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№51
Title: Bonk [$]
Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Year: 2008
Pages: 288
I picked up Bonk entirely on a whim: it was sitting precociously on the shelf of new books at the library. It wasn’t until later, when I was reading that, [...]
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№50
Title: Me Of Little Faith [$]
Author: Lewis Black
Publisher: Riverhead
Year: 2008
Pages: 256
I like Lewis Black’s standup, and I like him on The Daily Show; I was less than impressed, however, by his sort-of-biography, Nothing’s Sacred. Lewis qua storyteller with occasional [...]
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№49
Title: The Gun Seller [$]
Author: Hugh Laurie
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Year: 1998
Pages: 368
For many people, House might be their first exposure to British actor Hugh Laurie; others, especially if you live on the Isles or have a particular affection for British [...]
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№46
Title: Napoleon’s Buttons [$]
Author: Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson
Publisher: Jeremy P Tarcher
Year: 2004
Pages: 384
I happened upon Napoleon’s Button entirely by accident when I was looking for cover art for His Excellency: George Washington; was so intrigued by the premise [...]
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№43
Title: Martin the Warrior [$]
Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Philomel
Year: 1994
Pages: 384
It may behoove you to read the previous book in this series, Salamandastron
Martin the Warrior marks something of a turning point for the Redwall series: Jacques, for the first time, seems [...]
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№42
Title: Into Thin Air [$]
Author: Jon Krakauer
Publisher: Anchor
Year: 1998
Pages: 416
I was supposed to read Into Thin Air when I was a junior in high school, as one of a tripartite summer/fall curriculum about Man vs. Nature themes: the other two [...]
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№41
Title: A Spot of Bother [$]
Author: Mark Haddon
Publisher: Vintage
Year: 2007
Pages: 368
I can recall with tremendous clarity how surprised I was by Mark Haddon’s debut novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. It wasn’t that the story was [...]
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№40
Title: The Age of Spiritual Machines [$]
Author: Ray Kurzweil
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2000
Pages: 400
Part of the problem with books making predictions about the future is they only have two markets: (1), people who want to read predictions about the future, and (2) [...]
The “Military juntas are bad” edition.
She & Him - [Volume One #10] Got Me
Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan - [Ballad Of Broken Seas #01] Deus Ibi Est
Pineapple Thief - [8 Days #03] Tuesday November 5th
Jellyfish - [Spilt Milk #10] He’s My Best Friend
Ephel Duath - [Pain Necessary To Know #07] Vector
Aeon Spoke - [Above The [...]
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