Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley
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What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region...
The Rock Garden Plant Primer: Easy, Small Plants for Containers, Patios, and the Open Garden
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It's not necessary to have a traditional rock garden to enjoy rock garden plants. In fact, these...
Weather Wise: Reading Weather Signs
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Weather Wise is a highly practical, lively and very accessible guide to weather phenomena for anyone...
AHarvey (1 KP) rated Burned (Burned, #1) in Books
Jul 5, 2018
I loved that I could not only relate to the character on her views on religion, sex, gender roles, and romance, but, also the fact that the author never makes light of the abuse or sexualization of women in this novel.
This leaves you pondering what you would do in Pattyn's place. I couldn't help but root for her despite her turning into a cold stone killer at the end of the novel.
This gives you a better understanding of people in abusive relationships and how it affects those associated with it. It not only showcases different levels of abuse (whether it's sexual, verbal, or physical) but also shows you the raw painful aftermath that the abuse victims face.
This book was brilliantly written and I recommend this to anyone who can stomach it's horrific content of abuse.
The Neutron's Long Shadow: Legacies of Nuclear Explosives Production in the Manhattan Project
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The intellectual adventure of developing the atomic bomb at Los Alamos has been well documented, but...
A Darker Domain
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Val McDermid, creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, mixes fact with fiction, dealing with one of the...
Los Alamos
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'Brilliantly captures the burgeoning Cold War paranoia' Observer Elegantly written and deftly...
The Spy Who Came in from the Co-Op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage
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On September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman...
Their Trade is Treachery: The Full, Unexpurgated Truth About the Russian Penetration of the World's Secret Defences
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Harry Chapman Pincher is regarded as one of the finest investigative reporters of the twentieth...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2055 KP) rated Rogue Lawyer in Books
Aug 11, 2018
The book is really more of a character study with several cases taking the foreground at various points. It reads like these stories were originally published separately and brought together for this book, although I haven’t researched to know if that is true or not. The ending definitely leaves things open for more books. My issue is that I had a hard time liking many of the characters and found myself actively rooting for Sebastian to lose some of his cases. The fact that all the cops were over the top corrupt didn’t help any at all. Plus Sebastian came across as a knock off of Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller character, and that certainly didn’t help matters at all since I love Mickey.