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Cindy Engel | This is the first book on a fascinating new field in biology -- zoopharmacognosy, or animal self-medication -- and its lessons for humans. When Rachel Carson published SILENT SPRING, few people knew the meaning of the word "ecology." Even fewer people today probably know the meaning of "zoopharmacognosy." But that is a... | Health,Nonfiction,Science,Food and Drink,Food,Outdoors,Wilderness,Environment,Nature | 618071784 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002811.Wild_Health | 288 | 4.34 | 8 | Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn From Them | 70 |
Richard Rogers | Nothing else damages the earth’s environment more than our cities. As the world’s population has grown, our cities have burgeoned, and their impact on the environment worsened. Meanwhile, from the isolated, gated communities within Houston and Los Angeles, to the millions of residents of Bombay living in squalor, t... | Architecture,Cities,Urbanism,Nonfiction,Design,Academic,Cities,Urban Planning | 813335531 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002818.Cities_For_A_Small_Planet | 196 | 4.11 | 10 | Cities For A Small Planet | 170 |
Rick Foster,Greg Hicks | Now featuring new research and the most current information on the science of happiness, this book presents an outline of the nine choices happy people consistently make.,Also included are tools for self-assessment to allow readers to measure happiness-and to find out what might be holding them back from having more of... | Self Help,Nonfiction,Psychology,Self Help,Personal Development,Spirituality | 039952990X | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100284.How_We_Choose_to_Be_Happy | 256 | 4 | 65 | How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People--Their Secrets, Their Stories | 435 |
Jelena Lengold | Izvrstan roman o tri godiÅ¡nja doba u životu jedne savremene BeograÄ‘anke.,Proleće, leto i jesen koji se opisuju u ovom romanu Äine da ova BeograÄ‘anka jasnije nego ikada sagleda sav svoj život, a pogotovu da sagleda sopstvenu svakodnevicu.,U toj svakodnevici ona opaža stalno ponavljanje istih stvari, u ljubavi, t... | European Literature,Serbian Literature | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10028522-baltimor | 128 | 3.98 | 10 | Baltimor | 95 |
Michael Ruse | Creation versus evolution: What seems like a cultural crisis of our day, played out in courtrooms and classrooms across the county, is in fact part of a larger story reaching back through the centuries. The views of both evolutionists and creationists originated as inventions of the Enlightenment - two opposed but clos... | Science,Religion,Biology,Evolution,Nonfiction,History,Science,Biology,Philosophy | 674016874 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002853.The_Evolution_Creation_Struggle | 327 | 3.32 | 8 | The Evolution-Creation Struggle | 57 |
William A. Dembski,Michael Ruse,Paul C.W. Davies,James Barham,John F. Haught,Angus J.L. Menuge,Francisco J. Ayala,Kenneth R. Miller,Elliott Sober,Robert T. Pennock,Stuart A. Kauffman,Bruce H. Weber,David J. Depew,John C. Polkinghorne,Keith Ward,Michael Roberts,Richard Swinburne,Walter L. Bradley,Michael J. Behe,Stephen... | William Dembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide here a comprehensive balanced overview of the debate concerning biological origins--a controversial dialectic since Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. Invariably, the source of controversy has been "design." Is the appearance of design... | Science,Science,Biology,Biology,Evolution,Philosophy,Nonfiction | 521829496 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002854.Debating_Design | 0 | 3.96 | 3 | Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA | 50 |
Angus J.L. Menuge,Michael Ruse | In the first study of its kind, Agents Under Fire defends a robust notion of agency and intentionality against eliminative and naturalistic alternatives, showing the interconnections between the philosophy of mind, theology, and Intelligent Design. Menuge argues that Behe's irreducible complexity is a challenge to redu... | Philosophy,Science,Pseudoscience,Intelligent Design | 742534049 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002855.Agents_Under_Fire | 264 | 4.44 | 0 | Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science | 16 |
Ernie J. Zelinski | Retirement does not have to mean the end of life-in fact it can mean a whole new beginning to the life you never had time to explore. In HOW TO RETIRE HAPPY, WILD, AND FREE, best-selling author Ernie J. Zelinksi shows that the key to enjoying an active and satisfying retirement is dependent on much more than just havin... | Nonfiction,Economics,Finance,Finance,Personal Finance,Self Help,Business,Currency,Money,How To,Reference,Economics,Spirituality | 1580085784 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100285.How_to_Retire_Happy_Wild_and_Free | 256 | 3.75 | 141 | How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor | 1,509 |
Anna Quindlen | From the author of ,Blessings ,and, Still Life with Bread Crumbs,, Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life is the perfect gift for graduation, or any occasion.,“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but p... | Nonfiction,Self Help,Autobiography,Memoir,Inspirational,Writing,Essays,Philosophy,Self Help,Personal Development,Psychology,Spirituality,Adult | 375504613 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100286.A_Short_Guide_to_a_Happy_Life | 50 | 3.95 | 801 | A Short Guide to a Happy Life | 8,138 |
Raffi Cavoukian | Raffi's signature song and the top seller in his ,Songs to Read, series, ,Baby Beluga ,is now available in a quality board book edition perfect for his youngest fans. | Childrens,Picture Books,Childrens,Animals,Music,Poetry,Childrens,Storytime,Fiction,Cultural,Canada,Classics,Kids | 517709775 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002873.Baby_Beluga | 32 | 4.3 | 174 | Baby Beluga | 3,197 |
Sue Carroll | A collection of more than 150 treasured recipes from Cape May, New Jersey'ss most famous inn. For 25 years innkeeper Sue Carroll has been delighting her guests with her delicious breakfast dishes and the sweets and savories that accompany afternoon tea. Perfect for Sunday brunch entertaining, Breakfast at Nine, Tea at ... | null | 1896511082 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002878.Breakfast_at_Nine_Tea_at_Four | 200 | 4.5 | 0 | Breakfast at Nine, Tea at Four: Favorite Recipes from Cape Mays Mainstay Inn | 4 |
Richard Carlson,Wayne W. Dyer | 'Five principles designed to achieve happiness in the here and now reveal the importance of thought, mood, separate realities, feelings, and the present moment in finding bliss now rather than waiting for it.'. | Self Help,Nonfiction,Psychology,Self Help,Personal Development,Inspirational,Health,Philosophy,Reference,Audiobook,Relationships | 1577311108 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100287.You_Can_Be_Happy_No_Matter_What | 165 | 4.12 | 159 | You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective | 1,453 |
