Chris's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:27:25 -0800 60 Chris's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Secret Fiord 8116752 191 Geoffrey Trease Chris 0 to-read 4.13 1949 The Secret Fiord
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]]> <![CDATA[Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1]]> 325785 Capital, one of Marx's major and most influential works, was the product of thirty years close study of the capitalist mode of production in England, the most advanced industrial society of his day. This new translation of Volume One, the only volume to be completed and edited by Marx himself, avoids some of the mistakes that have marred earlier versions and seeks to do justice to the literary qualities of the work. The introduction is by Ernest Mandel, author of Late Capitalism, one of the only comprehensive attempts to develop the theoretical legacy of Capital.]]> 1152 Karl Marx 0140445684 Chris 5 4.28 1867 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
author: Karl Marx
name: Chris
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1867
rating: 5
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]]> Cryptonomicon 816 Cryptonomicon zooms all over the world, careening conspiratorially back and forth between two time periods—World War II and the present. Our 1940s heroes are the brilliant mathematician Lawrence Waterhouse, crypt analyst extraordinaire, and gung-ho, morphine-addicted marine Bobby Shaftoe. They're part of Detachment 2702, an Allied group trying to break Axis communication codes while simultaneously preventing the enemy from figuring out that their codes have been broken. Their job boils down to layer upon layer of deception. Dr. Alan Turing is also a member of 2702, and he explains the unit's strange workings to Waterhouse. "When we want to sink a convoy, we send out an observation plane first... Of course, to observe is not its real duty—we already know exactly where the convoy is. Its real duty is to be observed... Then, when we come round and sink them, the Germans will not find it suspicious."

All of this secrecy resonates in the present-day story line, in which the grandchildren of the WWII heroes—inimitable programming geek Randy Waterhouse and the lovely and powerful Amy Shaftoe—team up to help create an offshore data haven in Southeast Asia and maybe uncover some gold once destined for Nazi coffers. To top off the paranoiac tone of the book, the mysterious Enoch Root, key member of Detachment 2702 and the Societas Eruditorum, pops up with an unbreakable encryption scheme left over from WWII to befuddle the 1990s protagonists with conspiratorial ties.]]> 1152 Neal Stephenson Chris 4 4.24 1999 Cryptonomicon
author: Neal Stephenson
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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It's uneven, but the best chapters, such as "Organ", are astonishing.
]]> Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4) 13661
Once, when they were young, they helped each other at a time of darkness and danger and shared an adventure like no other. Now they must join forces again, to help another in need -- the physically and emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed.]]> 281 Ursula K. Le Guin 1416509631 Chris 3 4.03 1990 Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Chris
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1990
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 1)]]> 45277 (back cover)]]> 456 Neal Stephenson 0060833165 Chris 5 4.15 2003 Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 1)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> A Simple Heart 269894 A Simple Heart, also published as A Simple Soul.

In A Simple Heart, the poignant story that inspired Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot, Felicite, a French housemaid, approaches a lifetime of servitude with human-scaled but angelic aplomb. No other author has imparted so much beauty and integrity to so modest an existence. Flaubert's "great saint" endures loss after loss by embracing the rich, true rhythms of life: the comfort of domesticity, the solace of the Church, and the depth of memory. This novella showcases Flaubert's perfectly honed realism: a delicate counterpoint of daily events with their psychological repercussions.]]> 68 Gustave Flaubert 0811213188 Chris 5 3.60 1877 A Simple Heart
author: Gustave Flaubert
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average rating: 3.60
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"In church, she always gazed at the Holy Ghost, and noticed that there was something about it that resembled a parrot."
]]> <![CDATA[The Call of Cthulhu and Other Tales]]> 25795202 252 H.P. Lovecraft Chris 4 3.77 1928 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Tales
author: H.P. Lovecraft
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average rating: 3.77
book published: 1928
rating: 4
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]]> The Colour Out of Space 10129880 H.P. Lovecraft was perhaps the greatest twentieth century practitioner of the horror story, introducing to the genre a new evil, monstrous, pervasive and unconquerable. At the heart of these three stories are terrors unthinkable and strange: a crash-landing meteorite, the wretched inhabitant of an ancient castle and a grave-robber's curse. This book includes "The Colour Out Of Space", "The Outsider" and "The Hound".]]> 78 H.P. Lovecraft 0141196106 Chris 0 4.09 1927 The Colour Out of Space
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1927
rating: 0
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]]> Snow Crash 40651883 Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous� you'll recognize it immediately.]]> 559 Neal Stephenson Chris 5 4.02 1992 Snow Crash
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> Das Unheimliche 21541756
Esta edição, que comemora os 100 anos da primeira publicação de "Das Unheimliche" com uma edição bilĂ­ngue e anotada do texto de Freud, traz tambĂ©m uma tradução inĂ©dita do conto "O Homem da Areia", de E. T. A. Hoffmann, obra ficcional que mostrou a Freud a especificidade de um mecanismo psĂ­quico bastante frequente, uma sensação ligada Ă  angĂșstia e ao horror, que experimentamos como algo ao mesmo tempo muito longe e muito perto de nĂłs, muito estranho e muito familiar, muito inquietante e muito prĂłximo. Para completar o volume, vĂĄrios ensaios de renomados especialistas em psicanĂĄlise, literatura, estĂ©tica e tradução comentam aspectos essenciais da obra: Christian Dunker, Ernani Chaves, Gilson Iannini, Guilherme Massara Rocha, Pedro Heliodoro Tavares e Romero.]]> 38 Sigmund Freud 1496150988 Chris 2 3.64 1919 Das Unheimliche
author: Sigmund Freud
name: Chris
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1919
rating: 2
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]]> North of Capricorn 2887070
Caroline had been abandoned as a child, but when a house was left to her in her father's will, she went to north Queensland to claim her inheritance.

She didn't even know she had a past, let alone a questionable one.

