{"product_id":"syntopia-episteme-gregory-p-moulinet-9798905140266","title":"Syntopia Episteme: A Design Odyssey","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFloating Eden Defies Empires.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world is being parceled out, Ayesha, born Bajau, a stateless Southeast Asian sea dweller, loses her mother in a traumatic accident. Orphaned in Sumatra, adopted in Singapore, her Leonardesque gift for drawing leads her to study design in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt every stage of her journey, mentors and bullies, some real and some composite, appear like stepping stones across a widening river delta, sharpening her worldview and refining her sense of what design can be at its worst, and what it should be at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon returning to her beleaguered stilt village, Ayesha commits herself to helping her community by prototyping self-sustaining floating islands from salvaged plastic and low-tech ingenuity, with the support of her former orphanage bully turned corporate lawyer, a retired U.S. Army engineer, and a gifted Bajau teenager.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither utopia nor dystopia, the emerging artificial archipelago is called a Syntopia: places that design together. But when her half-moon, glinting Eden draws predation, relentless pressure and intimidation from hired guns follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan the Bajau keep their future afloat when land-dwellers keep dragging it under?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory P. Moulinet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798905140266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Staten House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.00w x 1.39d","brand":"Gregory P. Moulinet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852900446463,"sku":"9798905140266","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/syntopia-episteme-gregory-p-moulinet-9798905140266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}