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Book Cover for: Chapterhouse: Dune, Frank Herbert

Chapterhouse: Dune

Frank Herbert
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ICYMI, @jacquesbarcia recently wrote in IFTF Future Now about what Frank Herbert's #Dune can offer foresight professionals: https://t.co/nWfwjCnEYU Have you ever incorporated elements from #scifi movies or books into your own #foresight practice? 💬

Paperback, Mass Market, 2019

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, Douglas Rushkoff

Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires

Douglas Rushkoff
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"The Mindset is about a strategy of acceleration without a destination." IFTF #EquitableEnterprise Advisor @rushkoff is profiled for his new book "Survival of the Richest", by @BigMeanInternet in @WIRED. https://t.co/4YjFPPToV2 https://t.co/7Tag5YQwJP

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, Stephen LaBerge

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

Stephen LaBerge
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4. Lucid Dreaming: Lucid dreaming techniques by Stephen LaBerge (video) https://t.co/sFecMoKcFz Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (book) https://t.co/b88fb2wgMS (5/7) https://t.co/bVUg9gecvw

Paperback, Mass Market, 1991

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life, Stephen LaBerge

Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life

Stephen LaBerge
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4. Lucid Dreaming: Lucid dreaming techniques by Stephen LaBerge (video) https://t.co/sFecMoKcFz Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (book) https://t.co/b88fb2wgMS (5/7) https://t.co/bVUg9gecvw

Paperback, 2009

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living, Bob Johansen

Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living

Bob Johansen
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LIVE on LinkedIn right now! "Office Shock Futures: Leading Futureback to Create Better Futures" With Bob Johansen, Simon Davis, and Ibrahim Jackson. https://t.co/80usQJVOkx

Paperback, 2023

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today, Hal Hershfield

Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today

Hal Hershfield
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While we want the best possible future for ourselves, we often fail to make decisions that would truly make that a reality. Why? Announcing a great #IFTFForesightTalk! "Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today" with @HalHershfield and @avantgame on June 8 at 9amPT https://t.co/bkXabmRjm9

Hardcover, 2023

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: New Futures: Changing Women's Education, Mary Hughes

New Futures: Changing Women's Education

Mary Hughes
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NEW Future Now episode! @Mgorbis talks with author @prof_shelton about his recent book, The Education Myth, which challenges the idea that education is a solution to all economic and social inequalities in society. Listen and subscribe! https://t.co/oeLvZ88yoW #futureoflearning https://t.co/33jRpbYsOu

Paperback, 2018

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now, Jeff Yang

Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

Jeff Yang
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Not one but TWO of our staff have books on this month's @BNBuzz Most Anticipated New Books list! Congrats to @JeffYangIFTF for "Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now" and to @avantgame for "Imaginable.'" The full list: https://t.co/f8Wy9CRAyP

Hardcover, 2022

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy, Jon Shelton

The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy

Jon Shelton
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How can we ensure young people are being set up to thrive in the 2030s and beyond? At #TYF2023 we'll examine past & future pathways for learning, hear perspectives from @prof_shelton author of The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy https://t.co/wydf4EzJx7 https://t.co/dUBkpYODLk

Hardcover, 2023

$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Imaginable: How to Create a Hopeful Future--In Your Own Life, Your Community, the World, Jane McGonigal

Imaginable: How to Create a Hopeful Future--In Your Own Life, Your Community, the World

Jane McGonigal
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New look! The latest bestselling book by IFTF research director @avantgame is now available in paperback in a gorgeous new edition. Order you copy of "Imaginable: How to Create a Hopeful Future in Your Own Life, Your Community, the World." https://t.co/T06cYYqoGM https://t.co/3NDTFKkB7t

Paperback, 2023

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book