But Kiall Stirling knew otherwise. In his eyes, Caroline had been tarred with the same brush as her mother, whose only crime it seemed, was in loving a man...]]> 192 Margaret Way 0373024762 Chris 0 to-read 2.96 1981 North of Capricorn
author: Margaret Way
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average rating: 2.96
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3)]]> 19103097 The stunning conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy

Quentin Coldwater has lost everything. He has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams that he once ruled. Everything he had fought so hard for, not to mention his closest friends, is sealed away in a land Quentin may never again visit. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But he can’t hide from his past, and it’s not long before it comes looking for him. Meanwhile, the magical barriers that keep Fillory safe are failing, and barbarians from the north have invaded. Eliot and Janet, the rulers of Fillory, embark on a final quest to save their beloved world, only to discover a situation far more complex—and far more dire—than anyone had envisioned.

Along with Plum, a brilliant young magician with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. His new life takes him back to old haunts, like Antarctica and the Neitherlands, and old friends he thought were lost forever. He uncovers buried secrets and hidden evils and ultimately the key to a sorcerous masterwork, a spell that could create a magical utopia. But all roads lead back to Fillory, where Quentin must face his fears and put things right or die trying.

The Magician’s Land is an intricate and fantastical thriller, and an epic of love and redemption that brings the Magicians trilogy to a magnificent conclusion, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy. It’s the story of a boy becoming a man, an apprentice becoming a master, and a broken land finally becoming whole.]]> 402 Lev Grossman Chris 5 4.14 2014 The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3)
author: Lev Grossman
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Gender Queer: A Memoir 42837514 Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.]]> 240 Maia Kobabe 1549304003 Chris 4 4.25 2019 Gender Queer: A Memoir
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.25
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)]]> 10079321
Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they’d hoped. As they struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, they rely on Julia’s illicitly learned sorcery to fight a sinister threat in a world unlike the fantasy novels of their youth.]]> 432 Lev Grossman 043402080X Chris 5 3.91 2011 The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)]]> 6101718
Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he’s still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the craft of modern sorcery.

He also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. Something is missing, though. Magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would. After graduation he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin’s fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined. His childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth at its heart.

At once psychologically piercing and magnificently absorbing, The Magicians boldly moves into uncharted literary territory, imagining magic as practiced by real people, with their capricious desires and volatile emotions. Lev Grossman creates an utterly original world in which good and evil aren’t black and white, love and sex aren’t simple or innocent, and power comes at a terrible price.]]> 402 Lev Grossman 0670020559 Chris 5 3.53 2009 The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
author: Lev Grossman
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average rating: 3.53
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rating: 5
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]]> Zodiac 825 308 Neal Stephenson 0553573861 Chris 2 3.72 1988 Zodiac
author: Neal Stephenson
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average rating: 3.72
book published: 1988
rating: 2
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]]> The Nineties 58082714 The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about the sin of trying too hard, during the greatest shift in human consciousness of any decade in American history.

It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader. In the beginning, almost every name and address was listed in a phone book, and everyone answered their landlines because you didn't know who it was. By the end, exposing someone's address was an act of emotional violence, and nobody picked up their new cell phone if they didn't know who it was. The '90s brought about a revolution in the human condition we're still groping to understand. Happily, Chuck Klosterman is more than up to the job.

Beyond epiphenomena like Cop Killer and Titanic and Zima, there were wholesale shifts in how society was perceived: the rise of the internet, pre-9/11 politics, and the paradoxical belief that nothing was more humiliating than trying too hard. Pop culture accelerated without the aid of a machine that remembered everything, generating an odd comfort in never being certain about anything. On a '90s Thursday night, more people watched any random episode of Seinfeld than the finale of Game of Thrones. But nobody thought that was important; if you missed it, you simply missed it. It was the last era that held to the idea of a true, hegemonic mainstream before it all began to fracture, whether you found a home in it or defined yourself against it.

In The Nineties, Chuck Klosterman makes a home in all of it: the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan. In perhaps no other book ever written would a sentence like, "The video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was not more consequential than the reunification of Germany" make complete sense. Chuck Klosterman has written a multi-dimensional masterpiece, a work of synthesis so smart and delightful that future historians might well refer to this entire period as Klostermanian.]]> 370 Chuck Klosterman 0735217955 Chris 3 3.86 2022 The Nineties
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average rating: 3.86
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rating: 3
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]]> Codex 243145 348 Lev Grossman 015602859X Chris 4 3.02 2004 Codex
author: Lev Grossman
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average rating: 3.02
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> Anathem 2845024
Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fraas and suurs prepare to venture beyond the concent's gates—at the same time opening them wide to welcome the curious "extras" in. During his first Apert as a fraa, Erasmas eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn't seen since he was "collected." But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change.

Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros—a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose—as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster. Suddenly burdened with a staggering responsibility, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world—as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.]]> 937 Neal Stephenson 0061474096 Chris 4 4.16 2008 Anathem
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch]]> 54785536 The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.

The story begins in 1618, in the German duchy of WĂŒrttemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman Empire. In the small town of Leonberg, Katharina Kepler is accused of being a witch.

Katharina is an illiterate widow, known by her neighbors for her herbal remedies and the success of her children, including her eldest, Johannes, who is the Imperial Mathematician and renowned author of the laws of planetary motion. It's enough to make anyone jealous, and Katharina has done herself no favors by being out and about and in everyone's business.

So when the deranged and insipid Ursula Reinbold (or as Katharina calls her, the Werewolf) accuses Katharina of offering her a bitter, witchy drink that has made her ill, Katharina is in trouble. Her scientist son must turn his attention from the music of the spheres to the job of defending his mother. Facing the threat of financial ruin, torture, and even execution, Katharina tells her side of the story to her friend and next-door neighbor Simon, a reclusive widower imperiled by his own secrets.