Mollie Hunter | About a hundred years ago, they say, a mermaid ruled the cold sea that washed around northern lands. She was beautiful and dangerous, and the fishermen of those parts were careful to speak well of her. All but Eric Anderson, who scorned her very existence—until the day the mermaid smashed his fishing boat against the... | Fantasy,Mythology,Mermaids,Fiction,Childrens,Young Adult,Childrens,Juvenile,Fantasy,Magic | 64403440 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002892.The_Mermaid_Summer | 128 | 3.85 | 38 | The Mermaid Summer | 372 |
Mollie Hunter | Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, led Scotland's rebel army in a thirty-year war against England. Now award-winning author Mollie Hunter tells the story of this legendary king, and of the young man who would become his swift rider and master of espionage. As Scotland's guerrilla campaign gathers bloody momentum, Martin ... | Historical,Historical Fiction,Young Adult,Cultural,Scotland,Historical,Historical,Medieval,Childrens,Childrens,Chapter Books,Fiction,War | 60271868 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002895.The_King_s_Swift_Rider | 241 | 3.68 | 26 | The King's Swift Rider: A Novel on Robert the Bruce | 180 |
Howard Ingham,Matthew McFarland,Peter Schaefer | Heritage of the Exiles , After the Fall of Atlantis, mages wandered as exiles in the wilderness, forced to eke a living without the protection of their grand city. With new eyes, they explored the world they had so long ignored, unhindered by Atlantean creed. They discovered that magic was not born in Atlantis—it had ... | Games,Gaming,Role Playing Games,World Of Darkness,Games,Role Playing Games | 158846430X | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002913.Legacies | 140 | 3.19 | 0 | Legacies: The Ancient | 16 |
Stacy Carlson | In 1842 Phineas T. Barnum is a young man, freshly arrived in New York and still unknown to the world. With uncanny confidence and impeccable timing, he transforms a dusty natural history museum into a great ark for public imagination. Barnum's museum, with its human wonders and extraordinary live animal menagerie, rise... | Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Historical,Literature,19th Century,Literary Fiction,New York,Museology,Museums,Adult,Adult Fiction,Unfinished | 1586421840 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029149-among-the-wonderful | 464 | 3.4 | 84 | Among the Wonderful | 475 |
Joe Penhall | In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service, Blue/Orange premiered at London's Cottesloe Theatre in Apri... | Plays,Plays,Theatre,Drama | 413752704 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002964.Blue_Orange | 128 | 3.74 | 17 | Blue/Orange | 321 |
Askold Krushelnycky | In December 2004, the world watched as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians gathered to defy the results of a transparently rigged presidential election. The charismatic popular candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, had been poisoned and disfigured by his opponents. The security forces threatened violent repression. But the dem... | Cultural,Ukraine,History | 436206234 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002967.An_Orange_Revolution | 368 | 3.75 | 2 | An Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey Through Ukrainian History | 32 |
Jigoro Kano | In 1882 Jigoro Kano (1860-1938) founded Kodokan Judo at Eishoji Temple in Tokyo. It was the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the jujutsu of the past, which he reorganized while taking great care to retain its classical traditions. Historically, martial arts were practiced only by the elite in Japan. Kano, a renown... | Combat,Martial Arts,Philosophy,War,Psychology,Nonfiction,Biography | 4770030150 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002968.Mind_Over_Muscle | 155 | 4.24 | 11 | Mind Over Muscle: Writings from the Founder of Judo | 177 |
Josh Thomas | Jamie Foster has a lot going for him—he’s young, blond and handsome, with an exciting career as a journalist. Then his life falls apart.,Kent Kessler is a winner, too, a good-looking athlete and the youngest sergeant in state police history. Assigned to investigate a Gay murder, he comes up clueless. He teams with ... | Romance,M M Romance,Mystery,Suspense,Mystery,Crime,Contemporary,LGBT,Gay Romance,Gay For You,Romance | 059515686X | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100296.Murder_at_Willow_Slough | 544 | 3.76 | 13 | Murder at Willow Slough | 86 |
Gosho Aoyama,Josef Shanel,Matthias Wissnet | Conan & Co. werden in einem Kaufhaus in ein Bombenattentat verwickelt … Aber dort finden sich auch noch ganz andere Herrschaften ein: Shuichi Akai, Subaru Okiya und auch Gin!! Die Situation ist also in jeder Hinsicht explosiv, wird Conan einen kühlen Kopf bewahren können?! Natürlich wird auch noch der Mordfall um ... | Sequential Art,Manga,Mystery,Sequential Art,Comics,Sequential Art,Komik,Fiction,Manga,Shonen,Mystery,Detective,Young Adult,Comics Manga,Asian Literature,Indonesian Literature | 3770472268 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029726-detektiv-conan-67 | 192 | 4.27 | 20 | Detektiv Conan 67 | 531 |
Brad H. Young | "Jesus the Jewish Theologian "establishes Jesus firmly within the context of first-century Judaism and shows how understanding Jesus' Jewishness is crucial for interpreting the New Testament and for understanding the nature of Christian faith. Insights from Jewish literature, archeology, and tradition help modern reade... | Religion,Theology,Religion,Christianity,Christian,Nonfiction,Religion,Spirituality,Reference,Christianity,New Testament,Religion,Judaism,History | 1565630602 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002979.Jesus_the_Jewish_Theologian | 352 | 4.18 | 20 | Jesus the Jewish Theologian | 193 |
Arthur Kleinman | From the Preface, by Arthur Kleinman:Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture presents a theoretical framework for studying the relationship between medicine, psychiatry, and culture. That framework is principally illustrated by materials gathered in field research in Taiwan and, to a lesser extent, from material... | Anthropology,Health,Health Care,Health,Medicine,Psychology,Nonfiction | 520045114 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002980.Patients_and_Healers_in_the_Context_of_Culture | 448 | 4.24 | 2 | Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: An Exploration of the Borderland between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry | 54 |
