abhishek 's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:47:13 -0800 60 abhishek 's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World]]> 35820369 Noch immer haftet den Dinosauriern das Image der schwerf?lligen, primitiven Monster an, die zu gro? waren, um zu ¨¹berleben. Doch bevor sie von der Erdoberfl?che verschwanden, beherrschten die faszinierenden Giganten ¨¹ber 150 Millionen Jahre lang unseren Planeten. Modernste Technologien und spektakul?re Funde erlauben nun neue Einblicke in ihre Erfolgsgeschichte.?
Steve Brusatte, einer der f¨¹hrenden Pal?ontologen der Welt, f¨¹hrt uns anschaulich durch das untergegangene Reich der Dinosaurier. Lebendig erz?hlt er ihre Geschichte von den ersten Rieseneidechsen bis zum Aussterben. Dabei gibt er spannende Einblicke in seine Forschung und berichtet von spektakul?ren Ausgrabungen, etwa von Fleischfressern, die sogar gr??er waren als der Tyrannosaurus rex.

]]> 404 Steve Brusatte 0062490427 abhishek 5 4.24 2018 The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling]]> 37786022 368 Matthew Dicks 1608685489 abhishek 5 4.23 2018 Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
author: Matthew Dicks
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[We Have Always Lived in the Castle]]> 89724 Shirley Jackson¡¯s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family¡¯s dark secret

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.]]> 152 Shirley Jackson 0143039970 abhishek 5 3.93 1962 We Have Always Lived in the Castle
author: Shirley Jackson
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 1962
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]]> Hellblazer: The Family Man 3429820

V FOR VENDETTA illustrator David Lloyd provides painted artwork for the tale of an encounter with a strange woman who is the embodiment of the world's horrors. This volume also features some of Constantine's earliest adventures including his first victory in the long war with the demon Nergal.

Collects Hellblazer #23-24 and #28-33.

]]> 208 Jamie Delano 1401219640 abhishek 5 4.16 2008 Hellblazer: The Family Man
author: Jamie Delano
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> In the Miso Soup 17810
From postmodern Renaissance man Ryu Murakami, master of the psycho-thriller and director of Tokyo Decadence, comes this shocking, hair-raising roller-coaster ride through the nefarious neon-lit world of Tokyo¡¯s sex industry.]]> 217 Ry¨± Murakami 014303569X abhishek 5 3.62 1997 In the Miso Soup
author: Ry¨± Murakami
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average rating: 3.62
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> Old Cowboys Never Die 61431889
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE CRIME DOESN¡¯T PAY . . . UNTIL IT DOES.

From the bestselling masters of the classic western comes a blazing new series that proves that old cowboys only get wiser, bolder¡ªand crazier¡ªwith age. . . .

They say you can¡¯t teach an old dog new tricks. But old cowboys? That¡¯s a different story¡ªespecially when those cowboys are trail-hardened cattlemen like Casey Tubbs and Levi Doolin. When these longtime buddies learn that their bosses are getting out of the beef business, they figure it¡¯s probably time to retire anyway. Nothing left to do now but deliver the last two-thousand cows to Abilene and collect their pay. There¡¯s just one problem. Their bosses¡¯ lawyer is skipping town with all the workers¡¯ cash¡ªwhich means Tubbs and Doolin have one last job to do. . . .

Steal it back.

Sure, pulling off a robbery is a new challenge for these old boys. But they¡¯ve learned a lot of tricks over the years¡ªand they¡¯re one hell of a team. There¡¯s just one catch: once they pull off the perfect crime¡ªand get away with it¡ªTubbs and Doolin start thinking they may have missed their calling in life. This could be the start of a whole new career . . . as outlaws.

So begins the wild, wild story of two old cowboys who are one step ahead of the law¡ªand the young U.S. marshal who¡¯s determined to catch them. . . .]]> 304 William W. Johnstone 1496739922 abhishek 5 3.75 Old Cowboys Never Die
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]]> <![CDATA[Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art]]> 48890486
There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.

Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren't found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of Sao Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe.

Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is.

Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.]]> 280 James Nestor 0735213615 abhishek 5 4.13 2020 Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
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]]> The Art of Being 25492 144 Erich Fromm 0826406734 abhishek 5 4.07 1989 The Art of Being
author: Erich Fromm
name: abhishek
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> A Night to Remember 61834 A Night to Remember remains the definitive, classic tale of the sinking of the Titanic. Walter Lord interviewed more than sixty survivors before committing their searingly vivid recollections to his minute-by-minute account of the Titanic's fatal collision and the experiences of both passengers and crew under pressure of the unthinkable: the swift plummet into icy waters of the ship promised never to sink.

With a new introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory, this fiftieth-anniversary edition of Walter Lord's classic brings the drama of that night back to life. As Philbrick concludes in his introduction: "From first to last, A Night to Remember is about the people who briefly inhabited the Titanic, and never again will an author have the opportunity to speak to so many of them. In this most essential way, Lord's book can never be outdone, making A Night to Remember the ultimate survivors' tale."]]> 182 Walter Lord 0805077642 abhishek 5 4.07 1955 A Night to Remember
author: Walter Lord
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 1955
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2)]]> 54812 Streets of Laredo is classic Texas and Western literature at its finest.

Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker. This long chase leads them across the last wild stretches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.]]> 547 Larry McMurtry 0684857537 abhishek 4 4.03 1993 Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2)
author: Larry McMurtry
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)]]> 8686068
When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated. Nothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crime...]]> 298 Keigo Higashino 0312375069 abhishek 4 4.16 2005 The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
author: Keigo Higashino
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> Congo 7672
Ten thousand miles away, Karen Ross, the Congo Project Supervisor, watches a gruesome video transmission of the aftermath: a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside dead bodies ¡ª all motionless except for one moving image ¡ª a grainy, dark, man-shaped blur.

