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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. We are living through a period of change unlike any in recent history. Technology no longer advances in steady, predictable steps. It compounds. Systems improve simultaneously, reinforce one another, and accelerate the pace at which societies must adapt. What once unfolded over generations now reshapes daily life within a single decade.An Exponential Age offers a clear, grounded exploration of this reality.Rather than chasing headlines or speculative predictions, this book provides a thoughtful technology forecast decade -focused not on gadgets, but on consequences. It examines how accelerating systems such as artificial intelligence, automation, advanced computing, digital infrastructure, and energy networks interact to produce lasting change across work, institutions, and society.The most important emerging technology impact rarely comes from a single breakthrough. It arises from second-order effects: how organizations restructure, how decision-making changes, how risk concentrates, and how trust evolves in a world increasingly mediated by digital systems. This book explains those patterns in plain language, offering readers context rather than hype.A central theme of An Exponential Age is that digital transformation is not a destination. The digital transformation future is an ongoing condition - one in which efficiency increases, feedback loops tighten, and systems become both more powerful and more fragile. Understanding these tradeoffs is essential for navigating the years ahead.The book also addresses the future of work with realism and restraint. Automation and intelligent systems do not simply eliminate jobs; they reshape tasks, expectations, and organizational structures unevenly over time. Some roles disappear, others evolve, and many persist longer than expected. The challenge is not predicting outcomes, but understanding the forces at work as the technology next decade unfolds.Throughout the book, complex topics are explained without jargon, drawing connections across domains to reveal the deeper future technology trends shaping the modern world. Particular attention is given to how humans experience acceleration - why change feels sudden, why institutions struggle to respond, and why exponential growth is difficult to intuit until its effects are already visible.Written for thoughtful readers who want perspective rather than prediction, An Exponential Age provides a steady framework for understanding where we are, what is changing, and why this decade matters.Change is no longer episodic. It is structural. This book helps you understand the difference. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Events That Made the Modern World explores the pivotal moments that reshaped societies, redirected nations, and defined the world we live in today. Rather than presenting history as a list of dates or disconnected facts, this book focuses on the turning points that changed how people lived, governed, worked, and understood their place in the world.From revolutions that challenged old powers to wars that redrew borders, from scientific breakthroughs that transformed daily life to social movements that expanded rights and freedoms, each chapter examines an event that left a lasting mark on modern civilization. The narrative explains not only what happened, but why it mattered - and how its consequences continue to influence politics, technology, culture, and global relationships today.Written in clear, engaging language, the book places each event in context by exploring the world as it existed before the change, the forces that brought the moment about, and the short- and long-term effects that followed. Readers are guided to see history as a chain of cause and consequence, where ideas, inventions, conflicts, and choices interact to shape the future.Ideal for students, lifelong learners, and curious readers alike, The Events That Made the Modern World makes history accessible and relevant. It reveals that the modern world did not emerge by accident, but was forged through decisive moments that continue to shape our lives, our institutions, and our understanding of the world today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Events That Made the Modern World explores the pivotal moments that reshaped societies, redirected nations, and defined the world we live in today. Rather than presenting history as a list of dates or disconnected facts, this book focuses on the turning points that changed how people lived, governed, worked, and understood their place in the world.From revolutions that challenged old powers to wars that redrew borders, from scientific breakthroughs that transformed daily life to social movements that expanded rights and freedoms, each chapter examines an event that left a lasting mark on modern civilization. The narrative explains not only what happened, but why it mattered - and how its consequences continue to influence politics, technology, culture, and global relationships today.Written in clear, engaging language, the book places each event in context by exploring the world as it existed before the change, the forces that brought the moment about, and the short- and long-term effects that followed. Readers are guided to see history as a chain of cause and consequence, where ideas, inventions, conflicts, and choices interact to shape the future.Ideal for students, lifelong learners, and curious readers alike, The Events That Made the Modern World makes history accessible and relevant. It reveals that the modern world did not emerge by accident, but was forged through decisive moments that continue to shape our lives, our institutions, and