Gerda Buxbaum | Now available in an attractively priced flexi edition, this best-selling book is an opulent and absorbing overview of the fashion world throughout the twentieth century. From Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Kenzo to Versace, grunge to haute couture, every period and major name in twentieth-century fashion is included in... | Couture,Fashion,Nonfiction | 3791333127 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002981.Icons_of_Fashion | 192 | 3.81 | 4 | Icons of Fashion: The 20th Century | 79 |
Steven Rosenbaum | Business Leaders Are Buzzing About ,Curation Nation,"An indispensible guide to the brave new media world.", ,--Arianna Huffington, editor in chief, ,the Huffington Post,"Gives me hope for the future of the Information Age. Rosenbaum argues for the growing importance of people--creative, smart, hip--who can spot trends,... | Nonfiction,Business,Computers,Internet,Social Science,Social Media,Museology,Curation | 71760393 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029880-curation-nation | 284 | 3.39 | 30 | Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers Are Creators | 160 |
Sergei Kourdakov | The Persecutor, (alternatively titled ,Forgive Me Natasha, or ,Sergei,; known as ,El Esbirro, in Spanish) is the autobiography of Sergei Kourdakov. It details his early life and life as a KGB agent persecuting Christians in the Soviet Union, as well as his defection to Canada. The first draft of this book was finished ... | Biography,Nonfiction,Christian,History,Cultural,Russia,Religion,Faith,Biography,Autobiography,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography Memoir,Historical | 800781775 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002994.The_Persecutor | 253 | 4.39 | 98 | The Persecutor | 1,174 |
Jean-Paul Sartre | This unique selection presents the essential elements of Sartre's lifework -- organized systematically and made available in one volume for the first time in any language. | Philosophy,Nonfiction | 1400076323 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029.The_Philosophy_of_Jean_Paul_Sartre | 512 | 3.9 | 15 | The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre | 261 |
Sergei I. Gelfand | This modern approach to homological algebra by two leading writers in the field is based on the systematic use of the language and ideas of derived categories and derived functors. It describes relations with standard cohomology theory and provides complete proofs. Coverage also presents basic concepts and results of h... | Science,Mathematics,Mathematics,Algebra | 3540435832 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003009.Methods_of_Homological_Algebra | 372 | 4.5 | 1 | Methods of Homological Algebra | 4 |
Nicene creed | null | Christian | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10030126-the-creeds-of-nicea-constantinople-athanasius-with-extracts-and-remar | 0 | 3.29 | 0 | The creeds of Nicea; Constantinople; Athanasius; with extracts and remarks bearing on the ... | 7 |
Rika Tanaka,Nao Kodaka | Meet Kilala, an ordinary girl who loves all the Disney Princesses. When she awakens a sleeping prince named Rei, she magically gains the power of the princesses! Rei is searching for the missing princess of his world, and has a magical tiara that will lead him to her. But before Kilala can help him find the missing pri... | Sequential Art,Manga,Fantasy,Romance,Sequential Art,Graphic Novels,Sequential Art,Comics,Mythology,Mermaids,Adventure,Manga,Shojo,Fantasy,Magic,Young Adult | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003034.Kilala_Princess_Vol_02 | 208 | 4.03 | 30 | Kilala Princess, Vol. 02 | 397 |
Peter Demetz | Prague is at the core of everything both wonderful and terrible in Western history, but few people truly understand this city's unique culture. In ,Prague in Black and Gold,, Peter Demetz strips away sentimentalities and distortions and shows how Czechs, Germans, Italians, and Jews have lived and worked together for ov... | History,Nonfiction,Travel,History,European History,European Literature,Czech Literature,Geography,Cities,Cultural,Reference,Research,Historical,Unfinished | 809016095 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100303.Prague_in_Black_and_Gold | 432 | 3.6 | 27 | Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City | 254 |
Boris Hurtta | Boris Hurtta on nykyisin tunnetuin suomalainen kauhukirjailija. Hänen todellisuutta lähellä olevat kauhu- ja fantasiatarinansa ovat alan fanzineissa olleet jo 20 vuotta maineikkaita: erilaisia palkintoja on tullut paljon, ja vuosittaisessa Atorox-listassa on joka vuosi ollut mukana vähintään yksi Hurtan tarina. B... | European Literature,Finnish Literature,Fiction,Horror,Short Stories | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10030722-vuoden-pimein-p-iv | 199 | 3.15 | 1 | Vuoden pimein päivä: yön ja hämärän tarinoita | 13 |
Debby Bull | Take a hip writer and a hilarious search for an end to depression, and then toss in some wild huckleberries: you get into a very interesting jam... Its a funny route out of the kind of heartache every person has felt who's had a relationship, no matter how bad, come to a screeching halt. Debby Bull learns not only that... | Autobiography,Memoir,Nonfiction,Food and Drink,Food,Food and Drink,Foodie,Humor,Food and Drink,Cookbooks,Food and Drink,Cooking,Food and Drink,Food Writing | 786862556 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003099.Blue_Jelly | 176 | 3.59 | 68 | Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning | 280 |
Charles L. Harness,Brian W. Aldiss | The Paradox Men is a science-fiction classic of its kind - a full-blooded adventure story of derring-do and distressed damsels, set after the Third Great War when North and South America are united into one country: Imperial America. A slave state run by a small noble elite who flaunt their wealth by using, and abusing... | Science Fiction,Science Fiction,Time Travel,Fiction,Space,Space Opera,Science Fiction Fantasy,Novels,Adventure | 450029964 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003105.The_Paradox_Men | 159 | 3.74 | 29 | The Paradox Men | 316 |
Langenscheidt | Dictionaries in this Universal line are complete, concise, and priced to sell. They are small enough for your pocket or purse, yet comprehensive enough for classroom use or casual conversation. | Reference | 1585734926 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003106.Langenscheidt_Universal_Spanish_Dictionary | 576 | 3.5 | 0 | Langenscheidt Universal Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English / English-Spanish | 2 |
Coco Irvine,Peg Meier | On Christmas Day, 1926, twelve-year-old Clotilde “Coco†Irvine received a blank diary as a present. Coco loved to write—and to get into scrapes—and her new diary gave her the opportunity to explain her side of the messes she created: “I’m in deep trouble through no fault of my own,†her entries frequently... | Nonfiction,History,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Childrens,Biography Memoir,Historical,Young Adult,Teen,Diary | 816673063 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031169-through-no-fault-of-my-own | 104 | 4.04 | 87 | Through No Fault of My Own: A Girl's Diary of Life on Summit Avenue in the Jazz Age | 349 |
