alvin + heidi toffler {futurists} :: Books

alvin + heidi toffler {futurists} :: Books

MAJOR WORKS BY THE TOFFLERS Revolutionary Wealth This long-awaited look at wealth in the 21st Century focuses on the economic revolution sweeping the globe and the impact it will have on everything from science and schools to property and politics, marketing and media. It reveals how tomorrow's wealth system will open up tremendous new business opportunities, and how "prosumers" feed an enormous free lunch to the money economy. The hardcover edition of Revolutionary Wealth was published in the U.S. in June, 2006 by Knopf, and quickly made bestseller lists from China and South Korea to Spain. Doubleday has announced publication of the softcover edition in June, 2007. Read what the critics say... Future Shock The classic that changed our view of tomorrow. Published in over 50 countries, its startling insights into accelerating change led a president to commission a special report, inspired composers to write symphonies and rock music, gave a powerful new concept to social science, and added a new phrase to our language. With more than 15 million copies in print, Future Shock vividly describes the emerging global civilization: Tomorrow's family life, the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles and human relationships - all of them temporary. Buy Now!    The Third Wave Sweeping across history and the future, this stunning portrait of a new civilization springing up across the globe was a top bestseller throughout the 1980s. It reveals the hidden connections among today's changes - in business, family life, technology, markets, politics and personal life. The Third Wave led major corporations to refocus their strategies, Japanese leaders to encourage their country's leap beyond industrialism, and Chinese intellectuals to press their campaign for democratic reform. Buy Now!    Powershift Dealing with conflict, wealth and knowledge and the roles they play in our lives, this international bestseller charts the new paths to power opened by a world in upheaval. It explores how the old patterns of power are fracturing along strange new lines in the office and the media, at the bank and in the executive suite, in our churches, hospitals, schools and homes. As the third volume of the acclaimed Toffler trilogy, Powershift provides a compelling map of tomorrow in the journey that began with Future Shock and The Third Wave. Buy Now!    War and Anti-War "Desert Storm" graphically foreshadowed the war of the future - "smart" bombs, high-tech satellite reconnaissance, modern warriors armed with knowledge-age weapons. Published on the heels of that gripping Mideast struggle, War and Anti-War provides an in-depth look at conflict in the 21st Century, in a world made more dangerous - not less - by the end of the Cold War. And it offers a breathtaking paradigm for peace through technology, communication, and the most powerful force on earth - human innovation. Buy Now!    Creating a New Civilization In yet-another ground-breaking analysis, the Tofflers turn their attention to politics in the 21st Century, and conclude that industrial-age institutions, policies and assumptions are no longer capable of dealing with the political complexities of the world of tomorrow. Creating a New Civilization tracks the growing conflict between Second and Third Wave politicians, and the schisms cracking traditional political parties. With an introduction by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Buy Now!