our understanding of the world today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. We are living through a period of change unlike any in recent history. Technology no longer advances in steady, predictable steps. It compounds. Systems improve simultaneously, reinforce one another, and accelerate the pace at which societies must adapt. What once unfolded over generations now reshapes daily life within a single decade.An Exponential Age offers a clear, grounded exploration of this reality.Rather than chasing headlines or speculative predictions, this book provides a thoughtful technology forecast decade -focused not on gadgets, but on consequences. It examines how accelerating systems such as artificial intelligence, automation, advanced computing, digital infrastructure, and energy networks interact to produce lasting change across work, institutions, and society.The most important emerging technology impact rarely comes from a single breakthrough. It arises from second-order effects: how organizations restructure, how decision-making changes, how risk concentrates, and how trust evolves in a world increasingly mediated by digital systems. This book explains those patterns in plain language, offering readers context rather than hype.A central theme of An Exponential Age is that digital transformation is not a destination. The digital transformation future is an ongoing condition - one in which efficiency increases, feedback loops tighten, and systems become both more powerful and more fragile. Understanding these tradeoffs is essential for navigating the years ahead.The book also addresses the future of work with realism and restraint. Automation and intelligent systems do not simply eliminate jobs; they reshape tasks, expectations, and organizational structures unevenly over time. Some roles disappear, others evolve, and many persist longer than expected. The challenge is not predicting outcomes, but understanding the forces at work as the technology next decade unfolds.Throughout the book, complex topics are explained without jargon, drawing connections across domains to reveal the deeper future technology trends shaping the modern world. Particular attention is given to how humans experience acceleration - why change feels sudden, why institutions struggle to respond, and why exponential growth is difficult to intuit until its effects are already visible.Written for thoughtful readers who want perspective rather than prediction, An Exponential Age provides a steady framework for understanding where we are, what is changing, and why this decade matters.Change is no longer episodic. It is structural. This book helps you understand the difference. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. You swore you'd quit. You said it after the triple bogey on 7, the shank into the pond on 14, and the three-putt from four feet that shall never be spoken of again. And yet - here you are, reading the back of a golf book, already planning your tee time for Thursday.Welcome to the club. Literally.Fairway to Heaven is a love letter to the most maddening, most magnificent waste of a perfectly good afternoon ever invented. It's for the golfer who has spent $3,000 on equipment and gone up two strokes. For the one who takes three flawless practice swings, then addresses the ball and immediately forgets everything they've ever known about physics, geometry, or being a functional adult. It's for everyone who has described their knee replacement to a near-stranger on the 10th fairway and somehow felt better for it.Inside, you'll find an affectionate but merciless investigation into the great philosophical questions of recreational golf: Why does a handicap bear so little relationship to actual golf? Who gave the Rules Guy permission to bring the rulebook - again? At what point does "I'm just working on something new" become a medical condition?We examine the equipment delusion - the $599 driver that will fix everything (it won't, but the next one might). We explore the sacred ecosystem of the beverage cart, tracked across the back nine with the focus of a wildlife researcher. We investigate the psychological warfare of the unmissable three-foot putt, the mysterious science of the practice swing that is always perfect and the actual swing that never is, and the curious mathematics that transforms a 94 into a handicap of 17.Along the way, we meet the recurring cast of characters that populate every recreational foursome: the Eternal Mulligan User, the Gadget Addict, the Former Athlete Who Tells You What He Used to Shoot, the Couple Who Absolutely Should Not Keep Score Together - and do, every single week. We survive couples golf, slow play, unsolicited swing tips, and the pro shop, where you went in for a glove and left with a $280 polo and the powerful feeling that a new putter would help.We also spend time where the real golf happens - the 19th hole - where scorecards are quietly revised, putts are replayed and significantly improved, and everyone, it turns out, played considerably better than you remember watching them play.And through it all, we return to the question every golfer already knows the answer to: why do we keep coming back?Because of the sunrise on the first tee. Because of the friendships measured in decades, not years. Because of the one magnificent shot per round that makes you forget the other ninety-four. Because Tuesday at 9am on an empty course is one of life's great secrets. And because golf, unlike almost everything else, always gives you another chance.Even if you probably shouldn't take it.Fairway to Heaven is for anyone who has ever loved something that actively humiliates them - and wouldn't have it any other way. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.