In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, a gorilla with an extraordinary vocabulary of 620 ¡°signs,¡± the most ever learned by a primate, and she likes to fingerpaint. But recently, her behavior has been erratic and her drawings match, with stunning accuracy, the brittle pages of a Portuguese print dating back to 1642 . . . a drawing of an ancient lost city. A new expedition ¡ª along with Amy ¡ª is sent into the Congo where they enter a secret world, and the only way out may be through a horrifying death ¡­
source: michaelcrichton.com]]> 442 Michael Crichton 0060541830 abhishek 3 3.63 1980 Congo
author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 3.63
book published: 1980
rating: 3
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]]> Audition 3392668
Of the thousands who apply, Aoyama only has eyes for Yamasaki Asami, a young, beautiful, delicate and talented ballerina with a turbulent past. But there is more to her than Aoyama, blinded by his infatuation, can see, and by the time he discovers the terrifying truth it may be too late¡­

Ryu Murakami delivers his most subtle and disturbing novel yet, confirming him as Japan¡¯s master of the psycho-thriller.]]> 208 Ry¨± Murakami 0747589488 abhishek 4 3.50 1997 Audition
author: Ry¨± Murakami
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average rating: 3.50
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]]> <![CDATA[Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror, Vol. 3]]> 25154 250 Junji Ito 1591160480 abhishek 5 4.27 1999 Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror, Vol. 3
author: Junji Ito
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average rating: 4.27
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> Tomie 2, ¸»½­ Part 2 13634
Collected Works
Tomie Part 2
Basement
Painter
Murder (Assassin)
Hair
Orphan Girl (Adopted Daughter)

Tomie returns in a collection of stories even more shocking and unsettling than the first. In this volume, a surgeon implants part of Tomie's regenerating anatomy into a young patient, with macabre results. In "Painter," Tomie becomes the object of competition between struggling artists looking for the perfect muse. Their art suffers, among other things. "Murder" is a (relatively) whimsical story of a hapless young man who must house a particularly demanding piece of Tomie while she is regrowing. "Half" examines the insecurities and societal pressures placed upon teenage gids, as two school chums go to great lengths to obtain Tomie's vibrant glossy sheen. WARNING: Tomie is not recommended for those with delicate constitutions of weak stomachs.]]> 247 Junji Ito 1588990850 abhishek 5 3.99 1990 Tomie 2, ¸»½­ Part 2
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> Prey 83763
It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.

Every attempt to destroy it has failed.

And we are the prey.]]> 507 Michael Crichton 0061015725 abhishek 5 3.78 2002 Prey
author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to Milton]]> 6470454 Critical History gives the reader a fascinating insight into over twelve centuries of great writing. With enormous intelligence and enthusiasm, he guides the reader through this vastly complex and rich tradition, finely balancing historical background with highly informed criticism. Daiches' groundbreaking work is essential reading for all lovers of literature.]]> 544 David Daiches 0749318937 abhishek 1 3.86 1968 A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to Milton
author: David Daiches
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average rating: 3.86
book published: 1968
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This vile book is the evil twin of the volume 2. This David daiches guy wrote this book while he was zonked . I mean the writer must have had a lot of interests in lot of things , but English literature is certainly not of them. People who praise it , they do it out of superstition.
]]> <![CDATA[A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 2: The Restoration to the Present Day]]> 6470455 Critical History gives the reader a fascinating insight into over twelve centuries of great writing. With enormous intelligence and enthusiasm, he guides the reader through this vastly complex and rich tradition, finely balancing historical background with highly informed criticism. Daiches' groundbreaking work is essential reading for all lovers of literature.]]> 688 David Daiches 0749318945 abhishek 1 3.81 1994 A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 2: The Restoration to the Present Day
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average rating: 3.81
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I read this one cover to cover when I was in college. Totally pointless book, very very disordered , and full of incoherent and incorrect interpretations of great works. This book should have been written on papyrus, and should be kept hidden inside a pyramid.
]]> <![CDATA[Tomie 1 (The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, #1)]]> 13633 In the opening story, Tomie incurs the homicidal wrath of a lust-driven schoolteacher and his students.
In "Photograph," she returns as a member of the oppressive Public Morality Committee and entraps an aspiring young photographer, Tsukiko.
"Kiss" continues Tomie's pursuit of Tsukiko and her favorite schoolteacher.
In "Mansion," Tomie and one of her minions take control of an old man, his house, and his only daughter, with grotesque results.
"Revenge" finds the demonic girl as the object of jealously rivalry between two bone-weary mountaineers.

Collected Works:

Tomie
Photograph
Kiss
Mansion
Revenge
The Basin of the Waterfall]]> 248 Junji Ito 1588990842 abhishek 5 4.02 1987 Tomie 1 (The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, #1)
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> The Best of Richard Matheson 34342010 The first career retrospective of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValle.

Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, virtually every major writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy has fallen under his influence, including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and Joe Hill, as well as filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg and J.J. Abrams. Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Gothic castles and strange cosmos and setting it in the darkened streets and suburbs we recognize as our own. He infused tales of the fantastic and supernormal with dark explorations of human nature, delving deep into the universal dread of feeling alone and threatened in a dangerous world.

The Best of Richard Matheson brings together his greatest hits as chosen by Victor LaValle, an expert on horror fiction and one of its brightest talents, marking the first major overview of Matheson's legendary career.]]> 407 Richard Matheson 014313017X abhishek 0 currently-reading 4.12 2017 The Best of Richard Matheson
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives]]> 13455 Don't Think of An Elephant! is the antidote to the last forty years of conservative strategizing and the right wing's stranglehold on political dialogue in the United States.

Author George Lakoff explains how conservatives think, and how to counter their arguments. He outlines in detail the traditional American values that progressives hold, but are often unable to articulate. Lakoff also breaks down the ways in which conservatives have framed the issues, and provides examples of how progressives can reframe them.

Lakoff¡¯s years of research and work with leading activists and policy makers have been distilled into this essential guide, which shows progressives how to think in terms of values instead of programs, and why people support policies which align with their values and identities, but which often run counter to their best interests.