Lindsay Buroker | The adventure starts here...,Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a pow... | Fantasy,Science Fiction,Steampunk,Mystery,Fiction,Adventure,Fantasy,Magic,Science Fiction,Romance,Adult,Fantasy,Urban Fantasy | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031259-the-emperor-s-edge | 324 | 4.04 | 1,378 | The Emperor's Edge | 13,185 |
James J. Lorence | In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. James J. Lorence adds significantly t... | History,Labor | 820338761 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031346-the-unemployed-people-s-movement | 328 | 0 | 0 | The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 | 0 |
David S. Barnes | In this first English-language study of popular and scientific responses to tuberculosis in nineteenth-century France, David Barnes provides a much-needed historical perspective on a disease that is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe. Barnes argues that French perceptions of the disease—rangi... | History,Nonfiction | 520087720 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003146.The_Making_of_a_Social_Disease | 0 | 3.67 | 1 | The Making of a Social Disease: Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France | 12 |
Chris Van Allsburg | On a terrifically rainy day, Ben has a dream in which he and his house float by the monuments of the world, half submerged in flood-water. | Childrens,Picture Books,Childrens,Fantasy,Fiction,Science,Geography,Adventure | 395320844 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003181.Ben_s_Dream | 32 | 3.77 | 110 | Ben's Dream | 748 |
Pat Alter,Bernie Alter | Take some Inca, Aztec, Maya, and Moche, mix in Spanish, French, English, Dutch and Danish, stir it to the rhythmic beat of Africa and what do you get? A zesty brew, expressed in a callaloo soup of language, food, music, and religion. So much passion, so much sorrow. What seems familiar in the Americas often is not. For... | null | 1609520017 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031887-peace-corps-at-50 | 352 | 4 | 1 | Peace Corps at 50: Stories of Service in the Americas: I Was There | 11 |
Kathryn Cadenhead Colgrove | The road to nursing success begins here! A complete review of core concepts. More than 2,265 classroom-tested, NCLEX -style questions. (Alternate-item format, too!) Test-taking hints and rationales for correct and incorrect answers. TWO BOOKS IN ONE! Course review now. NCLEX -prep later. Assure your mastery of medical ... | Nurses,Nursing | 803625049 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031978-med-surg-success | 816 | 4.43 | 2 | Med-Surg Success: A Q&A Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking (Davis's Q&a Series) | 89 |
Anton Chekhov | Chekhov's genius lies in the way he manages to convey with such apparent effortlessness a profound sense of the mystery of beauty, and of the sadness of those who observe and think. The narrator of this apparently inconsequential tale fixes on exactly the right details, from a myriad of possible ones, to strike at the ... | Short Stories,Fiction,Cultural,Russia,Literature,Russian Literature,Classics,Literature,Romance,Classics,Classic Literature,Literature,European Literature,Audiobook | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031990-the-beauties | 8 | 3.6 | 97 | The Beauties | 460 |
P.G. Wodehouse,David A. Jasen | null | Humor | 826400124 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003199.The_Eighteen_Carat_Kid_and_Other_Stories | 163 | 3.66 | 6 | The Eighteen-Carat Kid, and Other Stories | 38 |
Jean-Paul Sartre | 'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor--seemingly there for the men's solace--their mental descent is charted in exquisite, often harrowing detail. And as the morning draws inexorably closer, the ... | Philosophy,Fiction,Short Stories,Classics,Cultural,France,European Literature,French Literature,Literature,Novels,Psychology,Literature,20th Century | 184391400X | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031.The_Wall | 183 | 4.08 | 721 | The Wall | 21,435 |
Benny Green | The Reluctant Art,, first published in 1962 and long out-of-print, stands as one of the most important books on the art of jazz. Comprising five studies—of Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker (with the addition of an essay of Art Tatum for this new edition)—Benny Green's... | Music | 306804417 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003209.The_Reluctant_Art | 210 | 4 | 2 | The Reluctant Art | 9 |
John Richardson,James Reaney | Set in the 1760s at the time of Pontiac’s Indian alliance against the British, ,Wacousta, combines elements of revenge tragedy and gothic romance in reconstructing a violent episode in Canadian frontier history. In Major John Richardson’s vivid depiction, Pontiac’s campaign against Fort Detroit is masterminded by... | Fiction,Cultural,Canada,Classics,Literature,Canadian Literature,Literature,Academic,Read For School,Horror,Historical | 771098774 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003221.Wacousta_or_A_Tale_of_the_Canadas | 552 | 2.66 | 15 | Wacousta; or, A Tale of the Canadas | 185 |
Assata Shakur,Angela Y. Davis,Lennox S. Hinds | On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover... | Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Race,History,Feminism,Biography,Autobiography,Politics,Social Movements,Social Justice,Cultural,African American | 1556520743 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100322.Assata | 274 | 4.56 | 1,362 | Assata: An Autobiography | 20,406 |
Brian Azzarello,Rags Morales,Phil Noto | First Wave introduces a new generation to pulp characters of yesteryear through the eyes of Eisner Award winning author Brian Azzarello. Doc Savage, The Spirit and The Bat-Man join forces to stop a secret organization, the Golden Tree, from taking over a world distracted by war. | Sequential Art,Comics,Sequential Art,Graphic Novels,Dc Comics,Batman,Superheroes,Dc Comics,Comics,Comic Book,Pulp,Action,Graphic Novels Comics,Comics,Superheroes,Fiction | 1401231357 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032313-first-wave | 256 | 2.78 | 47 | First Wave | 193 |
Dhoruba Bin Wahad,Assata Shakur,Mumia Abu-Jamal | An essential document of the Black Panther Party written by three leading thinkers and party activists who were jailed following the FBI'S 1969 mandate to destroy the organization "by any means possible.",Still Black, Still Strong, is partly based upon the 1989 videotape Framing The Panthers by producers Chris Bratton ... | Race,Nonfiction,Cultural,African American,Politics,Literature,Black Literature | 936756748 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100323.Still_Black_Still_Strong | 272 | 4.42 | 6 | Still Black, Still Strong: Survivors of the U.S. War Against Black Revolutionaries | 66 |
