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| x Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World |
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World (ISBN 978-0201483406) is a 1994 book by Kevin Kelly. (The book was also published as Out of control : the rise of neo-biological civilization.) Major themes in Out...
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| x The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work |
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work is a book by W. Daniel Hillis, published in 1998 by Basic Books (ISBN 0-465-02595-1). The book attempts to explain concepts from computer science in layman's terms by metaphor and...
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| x The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer |
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| x Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic |
Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic is a book by Paul Fussell.
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| x Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species | |||
| x Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's Story 1941-1945 |
Between Silk and Cyanide is the title of a book by former Special Operations Executive (SOE) cryptographer Leo Marks, describing his work during the Second World War. More fully, its title is Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945. It...
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| x The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor |
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (ISBN 0-393-04017-8), published in 1998 (with an epilogue added to the 1999 paperback edition), is a book by David Landes, currently Emeritus Professor of Economics and former Coolidge Professor of History at...
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| x 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated | |||
| x Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English English-French |
The Oxford-Hachette French to English/English to French Dictionary is one of the most comprehensive and recent bilingual French–English/English–French dictionaries. It was the first such dictionary to be written using a computerized corpus and it...
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| x George Bernard Shaw: His Plays |
George Bernard Shaw: His Plays (1905) is H. L. Mencken's interpretation of G. Bernard Shaw's plays, in which Mencken overwhelmingly embraced the man who was, at that time, his favourite playwright.
According to Mencken: "Through Shaw, I found my...
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| x Menckeneana: A Schimpflexikon |
Menckeneanea: A Schimpflexikon is a collection of articles and quotations denouncing H. L. Mencken, collected and arranged by Mencken himself.
The word “schimpflexikon” is from the German language, which Mencken spoke fluently; it means, roughly, a...
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| x Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic |
Fun Home (subtitled A Family Tragicomic) is a 2006 graphic memoir by American writer Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, USA, focusing on her complex...
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| x Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time |
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle is a history of geology by Stephen Jay Gould offering a historical account of the conceptualization of Deep Time and uniformitarianism using the works of Thomas Burnet, James Hutton, and Charles Lyell.
Gould ranks the...
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| x Barbarossa: Invasion of Russia, 1941 | |||
| x The Battle for History: Refighting World War Two | |||
| x War and Our World: The Reith Lectures 1998 | |||
| x Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home |
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home is a 2006 book by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause.
Parrado co-wrote the 2006 book Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home, with Vince Rause. In Miracle in...
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| x Sleeping Beauty: A Lew Archer Novel |
Sleeping Beauty is a 1973 novel by Ross Macdonald.
Private eye Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands - including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of nembutal, a six...
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| x Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men |
Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men is a book by Gabriel Rotello written in his days as a gay activist. Rotello makes the point that the large number of sexual partners available to members of the "gay fast lane" created an ecological...
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| x Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale |
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale is a young adult fantasy novel by Holly Black, author of the Spiderwick Chronicles. It was first published in 2002 by Simon & Schuster.
Tithe follows the story of sixteen-year-old American Kaye Fierch, a young nomad who...
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| x 1634: The Galileo Affair |
1634: The Galileo Affair is the fourth book and third novel published in the 1632 series by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis. It follows the activities of an embassy party sent from the United States of Europe (Grantville) to Venice, Italy, where the...
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| x Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman |
The Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman (original title in Spanish: Retrato de la Loçana andaluza) is a book written in Venice by the Spanish editor of the Renaissance, Francisco Delicado, in 1528, after he escaped from Rome due to the...
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| x Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries |
Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries is the second in a trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The diaries are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate...
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| x Alice in Puzzle-land: A Carrollian Tale for Children Under Eighty |
Alice in puzzle-land: A Carrollian tale for children under eighty is a novel by the mathematician Raymond Smullyan, written in 1986.