Don't Think of an Elephant! is the definitive handbook for understanding and communicating effectively about key issues in the 2004 election, and beyond. Read it, take action¡ªand help take America back.]]> 144 George Lakoff 1931498717 abhishek 2 3.94 2004 Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives
author: George Lakoff
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 2004
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbj?rnsen and Moe]]> 44803703 A new, definitive English translation of the celebrated story collection regarded as a landmark of Norwegian literature and culture
? The extraordinary folktales collected by Peter Christen Asbj?rnsen and J?rgen Moe began appearing in Norway in 1841. Over the next two decades the publication of subsequent editions under the title Norske folkeeventyr made the names Asbj?rnsen and Moe synonymous with Norwegian storytelling traditions. Tiina Nunnally¡¯s vivid translation of their monumental collection is the first new English translation in more than 150 years¡ªand the first ever to include all sixty original tales.

Magic and myth inhabit these pages in figures both familiar and strange. Giant trolls and talking animals are everywhere. The winds take human form. A one-eyed old woman might seem reminiscent of the Norse god Odin. We meet sly aunts, resourceful princesses, and devious robbers. The clever and fearless boy Ash Lad often takes center stage as he ingeniously breaks spells and defeats enemies to win half the kingdom. These stories, set in Norway¡¯s majestic landscape of towering mountains and dense forests, are filled with humor, mischief, and sometimes surprisingly cruel twists of fate. All are rendered in the deceptively simple narrative style perfected by Asbj?rnsen and Moe¡ªnow translated into an English that is as finely tuned to the modern ear as it is true to the original Norwegian.

Included here¡ªfor the very first time in English¡ªare Asbj?rnsen and Moe¡¯s Forewords and Introductions to the early Norwegian editions of the tales. Asbj?rnsen gives us an intriguing glimpse into the actual collection process and describes how the stories were initially received, both in Norway and abroad. Equally fascinating are Moe¡¯s views on how central characters might be interpreted and his notes on the regions where each story was originally collected. Nunnally¡¯s informative Translator¡¯s Note places the tales in a biographical, historical, and literary context for the twenty-first century.

The Norwegian folktales of Asbj?rnsen and Moe are timeless stories that will entertain, startle, and enthrall readers of all ages.


?]]> 320 Peter Christen Asbj?rnsen 1517905680 abhishek 4 3.98 2019 The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbj?rnsen and Moe
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]]> Norwegian Folk Tales 15833520 132 Peter Christen Asbj?rnsen 8281690801 abhishek 5 3.81 1868 Norwegian Folk Tales
author: Peter Christen Asbj?rnsen
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot]]> 136354 The Art of, a new series on the craft of writing, with the wit and intelligence he brought to his celebrated book Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction.

Fiction writer and essayist Charles Baxter's The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot discusses and illustrates the hidden subtextual overtones and undertones in fictional works haunted by the unspoken, the suppressed, and the secreted. Using an array of examples from Melville and Dostoyevsky to contemporary writers Paula Fox, Edward P. Jones, and Lorrie Moore, Baxter explains how fiction writers create those visible and invisible details, how what is displayed evokes what is not displayed.

The Art of Subtext is part of The Art of series, a new line of books by important authors on the craft of writing, edited by Charles Baxter. Each book examines a singular, but often assumed or neglected, issue facing the contemporary writer of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. The Art of series means to restore the art of criticism while illuminating the art of writing.]]> 182 Charles Baxter 1555974732 abhishek 4 4.02 2007 The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain]]> 23719305 A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mind.

Emotions feel automatic, like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and experience. Scientists have long supported this assumption by claiming that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today, however, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology¡ªans this paradigm shift has far-reaching implications for us all.

Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose theory of emotion is driving a deeper understanding of the mind and brain, and shedding new light on what it means to be human. Her research overturns the widely held belief that emotions are housed in different parts of the brain and are universally expressed and recognized. Instead, she has shown that emotion is constructed in the moment, by core systems that interact across the whole brain, aided by a lifetime of learning. This new theory means that you play a much greater role in your emotional life than you ever thought. Its repercussions are already shaking the foundations not only of psychology but also of medicine, the legal system, child-rearing, meditation, and even airport security.

Why do emotions feel automatic? Does rational thought really control emotion? How does emotion affect disease? How can you make your children more emotionally intelligent? How Emotions Are Made?answers these questions and many more, revealing the latest research and intriguing practical applications of the new science of emotion, mind, and brain.?]]> 425 Lisa Feldman Barrett 0544133315 abhishek 4 4.09 2017 How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
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average rating: 4.09
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rating: 4
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]]> Jaws (Jaws, #1) 126232 368 Peter Benchley abhishek 3 3.97 1974 Jaws (Jaws, #1)
author: Peter Benchley
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average rating: 3.97
book published: 1974
rating: 3
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]]> Raney 262392 Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Raney is a small-town Baptist. Charles is a liberal from Atlanta. And RANEY is the story of their marriage. Charming, wise, funny, and truthful, it is a novel for everyone to love.
"A real jewel."
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH


From the Paperback edition.]]> 227 Clyde Edgerton 0345419057 abhishek 5 3.94 1985 Raney
author: Clyde Edgerton
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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]]> Heart of Tantric Sex 967462 256 Diana Richardson 1903816378 abhishek 5 3.96 2003 Heart of Tantric Sex
author: Diana Richardson
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average rating: 3.96
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> A Curious History of Sex 50773748
The act of sex has not changed since people first worked out what went where, but the ways in which society dictates how sex is culturally understood and performed have varied significantly through the ages. Humans are the only creatures that stigmatise particular sexual practices, and sex remains a deeply divisive issue around the world. Attitudes will change and grow ¨C hopefully for the better ¨C but sex will never be free of stigma or shame unless we acknowledge where it has come from.]]> 353 Kate Lister abhishek 5 4.16 2020 A Curious History of Sex
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name: abhishek
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Hellblazer, Vol. 3: The Fear Machine]]> 13228111 The Fear Machine, John Constantine looks for a way to reconnect to humanity -- but how can such a man ever find inner peace? Constantine finds himself encamped with a new-age pagan group that's tapping into their own psychic abilities -- but a defense contractor is out to exploit their powers. Is the company's aim just political, or is it something much more sinister?

