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What do readers say about A Study in Scarlet?
crisp non-florid prose murder mystery detectives short and sweet pulpy detective storySir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel-and the origin story of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson-is reimagined in the first unabridged, fully illustrated version since its debut, by acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly.
The year is 1881. Th... Read more about A Study in Scarlet
In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies t...
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What do readers say about The Lies of Locke Lamora?
crime heist fiction exciting and well-paced double crossing thieves all the plot twists"Remarkable . . . Scott Lynch's first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining."-The Times (London)
An orphan's lif... Read more about The Lies of Locke Lamora
LOCKE LAMORA’S RULE of thumb was this: a good confidence game took three months to plan, three weeks to rehearse, and three seconds to win or lose the victim’s trust forever. This time around, he plan...
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What do readers say about The Martian?
an adventure story science and the survival aspects thriller/suspense hilarious and rivetingA survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the major film from Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain.
I'm stranded on Mars.
I have no way to communicate with Earth.
I'm in a habitat designed to last... Read more about The Martian
For the record…I didn’t die on Sol 6. Certainly the rest of the crew thought I did, and I can’t blame them. Maybe there’ll be a day of national mourning for me, and my Wikipedia page will say, “Mark W...
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What do readers say about City of Bones?
fantastically addictive mortal instruments series ferociously entertaining teen fiction good ya fantasyDiscover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly). City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.
When Clary Fray heads out to the ... Read more about City of Bones
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” the bouncer said, folding his arms across his massive chest. He stared down at the boy in the red zip-up jacket and shook his shaved head. “You can’t bring that thing in...
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What do readers say about Ender's Game?
military science fiction uplifting and depressing a society in peril science fiction battle novelThe worldwide bestseller, "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience o... Read more about Ender's Game
Ender did not see Peter as the beautiful ten-year-old boy that grown-ups saw, with dark, thick, tousled hair and a face that could have belonged to Alexander the Great. Ender looked at Peter only to d...
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What do readers say about To Kill a Mockingbird?
fluid and prose beautiful crisp, wry, and spot-on vivid and beautiful an amazing novelAs seen through the eyes of his children, this is the legendary, wrenching story of lawyer Atticus Finch, who takes on a case that cuts deeply into the heart of racism in the 1930s Deep South. Mature content*
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When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious abou...
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What do readers say about What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetica...?
funny and witty great nonfiction novel unsatisfying and forgettable interesting & funFans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live?
If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last?... Read more about What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetica...
Based on the rates of correct guesses—and rigorous mathematical analysis—Shannon determined that the information content of typical written English was 1.0 to 1.2 bits per letter. This means that a go...
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What do readers say about The Great Gatsby?
lyrical and flowed short and deceptively simple flowery and descriptive slow and boringInvited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky b... Read more about The Great Gatsby
He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgmen...
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What do readers say about Gone Girl?
crazy plot twists rich and colorful love, hate and revenge it defied prediction#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The "mercilessly entertaining" (Vanity Fair) instant classic "about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships" (Lev Grossman, Time).
NAMED ONE OF... Read more about Gone Girl
When I think of my wife, I always think of her head. The shape of it, to begin with. The very first time I saw her, it was the back of the head I saw, and there was something lovely about it, the angl...
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What do readers say about Sapiens?
the remote, observational tone fun and provocative its twist on perspective engaging, clear writing style#1 New York Times Bestseller
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution-a #1 international bestseller-that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understa... Read more about Sapiens
About 300,000 years after their appearance, matter and energy started to coalesce into complex structures, called atoms, which then combined into molecules. The story of atoms, molecules and their int...
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