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| x Guardians of Ga'Hoole Book 5: The Shattering |
The Shattering, written by Kathryn Lasky, is the fifth novel in the series Guardians of Ga'hoole.
In the midst of war, Eglantine unwittingly becomes a spy for Kludd, leader of the Pure Ones. She is brainwashed (aka shattered) by an owl called Ginger...
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| x Mistborn: The Final Empire |
Mistborn: The Final Empire is the first novel of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. It was followed by Mistborn: The Well of Ascension. The third title in the trilogy, Mistborn: The Hero of Ages, was released on October 14, 2008.
In Luthadel, the...
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| x 40 Days with God: A Devotional Journey |
40 Days with God: A Devotional Journey is the first book written by Christian pop and rock singer/songwriter Rebecca St. James. It was released after the success of her second album (under the name "Rebecca St. James"), God. The book sold over 75...
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| x Bee Season: A Novel |
Bee Season is a 2000 novel by Myla Goldberg. It follows a young girl as she attempts to win the national spelling bee, and the repercussions of her success on the other members of her family.
Eleven-year-old Eliza Naumann is the only "ordinary"...
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| x Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories |
Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories (published in the United Kingdom & Australia as Nonfiction) is a non-fiction book by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 2004. It is a collection of essays, stories, and interviews written for various magazines and...
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| x Bite Me: Narrative Structures and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
Bite Me: Narrative Structures and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is an Australian academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel. The book is designed for Year 12 teachers/students teaching/studying...
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| x Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change |
Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change is a 1978 anti-cult book which describes the authors' theory of religious conversion, called snapping in terms of mind control, is a mental process through which, the authors argue, a person...
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| x Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance |
Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance is an alternate history and science fiction novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the third novel of the Worldwar tetraology, as well as the third installment in the extended Worldwar series that includes the Colonization...
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| x This Boy's Life: A Memoir |
This Boy's Life is a memoir by Tobias Wolff first published in 1989. It describes the author's adolescence as he wanders the continental United States with his itinerant mother. The first leg of their journey takes them from Florida to Utah, where...
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| x Warcraft: The Last Guardian |
Warcraft: The Last Guardian is a novel by Jeff Grubb set in the Warcraft Universe. It is considered to be the third novel, despite the e-book Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor being released first.
The story of Warcraft: The Last Guardian is about Medivh...
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| x Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn |
Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn is the eighth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
This book is a story within a story as one of Castle Roogna's ghosts, Jordan the Barbarian, tells Princess Ivy his story of betrayal and death via the magical medium...
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| x Perfect Dark: Initial Vector |
Perfect Dark: Initial Vector is a novel based on the Perfect Dark universe, situated some 6 months after the Xbox 360 game Perfect Dark Zero. It was written by Greg Rucka, published by Tom Doherty Associates LLC, and distributed by TOR.
The year is...
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| x A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers |
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers is a book by Nancy Willard that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1982. It is also the only book to have won both the Newbery Award...
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| x Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda |
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda is a 2005 novel in the Splinter Cell series and a sequel to the 2004 novel Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. Both novels were written by Raymond Benson under the pseudonym David Michaels. The book was...
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| x Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture |
The Capture is the first book in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. It is written by Kathryn Lasky, and was published by Scholastic on June 1, 2003. The book tells the story of Soren, a Barn Owl, who is kidnapped and taken to St. Aegolius Academy for...
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| x Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture |
Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture is a 2005 book edited by musician Thurston Moore on Universe Publishing.
The book is a collection of stories, essays, art, and other contributions by various artists, musicians, and writers. It centers around...
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| x War of the Worlds: New Millennium |
War of the Worlds: New Millennium is a science fiction novel by Douglas Niles, released in 2005 by Tor Books.
After the most recent unmanned mission to Mars inexplicably fails, interest in the Red Planet is still high. The whole world watches as a...
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| x The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists |
The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists is a handbook printed by the nonprofit environmental group Union of Concerned Scientists.