Collecting: Hellblazer 14-22]]> 239 Jamie Delano 1401235190 abhishek 5 3.72 2008 Hellblazer, Vol. 3: The Fear Machine
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average rating: 3.72
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> Man¡¯s Search for Meaning 4069 Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.]]> 165 Viktor E. Frankl 080701429X abhishek 5 4.38 1946 Man¡¯s Search for Meaning
author: Viktor E. Frankl
name: abhishek
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1946
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Flesh (Books of Blood, #5)]]> 52643
Stories:

The Forbidden
The Madonna
Babel's Children
In The Flesh]]> 192 Clive Barker 074341733X abhishek 5 4.03 1985 In the Flesh (Books of Blood, #5)
author: Clive Barker
name: abhishek
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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]]> Hell House 15740982
Hell House, which inspired the 1973 film The Legend of Hell House, is Matheson¡¯s most frightening and shocking book and an acknowledged classic of the genre.]]> 248 Richard Matheson abhishek 4 3.69 1971 Hell House
author: Richard Matheson
name: abhishek
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1971
rating: 4
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]]> ???? ????? (??? ???? ??????) 26877125
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?????? ?? ???? ?????]]> 352 David Seltzer abhishek 0 to-read 4.15 1976 ???? ????? (??? ???? ??????)
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]]> <![CDATA[Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood, #1-3)]]> 32626 Books of Blood is a welcome chance to acquire the 16 remarkable horror short stories with which he kicked off his career. For those who already know these tales, the poignant introduction is a window on the creator's mind. Reflecting back after 14 years, Barker writes:

I look at these pieces and I don't think the man who wrote them is alive in me anymore.... We are all our own graveyards I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we're healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived; and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present.

Reading these stories over, I feel a little of both. Some of the simple energies that made these words flow through my pen--that made the phrases felicitous and the ideas sing--have gone. I lost their maker a long time ago.

These enthusiastic tales are not ashamed of visceral horror, of blood splashing freely across the page: "The Midnight Meat Train," a grisly subway tale that surprises you with one twist after another; "The Yattering and Jack," about a hilarious demon who possesses a Christmas turkey; "In the Hills, the Cities," an unusual example of an original horror premise; "Dread," a harrowing non-supernatural tale about being forced to realize your worst nightmare; "Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament," about a woman who kills men with her mind. Some of the tales are more successful than others, but all are distinguished by strikingly beautiful images of evil and destruction. No horror library is complete without them. --Fiona Webster

]]> 507 Clive Barker 0425165582 abhishek 5 4.19 1984 Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood, #1-3)
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]]> The Hellbound Heart 52635 164 Clive Barker 0061002828 abhishek 5 4.08 1986 The Hellbound Heart
author: Clive Barker
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average rating: 4.08
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rating: 5
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]]> The Floatplane Notebooks 262391 304 Clyde Edgerton 0345419065 abhishek 0 to-read 3.74 1988 The Floatplane Notebooks
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]]> Lunch at the Piccadilly 262390 264 Clyde Edgerton 0345476786 abhishek 0 to-read 3.35 2003 Lunch at the Piccadilly
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]]> The Bible Salesman 2451044 During his hilarious and scary adventures we learn of Henry's fundamentalist youth, an upbringing that doesn't prepare him for his new life. As he falls in love and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he's being used--that the fun and games are over, that he is on his own in a way he never imagined.]]> 238 Clyde Edgerton 031611751X abhishek 0 to-read 3.11 2008 The Bible Salesman
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]]> Walking Across Egypt 74616 215 Clyde Edgerton 0345419073 abhishek 0 to-read 3.90 1987 Walking Across Egypt
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]]> The Taming of the Shrew 47021
Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate?

The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.

Frances Barber and Roger Allam are Kate and Petruchio. Lucentio is played by Alan Cox.]]> 291 William Shakespeare 074347757X abhishek 4 3.76 1593 The Taming of the Shrew
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average rating: 3.76
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)]]> 256008 Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.

Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.]]> 960 Larry McMurtry 067168390X abhishek 5 4.53 1985 Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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average rating: 4.53
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rating: 5
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]]> The Art of Loving 14142
Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding.

In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects¡ªnot only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.]]> 180 Erich Fromm 0061129739 abhishek 5 4.05 1956 The Art of Loving
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think]]> 19134 ]]> 471 George Lakoff 0226467716 abhishek 0 to-read 4.00 1996 Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think
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]]> Fear and Trembling 332594 160 S?ren Kierkegaard abhishek 5 4.02 1843 Fear and Trembling
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book published: 1843
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]]> <![CDATA[The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays (Everyman's Library)]]> 11988
The Plague¨Cwritten in 1947 and still profoundly relevant¨Cis a riveting tale of horror, survival, and resilience in the face of a devastating epidemic. The Fall (1956), which takes the form of an astonishing confession by a French lawyer in a seedy Amsterdam bar, is a haunting parable of modern conscience in the face of evil. The six stories of Exile and the Kingdom (1957) represent Camus at the height of his narrative powers, masterfully depicting his characters¨Cfrom a renegade missionary to an adulterous wife ¨Cat decisive moments of revelation. Set beside their fictional counterparts, Camus¡¯s famous essays ¡°The Myth of Sisyphus¡± and ¡°Reflections on the Guillotine¡± are all the more powerful and philosophically daring, confirming his towering place in twentieth-century thought.]]> 656 Albert Camus 1400042550 abhishek 0 to-read 4.34 2004 The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays (Everyman's Library)
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]]> Esio Trot 194755 80 Roald Dahl 0224064924 abhishek 2 3.76 1990 Esio Trot
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me]]> 6694 Who needs a ladder when you¡¯ve got a giraffe with an extended neck?