Drawing on real historical documents but infused with the intensity of imagination, sly humor, and intellectual fire for which Rivka Galchen is known, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch will both provoke and entertain. The story of how a community becomes implicated in collective aggression and hysterical fear is a tale for our time. Galchen's bold new novel touchingly illuminates a society and a family undone by superstition, the state, and the mortal convulsions of history.]]> 275 Rivka Galchen 0374280460 Chris 0 to-read 3.36 2021 Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
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average rating: 3.36
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]]> <![CDATA[Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives]]> 2255 217 Dan Millman 1932073205 Chris 4 4.13 1980 Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
author: Dan Millman
name: Chris
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1980
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil]]> 12042848
Timothy Mitchell begins with the history of coal power to tell a radical new story about the rise of democracy. Coal was a source of energy so open to disruption that oligarchies in the West became vulnerable for the first time to mass demands for democracy. In the mid-twentieth century, however, the development of cheap and abundant energy from oil, most notably from the Middle East, offered a means to reduce this vulnerability to democratic pressures. The abundance of oil made it possible for the first time in history to reorganize political life around the management of something now called “the economyâ€� and the promise of its infinite growth. The politics of the West became dependent on an undemocratic Middle East.

In the twenty-first century, the oil-based forms of modern democratic politics have become unsustainable. Foreign intervention and military rule are faltering in the Middle East, while governments everywhere appear incapable of addressing the crises that threaten to end the age of carbon democracy—the disappearance of cheap energy and the carbon-fuelled collapse of the ecological order.

In making the production of energy the central force shaping the democratic age, Carbon Democracy rethinks the history of energy, the politics of nature, the theory of democracy, and the place of the Middle East in our common world.]]> 278 Timothy Mitchell 1844677451 Chris 0 4.11 Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
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]]> The Anubis Gates 142296
Caught up in the intrigue between rival bands of beggars, pursued by Egyptian sorcerers, and befriended by Coleridge, Doyle somehow survives and learns more about the mysterious Ashbless than he could ever have imagined possible...]]> 387 Tim Powers 0441004016 Chris 5 3.93 1983 The Anubis Gates
author: Tim Powers
name: Chris
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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]]> The Dreams in the Witch House 13278166
The story follows Walter Gilman, who takes a room in the Witch House, an accursed house in Arkham, Lovecraft's fictional New England town. The house once harbored Keziah Mason, a witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem jail in 1692. Gilman discovers that over the centuries most of its occupants have died prematurely. In his dreams while at the house, Gilman travels to the city of Elder Things and communes with the evil witch and her henchmen.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Chris 4 3.75 1933 The Dreams in the Witch House
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name: Chris
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1933
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)]]> 215492
Now the man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn’t help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed her thoroughly detestable husband to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally agreed to grant her a divorce?

Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926; 4) The Big Four, 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928; 6) Peril at End House, 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders, 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; 13) Cards on the Table, 1936; 14) Dumb Witness, 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile, 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play, Black Coffee, 1930, and two collections of short stories, Poirot Investigates, 1924, and Murder in the Mews, 1937. Each novel, play and short story has its own entry on Ć·±ŠÓéÀÖ.]]> 219 Agatha Christie 0002314576 Chris 1 3.94 1933 Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Chris
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1933
rating: 1
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]]> The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 11275
In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in a netherworld that lies beneath the placid surface of Tokyo. As these searches intersect, Okada encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists: a psychic prostitute; a malevolent yet mediagenic politician; a cheerfully morbid sixteen-year-old-girl; and an aging war veteran who has been permanently changed by the hideous things he witnessed during Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria.

Gripping, prophetic, suffused with comedy and menace, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a tour de force equal in scope to the masterpieces of Mishima and Pynchon.]]> 607 Haruki Murakami 0965341984 Chris 3 4.16 1994 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Chris
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> Deep Wizardry 18394154 ]]> Diane Duane Chris 0 to-read 4.20 1985 Deep Wizardry
author: Diane Duane
name: Chris
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1985
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]]> The Shadow over Innsmouth 13175692
Innsmouth is a dilapidated seaside town with secrets as a hybrid race of half-human and half-amphibian creatures worship the gods of Cthulhu and Dagon�

Written in 1931, and published by the Visionary Publishing Company some five years later.]]> 158 H.P. Lovecraft 1450562795 Chris 4 4.14 1936 The Shadow over Innsmouth
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.14
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)]]> 823 Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.

It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe--London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds--risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox.

And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance.

A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life, Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time.

And it's just the beginning...

(back cover)

This P.S. edition includes 16 pages of supplementary materials.

Cover design by Richard L. Aquan
Cover illustration from the Mary Evans Picture Library; painting of Great Fire of London on stepback]]> 927 Neal Stephenson Chris 5 3.91 2003 Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How a Chinese Poem is Translated]]> 235926 53 Eliot Weinberger 0918825148 Chris 5 4.21 1987 Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How a Chinese Poem is Translated
author: Eliot Weinberger
name: Chris
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Confusion, Part II (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2, Book 2)]]> 1745057 Neal Stephenson 0060833238 Chris 5 4.46 2012 The Confusion, Part II (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2, Book 2)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Solomon's Gold (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 1)]]> 2017 448 Neal Stephenson 0060895284 Chris 5 4.34 2004 Solomon's Gold (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 1)
author: Neal Stephenson
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average rating: 4.34
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Currency (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 2)]]> 227968 This is the middle third of the volume originally published as The System of the World.]]> 448 Neal Stephenson 0060895357 Chris 5 4.40 2003 Currency (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 2)
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average rating: 4.40
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3)]]> 116257 The System of the World, the third and concluding volume of Neal Stephenson's shelf-bending Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver and The Confusion), brings the epic historical saga to its thrilling - and truly awe-inspiring - conclusion.

