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The March of the Millennia The March of the Millennia White, Frank,Isaac Asimov An abridged version of "Asimov's Chronology of the World" OL14959658W
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat John Lukacs On 13 May 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Parliament to deliver his first speech as prime minister. German troops were advancing across Europe; Neville Chamberlain’s government had … OL155629W
How the West Was Lost How the West Was Lost Dambisa Moyo "In How the West Was Lost, the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West. She examines how the West's flawed financial … OL15673776W
Trillions Trillions Peter Lucas "The ultimate guide to prepare for--and prosper in--the next technology waveRevealing the fragility of current technology solutions--such as service-oriented architecture (SOA) and the Cloud--when co… OL16585797W
The Signal and the Noise The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger—all by the time he was th… OL16700318W
The economic growth engine The economic growth engine Robert U. Ayres This book addresses the topic of economic growth analysis from the angle of energy and material flows. It not only contains a variety of empirical indicators statistical analyses and insights, but al… OL16936656W
BiblioTech BiblioTech John Palfrey Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs… OL17109629W
Superforecasting Superforecasting Philip Tetlock,Philip E. Tetlock,Dan Gardner,Dan Gardner,Tetlock, Philip E.; Gardner, Dan Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week’s meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terr… OL18233878W
Virtually human Virtually human Martine Aliana Rothblatt "Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness--simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology--becomes part of our daily lives. … OL19989971W
Buying time Buying time Kazuyasu Makabe 321 pages : 25 cm OL20050763W
IT and the East IT and the East James M. Popkin,Partha Iyengar In this book the authors discuss the emerging alliances between Chinese and Indian technology companies in specific markets such as IT services, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and automotive components. … OL20500878W
Forecasting Aggregated Vector ARMA Processes Forecasting Aggregated Vector ARMA Processes Helmut Lütkepohl,Helmut Lütkepohl This study is concerned with forecasting time series variables and the impact of the level of aggregation on the efficiency of the forecasts. Since temporally and contemporaneously disaggregated data… OL2571803W
2009 state of the future 2009 state of the future Theodore J. Gordon,Elizabeth Florescu,Jerome C. Glenn "The 2009 state of the future is composed of two parts: print and CD. This print book contains the executive summary of each of the studies conducted in 2008-09. The enclosed CD of about 6,700 pages … OL28761630W
The Future of Jazz The Future of Jazz Will Friedwald "Jazz is now 100 years old, a venerable American institution predicated on the unpredictable. But recent signs - ranging from Ken Burn's documentary Jazz: A History of America's Music to the dominanc… OL3276927W
Blindside Blindside Eamonn Fingleton x, 406 pages ; 24 cm OL3523453W
Preparing for the twenty-first century Preparing for the twenty-first century Gerd. Hörmann,Paul M. Kennedy Une analyse de la situation mondiale et des relations internationales; énumération des grands défis auxquels le monde et les Etats auront à faire face en entrant dans le 21e siècle. [SDM]. OL3907746W
Natural capitalism Natural capitalism Paul Hawken There are no more reespected voices in the environmental movement than these authors, true counselors on the direction of twenty-first-century business. With hundreds of thousands of books sold world… OL3940931W
The oil market in the 1980s The oil market in the 1980s Dimitri Aperjis The oild market in the 1980s is the first study to introduce a model for predicting the oil market based on an assessment of both political and economic issues. Beginning with a history of the major … OL6445276W
Chicago Metropolis 2020 Chicago Metropolis 2020 Elmer W. Johnson "In the late nineteenth century, Chicago was a commercial colossus, a city growing more quickly than New York, flooded with industrial money and brassy confidence but ravaged by great income disparit… OL8554003W
Foresight Foresight Deni Loveridge "Since the early 1990s interest in foresight has undergone one of its periodic resurgences and has led to a rapid growth in formal foresight studies backed by governments and transnational institutio… OL9352101W
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