Present Future

When longtime rivals Rowan Roth and Neil McNair confessed their feelings on the last day of senior year, they knew they’d only have a couple months together before they left for college. Now summer is over, and they’re determined to make their relationship work as they begin school in different places. In Boston, Rowan is eager to be among other aspiring novelists, learning from a creative writing professor she adores. In New York, Neil embraces the chaos of the city, clicking with a new friend group more easily than he anticipated.

As the place where aircraft launch into space, the Kennedy Space Center is truly where space exploration begins. In this first of a three-part series, you'll learn why the Kennedy Space Center continues to be one of the most impactful sites in aviation history. Everyone has heard of NASA, but you won't get the full picture unless you understand the significance of the Kennedy Space Center. This book covers the Kennedy Space Center's history, from its beginnings post-World War II to its involvement in current launches. Far from being a sideshow for NASA, it's an essential part of NASA's ...

We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed in perpetuity. And then, of course, time passes. Ideas shift. Opinions invert. What once seemed reasonable eventually becomes absurd, replaced by modern perspectives that feel even more irrefutable and secure - until, of course, they don't.

Everyone has a past, our goal is to live in the present, the future is not written yet. The question is, do we allow our past to sabotage our future?Many people today know they have the ability to manifest goals and dreams in their lives, and yet for many, even though they put the techniques into practices, it does not work so well. Why?We all carry around old home movies in our heads, some embarrassing, some treasured. We tend to hang onto them. Old negative beliefs about ourselves, others, life can unconsciously block our success in manifesting our dreams and goals. This book is about ...

Coal mining has been a cornerstone of industrial development, fueling economies and powering the world through significant historical epochs. This eBook dives into the multifaceted world of coal mining, tracing its origins, evolution, and contemporary challenges. The journey begins with the early history of coal mining, tracing back to ancient civilizations and progressing through the Middle Ages when coal became a vital resource in Europe. The first commercial coal production in the United States started in Virginia in 1748, marking the beginning of a significant industry. Towns like ...

A Century of Tomorrows offers an illuminating account of how the world was transformed by the science (or is it?) of futurecasting. Beneath the chaos of competing tomorrows, Adamson reveals a hidden order: six key themes that have structured visions of what’s next. Helping him to tell this story are remarkable characters, including self-proclaimed futurologists such as Buckminster Fuller and Stewart Brand, as well as an eclectic array of other visionaries who have influenced our thinking about the world ahead.

To many, our most shocking political crises appear unprecedented—un-American, even. But they are not, writes The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer in this prescient essay collection, which dissects the most devastating moments in recent memory to reveal deeply entrenched dynamics, patterns as old as the country itself. The January 6 insurrection, anti-immigrant sentiment, and American authoritarianism all have historic roots that explain their continued power with or without President Donald Trump—a fact borne out by what has happened since his departure from the White House.

Solidarity is often invoked, but it is rarely analyzed and poorly understood. Here, two leading activists and thinkers survey the past, present, and future of the concept across borders of nation, identity, and class to ask: how can we build solidarity in an era of staggering inequality, polarization, violence, and ecological catastrophe?

The Whitewashing of Christianity is informative, insightful, and inspirational, telling a history that's often hidden, ignored, revised, or unknown. Confrontational, but not combative, it details how the American church has helped create and maintain the false narrative that Christianity is a White man's religion and how it has presented almost every person in Scripture and most of Africa's theologians and martyrs as White men and women.

Politics, manners, humor, sexuality, wealth, even our definitions of success are periodically renegotiated based on the new values society chooses to use as a lens to judge what is acceptable. Are these new values randomly chosen or is there a pattern? Pendulum chronicles the stuttering history of western society; that endless back-and-forth swing between one excess and another, always reminded of what we left behind.

Dive into the digital depths with "Interview with AI: An AI's Insights on America's Past, Present, and Financial Future." This book presents a captivating journey through critical moments and themes in U.S. history, engaging discussions on the fabric of democracy, and the revolutionary sphere of cryptocurrency, all through the lens of an Artificial Intelligence. With conversations that traverse the establishment of the United States, the principles of the Constitution, the tumultuous events of January 6th, and the burgeoning world of digital currency, readers are offered a unique ...

Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and nonfiction chapters, this book illuminates a shocking truth: contrary to popular opinion, the witch hunts never ended. Alice shares research that suggests tens of thousands of witch hunt-related deaths have happened all over the world in the last thirty years. The Once & Future Witch Hunt also features tantalizing glimpses into Alice's ancestors' lives and reimagines the trials through fact-based fiction.

Open the Writers of the Future and be carried away by stories—and illustrations—that will make you think, make you laugh, and make you see the world in ways you never imagined. Twelve captivating tales from the best new writers of the year as selected by Writers of the Future Contest judges accompanied by three more from L. Ron Hubbard, Nancy Kress, S.M. Stirling.

Sometimes in life when a person needs some help, it may be for a minor issue we feel a friend or a family member can handle, or a major problem requiring the help of a higher power. Whatever the life challenges, God can address them all. When we turn to God for help or guidance, we need to know what to say and how to say it. In this book of Daily Prayers, you will find a prayer solution to your problem. Prayers provided, including prayers for such things as protection, healing, repentance, and guidance. It will open your mind to receive God’s intervention and have a glorious victory ...

All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave entrepreneurs, botanists, distillers, beverage distributors, bartenders, and more. How these groups come together in this "spirits world" is the subject of this fascinating new book by the acclaimed ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan and the pioneering restauranteur David Suro Piñera.

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.

The Millennium is one of the most controversial of all Biblical doctrines. It is assumed by most Christians that there is a degree of Christian unity about this doctrine, but, nothing could be further from the truth! Some say we are in the millennium, some say it is yet future. A growing number of Christians believe the millennium is past, and that the enigmatic term refers to the time between Jesus' ministry and the end of the Old Covenant age in AD 70. There is not another book like this anywhere. This changes everything!

Called “the best of science writing” (Edward O. Wilson) and named a best book by Popular Science, a dive into the secret lives of whales, from their four-legged past to their perilous present. Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. They evolved from land-roaming, dog-size creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years, and travel entire ocean basins. Whales fill us with terror, awe, and affection - yet there is still so much we don't know about them.

Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military experts have offered various explanations for this pattern.

You can have an unshakable faith, discover your purpose and potential and fulfill your destiny. Revealed are opportunities to realize and apply transforming information essential to making wise decisions. This book contains biblical insights about the trinity of God and man, spiritual warfare, history, prophecy, God's sovereignty, man's free will, Heaven & judgment day. Deep Foundations has 4 different informative time charts and 15 different clarifying diagrams found in 20 different arias. I think you will find this book enlightening, empowering, thought provoking, and well documented in ...