A spirited, insightful exploration of our favorite machine and it's cultural impact on society over the past one hundred and fifty years.More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available to our eyes and our imaginations. They have inspired cinema, music and literature; t...

An evocative historical thriller based in one of London's original suburbs.Set in 1912, Bedford Park is not just a London suburb: it is a crucible for enlightenment and modernity inhabited by people who wish to better themselves - and those who should know better. It is a singular place, architecturally sidestepping the modern whilst encouraging those with new ideas to take up residence.Into this mix sails Cal Kidd from America. In a coffee-house he makes t...

James Lovelock, der einflussreichste Ökodenker unserer Zeit, hat mit 100 Jahren eine staunenswerte Theorie über das zukünftige Leben auf dem Planeten Erde vorgelegt. Er begründet darin, warum wie an der Schwelle eines ganz neuen Zeitalters stehen. Vor uns liegt das Novozän: das Zeitalter der Hyperintelligenz.James Lovelock, der Schöpfer der Gaia-Hypothese und berühmteste Ökodenker unserer Zeit, ist im vergangenen Juli 100 Jahre alt geworden - und hat ein neues Buch mit einer spekta...

A spirited, insightful exploration of our favorite machine and it's cultural impact on society over the past one hundred and fifty years. More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available to our eyes and our imaginations. They have inspired cinema, music and literature; they have, by their need ...