Set in the early 18th century and featuring a diverse cast of characters that includes alchemists, philosophers, mathematicians, spies, thieves, pirates, and royalty, The System of the World follows Daniel Waterhouse, an unassuming philosopher and confidant to some of the most brilliant minds of the age, as he returns to England to try and repair the rift between geniuses Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. After reluctantly leaving his family in Boston, Waterhouse arrives in England and is almost killed by a mysterious Infernal Device. Having been away from the war-decimated country for two decades, Waterhouse quickly learns that although many things have changed, there is still violent revolution simmering just beneath the surface of seemingly civilized society. With Queen Anne deathly ill and Tories and Whigs jostling for political supremacy, Waterhouse and Newton vow to figure out who is trying to kill certain scientists and decipher the riddle behind the legend of King Solomon's gold, a mythical hoard of precious metal with miraculous properties.

Arguably one of the most ambitious -- and most researched -- stories ever written, Stephenson's Baroque Cycle is set in one of the most turbulent and exciting times in human history. Filled with wild adventure, political intrigue, social upheaval, civilization-changing discoveries, cabalistic mysticism, and even a little romance, this massive saga is worth its weight in (Solomon's) gold.
Paul Goat Allen]]> 908 Neal Stephenson 0060750863 Chris 5 4.33 2004 The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Odalisque (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 3)]]> 829 464 Neal Stephenson Chris 5 4.22 2005 Odalisque (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 3)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2019/03/21
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]]> <![CDATA[The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 3)]]> 459504
The Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson's award-winning series, spans the late 17th and early 18th centuries, combining history, adventure, science, invention, piracy, and alchemy into one sweeping tale. It is a gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive historical epic populated by the likes of Isaac Newton, William of Orange, Benjamin Franklin, and King Louis XIV, along with some of the most inventive literary characters in modern fiction.

Audible's complete and unabridged presentation of The Baroque Cycle was produced in cooperation with Neal Stephenson. Each volume includes an exclusive introduction read by the author.]]> 368 Neal Stephenson 0060895535 Chris 5 4.46 The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 3)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.46
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rating: 5
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]]> The Whisperer in Darkness 33515572 76 H.P. Lovecraft 1541183053 Chris 0 3.92 1931 The Whisperer in Darkness
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Chris
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1931
rating: 0
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]]> The Dunwich Horror and Others 63213
ix · H.P. Lovecraft and His Work · August Derleth · in
10 · In the Vault · ss The Tryout Nov â€�25; Weird Tales Apr â€�32
19 · Pickman’s Model · ss Weird Tales Oct â€�27
33 · The Rats in the Walls · ss Weird Tales Mar â€�24
53 · The Outsider · ss Weird Tales Apr â€�26
60 · The Colour Out of Space · nv Amazing Sep â€�27
89 · The Music of Erich Zann · ss The National Amateur Mar â€�22; Weird Tales Nov â€�34
98 · The Haunter of the Dark · nv Weird Tales Dec â€�36
121 · The Picture in the House · ss The National Amateur Jul â€�19; Weird Tales Mar â€�37
130 · The Call of Cthulhu [Inspector Legrasse] · nv Weird Tales Feb â€�28
160 · The Dunwich Horror · nv Weird Tales Apr â€�29
203 · Cool Air · ss Tales of Magic and Mystery Mar â€�28; Weird Tales Jul â€�27
212 · The Whisperer in Darkness · na Weird Tales Aug â€�31
278 · The Terrible Old Man · vi The Tryout Jul â€�20; Weird Tales Aug â€�26
281 · The Thing on the Door-step · nv Weird Tales Jan â€�37
308 · The Shadow Over Innsmouth · na Visionary Press: Everett, PA, 1936; Weird Tales Jan â€�42
370 · The Shadow Out of Time · na Astounding Jun â€�36]]> 433 H.P. Lovecraft 0870540378 Chris 0 4.26 1929 The Dunwich Horror and Others
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Chris
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1929
rating: 0
read at: 2020/05/23
date added: 2020/05/24
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]]> <![CDATA[Stories of Your Life and Others]]> 223380 ]]> 281 Ted Chiang 0330426648 Chris 3 4.28 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others
author: Ted Chiang
name: Chris
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 2020/02/16
date added: 2020/05/13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)]]> 2921082
Book includes game cards which the reader may use to play an online version of the treasure hunt.]]> 220 Rick Riordan 0545060397 Chris 3 3.86 2008 The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Chris
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Heidegger Explained: From Phenomenon to Thing (Ideas Explained)]]> 314930 Heidegger Explained is the clearest exposition of Heidegger yet written. It describes his controversial life and career, his relations with contemporaries, the evolution of his thought, and the pathways of his influence.

]]> 192 Graham Harman 0812696174 Chris 4 4.01 2007 Heidegger Explained: From Phenomenon to Thing (Ideas Explained)
author: Graham Harman
name: Chris
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)]]> 233093 Have a ball with Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat in this classic picture book...but don't forget to clean up your mess!

Then he said That is that.
And then he was gone
With a tip of his hat.

A dreary day turns into a wild romp when this beloved story introduces readers to the Cat in the Hat and his troublemaking friends, Thing 1 and Thing 2 � And don't forget Fish! A favorite among kids, parents and teachers, this story uses simple words and basic rhyme to encourage and delight beginning readers.

Originally created by Dr. Seuss himself, Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read. These unjacketed hardcover early readers encourage children to read all on their own, using simple words and illustrations. Smaller than the classic large format Seuss picture books like The Lorax and Oh, The Places You'll Go!, these portable packages are perfect for practicing readers ages 3-7, and lucky parents too!]]> 61 Dr. Seuss 039480001X Chris 5 4.19 1957 The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Chris
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1957
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects]]> 314953 256 Graham Harman 0812694449 Chris 4 3.52 2002 Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects
author: Graham Harman
name: Chris
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> Sein und Zeit 372763
Dreißig Jahre nach dem Tod Martin Heideggers (1889-1976) wird sein epochemachendes Hauptwerk ĂŒber den Sinn des Seins nun neu gesetzt aufgelegt, um das Werk seinen zahlreichen Leserinnen und Lesern in aller Welt wieder in einem ansprechenden Druck zu pĂ€rsentieren.