Lee Baer,Judith L. Rapoport | Six million Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and they know firsthand the often devastating effects it has on their lives. Some symptoms, such as the nagging feeling you have left the stovetop burner on, can be mildly distracting. Yet others, like compulsive hand washing, the inability to throw... | Psychology,Nonfiction,Health,Mental Health,Self Help,Health | 452281776 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003244.Getting_Control | 272 | 3.89 | 5 | Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions | 80 |
Paula Quinn | A LOVER'S PROMISE,Connor Grant left his first love in the Highlands, vowing to return after serving in the king's army. Seven years later, he is still fighting for the crown, and his victories are legendary-both in the battlefield and in the bedroom. Yet he's never forgotten his bonnie lass. And he certainly never expe... | Romance,Historical Romance,Romance,Historical,Historical,Historical Fiction,Cultural,Scotland,Audiobook,Fiction,Historical,Medieval,Adult,Mystery | 446552364 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032561-tamed-by-a-highlander | 383 | 4.07 | 162 | Tamed by a Highlander | 2,754 |
Vanessa Diffenbaugh | The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybo... | Fiction,Romance,Contemporary,Book Club,Adult Fiction,Adult,Womens Fiction,Chick Lit,Audiobook,Realistic Fiction,Novels | 034552554X | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032672-the-language-of-flowers | 323 | 4.08 | 20,157 | The Language of Flowers | 199,905 |
Frank Thomas | During the Spanish Civil War two young Welshmen volunteered to fight for their convictions - but on opposite sides. They had similar backgrounds. The elder, Frank Thomas, had a powerful yearning for military adventure. The younger, Sid Hamm, became a Communist before going to Spain. In April 1937, by now a battle-harde... | Civil War,Spanish Civil War | 750916451 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003268.Brother_Against_Brother | 192 | 4.17 | 1 | Brother Against Brother: Experiences of a British Volunteer in the Spanish Civil War | 12 |
Robert Reed | In ,The Well of Stars,, Hugo award-nominated author Robert Reed has written a stunning sequel to his acclaimed novel ,Marrow,. The Great Ship, so vast that it contains within its depths a planet that lay undiscovered for generations, has cruised through the universe for untold billions of years. After a disastrous expl... | Science Fiction,Space,Space Opera,Fiction,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Novels | 765347644 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100327.The_Well_of_Stars | 448 | 3.84 | 41 | The Well of Stars | 595 |
Michael Juul Holm,Stephanie Rachum,Helle Crenzien | What is color? From Aristotle and Plato through Newton and Goethe to Wittgenstein, philosophers and scientists have worked to understand and categorize color, while artists have made their own efforts to demonstrate its enigmatic logics. This is a book about color, and a book about color and art. Across eight essays an... | null | 8791607817 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032831-color-in-art | 239 | 4.5 | 0 | Color in Art | 2 |
Eugenia Bell,Phil Nicholls | From historic half-timbered pubs opened in the 1600s, to button shops, tea merchants, hatters, and toyshops from the Georgian and Victorian periods and chic specialty shops opened in the twenty-first century, the establishments profiled in ,The Traditional Shops & Restaurants of London, embody the city's spirit and emb... | Travel,European Literature,British Literature,Nonfiction | 1892145952 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032863-the-traditional-shops-and-restaurants-of-london | 304 | 4 | 0 | The Traditional Shops and Restaurants of London: A Guide to Century-Old Establishments and New Classics | 20 |
T. Pines,D.E. Athkins,Judith Bauer Stamper,R.L. Stine,Ellen Emerson White,Patricia Windsor,A. Bates,Jay Bennett,Caroline B. Cooney,Carol Ellis,Diane Hoh,Lael Littke,Christopher Pike,Sinclair Smith | You don't really want to read this ...do you? The masters of horror are waiting to take you on a terrifying ride, and there are 13 stops.,Meet the new guy in town, very handsome, very sexy, and very deadly.,Dine on sweet and wonderfully inviting confections - they're good to the last breath.,Learn that some spells can ... | Horror,Young Adult,Short Stories,Fiction,Anthologies,Young Adult,Teen,Fantasy,Paranormal,Thriller,Mystery,Childrens | 590550810 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003291.Thirteen_Tales_of_Horror | 330 | 3.78 | 95 | Thirteen Tales of Horror | 1,649 |
Robert Reed | In the deepness of space there are millions of worlds like our own - and each with its own humanity. They are linked by the Bright, an ancient pathway between the stars created by an ancient, godlike race known only as the Makers. Now humanity travels the Bright, uniting its worlds to a common desiny. But the Bright ca... | Science Fiction,Science Fiction,Alternate History,Fiction | 1841492558 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100329.Down_the_Bright_Way | 0 | 3.45 | 17 | Down the Bright Way | 218 |
Jean-Paul Sartre,Wade Baskin | A splendid introduction to the philosophy of existentialism.,In ,Essays in Existentialism,, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the leading French exponent of existential philosophy, wrote a book that open many doors to the mind. Sartre challenged his readers to think beyond the meaning of their everyday thoughts and beliefs... | Philosophy,Nonfiction,Writing,Essays,Cultural,France,Literature,Classics | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032.Essays_in_Existentialism | 448 | 4.04 | 22 | Essays in Existentialism | 965 |
Miranda Lee | He doesn't do forever..., British billionaire Warwick Kincaid likes to take risks -- though they don't include marriage and children. Twelve months is his limit when it comes to relationships., Warwick asks beautiful Australian receptionist Amber Roberts to move into his luxury Sydney penthouse, and she dares to hope h... | Romance,Category Romance,Harlequin,Harlequin,Harlequin Presents,Romance,Contemporary Romance,Contemporary,Womens Fiction,Chick Lit,Fiction | 373237537 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033098-not-a-marrying-man | 256 | 3.2 | 35 | Not a Marrying Man | 412 |
Keith Robertson,Robert McCloskey | Henry Reed has another sure-fire money-making plan--but the kids of Grover's Corner have plans of their own,An intelligent person like Henry should have no problem riding herd on the town's toddlers. But Henry's never tangled with such monsters as daredevil Danny, whose stunts keep Henry on his toes--when he's not duck... | Fiction,Childrens,Childrens,Juvenile,Young Adult,Humor,Childrens,Middle Grade | 140341463 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100330.Henry_Reed_s_Babysitting_Service | 206 | 4.08 | 37 | Henry Reed's Babysitting Service | 878 |
