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What do readers say about Synners?
someone who synthesizes the story was compelling an underlooked cyberpunk classic more accessible than stephenson'sSynners are synthesizers - not machines, but people. They take images from the brains of performers, and turn them into a form which can be packaged, sold and consumed. This book is set in a world where new technology spawns new crime before it hits ... More details on Synners
"Who's laughing? Do you see me laughing?" She shifted on her high stool and held her subject's arm closer to the lamp. The lotus job was especially difficult, as it had to merge into a preexisting des...
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What do readers say about Conflict?
a time-travel story it does feel plausible family of choice native american time-travelWhile working on a dude ranch in present day Montana, Joe Kuruk saves a young girl from a club-wielding warrior. His confusion is intensified when he realizes that the girl, Alta, has crossed over from another time and place. And the only way to reun... More details on Conflict
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What do readers say about A People's History of the United States?
lively, readable prose long and tedious nonfiction history book cold, hard truthTHE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"A wonderful, splendid book-a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." -Howard Fast
Historian Howard Zinn'... More details on A People's History of the United States
Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors c...
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What do readers say about 1491?
clear and well written interesting and informative a compelling survey europeans are non-existent1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. It was the 2006 winner of the National Academies Communication Award for best cre... More details on 1491
The seeds of this book date back, at least in part, to 1983, when I wrote an article for Science about a NASA program that was monitoring atmospheric ozone levels. In the course of learning about the ...
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What do readers say about Civil War Chronicle?
a fact check well-researched and thorough bold faced lie the lost causen this moving day-by-day chronicle, we hear the real voices of the soldiers, nurses, farmers, laborers, slaves, and freed people who lived through America's most tragic conflict.
This much-needed collection of the letters, diaries, speeches, telegram... More details on Civil War Chronicle
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What do readers say about Forget the Alamo!?
history of texas texan history and politics trying to fix texas slavery tears texas apartAfter the explosion, Will didn't expect to wake up again, especially in the past. Alive is good. Except he finds himself at the Alamo in 1836 in the body of another man doomed to die. If history repeats itself, Santa Anna is coming soon and the Alamo... More details on Forget the Alamo!
The sandstorm’s last gust of wind shook the HMMWV in which Staff Sergeant Will Travers rode shotgun. He chuckled as he considered how much the military loved acronyms. Calling it a High Mobility Multi...
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What do readers say about Sophie's World?
extremely abbreviated form bizarre, compelling, fascinating a history of philosophy fun, educational novelA page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.
One day fourteen-year-old ... More details on Sophie's World
Sophie Amundsen was on her way home from school. She had walked the first part of the way with Joanna. They had been discussing robots. Joanna thought the human brain was like an advanced computer. So...
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What do readers say about Mere Christianity?
informal tone throughout emotive broad brush sketch brisk, uncompromising tone clear, concise, and scripturalIn the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis' legendary broadcast talks during World War Two... More details on Mere Christianity
Born in Ireland in 1898, C. S. Lewis was educated at Malvern College for a year and then privately. He gained a triple first at Oxford and was a Fellow and Tutor at Magdalen College 1925-54. In 1954 h...
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What do readers say about The Giving Tree?
friendship and sacrifice poetic children's book selflessness and dissatisfaction unconditional love and changeFrom Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. This classic is perfect for both young readers and ... More details on The Giving Tree
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What do readers say about A History of Western Philosophy?
clear, opinionated, acerbic a true classic a reference book bold, comprehensive and chronologicalHailed as "lucid and magisterial" by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.
Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of ... More details on A History of Western Philosophy
IN all history, nothing is so surprising or so difficult to account for as the sudden rise of civilization in Greece. Much of what makes civilization had already existed for thousands of years in Egyp...
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