Diese 19. Auflage ist textidentisch, zeilen- und seitengleich mit den zuletzt unverÀnderten Nachdrucken der 15. anhand der Gesamtausgabe durchgesehenen Auflage mit den Randbemerkungen aus dem Handexemplar des Autors im Anhang.]]> 458 Martin Heidegger 3484701536 Chris 4 4.17 1927 Sein und Zeit
author: Martin Heidegger
name: Chris
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1927
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)]]> 13667 259 Ursula K. Le Guin 141650964X Chris 5 4.13 1972 The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Chris
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1972
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)]]> 13662
Then a wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombsâ€� greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Tenar’s duty is to protect the Ring, but Ged possesses the light of magic and tales of a world that Tenar has never known. Will Tenar risk everything to escape from the darkness that has become her domain?]]> 180 Ursula K. Le Guin 0689845367 Chris 5 4.12 1971 The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Chris
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1971
rating: 5
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]]> Varjak Paw (Varjak Paw #1) 52862
With wonderful integrated illustrations from acclaimed comic book artist Dave McKean, this book will appeal to all ages.

From the hardcover edition.]]> 256 S.F. Said 0440420768 Chris 4 4.14 2003 Varjak Paw (Varjak Paw #1)
author: S.F. Said
name: Chris
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)]]> 13642
Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.]]> 183 Ursula K. Le Guin Chris 5 4.02 1968 A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Chris
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1968
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin]]> 12390008
Tracing conservatism back to its roots in the reaction against the French Revolution, Robin argues that the right is fundamentally inspired by a hostility to emancipating the lower orders. Some conservatives endorse the free market, others oppose it. Some criticize the state, others celebrate it. Underlying these differences is the impulse to defend power and privilege against movements demanding freedom and equality.

Despite their opposition to these movements, conservatives favor a dynamic conception of politics and society--one that involves self-transformation, violence, and war. They are also highly adaptive to new challenges and circumstances. This partiality to violence and capacity for reinvention has been critical to their success.

Written by a keen, highly regarded observer of the contemporary political scene, The Reactionary Mind ranges widely, from Edmund Burke to Antonin Scalia, from John C. Calhoun to Ayn Rand. It advances the notion that all rightwing ideologies, from the eighteenth century through today, are historical improvisations on a theme: the felt experience of having power, seeing it threatened, and trying to win it back.]]> 290 Corey Robin 0199793743 Chris 4 3.92 2011 The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
author: Corey Robin
name: Chris
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[ESV Gospel of John (Paperback, Cross Design)]]> 18955452 Gospel of John has always been one of the most-read books of the Bible, and this special paperback edition makes it easy to share with others. It includes a short gospel presentation, the ESV text of the Gospel of John, and favorite verses from this Bible book.

Features:


Size: 4" x 6" 10-point type 80 pages Black letter text Gospel presentation]]> 84 Anonymous 1433544199 Chris 4 4.74 1611 ESV Gospel of John (Paperback, Cross Design)
author: Anonymous
name: Chris
average rating: 4.74
book published: 1611
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing]]> 13406933 336 Neal Stephenson 0062024434 Chris 3 3.71 1994 Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal]]> 43120234 224 Jeff Kinney 141974027X Chris 3 3.93 2019 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> Ming Ling (Serendipity) 746064 32 Stephen Cosgrove 0843139226 Chris 4 4.02 1978 Ming Ling (Serendipity)
author: Stephen Cosgrove
name: Chris
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1978
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love]]> 13525945
Not only is the clichĂ© flawed—preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work—but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping.

After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving what they do. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers.

Matching your job to a preexisting passion does not matter, he reveals. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.

With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love.

So Good They Can't Ignore You will change the way we think about our careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.]]> 288 Cal Newport 1455509108 Chris 2 4.05 2012 So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
author: Cal Newport
name: Chris
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2012
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #13)]]> 39304888
It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighborhood meltdown. When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes? Or will they even survive to see another day?]]> 218 Jeff Kinney 1419727435 Chris 0 4.25 2018 The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #13)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Phaedrus (Penguin Classics) 1328 Phaedrus is a dialogue between the philosopher Socrates and his young friend Phaedrus, inspired by their reading of a clumsy speech by the writer Lysias about love. After first considering the virtues of romantic love, their conversation develops into a wide-ranging discussion on such subjects as the pursuit of beauty, the nature of humanity, the immortality of the soul and the attainment of truth, and ends with an in-depth consideration of the principles of rhetoric. Probably a work of Plato’s maturity, the Phaedrus represents a high point in his achievement as a writer. It remains a fascinating exploration of love, mortality, destiny and what it means to be human.]]> 90 Plato 0140449744 Chris 4 3.81 -370 Phaedrus (Penguin Classics)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #9)]]> 21535019 217 Jeff Kinney 141971189X Chris 0 4.30 2014 The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #9)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World]]> 25744928 One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way.

In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four "rules," for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.

A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories-from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air-and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.]]> 296 Cal Newport 1455586692 Chris 3 4.16 2016 Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
author: Cal Newport
name: Chris
average rating: 4.16
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #8)]]> 17733898 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8, the latest installment in the #1 bestselling series by Jeff Kinney and one of the most anticipated books of 2013. A global phenomenon, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has more than 85 million books in print around the world.

Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?]]> 217 Jeff Kinney 1419711326 Chris 0 4.26 2013 Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #8)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #7)]]> 13563669 Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley?

A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation.

An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Rowley the odd man out. But a lot can happen in one night, and in the end, you never know who's going to be lucky in love.

