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What do readers say about Shaman?
characters from pre-history science fiction and fantasy well paced and interesting moderate plot developmentKim Stanley Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of science fiction masterworks such as the Mars trilogy and 2312, has, on many occasions, imagined our future. Now, in Shaman, he brings our past to life as never before.
There is Thorn, a s... More details on Shaman
This is what Thorn would say whenever he was doing something bad himself. Object to whatever it was and he would pull up his long gray braids to show the mangled red nubbins surrounding his earholes. ...
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What do readers say about People of the Wolf?
too boring/painful to read fantastic story puerile quality storytellingA sweeping epic of prehistory, People of the Wolf is another compelling novel in the majestic North America's Forgotten Past series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
In the dawn of history,... More details on People of the Wolf
Wind Woman whipped across the frozen drifts, whirling wreaths of snow into the arctic night. In her fury, she blasted the mammoth-hide shelters of the People with a gust that battered the frozen skins...
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created the mysterious Stonehenge.
One summer's day, a dying stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement of Ratharryn. ... More details on Stonehenge
The gods talk by signs. It may be a leaf falling in summer, the cry of a dying beast or the ripple of wind on calm water. It might be smoke lying close to the ground, a rift in the clouds or the fligh...
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What do readers say about Big Data?
improved data collection a mixed bag the well-written summary thought-provoking and timelyAn International Bestseller - Over One Million Copies Sold!
Shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
Since Aristotle, we have fought to understand the causes behind everything. But this ideology is fading. ... More details on Big Data
IN 2009 A NEW FLU virus was discovered. Combining elements of the viruses that cause bird flu and swine flu, this new strain, dubbed H1N1, spread quickly. Within weeks, public health agencies around t...
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What do readers say about Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?
serious, serious writing how we live an autobiographical novel a poser's bookThis lyrical, evocative, thought-provoking journal of a man's quest for truth - and for himself - has touched and changed an entire generation.
At its heart, the story is all too simple: a man and his son take a lengthy motorcycle trip through Ameri... More details on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning. The wind, even at sixty miles an hour, is warm and humid. When it's this hot and ...
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What do readers say about Pale Blue Dot?
a bit jumbled history of astronomical discovery solemn scientific prose eloquent and impassioned"Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan's books."-The Washington Post Book World (front page review)
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and ma... More details on Pale Blue Dot
We were wanderers from the beginning. We knew every stand of tree for a hundred miles. When the fruits or nuts were ripe, we were there. We followed the herds in their annual migrations. We rejoiced i...
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What do readers say about The Immortalists?
beautiful and lyrical nice and fluid sweeping family drama gripping and beautifulA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:
The Washington Post, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, Marie Claire, New York Public Library, LibraryReads, The Skimm, Lit Hub, Lit Reactor
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"A captivating family saga."-The New Yo... More details on The Immortalists
When Saul dies, Simon is in physics class, drawing concentric circles meant to represent the rings of an electron shell but which to Simon mean nothing at all. With his daydreaming and his dyslexia, h...
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What do readers say about The Descent of Woman?
an evidence-based study her own scientific theories witty, informative read a great readThis pioneering work, originally published in 1972, was the first to argue irrefutably the equal role of women in human evolution.... More details on The Descent of Woman
According to the Book of Genesis, God first created man. Woman was not only an afterthought, but an amenity. For close on two thousand years this holy scripture was believed to justify her subordinati...
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What do readers say about Against the Grain?
civilization versus barbarian interesting and thought-provoking earliest civilizations of iraq very re-orientingAn Economist Best History Book 2017
"History as it should be written."-Barry Cunliffe, Guardian
"Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order."-Walter Scheidel, Fina... More details on Against the Grain
WHAT fire meant for hominids and ultimately for the rest of the natural world is presaged vividly by a cave excavation in South Africa.1 At the deepest and therefore oldest strata, there are no carbon...
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For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them--slavery, con... More details on The Art of Not Being Governed
I open with three diagnostic expressions of frustration. The first two are from would-be conquering administrators, determined to subdue a recalcitrant landscape and its fugitive, resistant inhabitant...
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