The Order of Things: Archaeology of the Human Sciences
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When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what...
The Bard in Brief: Shakespeare in Quotations
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Widely acknowledged to be the greatest dramatist in the English language, William Shakespeare is...
The Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know About the All-There-is
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From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe...
Camino Island
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A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s...
Eternal Life: A Novel
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Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can't die. Her recent troubles--widowhood, a failing business,...
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To Die in Spring
Shaun Whiteside and Ralf Rothmann
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'[To Die in Spring] holds its own against [Günter] Grass and [Erich Maria] Remarque; it is an...
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Bystanders
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Legacies of violence and tragedy haunt these thirteen stunning stories from Tara Laskowski, author...
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The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane: A Novel
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When fiery and idealistic Kitty O’Kane escapes the crushing poverty of Dublin’s tenements,...
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No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
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Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five,...
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Things Bright and Beautiful
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A lyrical and suspenseful debut novel from an exciting and darkly comic new voice in literary...
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