]]> 224 Jeff Kinney 1419705849 Chris 4 4.19 2012 The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #7)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #6)]]> 11254250 224 Jeff Kinney 1419702238 Chris 3 4.23 2011 Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #6)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #5)]]> 7823678
Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older—all without his best friend, Rowley, at his side. Can Greg make it through on his own? Or will he have to face the “ugly truthâ€�?]]> 217 Jeff Kinney 0810984911 Chris 4 4.18 2010 The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #5)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #4)]]> 6578293 Ìę
Greg, a self-confessed "indoor person,â€� is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg’s mom has a different vision for an ideal summer . . . one packed with outdoor activities and "family togetherness.â€�
Ìę
Whose vision will win out? Or will a new addition to the Heffley family change everything?]]> 218 Jeff Kinney 0810983915 Chris 4 4.17 2009 Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #4)
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.17
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #3)]]> 3293821 218 Jeff Kinney 0810970686 Chris 4 4.14 2009 The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #3)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #2)]]> 1809465 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling book!

Secrets have a way of getting out, especially when a diary is involved.

Whatever you do, don’t ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn’t want to talk about it.

As Greg enters the new school year, he’s eager to put the past three months behind him . . . and one event in particular.

Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother, Rodrick, knows all about the incident Greg wants to keep under wraps. But secrets have a way of getting out . . . especially when a diary is involved.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules chronicles Greg’s attempts to navigate the hazards of middle school, impress the girls, steer clear of the school talent show, and most important, keep his secret safe.]]> 226 Jeff Kinney 0810994739 Chris 4 4.16 2008 Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #2)
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)]]> 389627 In the first book of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, introduces us to Greg Heffley: an unforgettable, unlikely hero that every family can relate to.

Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg. He finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. Greg is happy to have Rowley Jefferson, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.

The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. But as Greg says: “Just don’t expect me to be all “Dear Diaryâ€� this and “Dear Diaryâ€� that.â€�

Luckily for us, what Greg Heffley says he won’t do and what he actually does are two very different things.]]> 226 Jeff Kinney 0810993139 Chris 4 3.98 2007 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
author: Jeff Kinney
name: Chris
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2007
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]]> Nightwood 53101
The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction—there is Guido Volkbein, the Wandering Jew and son of a self-proclaimed baron; Robin Vote, the American expatriate who marries him and then engages in a series of affairs, first with Nora Flood and then with Jenny Petherbridge, driving all of her lovers to distraction with her passion for wandering alone in the night; and there is Dr. Matthew-Mighty-Grain-of-Salt-Dante-O'Connor, a transvestite and ostensible gynecologist, whose digressive speeches brim with fury, keen insights, and surprising allusions.

Barnes' depiction of these characters and their relationships (Nora says, "A man is another person—a woman is yourself, caught as you turn in panic; on her mouth you kiss your own") has made the novel a landmark of feminist and lesbian literature. Most striking of all is Barnes' unparalleled stylistic innovation, which led T. S. Eliot to proclaim the book "so good a novel that only sensibilities trained on poetry can wholly appreciate it."

Now with a new preface by Jeanette Winterson, Nightwood still crackles with the same electric charge it had on its first publication in 1936.]]> 182 Djuna Barnes 0811216713 Chris 0 to-read 3.66 1936 Nightwood
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average rating: 3.66
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]]> <![CDATA[The Confusion, Part I (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2, Book 1)]]> 227967 608 Neal Stephenson 006083322X Chris 0 4.45 2004 The Confusion, Part I (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2, Book 1)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2004
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]]> <![CDATA[The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2)]]> 822 815 Neal Stephenson 0060733357 Chris 5 4.26 2004 The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Intimate Communion: Awakening Your Sexual Essence]]> 32884 270 David Deida 155874374X Chris 0 4.07 1995 Intimate Communion: Awakening Your Sexual Essence
author: David Deida
name: Chris
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Entering the Tao: Master Ni's Guidance for Self-Cultivation]]> 658279
Master Ni emphasizes that it is important first to establish a good understanding of basic spiritual principles and then begin to realize this wisdom in daily life by adopting practices and attitudes that help to conserve, nourish, and refine the subtle energy. Among the topics he discusses in short, accessible passages are:

ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Basic spiritual self-protection
ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Self-reliance
ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Emotional balance
ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Do's and don'ts for a healthy, natural lifestyle
ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Sleeping and dreaming
ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Diet
ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Love, sex and marriage
ÌęÌęÌę‱Ì� Meditations and invocations from the Taoist tradition]]> 158 Hua-Ching Ni 1570621616 Chris 0 4.00 1997 Entering the Tao: Master Ni's Guidance for Self-Cultivation
author: Hua-Ching Ni
name: Chris
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1997
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]]> Wonder (Wonder, #1) 11387515 I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others.]]> 315 R.J. Palacio 0375869026 Chris 3 4.34 2012 Wonder (Wonder, #1)
author: R.J. Palacio
name: Chris
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> Bullshit Jobs: A Theory 34466958 From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.â€� It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.

There are millions of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.

Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation.]]> 335 David Graeber 150114331X Chris 4 4.03 2018 Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
author: David Graeber
name: Chris
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[King of the Vagabonds (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 2)]]> 2016 --back cover]]> 400 Neal Stephenson 0060833173 Chris 5 4.20 2004 King of the Vagabonds (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 2)
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Chris
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 35031085 This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847.

Mary Shelley's seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster.

This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.]]> 260 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 0143131842 Chris 5 4.02 1818 Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1818
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump's Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired--and Inaugurated]]> 41150511 A Rosetta Stone for understanding Donald Trump's style, mindset, and every action, made up of over one hundred interviews with his closest associates and adversaries over the last 15 years.

To his critics, Donald Trump is an impulsive, undisciplined crackpot who accidentally lucked into the presidency. But in The Method to the Madness, reporters Allen Salkin and Aaron Short reveal that nothing could be further from the truth. This objective, nonpartisan oral history shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launched what many considered to be a joke candidacy in 1999.

