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At a time of crisis, should you hug a robot? 'The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy meets the Terminator'. Locked down within the biosphere walls that surround Luhan Hypercity, Hiu has only chattering devices for company. It is not going well. His fridge has just filed for divorce. In fact, all of the devices have begun acting oddly recently. Sharkey's Law that 'Robots shall always be kept under meaningful human control' has broken down. Hiu finds...
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Mika spendet regelmäßig seine Erinnerungen im NEURO-Institut. Denn was ist schon dabei? Man verdient eine Menge Geld und hilft bei der Behandlung von Depressionen, da die Erinnerungen den Erkrankten eingepflanzt werden. Doch dann tritt Lynn in sein Leben, die so viel über ihn weiß, und plötzlich wünscht Mika sich, er könne sich auch an sie erinnern. Schließlich will er seine Erinnerungen zurückholen—und kommt dabei den Geheimnissen des...
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2022.
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"Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in the 1920s, like multi-purpose utility belts with climate control capabilities and planes the size of luxury cruise ships, or the forecasts of the '60s, which didn't anticipate the sexual revolution or women's liberation, the path to the present is littered with failed predictions...
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[2011]
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IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Discusses how robots are featured in popular culture, including films and fiction. Also discusses real and imagined advances in robotics, and how realistically the technology is represented"--Provided by publisher.
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"In the 2050s, our predicted future is reality. The climate has changed. People flee the coasts and the heat zones to survive. Refugees reshape the world. And yet, through technology we adapt. Some of us even thrive. Our external brains, or ex-brains, show us how to solve our problems, help us predict and overcome. We trust, and we move forward. Joe Watson, a pioneering lawyer, and his wife Evie, a predictive psychologist, helped build this new world....
7) Love, Alice
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2016.
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"From the author of Summer at Hideaway Key comes a sweeping new Southern women's fiction novel about forgiving the past one letter at a time. The truth lies between the lines. A year ago, Dovie Larkin's life was shattered when her fiance committed suicide just weeks before their wedding. Now, plagued by guilt, she has become a fixture at the cemetery where William is buried, visiting his grave daily, waiting for answers she knows will never come....
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Wildflower House volume Wildflower Christmas Novella
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In Wildflower Christmas, a Wildflower House novella, Kara is looking forward to a quiet holiday--just like the ones she's always known--but this year, instead of celebrating the holidays with her father in the city, she's at Wildflower House and she's alone. Kara is okay with a low-key Christmas because after hosting the hectic first official event at Wildflower House she's ready to enjoy some rest and relaxation before January arrives and the final...
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Chesapeake diaries volume 5
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English
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When Lucy Sinclair returns home to St. Dennis to plan a celebrity wedding, she reconnects with Clay Madison, her best childhood friend, and finds friendship deepening into love as she tries to overcome a past tragedy.
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Brilliant engineer Dan Davis finds himself hoodwinked by his greedy business partners and forced to take the Long Sleep… placing him in suspended animation for 30 years. But his partners never anticipated the existence of time travel, enabling Dan to exact his revenge and alter his own future…
11) The wayward bus
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In his first novel to follow the publication of his enormous success, The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck’s vision comes wonderfully to life in this imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California’s back roads, transporting the lost and the lonely, the good and the greedy, the stupid and the scheming, the beautiful and the vicious away from their shattered dreams and, possibly, toward the promise of the future.
12) Glory in death
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"The first victim is found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second is murdered in her own apartment building. Both have had their throats slashed. New York City homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas has no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both women were beautiful and successful; their glamorous lives and loves the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with powerful men provide Eve with a long list of suspects--including her...
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In Death series volume 3
In death novel) volume 03
In death novel volume 01
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
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In death novel) volume 03
In death novel volume 01
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Eve Dallas, police woman of the future, is forced to arrest her best friend Mavis for murder when all clues point to Mavis as the killer of her lover's old girlfriend.
"She is one of the most sought-after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted--even another woman's man. And now she's dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas puts her life on the line to take the case when suspicion...
14) Let it snow
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Whistle Stop Cafe Mysteries volume 7
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2023
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English
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Debbie Albright returns to Dennison, Ohio, eager to decorate the Whistle Stop Café for her first Christmas. Shockingly, a historical oak bench vanishes, sparking a holiday mystery. With best friend Janet, they uncover an 80-year-old enigma tied to World War II. Amidst heartaches and unexpected perspectives, Debbie navigates the past to embrace a hopeful future.
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Aviairians volume 02
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[2023]
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English
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Arissa, the queen of Elsinore, is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her grandfather, King Vulcan, and her cousin Machaela, who hail from the Pyronite race. But when Kingan arrives, they discover that he has been sprited and is going mad. Arissa must act quickly to save him and uncover the truth behind his affliction. Meanwhile, Queen Geneva of the Aquarian race is searching for a powerful book that could tip the balance of power in her favor. Arissa...
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