The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn't. They don¡¯t need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to do the washing and Billy as their manager, this business is destined for success. Now they have their big break¡ªa chance to clean all 677 windows of the Hampshire House, owned by the richest man in all of England! That¡¯s exciting enough, but along the way there are surprises and adventures beyond their wildest window-washing dreams.

Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside - Now they're the Ladderless Window Cleaning Company! They become best friends, and now that they have a promising job to carrout out, there's a chance that Billy's scrumptious, galumptious dream just might come true...

Roald Dahl, is the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more timeless classics for children. Besides keeping millions of readers entertained for years, these delightfully disturbing tales have recently been turned into hit films, helping to continue to make millions of children & adults alike shiver with his unique stories.]]> 32 Roald Dahl 0140568190 abhishek 5 3.83 1985 The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
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]]> The Illustrated Man 24830 The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival, later reworked into The October Country), it is a marvelous, if mostly dark, quilt of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In an ingenious framework to open and close the book, Bradbury presents himself as a nameless narrator who meets the Illustrated Man--a wanderer whose entire body is a living canvas of exotic tattoos. What's even more remarkable, and increasingly disturbing, is that the illustrations are themselves magically alive, and each proceeds to unfold its own story, such as "The Veldt," wherein rowdy children take a game of virtual reality way over the edge. Or "Kaleidoscope," a heartbreaking portrait of stranded astronauts about to reenter our atmosphere--without the benefit of a spaceship. Or "Zero Hour," in which invading aliens have discovered a most logical ally--our own children. Even though most were written in the 1940s and 1950s, these 18 classic stories will be just as chillingly effective 50 years from now. --Stanley Wiater

Contents:

¡¤ Prologue: The Illustrated Man ¡¤ ss *
¡¤ The Veldt [¡°The World the Children Made¡±] ¡¤ ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 ¡¯50
¡¤ Kaleidoscope ¡¤ ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ¡¯49
¡¤ The Other Foot ¡¤ ss New Story Magazine Mar ¡¯51
¡¤ The Highway [as by Leonard Spalding] ¡¤ ss Copy Spr ¡¯50
¡¤ The Man ¡¤ ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ¡¯49
¡¤ The Long Rain [¡°Death-by-Rain¡±] ¡¤ ss Planet Stories Sum ¡¯50
¡¤ The Rocket Man ¡¤ ss Maclean¡¯s Mar 1 ¡¯51
¡¤ The Fire Balloons [¡°¡®In This Sign...¡¯¡±] ¡¤ ss Imagination Apr ¡¯51
¡¤ The Last Night of the World ¡¤ ss Esquire Feb ¡¯51
¡¤ The Exiles [¡°The Mad Wizards of Mars¡±] ¡¤ ss Maclean¡¯s Sep 15 ¡¯49; F&SF Win ¡¯50
¡¤ No Particular Night or Morning ¡¤ ss *
¡¤ The Fox and the Forest [¡°To the Future¡±] ¡¤ ss Colliers May 13 ¡¯50
¡¤ The Visitor ¡¤ ss Startling Stories Nov ¡¯48
¡¤ The Concrete Mixer ¡¤ ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ¡¯49
¡¤ Marionettes, Inc. [Marionettes, Inc.] ¡¤ ss Startling Stories Mar ¡¯49
¡¤ The City [¡°Purpose¡±] ¡¤ ss Startling Stories Jul ¡¯50
¡¤ Zero Hour ¡¤ ss Planet Stories Fll ¡¯47
¡¤ The Rocket [¡°Outcast of the Stars¡±] ¡¤ ss Super Science Stories Mar ¡¯50
¡¤ Epilogue ¡¤ aw *]]> 186 Ray Bradbury 000712774X abhishek 0 to-read 4.14 1951 The Illustrated Man
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]]> <![CDATA[Something Wicked This Way Comes]]> 248596 Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre.

For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark¡¯s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope¡¯s shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes¡­and the stuff of nightmares.

Few novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury¡¯s unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.]]> 293 Ray Bradbury 0380729407 abhishek 0 to-read 3.92 1962 Something Wicked This Way Comes
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]]> The Martian Chronicles 76778
The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity¡¯s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.

But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them ¨C and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Contents:
Rocket Summer
Ylla
The Summer Night
The Earth Men
The Taxpayer
The Third Expedition
-And the Moon Be Still As Bright
The Settlers
The Green Morning
The Locusts
Night Meeting
The Shore
Interim
The Musicians
Way in the Middle of the Air
The Naming of Names
Usher II
The Old Ones
The Martian
The Luggage Store
The Off Season
The Watchers
The Silent Towns
The Long Years
There Will Come Soft Rains
The Million Year Picnic]]> 182 Ray Bradbury 0553278223 abhishek 0 to-read 4.16 1950 The Martian Chronicles
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]]> <![CDATA[American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s]]> 7020573 432 Vincent B. Leitch 0415778182 abhishek 4 4.12 2009 American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s
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]]> <![CDATA[The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory]]> 393932 496 David Macey 0140513698 abhishek 3 4.28 The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory
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]]> <![CDATA[Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin]]> 6572270
Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single history, in the time and place where they occurred: between Germany and Russia, when Hitler and Stalin both held power. Assiduously researched, deeply humane, and utterly definitive, Bloodlands will be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the central tragedy of modern history.

From Booklist
If there is an explanation for the political killing perpetrated in eastern Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, historian Snyder roots it in agriculture. Stalin wanted to collectivize farmers; Hitler wanted to eliminate them so Germans could colonize the land. The dictators wielded frightening power to advance such fantasies toward reality, and the despots toted up about 14 million corpses between them, so stupefying a figure that Snyder sets himself three goals here: to break down the number into the various actions of murder that comprise it, from liquidation of the kulaks to the final solution; to restore humanity to the victims via surviving testimony to their fates; and to deny Hitler and Stalin any historical justification for their policies, which at the time had legions of supporters and have some even today. Such scope may render Snyder¡¯s project too imposing to casual readers, but it would engage those exposed to the period¡¯s chronology and major interpretive issues, such as the extent to which the Nazi and Soviet systems may be compared. Solid and judicious scholarship for large WWII collections.]]> 524 Timothy Snyder 0465002390 abhishek 5 4.37 2010 Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One]]> 9561867 How to Write a Sentence is much more than a writing manual¡ªit is a spirited love letter to the written word, and a key to understanding how great writing works.