Between 2000 and 2015, when he announced his candidacy in the lobby of Trump Tower, he was able to identify an unserved political constituency, hone a persuasive message that appealed to their needs, and deliver it effectively, despite intense media opposition.

Through candid conversations with more than 100 subjects close to the President, Salkin and Short make the case that Donald Trump’s ostensibly erratic approach to politics is consistent with his carefully honed personal and professional style of information gathering, opinion seed-planting, and conclusion sharing. His business, media, and political dealings from this era serve as a guide for understanding the man, his mindset, and his every action.

The Method to the Madness is an accessible and unbiased oral history that brings readers into the private rooms where decisions are made, confidences are broken, strong words fly, and not all eye-witnesses see the same scene in quite the same way. Full of scoops both large and small, this is the first book to bring Trump, the politician, into focus.]]> 352 Allen Salkin 1250202809 Chris 0 to-read 3.46 The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump's Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired--and Inaugurated
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]]> Xenofeminism (Theory Redux) 36749497
These questions are addressed in this bold new book by Helen Hester, a founding member of the 'Laboria Cuboniks' collective that developed the acclaimed manifesto ' A Politics for Alienation'. Hester develops a three-part definition of xenofeminism grounded in the ideas of technomaterialism, anti-naturalism, and gender abolitionism. She elaborates these ideas in relation to assistive reproductive technologies and interrogates the relationship between reproduction and futurity, while steering clear of a problematic anti-natalism. Finally, she examines what xenofeminist technologies might look like in practice, using the history of one specific device to argue for a future-oriented gender politics that can facilitate alternative models of reproduction.

Challenging and iconoclastic, this visionary book is the essential guide to one of the most exciting intellectual trends in contemporary feminism.]]> 169 Helen Hester 1509520635 Chris 0 3.82 2018 Xenofeminism (Theory Redux)
author: Helen Hester
name: Chris
average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[Gospel of Thomas: Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations)]]> 19309654 The recently discovered mystical sayings of Jesus, with facing-page commentary that brings the text to life for you.

"The Gospel of Thomas really is, I believe, the clearest guide we have to the vision of the world's supreme mystical revolutionary, the teacher known as Jesus. To those who learn to unpack its sometimes cryptic sayings, the Gospel of Thomas offers a naked and dazzlingly subversive representation of Jesus defining and most radical discovery: that the living Kingdom of God burns in us and surrounds us at all moments."
from the Foreword by Andrew Harvey

This ancient text can become a companion for your own spiritual journey. In 1945, twelve ancient books were found inside a sealed jar at the base of an Egyptian cliff. One of those texts was the Gospel of Thomas, one of the most important religious archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century. While illuminating the origins of Christianity, it raises the question whether the New Testament s version of Jesus teachings is entirely accurate and complete.

Written at the same time as the canonical Gospels, the Gospel of Thomas portrays Jesus as a wisdom-loving sage. The aphoristic sayings emphasize the value of the present, teaching that the Kingdom of God is here and now, rather than a future promise or future threat. It presents a new way of looking at the challenging and intriguing figure of Jesus, and reminds us that the Divine can be found right here on earth.

Now you can experience the Gospel of Thomas with understanding even if you have no previous knowledge of early Christian history or thought. This SkyLight Illuminations edition offers insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that explains references and philosophical terms, shares the inspiring interpretations of famous spiritual teachers, and gives you deeper understanding of Thomas s innovative message: that self-knowledge and contemplation of the nature of this world are the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.

"]]> 139 Stevan L. Davies 1594733562 Chris 5 4.10 Gospel of Thomas: Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (Catwings, #3)]]> 305666 Jane meets a new friend in this third book in legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin’s bestselling Catwings chapter book series, now with a new look!

Fluffy, orange Alexander is the oldest, biggest, loudest, and strongest of all the Furby kittens. Everyone in his family thinks he’s so remarkable that they call him “Wonderful Alexanderâ€� and spoil him to pieces. But one morning, when Alexander bravely sets out to explore the world on his own, he finds himself stuck in a tree and unable to get down. It’s up to Jane, the youngest of the Catwings, to rescue him! Now if only Alexander could do something wonderful for her in return
]]> 48 Ursula K. Le Guin 0439551919 Chris 4 4.17 1994 Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (Catwings, #3)
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right]]> 34858587 Kill All Normies explores some of the cultural genealogies and past parallels of these styles and subcultures, drawing from transgressive styles of 60s libertinism and conservative movements, to make the case for a rejection of the perpetual cultural turn.]]> 136 Angela Nagle 1785355449 Chris 3 3.41 2017 Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
author: Angela Nagle
name: Chris
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains]]> 9778945 Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply?

Now, Carr expands his argument into the most compelling exploration of the Internet’s intellectual and cultural consequences yet published. As he describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by “tools of the mind”—from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer—Carr interweaves a fascinating account of recent discoveries in neuroscience by such pioneers as Michael Merzenich and Eric Kandel. Our brains, the historical and scientific evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways.

Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic—a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. He explains how the printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In stark contrast, the Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Its ethic is that of the industrialist, an ethic of speed and efficiency, of optimized production and consumption—and now the Net is remaking us in its own image. We are becoming ever more adept at scanning and skimming, but what we are losing is our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection.

Part intellectual history, part popular science, and part cultural criticism, The Shallows sparkles with memorable vignettes—Friedrich Nietzsche wrestling with a typewriter, Sigmund Freud dissecting the brains of sea creatures, Nathaniel Hawthorne contemplating the thunderous approach of a steam locomotive—even as it plumbs profound questions about the state of our modern psyche. This is a book that will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.]]> 280 Nicholas Carr 0393339750 Chris 3 3.90 2010 The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
author: Nicholas Carr
name: Chris
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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]]> MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 17262203
Told with wit, dizzying imagination, and dark humour, Booker Prize-winning Margaret Atwood’s unpredictable, chilling and hilarious MaddAddam takes us further into a challenging dystopian world and holds up a skewed mirror to our own possible future.]]> 394 Margaret Atwood 0385528787 Chris 4 4.00 2013 MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Chris
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)]]> 6080337
Have others survived? Ren's bioartist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers, survivors of the mutual-elimination Painball prison? Not to mention the shadowy, corrupt policing force of the ruling powers...

