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1948, Japan. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.

Two thousand years into the future, runaway pollution has made the earth uninhabitable except in giant biodomes. The society is an anarchy, with disputes mediated through the Machiavellian Committee for the Revolution. Mars, Venus, and the moon support flourishing colonies of various political stripes. On the fringes of the solar system, in the gas planets, a strange, new, violent kind of human has evolved.

A dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, The Floating World takes listeners into the heart of Hurricane Katrina with the story of the Boisdores, whose roots stretch back nearly to the foundation of New Orleans. Though the storm is fast approaching the Louisiana coast, Cora, the family's fragile elder daughter, refuses to leave the city, forcing her parents, Joe Boisdore, an artist descended from a freed slave, and his white "uptown" wife, Dr. Tess Eshleman, to evacuate without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and Cora catatonic.

Pioneering oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer unravels the mystery of marine currents, uncovers the astonishing story of flotsam, and changes the world's view of trash, the ocean, and our global environment. Curtis Ebbesmeyer is no ordinary scientist. He's been a consulting oceanographer for multinational firms and a lead scientist on international research expeditions, but he's never held a conventional academic appointment.

Seit Ren aus der Schwebenden Welt geflohen ist, verbirgt sie ihre Lichtmagie. Bis ihre Familie von einem Dämon angegriffen wird – und das Licht aus ihr herausbricht. Auf ihrer Suche begegnet ihr ausgerechnet Sunho – ein Kopfgeldjäger, der auf sie angesetzt wurde.

Welcome to Our World This Week the podcast for Floating Our Boat YouTube channel. We are Fran and Rich and for the last seven years we have been cruising the canals of Britain on our narrowboat, Laura Maisie.This podcast is an extension of our social media output and will be more personal, candid and reveal a bit more light into our lives.https://www.youtube.com/@FloatingOurBoatYou can support us here:https://www.youtube.com/@FloatingOurBoatpatreon.com/floatingourboatThanks for following,Fran and Rich Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.