Cordwainer Smith | Rod McBan 151st farms 'stroon', the immortality drug, and is the last scion of one of the oldest and most honourable families on Norstrilia, only source of stroon. But he's also a telepathic cripple and faces the ever-present risk of being culled under the government's draconian population laws.,To protect himself, he ... | Science Fiction,Fiction,Speculative Fiction,Science Fiction Fantasy,Fantasy,Space,Space Opera,Novels,Short Stories,United States,Anthologies | 345323009 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003311.Norstrilia | 288 | 4.06 | 133 | Norstrilia | 2,278 |
Diana M. DiNitto | Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, Seventh Edition, "emphasizes the current "political "aspects of policymaking and major social welfare programs, including public assistance, Social Security, disability, health insurance, and much more. The author also focuses on policies that affect issues as racism, sexism,... | Social Science,Social Work,Social Science | 205793843 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033125-social-welfare | 525 | 3.58 | 3 | Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy | 79 |
Sara Craven | Once upon a time and far away, Joanna Vernon found herself as the ultimate prize in a dangerously high-stakes card game. When the last hand had been revealed, the knowing curl of Vassos Gordanis's lip told her he had every intention of claiming his winnings….,Though no setting could be more beautiful than Vassos's pr... | Category Romance,Harlequin,Romance,Harlequin,Harlequin Presents,Romance,Contemporary Romance,Harlequin,Harlequin Romance,Contemporary,Harlequin,Hqn,Sociology,Abuse | 373129920 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033226-the-highest-stakes-of-all | 192 | 3.18 | 60 | The Highest Stakes of All | 339 |
Mack Reynolds | null | Science Fiction,Fiction | 705700666 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003349.Looking_Backward_From_The_Year_2000 | 237 | 3.19 | 8 | Looking Backward, From The Year 2000 | 54 |
Murathan Mungan | İlk kez yayımlandığı 1992'den bu yana birçok yaz mevsimi geçti ama Yaz Geçer'e okurun ilgisi sönmedi, tersine giderek büyüdü. Yaz Geçer, Mungan'ın 1986-1992 yılları arasında yazdığı ve üç alt bölümde topladığı, farklı uzunluklarda 10 şiirden oluşuyor. İşte şairin, "Yaz geçer iyi gelir ... | Poetry,Asian Literature,Turkish Literature,Cultural,Turkish,Literature | null | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033583-yaz-ge-er | 89 | 4.25 | 61 | Yaz Geçer | 1,025 |
Mike Dixon-Kennedy | Few legends have benefited from more retellings and more interpretation than have the tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table How can you find out what you want to know about the characters, the origins, and the events without acquiring an entire bookshelf of volumes? This all-in-one, authoritative A to... | Fantasy,Mythology,Mythology,Arthurian,Nonfiction | 713727039 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100336.Arthurian_Myth_Legend | 304 | 3.94 | 0 | Arthurian Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places | 18 |
Jane Feather | New York Times, bestselling author Jane Feather delights with her second book in this entrancing Georgian trilogy featuring three noble brothers who are offered a preposterous opportunity - a lavish inheritance, but only if they each marry a fallen woman., , ,Perfect for fans of Eloisa James, Liz Carlyle and Stephanie ... | Romance,Historical Romance,Romance,Historical,Historical,Historical Fiction,Historical,Regency,Historical Romance,Regency Romance,Adult,European Literature,British Literature,Fiction,Audiobook | 1439145253 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033916-a-wedding-wager | 447 | 3.45 | 86 | A Wedding Wager | 858 |
Ward Rutherford | Uncover the origins and traditions of this ancient mythology with this new information about pagan Celtic society, the Druids and other mythologies. | History,Fantasy,Mythology,Religion,Nonfiction,Cultural,Ireland,Religion,Paganism | 850305519 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100339.Celtic_Mythology | 160 | 3.4 | 5 | Celtic Mythology: The Nature and Influence of Celtic Myth, from Druidism to Arthurian Legend | 50 |
Jean-Paul Sartre,Hazel E. Barnes,Mary Warnock,Richard Eyre | Being & Nothingness, is without doubt one of the most significant philosophical books of the 20th century. The central work by one of the century's most influential thinkers, it altered the course of western philosophy. Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship w... | Philosophy,Nonfiction,Classics,Cultural,France,Psychology,European Literature,French Literature,Unfinished,Philosophy,Theory,Literature,20th Century,Literature | 415278481 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033.Being_and_Nothingness | 688 | 3.97 | 427 | Being and Nothingness | 27,016 |
Howard Pyle | A rich and engrossing thread of Romance runs through this tale of the motherless son of a valiant robber baron of Medieval Germany. Young Otto, born into a warring household in an age when lawless chiefs were constantly fighting each other or despoiling the caravans of the merchant burghers, is raised in a monastery on... | Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Classics,Childrens,Academic,School,Historical,Medieval,Historical,Adventure,Literature,Fantasy | 486217841 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003404.Otto_of_the_Silver_Hand | 192 | 3.79 | 136 | Otto of the Silver Hand | 2,552 |
Anna Sofia Botkin,Elizabeth Botkin | This book is not another Christian-teenage-girl ''survival guide.''Â So Much More shows how Christian girls can wage war with the world and win. The Botkin sisters focus on how young women can rise above their God-hating culture and change it for the better. Today, countless young ladies face difficult problems and ch... | Nonfiction,Religion,Christianity,Christian,Christian,Christian Living,Religion,Religion,Theology,Parenting,Family,Spirituality,Womens | 975526383 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003406.So_Much_More | 333 | 3.58 | 74 | So Much More | 756 |
Diana Palmer | Can she convince a man to let down his defenses when he's set on guarding his heart?, ,Tall, dark and eligible?, ,That's all that matters to the women of Jacobsville when it comes to handsome and aloof FBI agent Jon Blackhawk. But if it were up to him, he would never settle down. Luckily, Jon has the best gatekeeper: h... | Romance,Romance,Contemporary Romance,Contemporary,Westerns,Fiction,Romance,Romantic Suspense,Mystery,Suspense,Romance,Western Romance,Mystery,Crime | 373775792 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034342-merciless | 304 | 3.94 | 190 | Merciless | 2,344 |