?]]> 165 Stanley Fish 0061840548 abhishek 5 3.43 2011 How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
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]]> The Stand 149267 For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are listening to The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.]]> 1152 Stephen King abhishek 1 4.35 1978 The Stand
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The worst stephen king book . The charcters are all flat .
]]> <![CDATA[Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children]]> 167101
¡°Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you¡¯ve got a soul that will never be complete.¡±

In this powerful, disturbing book, bestselling author and noted child psychologist Jonathan Kellerman shines a penetrating light on antisocial youth¡ªkids who kill without remorse¡ªasserting that ¡°psychopathic tendencies begin very early in life, as young as three, and they endure.¡±?Criticizing our quick impulse to blame violent movies or a ¡°morally bankrupt¡±?society, Kellerman convinces us that it is the kids themselves who need to be examined. Carefully.

How do children become cold-blooded killers? Kellerman warns that today¡¯s aggressive bully is tomorrow¡¯s Mafia don, cult leader, or genocidal dictator. Violently psychopathic youths possess an overriding need for power, control, and stimulation, and all display a complete lack of regard for the humanity of others. He examines the origins of psychopathy and the ever-shifting debate between nurture and nature, offering some controversial solutions to dealing with homicidal tendencies in children.

As timely as today¡¯s headlines, more gripping than fiction, Savage Spawn is a provocative look at the links between society and biology, children and violence. Kellerman¡¯s sobering message will remain with you long after the last page is turned.]]> 134 Jonathan Kellerman 0345429397 abhishek 4 3.51 1999 Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children
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]]> A Tale of Two Cities 1953 A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens¡¯s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction. Though the least typical of the author¡¯s novels, A Tale of Two Cities still underscores many of his enduring themes¡ªimprisonment, injustice, social anarchy, resurrection, and the renunciation that fosters renewal.]]> 489 Charles Dickens 0141439602 abhishek 5 3.86 1859 A Tale of Two Cities
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> If It Bleeds 46015758 If it Bleeds is a collection of four new novellas ¡ªMr. Harrigan¡¯s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds¡ª each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places.

A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider.

News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin.

Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realizes there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds' , a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case.

Dancing alongside are three more long stories - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat' .

The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer.]]> 438 Stephen King abhishek 4 3.99 2020 If It Bleeds
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]]> Lisey's Story 10566 (front flap)]]> 513 Stephen King 0743289412 abhishek 0 to-read 3.70 2006 Lisey's Story
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]]> Everything's Eventual 10579
Nothing is quite as it seems. Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.]]> 605 Stephen King 1416524355 abhishek 0 to-read 3.99 2002 Everything's Eventual
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]]> Rose Madder 10619
Rosie Daniels leaves her husband, Norman, after fourteen years in an abusive marriage. She is determined to lose herself in a place where he won¡¯t find her. She¡¯ll worry about all the rest later.

Alone in a strange city, she begins to make a new life, and good things finally start to happen. Meeting Bill is one; and getting an apartment is another. Still, it¡¯s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason. Norman is a cop, with the instincts of a predator. He¡¯s very good at finding people, even if he is losing his mind.

Fixed on revenge, Norman Daniels becomes a force of relentless terror and savageness, a man almost mythic in his monstrosity. For Rosie to survive, she must enter her own myth and become a woman she never knew she could be: Rose Madder.

¡°Riveting, engrossing...packed with suspense¡± (People), Stephen King infuses this novel with an edge-of-your-seat, chilling atmosphere. Rose Madder is ¡°an eerie, remarkably mature and moving novel¡± (The Washington Post).]]> 595 Stephen King abhishek 0 to-read 3.75 1995 Rose Madder
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]]> Full Dark, No Stars 7912007
In ¡°Big Driver,¡± a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

¡°Fair Extension,¡± the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitely ends a good marriage.

Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.]]> 368 Stephen King 1439192561 abhishek 0 to-read 4.07 2011 Full Dark, No Stars
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]]> <![CDATA[End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)]]> 25526965
In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.

Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney¡ªthe woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield¡¯s head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill¡¯s heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.

In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding, supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better than King.]]> 432 Stephen King 1501129740 abhishek 0 to-read 4.07 2016 End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)
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]]> Duma Key 472343
A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. He wants out. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, suggests a "geographic cure," a new life distant from the Twin Cities and the building business Edgar grew from scratch. And Kamen suggests something else.

"Edgar does anything make you happy?"

"I used to sketch."

"Take it up again. You need hedges . . .

hedges against the night."

Edgar leaves Minnesota for a rented house on Duma Key, a stunningly beautiful, eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico and the tidal rattling of shells on the beach call out to him, and Edgar draws. A visit from Ilse, the daughter he dotes on, starts his movement out of solitude. He meets a kindred spirit in Wireman, a man reluctant to reveal his own wounds, and then Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman whose roots are tangled deep in Duma Key. Now Edgar paints, sometimes feverishly, his exploding talent both a wonder and a weapon. Many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating.

The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural--Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying.]]> 611 Stephen King 1416552510 abhishek 0 to-read 3.97 2008 Duma Key
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]]> Billy Summers 56852407
How about everything...]]> 517 Stephen King 1982173610 abhishek 0 to-read 4.11 2021 Billy Summers
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]]> Desperation 10584
There's a place along Interstate 50 that some call the loneliest place on Earth. It's known as Desperation, Nevada.
It's not a very nice place to live. It's an even worse place to die.
Let the battle against evil begin.
Welcome to ... Desperation]]> 547 Stephen King abhishek 0 to-read 3.86 1996 Desperation
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]]> Insomnia 10585 896 Stephen King 8497597729 abhishek 3 3.84 1994 Insomnia
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]]> Dreamcatcher 11570
A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.

Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.]]> 688 Stephen King 2226131906 abhishek 0 to-read 3.67 2001 Dreamcatcher
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]]> Night Shift 10628
This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems, where the familiar and the friendly lure and deceive. A world where madness and blind panic become the only reality.

Listening Length: 10 hours and 33 minutes]]> 409 Stephen King abhishek 0 to-read 4.04 1978 Night Shift
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]]> The Dead Zone 11573 The Dead Zone.

Johnny Smith, the small-town schoolteacher who spun the wheel of fortune and won a four-and-a-half-year trip into The Dead Zone.

John Smith, who awakened from an interminable coma with an accursed power¡ªthe power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in The Dead Zone.

~]]> 402 Stephen King 0451155750 abhishek 0 to-read 3.96 1979 The Dead Zone
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]]> Christine 10629
Elle aime les sensations fortes, les vir¨¦es nocturnes et le rock n'roll des ann¨¦es h¨¦ro?ques. Depuis qu'elle conna?t Arnie, elle est amoureuse. Signe particulier : Christine est une Plymouth ? Fury ?, sortie en 1958 des ateliers automobiles de Detroit.

Une seule rivale en travers de sa route : Leigh, la petite amie d'Arnie¡­
Ce roman l¨¦gendaire de Stephen King, rythm¨¦ par la musique de Chuck Berry et de Janis Joplin, a d¨¦j¨¤ pris place parmi les classiques de l'¨¦pouvante.]]> 411 Stephen King 2253147699 abhishek 0 to-read 3.85 1983 Christine
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]]> V for Vendetta 5805 "Remember, remember the fifth of November..."

A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedom and identity in a chillingly believable totalitarian world, V for Vendetta stands as one of the highest achievements of the comics medium and a defining work for creators Alan Moore and David Lloyd.

Set in an imagined future England that has given itself over to fascism, this groundbreaking story captures both the suffocating nature of life in an authoritarian police state and the redemptive power of the human spirit which rebels against it. Crafted with sterling clarity and intelligence, V for Vendetta brings an unequaled depth of characterization and verisimilitude to its unflinching account of oppression and resistance.]]> 296 Alan Moore 1401207928 abhishek 4 4.26 1990 V for Vendetta
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]]> The Dark Half 11597 #1, #2, #3

Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home. But how can Thad disown the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it-and signs its crimes with Thad's bloody fingerprints?]]> 460 Stephen King 045052468X abhishek 0 to-read 3.81 1989 The Dark Half
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]]> The Silmarillion 7332 386 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618391118 abhishek 0 to-read 3.99 1977 The Silmarillion
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]]> The Hobbit, Part One 17157681
Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.]]> 230 J.R.R. Tolkien 0007926669 abhishek 0 to-read 4.31 1937 The Hobbit, Part One
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]]> The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 11564
As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace, she tunes her Walkman to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when her radio's reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with her - protecting her from an all-too-real enemy who has left a trail of slaughtered animals and mangled trees in the dense, dark woods...]]> 264 Stephen King 1416524290 abhishek 5 3.65 1999 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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]]> The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 51184323
The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods.

Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to the path, Trisha takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper in the terrifying woods.

At first it's just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon.

As darkness begins to fall, Trisha realises that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting...]]> 256 Stephen King 1529311128 abhishek 0 to-read 3.48 1999 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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]]> Misery 10614 #1, #2, #3, #4

Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.]]> 370 Stephen King 0450417395 abhishek 5 4.22 1987 Misery
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]]> Since We Fell 31751571 Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel¡¯s marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer unimaginable fears and mind-altering truths. By turns heart- breaking, suspenseful, romantic, and sophisticated, Since We Fell is a novel of profound psychological insight and tension. It is Dennis Lehane at his very best.]]> 419 Dennis Lehane 0062129384 abhishek 0 to-read 3.53 2017 Since We Fell
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]]> <![CDATA[A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)]]> 21685 282 Dennis Lehane 0156029022 abhishek 0 to-read 3.94 1994 A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
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]]> Dolores Clairbone 9278068
Dolores mat¨® a su marido porque era un alcoh¨®lico peligroso y nunca se lo ha perdonado. La muerte de la dama y la llegada de su hija despiertan todos sus recuerdos.]]> 307 Stephen King 8440637756 abhishek 4 3.96 1992 Dolores Clairbone
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]]> Works of Love 83324

This work is marked by Kierkegaard's Socratic awareness of the reader, both as the center of awakened understanding and as the initiator of action. Written to be read aloud, the book conveys a keenness of thought and an insightful, poetic imagination that make such an attentive approach richly rewarding. Works of Love not only serves as an excellent place to begin exploring the writings of Kierkegaard, but also rewards many rereadings.]]> 584 S?ren Kierkegaard 0691059160 abhishek 0 to-read 4.38 1847 Works of Love
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening]]> 24972
In The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard moves beyond anxiety on the mental-emotional level to the spiritual level, where?¡ª?in contact with the eternal?¡ª?anxiety becomes despair. Both anxiety and despair reflect the misrelation that arises in the self when the elements of the synthesis?¡ª?the infinite and the finite?¡ª?do not come into proper relation to each other. Despair is a deeper expression for anxiety and is a mark of the eternal, which is intended to penetrate temporal existence.]]> 226 S?ren Kierkegaard 0691020280 abhishek 0 to-read 4.12 1849 The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
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]]> Either/Or: A Fragment of Life 24970 'What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?'

Either/Or is the earliest of the major works of S?ren Kierkegaard, one of the most startlingly original thinkers and writers of the nineteenth century, and the first which he wrote under a pseudonym, as he would for his greatest philosophical writings. Adopting the viewpoints of two distinct figures with radically different beliefs--the aesthetic young man of Part One, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section--Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A masterpiece of duality, Either/Or is an exploration of the conflict between the aesthetic and the ethical--both meditating ironically and seductively upon Epicurean pleasures, and eloquently expounding the noble virtues of a morally upstanding life.