Meanwhile, gene-spliced life forms are proliferating: the lion/lamb blends, the Mo'hair sheep with human hair, the pigs with human brain tissue. As Adam One and his intrepid hemp-clad band make their way through this strange new world, Ren and Toby will have to decide on their next move. They can't stay locked away...

By turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful, and uneasily hilarious, The Year of the Flood is Atwood at her most brilliant and inventive.]]> 431 Margaret Atwood 0385528779 Chris 4 4.06 2009 The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Chris
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Lewis Barnavelt, #1)]]> 295801 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780142402573

When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watching magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard. It seems that Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls—a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!]]> 180 John Bellairs Chris 4 3.76 1973 The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Lewis Barnavelt, #1)
author: John Bellairs
name: Chris
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1973
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)]]> 20518872 472 Liu Cixin Chris 0 to-read 4.08 2006 The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
author: Liu Cixin
name: Chris
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)]]> 8935689
Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.]]> 467 Iain M. Banks 1857231384 Chris 0 to-read 3.86 1987 Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
author: Iain M. Banks
name: Chris
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1987
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]]> <![CDATA[Common English Bible Acts of the Apostles]]> 17406503 62 Luke the Evangelist 1609261194 Chris 3 4.62 90 Common English Bible Acts of the Apostles
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.62
book published: 90
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bible, King James Version, Book 45; Romans]]> 10937718 Book 6 of the New Testament. 174 Paul the Apostle 1153694832 Chris 0 4.70 58 The Bible, King James Version, Book 45; Romans
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.70
book published: 58
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]]> <![CDATA[The Third Epistle of John (The Holy Bible #64), NASB]]> 36634191 1 John the Apostle Chris 0 4.61 2015 The Third Epistle of John (The Holy Bible #64), NASB
author: John the Apostle
name: Chris
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[2 Peter (King James Bible, #61)]]> 17190161 3 Peter the Apostle Chris 0 4.60 110 2 Peter (King James Bible, #61)
author: Peter the Apostle
name: Chris
average rating: 4.60
book published: 110
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]]> <![CDATA[Spy for George Washington (Choose Your Own Adventure, #48)]]> 178614 Book by Jay Leibold 128 Jay Leibold 0553251341 Chris 0 3.48 1985 Spy for George Washington (Choose Your Own Adventure, #48)
author: Jay Leibold
name: Chris
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Third Planet from Altair (Choose Your Own Adventure, #7)]]> 191062 117 Edward Packard 0553231855 Chris 0 3.74 1979 The Third Planet from Altair (Choose Your Own Adventure, #7)
author: Edward Packard
name: Chris
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1979
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Das Kunstwerk Im Zeitalter Seiner Technischen Reproduzierbarkeit]]> 1421796 Suhrkamp Studienbibliothek ist ideal als erste Orientierung fĂŒr Theorieeinsteiger und schafft eine fundierte Grundlage fĂŒr LektĂŒrekurse an Schulen und UniversitĂ€ten.

In informativer und leicht lesbarer Form erschließen die von renommierten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern stammenden Kommentare den historischen und theoretischen Hintergrund der Werke. Alle nötigen Informationen sind in kompakter und ĂŒbersichtlicher Weise gebĂŒndelt.]]> 254 Walter Benjamin 351827001X Chris 5 4.06 1936 Das Kunstwerk Im Zeitalter Seiner Technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
author: Walter Benjamin
name: Chris
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1936
rating: 5
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]]> Emil und die drei Zwillinge 63471
Erich KÀstner erzÀhlt hier die ebenso spannende wie unterhaltsame Fortsetzung von Emil und die Detektive.]]> 175 Erich KÀstner 3791530135 Chris 2 3.74 1934 Emil und die drei Zwillinge
author: Erich KĂ€stner
name: Chris
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1934
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)]]> 46756 Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey–with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake–through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.]]> 389 Margaret Atwood Chris 4 4.01 2003 Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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name: Chris
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> The Painted Word 2671 112 Tom Wolfe 0553380656 Chris 3 3.84 1975 The Painted Word
author: Tom Wolfe
name: Chris
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1975
rating: 3
read at: 2018/04/22
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]]> October (BFI Film Classics) 1640040 97 Richard Taylor 0851709168 Chris 3 4.12 2002 October (BFI Film Classics)
author: Richard Taylor
name: Chris
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Introducing Levi-Strauss and Structural Anthropology]]> 654663 176 Boris Wiseman 1840461470 Chris 3 3.66 1997 Introducing Levi-Strauss and Structural Anthropology
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name: Chris
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Introducing Barthes (Icon Introducing)]]> 16513 176 Philip Thody 1840467169 Chris 3 3.50 1997 Introducing Barthes (Icon Introducing)
author: Philip Thody
name: Chris
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> The Death of the Author 11289919 "we know that to restore to writing its future, we must reverse its myth: the birth of the reader must be ransomed by the death of the Author."

'The Death of the Author' is a 1967 essay by the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes. Barthes's essay argues against traditional literary criticism's practice of incorporating the intentions and biographical context of an author in an interpretation of a text, and instead argues that writing and creator are unrelated.

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician. Barthes' ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, design theory, anthropology, and post-structuralism.]]> 7 Roland Barthes Chris 3 3.91 1967 The Death of the Author
author: Roland Barthes
name: Chris
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1967
rating: 3
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