Larry Niven | Bartender Rick Shumann at his Siberian tavern catering to aliens, narrates 26 tales include:,"The Subject Is Closed" - Could AI stop working on life after death because subject solved? ,"Table Manners" - Is Rick hunter or hunted by five Folk aliens? ,"Losing Mars" - Unpublished. Aliens on Mars angry humans forget their... | Science Fiction,Short Stories,Fiction,Anthologies,Science Fiction,Aliens,Audiobook,Science Fiction Fantasy,Speculative Fiction,Fantasy,Humor | 765347717 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100343.The_Draco_Tavern | 316 | 3.89 | 160 | The Draco Tavern | 2,233 |
Blu Greenberg | The Queen of Sheba comes to Jerusalem to test King Solomon's wisdom. The king answers all her questions and reveals the splendor of his realm in this epic love story for children. Based on Biblical, Rabbinic and Ethiopian sources. | null | 943706904 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003445.King_Solomon_And_The_Queen_Of_Sheba | 0 | 3.95 | 3 | King Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba | 21 |
Larry Niven | Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission: save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before...,Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and arou... | Science Fiction,Fiction,Space,Space Opera,Science Fiction Fantasy,Space,Novels,Science Fiction,Aliens,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Speculative Fiction,Audiobook | 345353129 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100344.Protector | 224 | 4.07 | 252 | Protector | 9,596 |
Robert I. Simon,Liza H. Gold | The new, second edition of this comprehensive text boasts coverage that is both expanded and reconfigured to focus on the most critical topics and the most up-to-date approaches in forensic psychiatry. The first edition rapidly became the gold standard in this maturing discipline because it was the first textbook desig... | Medicine,Psychiatry | 1585623784 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034640-the-american-psychiatric-publishing-textbook-of-forensic-psychiatry | 702 | 4.25 | 0 | The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry | 4 |
Colin Dexter | Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book recounting a sensational murder case that took place in Oxford 100 years earlier. Convinced that the two men hanged for the crime were innocent, Morse sets out from the confines of his bed to prove it. | Mystery,Mystery,Crime,Fiction,Mystery,Detective,European Literature,British Literature,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Mystery,Murder Mystery,Thriller,Novels,Contemporary | 330370308 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003488.The_Wench_is_Dead | 256 | 3.95 | 214 | The Wench is Dead | 3,738 |
Merlin Coverley | Psychogeography. Increasingly this term is used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from key lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean? This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Situationist Movement of the 1950s, exp... | Nonfiction,Philosophy,Psychology,Cities,Urbanism,Philosophy,Theory,Cities,Urban Studies,Art,Politics,Travel,Walking,Sociology | 1904048617 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003489.Psychogeography | 160 | 3.35 | 70 | Psychogeography | 562 |
Clive Gifford | In today's chaotic information environment, it is a challenge to find organized, comprehensive, yet concise geopolitical information designed especially for student research. This fully-updated edition of the award-winning ,The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia, by Clive Gifford is a meticulously researched and visuall... | Science,Geography,Reference,Science | 753465752 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034955-the-kingfisher-geography-encyclopedia | 496 | 4.45 | 8 | The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia | 31 |
Fulton J. Sheen | One of the greatest and best-loved spokesmen for the Catholic Faith here sets out the Church's beautiful understanding of marriage in his trademark clear and entertaining style. Frankly and charitably, Sheen presents the causes of and solutions to common marital crises, and tells touching real-life stories of people wh... | Christianity,Catholic,Marriage,Religion,Theology,Religion,Religion,Faith,Nonfiction,Spirituality,Christian,Religion,Christianity,Relationships | 933932871 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034956-three-to-get-married | 216 | 4.59 | 58 | Three to Get Married | 696 |
Jean-Paul Sartre | Set in France during the days immediately before World War II, this is the story of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy obsessed with the idea of freedom. Translated from the French by Eric Sutton. | Philosophy,Fiction,Classics,Cultural,France,Literature,European Literature,French Literature,Novels,Literature,20th Century,Nobel Prize,Literary Fiction | 679738959 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034.The_Age_of_Reason | 416 | 3.98 | 583 | The Age of Reason | 12,660 |
Wang Ping | Life interpreted, written, and emulated in the style of the Tao, spiced with experiences of NYC. | Poetry | 1566890683 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003507.Of_Flesh_Spirit | 104 | 4.12 | 6 | Of Flesh & Spirit | 60 |
Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling,Thomas T. Thomas,Jerry Pournelle | Between wars, an odd assortment of human and Kzin characters search for a hidden treasure -- which is not what it seems. Elsewhere, Kzin and humans seek a weapon too horrible to use... | Science Fiction,Fiction,Short Stories,Anthologies,War,Science Fiction,Aliens,Science Fiction,Military Science Fiction,Science Fiction Fantasy,Space,Space Opera,Space | 671721372 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100350.Man_Kzin_Wars_V | 331 | 3.77 | 6 | Man-Kzin Wars V | 1,005 |
Joy Hoffman,Darlene Zimmerman | 17 new designs featuring "Tri-Recs" and "Tri-Mate" Tools. | Crafts,Quilting | 1881588300 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10035102-quilts-to-come-home-to | 80 | 3 | 0 | Quilts to Come Home To | 1 |
Larry Niven | In the free-fall environment of the Smoke Ring, the descendants of the crew of the ,Discipline, no longer remembered their Earth roots -- or the existence of Sharls Davis Kendy, the computer-program despot of the ship. Until Kendy initiated contact once more.,Fourteen years later, only Jeffer, the Citizens Tree Scienti... | Science Fiction,Fiction,Science Fiction Fantasy,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Fantasy,Audiobook,Space,Novels,Literature,American,Biology,Evolution | 345302575 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100351.The_Smoke_Ring | 323 | 3.78 | 85 | The Smoke Ring | 3,463 |
Nicolas Freeling | A Van der Valk Thriller - Winner of the Crime Writer's Award and the Grand Prix de Roman Policier. Police Inspector Piet Van der Valk becomes involved in an extraordinary case when he crosses the path of a pretty daughter of a famous dead conductor. This terse crime thriller follows Van der Valk on an exhilarating ride... | Mystery,Mystery,Crime,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,European Literature,British Literature,Mystery,Detective,Fiction | 394752309 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003523.Gun_Before_Butter | 249 | 3.77 | 22 | Gun Before Butter | 127 |
