Books with author David Farren

A profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils—industrial, chemical, geological—that humans are leaving behindWhat will the world look like in ten thousand years—or ten million? What kinds of stories will be told about us?In Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, the award-winning author David Farrier explores the traces we will leave for the very distant future. Modern civilization has created objects and landscapes with the potential to endure through deep time, whether it is plastic polluting the oceans and nuclear waste sealed within the earth or the 30 million miles of roads spanning the planet. Our carbon could linger in the atmosphere for 100,000 years, and the remains of our cities will still exist millions of years from now as a layer in the rock. These future fossils have the potential to reveal much about how we lived in the twenty-first century.Crossing the boundaries of literature, art, and science, Footprints invites us to think about how we will be remembered in the myths and stories of our distant descendants. Traveling from the Baltic Sea to the Great Barrier Reef, and from an ice-core laboratory in Tasmania to Shanghai, one of the world’s biggest cities, Farrier describes a world that is changing rapidly, with consequences beyond the scope of human understanding. As much a message of hope as a warning, Footprints will not only alter how you think about the future; it will change how you see the world today.

Spencer Spider is a kindhearted spider who always has a positive attitude. Spencer spends his time spinning webs and showing others how to deal with frustration and anger. Spencer teaches us how to handle setback with encouragement and a positive attitude. Spencer shows how when we don’t let setback bring us down, we are happier and we are able to create more positive experiences.

Lynn is well on her way to a promising career until she's fired for a crime she didn't commit. Later the same day, she stumbles upon a satchel with something of immense value inside, and walks away with it. Soon, Lynn is pursued by both sides of the law. Neither the unknown men chasing her, nor the police, can allow her to reveal publicly what she has discovered. As Lynn tries to escape her pursuers, the people around her quickly become pawns in a deadly game with no limits.

Altering Destiny is the story of Lynn Kelly, a young woman who, upon the discovery of almost a million dollars, finds her life-altering dreams soon becoming nightmares as she is relentlessly pursued for the money and for something else?something she does not know she has. When she discovers what she has inadvertently stumbled on, she soon learns that there is no way back and nowhere to turn. Neither the unidentified men chasing her nor the police can allow her to publicly reveal what she has discovered. As Lynn attempts to run, the people around her are used as pawns in a game with no limits. Lynn's pursuers will stop at nothing to get the money and the object.

When two masked men take a busy Los Angeles bank in broad daylight, police, SWAT and the media cover every visible angle of the bank. Despite hundreds of eyes on the bank, nearly a million dollars – and the robbers themselves - vanish without a trace.LAPD detectives Stacey Gray and Jeff Butler begin to investigate the logic-defying case with no clues and little evidence. Soon, life-changing secrets are exposed and their worlds turn upside down. Who are the robbers - and where is the money?NOTE: This is the large print edition of Imploded Lives, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.