Books tagged: culture of adolescence

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Are Humans Obsolete?    by Jim Hull
Price: $3.99 USD. 39410 words. Published on September 13, 2009. .

Today machines can outplay us at chess, perform surgeries, manage airports, design buildings, act in films. Soon they'll compete with us in nearly every field. Will this cause mass layoffs and riots? Or will we benefit? ... Plus a clear look at our high-tech culture of adolescence, a way to make sense of modern media, and a bird’s-eye view of the turf war between science and religion.
The Lonely Place--Re-visioning Adolescence and the Rite of Passage    by Patricia Jamie Lee
Price: $5.99 USD. 50370 words. Published on March 29, 2010. .

A beautiful exploration of how our culture has failed to maintain meaningful rites of passage for our young. As a result, they create their own destructive subcultures. Offers a strong vision for change.
Angel Heirs    by Mark Cowlin
Price: $2.99 USD. 66830 words. Published on October 19, 2010. .

Two young people meet as they are about to commit suicide. Angelina, a high school senior, broken by intense grief, believes that she is a real angel. Gerald Sparks, the most famous young actor on the planet, has chronic heart failure wants to go out in a blaze of glory. They journey across the landscape of their past until they are forced to face up to the real cause of their demise: themselves.
Product of Culture:    by James Lynch
Price: $0.99 USD. 20400 words. Published on February 15, 2011. .

Peer into the lives of Mark and Markus. These two members, and more, are of the Colesmith family heritage. How do they respond to the stimuli of the world around them? Why do they respond in such ways?
Beauregard Battles the Robosaurus    by Jason Rizos
Price: $2.99 USD. 15810 words. Published on March 31, 2011. .

Five short stories of adolescent adventure, peril, and heroism.