Cyril Hare | When an anonymous letter arrives for Mr Justice Barber, the High Court judge, warning of imminent revenge, he dismisses it as the work of a harmless lunatic. ,But then a second letter appears, followed by a poisoned box of the judge's favourite chocolates, and he begins to fear for his life. | Mystery,Fiction,Mystery,Crime,European Literature,British Literature,Historical,Historical Fiction,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Mystery,Golden Age Mystery,Classics,Mystery,Whodunit,Adult | 330377388 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003527.Tragedy_at_Law | 0 | 3.8 | 68 | Tragedy at Law | 527 |
Joseph Gies,Frances Gies | Life in a Medieval City, evokes every aspect of city life in the Middle Ages by depicting in detail what it was like to live in a prosperous city of Northwest Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The time is A.D. 1250 and the city is Troyes, capital of the county of Champagne and site of two of the cycle Cha... | History,Nonfiction,Historical,Medieval,History,Medieval History,Historical,Reference,Research,History,European History,Reference,Cultural,France,Geography,Cities | 60908807 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100352.Life_in_a_Medieval_City | 274 | 3.82 | 165 | Life in a Medieval City | 3,257 |
David A. Jasen,Trebor Jay Tichenor | "A work for all time . . . (with) a tremendous amount of historical information which has never been published. . . . It will be the standard text and reference work in the ragtime field." — ,Rag Times.,This well-known, highly praised book is the definitive history of ragtime music and its composers. Both authors are... | Nonfiction,Music | 486259226 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003534.Rags_and_Ragtime | 384 | 4.33 | 1 | Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History | 9 |
Edwin Benson | A look at life in the Middle Ages. | History,Nonfiction,History,Medieval History,Historical,Medieval | 1600960642 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100353.Life_in_a_Medieval_City | 108 | 3.45 | 11 | Life in a Medieval City | 42 |
Frances Gies,Joseph Gies | A Vivid, Detailed Account of Birth, Marriage and Death; Food, Clothing and Housing; Love and Labor in the Middle Ages,Daily Life in Medieval Times is a fully-illustrated edition of the classic and popular books of history and anthropology by Frances and Joseph Gies - Life in a Medieval Castle, Life in a Medieval City a... | History,Nonfiction,Historical,Medieval,Reference,History,Medieval History,Reference,Research,Historical | 1579120695 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100358.Daily_Life_in_Medieval_Times | 320 | 4.01 | 19 | Daily Life in Medieval Times | 167 |
Larry Niven,Rick Sternbach | Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy...,Becalmed in hell,Howie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic!,Wait it out,He was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen!,The borderland of Sol,F... | Science Fiction,Fiction,Short Stories,Space,Space Opera,Anthologies,Science Fiction Fantasy,Anthologies,Collections,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Science Fiction,Aliens,Novels | 345334698 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100359.Tales_of_Known_Space | 240 | 4.18 | 63 | Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven | 5,754 |
Jean-Paul Sartre,Forrest Williams,Robert Kirkpatrick | First published in France in 1937, this important essay marked a turning point in Sartre's philosophical development. Before writing it, he had been closely allied with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. Here, however, Sartre attacked Husserl's notion of a transcendental ego. The break with Husserl, in tur... | Philosophy,Psychology,Nonfiction,Cultural,France,European Literature,French Literature,Philosophy,Theory,Academic,School,Writing,Essays | 809015455 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10035.The_Transcendence_of_the_Ego | 120 | 3.82 | 57 | The Transcendence of the Ego: An Existentialist Theory of Consciousness | 860 |
Patricia Wentworth | The two Miss Pilgrims, Columba and Janette, think its unwise to leave their fine ancestral home, Pilgrim's Rest. When their brother suffers a fatal fall only days after talking about selling it, and his son, barely escapes two near-fatal accidents, they suspect it deadly to leave. Surely, Miss Silver can determine why ... | Mystery,Fiction,European Literature,British Literature,Mystery,Cozy Mystery,Mystery,Crime,Historical,Historical Fiction,Mystery,Golden Age Mystery,Romance,Classics,Thriller,Mystery Thriller | 61044024 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003604.Pilgrim_s_Rest | 279 | 3.91 | 81 | Pilgrim's Rest | 988 |
Norman C. Fassett,Olive S. Thomson | null | Reference,Field Guides,Nonfiction | 299067548 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003632.Spring_Flora_of_Wisconsin | 424 | 4 | 0 | Spring Flora of Wisconsin: A Manual of Plants Growing without Cultivation and Flowering Before June 15 | 10 |
June Thomson | Exploring the friendship of the inscrutable sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his redoubtable companion, Doctor Watson -- a bond that survived forty-six years -- this scrupulously researched biography constructs the fascinating story of their relationship, for the most part from evidence in the massive canon of Arthur Conan D... | Biography,Nonfiction,Mystery,Crime,Mystery,Literature,19th Century,European Literature,British Literature | 786708271 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003634.Holmes_and_Watson | 288 | 3.73 | 16 | Holmes and Watson | 107 |
Tony Gaddis | Tony Gaddis's accessible, step-by-step presentation helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and the C++ programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the "h... | Textbooks,Computer Science,Programming,Science,Computer Science,Nonfiction,Academic,School,Computer Science,Software,Reference | 132576252 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/10036354-starting-out-with-c | 1,248 | 3.99 | 10 | Starting Out with C++: From Control Structures Through Objects | 159 |
Larry Niven,Tom Clancy | On an L.A. talk show Arthur C. Clarke was once asked to name his favorite writer. His answer was "Larry Niven." Countless others agree. ,The Baltimore Sun ,and ,Kirkus Reviews, have both dubbed Niven "the premier writer of hard SF," and Gregory Benford has hailed him as "the paradigm of SF personality of the last sever... | Science Fiction,Fiction,Short Stories,Anthologies,Fantasy,Anthologies,Collections,Space,Science Fiction Fantasy,Speculative Fiction,Writing,Essays | 812510011 | https://goodreads.com/book/show/100363.N_Space | 693 | 3.93 | 40 | N-Space | 2,548 |
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