change and ecosystem degradation are proving that a singular disciplinary approach is inadequate to respond to issues where societal behaviours, individual choices, political decisions, economic, technological and scientific developments are so densely entangled - not least in design. But what happens when we turn things around and decentre "the human" to look at our relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants beyond the capitalist human-nature binary worldview? Design Beyond the Human is a collection of essays by international scholars, designers and engaged citizens traversing activism, anthropology, conservation, creative writing, design practice, design theory, economics, education, environmental humanities, ethics, history, indigenous knowledge, law, philosophy, poetry, politics, regenerative agriculture, science, sociology and technology. Divided into three sections - We Are Not Alone, Design Beyond the Human, and Mediating Human–Non-Human Relations Through Design - the text generates conversations capable of thinking about life on planet Earth, challenging the Anglo-European anthropocentric conceptualisation of design that dominates practice, education, and academic discourse. Each section is unique: charting the transdisciplinary cultural perspective that is required to comprehend our predicament, the critique of human-centred design and its interdependence with capitalism, and the nascent practices and projects that are attempting to reconcile humanity's possible relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants. The book offers the reader an opportunity to engage with expertise, knowledge, methodologies and lived experiences from across disciplines shaped by shared concerns and provides an opportunity to question if design in a more-than-human way might reimagine design's relationship to capitalism and contemporary lifestyles. Will our planetary future be merely an ecologically aware version of today, or, in going beyond the human, might we develop a transdisciplinary perspective capable of imagining an alternative vision of life on Earth?

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* New York Times Bestseller * * USA TODAY Bestseller * * Independent Press Bestseller * Concrete Botany is a gritty, kick-in-the-guts look at the ecological disturbance humans have caused and the resilience of the plants living amongst it. Delivered in his raw and unapologetic yet botanically accurate tone, Joey Santore—the unforgettable host of Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t —offers an often unsettling view of human-caused ecological destruction and its impact on the natural ecosystems our very lives depend on. The choices of modern civilization have led to a f***ed-up planet, scraped bare and covered in concrete and invasive species. We’ve wiped out entire ecosystems, moved invasive plants to new continents where they don’t belong, and, in a few hundred years, we’ve managed to muck up the intricate balance of a planet that has been evolving for eons. The consequences of our actions are now at our doorstep, ready to strike a match. But not all is lost. In this groundbreaking examination of plants and their role in the Anthropocene (the age of human disturbance), we see light through the cracks in the concrete and learn that humanity’s course correction starts with an understanding of plant ecology. With this knowledge comes the realization that the lives of humans and plants are interconnected in ways humans cannot live without. Plants are the base of every terrestrial ecosystem on the planet, and their presence can heal the damage humanity has caused. Our willingness to restore native plant communities and the biodiversity they support (starting in our immediate surroundings) is an essential first step in the right direction. While returning every abandoned brownfield and old rail corridor into a native plant–filled; fully restored ecosystem may be out of reach for the average citizen, fostering the native ecology and biodiversity of our own backyards is not. Concrete Botany is ultimately about how the choices we make as individuals can help ensure humanity’s survival on a very disturbed and rapidly changing planet.

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