This lightly abridged edition fully conveys the vigour and eloquence of the original. Alastair Hannay's introduction explains the philosophical background to the work and places it in the context of its times.]]> 633 S?ren Kierkegaard abhishek 0 to-read 4.18 1843 Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
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]]> Carrion Comfort 11286
THE PRESENT... Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to 'use' humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction. But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul¡¯s quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind¡¯s attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself...]]> 884 Dan Simmons 0446359203 abhishek 2 3.91 1989 Carrion Comfort
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Had an excellent premise to unravel a real dark tale ,but missed everything by miles . Should have kept the story world smaller
]]> <![CDATA[Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #32)]]> 121622 Mrs. McGinty¡¯s Dead, one of Agatha Christie¡¯s most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady.

Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim¡¯s blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn¡¯t seem like a murderer.

Could the answer lie in an article clipped from a newspaper two days before the death? With a desperate killer still free, Hercule Poirot will have to stay alive long enough to find out. . . .]]> 244 Agatha Christie 1572707313 abhishek 3 3.85 1952 Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #32)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)]]> 16303 384 Agatha Christie 0007121024 abhishek 5 3.80 1946 The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)]]> 388018 8 Agatha Christie 1572703938 abhishek 4 3.75 1963 The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)]]> 140360
Unfortunately, thirteen guests arrived at the actor's house, most unlucky. One of them was a vicar. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died. But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison -- just as Hercule Poirot, also in attendance, had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive!

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 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.]]> 336 Agatha Christie 0425205975 abhishek 4 3.84 1934 Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)]]> 16344
So, on April 17th she wrote about her anxieties and suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. And included a request that he consult with her as soon as possible. Mysteriously he didn¡¯t receive the letter until June 28th ¡­ by which time Emily was already dead.]]> 317 Agatha Christie 0007120796 abhishek 4 3.88 1937 Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
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]]> <![CDATA[They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)]]> 68930
Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gulbrandsen, is less fortunate ¨C shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building.

Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gulbrandsen¡¯s visit.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "They Do It with Mirrors." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 224 Agatha Christie 0451199901 abhishek 3 3.78 1952 They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36)]]> 16342 352 Agatha Christie 0425205967 abhishek 5 3.86 1959 Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36)
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]]> Crooked House 16315
The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.

Suspicion naturally falls on the old man¡¯s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fianc¨¦ of the late millionaire¡¯s granddaughter.]]> 276 Agatha Christie 031298166X abhishek 4 4.07 1949 Crooked House
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]]> <![CDATA[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)]]> 16328
The peaceful English village of King¡¯s Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of Veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd¡ªthe man she had planned to marry¡ªis murdered. It is a baffling case involving blackmail and death that taxes Hercule Poirot¡¯s ¡°little grey cells¡± before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his career.

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 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.]]> 288 Agatha Christie 1579126278 abhishek 0 4.26 1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)]]> 16307
That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence.' But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer!]]> 336 Agatha Christie 0007120680 abhishek 4 3.56 1969 Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives]]> 25105 256 Neil Gaiman 1563891379 abhishek 5 4.55 1993 The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
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]]> Batman: The Killing Joke 96358
After shooting and permanently paralyzing his daughter Barbara (a.k.a. Batgirl), the Joker kidnaps the commissioner and attacks his mind in hopes of breaking the man.

But refusing to give up, Gordon maintains his sanity with the help of Batman in an effort to beset the madman.]]> 50 Alan Moore 0930289455 abhishek 5 4.37 1988 Batman: The Killing Joke
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]]> <![CDATA[The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)]]> 365990
Having trapped a she-wolf he would restore to the mountains of Mexico, he is long gone and returns to find everything he left behind transformed utterly in his absence. Except his kid brother, Boyd, with whom he strikes out yet again to reclaim what is theirs - thus crossing into "that antique gaze from whence there could be no way back forever."

What they find instead, is an extraordinary panoply of fiestas and circuses, dogs, horses and hawks, pilgrims and revolutionaries, grand haciendas and forlorn cantinas, bandits, gypsies and roving tribes, a young girl alone on the road, a mystery in the mountain wilds, and a myth in the making.

And in this wider world they fight a war as rageful as the one neither, in the end, will join up for back home. One brother finds his destiny, while the other arrives only at his fate.

An essential novel by any measure, and the transfixing middle passage of Cormac McCarthy's ongoing trilogy, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops,and starts the heart and mind at once.]]> 426 Cormac McCarthy abhishek 5 4.16 1994 The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)
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]]> Jailbird 4987
Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government¡ªand in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate¡¯s least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portrait of power and politics in our times.

Praise for Jailbird

¡°[Vonnegut] is our strongest writer . . . the most stubbornly imaginative.¡± ¡ªJohn Irving
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¡°A gem . . . a mature, imaginative novel¡ªpossibly the best he has written . . .? Jailbird ?is a guided tour de force of America. Take it!¡± ¡ª Playboy

¡°A profoundly humane comedy . . .? Jailbird ?definitely mounts up on angelic wings¡ªin its speed, in its sparkle, and in its high-flying intent.¡± ¡ª Chicago Tribune Book World
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¡°Joyously inventive . . . gleams with the loony magic Vonnegut alone can achieve.¡± ¡ª Cosmopolitan
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¡°Vonnegut is our great apocalyptic writer, the closest thing we¡¯ve had to a prophet since . . . Lenny Bruce.¡± ¡ª Chicago Sun-Times
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¡°Vonnegut at his impressive best. . . . His imaginative leaps alone . . . are worth the price of admission. . . . His far-reaching metaphysical and cultural concerns . . . are ultimately serious and worth our contemplation.¡± ¡ª The Washington Post]]> 310 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 0385333900 abhishek 0 to-read 3.83 1979 Jailbird
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