In accordance with UCS's pledge to provide...
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| x A Question of Blood: An Inspector Rebus Novel |
A Question of Blood is a 2003 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the fourteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels.
At a private school two teenagers are killed by an ex-Army loner who then turns the gun on himself. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts...
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| x Lila: An Inquiry into Morals |
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991) is the second philosophical novel by Robert M. Pirsig, who is best known for his classic text, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Lila: An Inquiry into Morals was a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer...
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| x Resident Evil: Underworld |
Resident Evil: Underworld is a novel written by S. D. Perry in 1999. Underworld is the fourth Resident Evil book written by S. D. Perry, the fifth in chronological order, and the second which is not based directly on one of the games.
Leon S....
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| x Halo: First Strike |
Halo: First Strike is the third novel in the Halo series and the second Halo novel written by Eric Nylund. Published in 2003, it serves as a bridge between the events of the video games Halo: Combat Evolved and its 2004 sequel Halo 2. First Strike...
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| x Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border |
Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border is the fifth book in the Bone series. It collects issues 28-32 of Jeff Smith's self-published Bone comic book series. The book was published by Cartoon Books in its original black-and-white form in 1998....
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| x Worldwar: Striking the Balance |
Worldwar: Striking the Balance is an alternate history and science fiction novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the fourth and final novel of the Worldwar tetraology, as well as the fourth installment in the extended Worldwar series that includes the...
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| x Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything |
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is a 2005 non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. The book has been described as melding pop culture...
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| x Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation |
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation is a non-fiction book written by Lynne Truss, the former host of BBC Radio 4's Cutting a Dash programme. In the book, published in 2003, Truss bemoans the state of punctuation in the...
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| x Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! |
Rich Dad Poor Dad is a book by Robert Kiyosaki. It advocates financial independence through investing, real estate, owning businesses, and the use of finance protection tactics.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is written in the style of a set of parables,...
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| x Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life |
Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life (ISBN 0-7440-0424-1) is a 2005 book by Chris Kohler. It explores the video game market in Japan and the history of video games in both Japan and North America. Kohler argues that Japan...
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| x Myst: The Book of Atrus |
The Book of Atrus is the first book in the Myst series of novels, set in the same universe as the Myst computer games by Cyan Worlds. A rough draft of the story was written by Ryan Miller in 1994. Later, Richard VanderWende and Rand and Robyn Miller...
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| x While I Was Gone: A Novel |
While I Was Gone is the 1999 novel by Sue Miller, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in May 2000.
While I Was Gone was a TV movie for CBS in 2004 based on the novel.
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| x Perfect Dark: Second Front |
Perfect Dark: Second Front is a novel based on the Perfect Dark universe. It was written by Greg Rucka and was released on January 9, 2007. It is the sequel to Perfect Dark: Initial Vector and Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears.
In the 3rd quarter of 2018,...
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| x Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row |
Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Voodoo Lounge, found in Tales of the Slayer Volume III, is a companion to this story.
It is 1940 and for Drusilla's vampiric...
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| x Warcraft: Lord of the Clans |
Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is a novel by Star Trek novelist Christie Golden based in Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft Universe. It was published by Pocket Books.
The story of the novel was originally going to be used in the adventure game Warcraft...
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| x Akhenaten: Son of the Sun |
Akhenaten: Son of the Sun is a novel written by Moyra Caldecott in 1986. It was first published in 1986 as The Son of the Sun in hardback by Alison & Busby, UK.
Based on the remarkable reign of Akhenaten in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt, this story is...
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| x Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Journey |
The Journey is the second book in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. It is written by Kathryn Lasky, and was published by Scholastic on September 1, 2003. In this book, Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, Digger, and Mrs. Plithiver continue their journey to the...
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| x Atlantis: The Antediluvian World |
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Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during 1831. Donnelly considered Plato's account of Atlantis as largely factual and...
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