Kevin's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 27 Apr 2025 01:49:20 -0700 60 Kevin's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[El libro de las tierras vírgenes]]> 46014048 Edición chilena 232 Rudyard Kipling Kevin 4 4.08 El libro de las tierras vírgenes
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]]> <![CDATA[The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)]]> 77270
Best known for the 'Mowgli' stories, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book expertly interweaves myth, morals, adventure and powerful story-telling. Set in Central India, Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves. Along the way he encounters memorable characters such as the foreboding tiger Shere Kahn, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. Including other stories such as that of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a heroic mongoose and Toomai, a young elephant handler, Kipling's fables remain as popular today as they ever were.]]> 277 Rudyard Kipling 0812504690 Kevin 4 3.94 1894 The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)]]> 33507 269 Jules Verne 076072850X Kevin 2 3.92 1869 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
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]]> A Gate at the Stairs 8162937 Alternate cover edition for ASIN B002M41U06

Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the daughter of a gentleman farmer, has come to a university town as a student. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny for a mysterious and glamorous family, she finds herself drawn deeper into their world and forever changed.]]> 338 Lorrie Moore 0307273210 Kevin 1 3.29 2009 A Gate at the Stairs
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]]> Last Exit to Brooklyn 50275 Last Exit to Brooklyn, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.

Described by various reviewers as hellish and obscene, Last Exit to Brooklyn tells the stories of New Yorkers who at every turn confront the worst excesses in human nature. Yet there are moments of exquisite tenderness in these troubled lives. Georgette, the transvestite who falls in love with a callous hoodlum; Tralala, the conniving prostitute who plumbs the depths of sexual degradation; and Harry, the strike leader who hides his true desires behind a boorish masculinity, are unforgettable creations. Last Exit to Brooklyn was banned by British courts in 1967, a decision that was reversed the following year with the help of a number of writers and critics including Anthony Burgess and Frank Kermode.

Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928-2004) was born in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school and went to sea with the merchant marines. While at sea he was diagnosed with lung disease. With no other way to make a living, he decided to try writing: 'I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.' In 1964 he completed his first book, Last Exit to Brooklyn, which has since become a cult classic. In 1966, it was the subject of an obscenity trial in the UK. His other books include The Room, The Demon, Requiem for a Dream, The Willow Tree and Waiting Period. In 2000, Requiem for a Dream was adapted into a film starring Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn, and directed by Darren Aronofsky.

'Last Exit to Brooklyn will explode like a rusty hellish bombshell over America, and still be eagerly read in 100 years'
Allen Ginsberg

'An urgent tickertape from hell'
Spectator]]> 290 Hubert Selby Jr. 0747549923 Kevin 5 3.94 1964 Last Exit to Brooklyn
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]]> The Giver (The Giver, #1) 3636 208 Lois Lowry 0385732554 Kevin 4 4.12 1993 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X Kevin 3 3.95 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
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]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Kevin 4 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
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]]> The Horla 77999 Our woe is upon us.

This chilling tale of one man’s descent into madness was published shortly before the author was institutionalized for insanity, and so The Horla has inevitably been seen as informed by Guy de Maupassant’s mental illness. While such speculation is murky, it is clear that de Maupassant—hailed alongside Chekhov as father of the short story—was at the peak of his powers in this innovative precursor of first-person psychological fiction. Indeed, he worked for years on The Horla’s themes and form, first drafting it as “Letter from a Madman,� then telling it from a doctor’s point of view, before finally releasing the terrified protagonist to speak for himself in its devastating final version. In a brilliant new translation, all three versions appear here as a single volume for the first time.

The Art of The Novella Series

Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.]]> 79 Guy de Maupassant 0976140748 Kevin 5 3.89 1886 The Horla
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]]> <![CDATA[Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)]]> 5883777 The English Standard Version (ESV) Bible is an essentially literal Bible translation that combines word-for-word precision and accuracy with literary excellence, beauty, and depth of meaning.

The ESV Bible is equipped with an enhanced navigation feature. Kindle's index feature can be used to navigate directly to any verse. This feature is not supported on the Kindle 1 or any Kindle applications.



This edition includes cross-references within the text.

]]> 1243 Anonymous 1433502976 Kevin 4 4.54 Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)]]> 39507 The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.

]]> 182 Lawrence Block 0752834525 Kevin 4 3.87 1976 The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Deep South: A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class]]> 73702291 A classic examination of the lived realities of American racism, now with a new foreword from Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson.



First published in 1941, Deep South is a landmark work of anthropology, documenting in startling and nuanced detail the everyday realities of American racism. Living undercover in Depression-era Mississippi—not revealing their scholarly project or even their association with one another—groundbreaking Black scholar Allison Davis and his White co-authors, Burleigh and Mary Gardner, delivered an unprecedented examination of how race shaped nearly every aspect of twentieth-century life in the United States. Their analysis notably revealed the importance of caste and class to Black and White worldviews, and they anatomized the many ways those views are constructed, solidified, and reinforced.

�

This reissue of the 1965 abridged edition, with a new foreword from Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson—who acknowledges the book’s profound importance to her own work�proves that Deep South remains as relevant as ever, a crucial work on the concept of caste and how it continues to inform the myriad varieties of American inequality.

]]> 312 Allison Davis 0226817997 Kevin 4 currently-reading 3.71 1941 Deep South: A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class
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]]> Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Kevin 2 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice
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]]> Captain Blood 158446 Short Description: Peter Blood, an Irish physician and soldier in England in the 1680's, is wrongly convicted of treason and sentenced to indentured slavery in the Caribbean. He escapes and becomes the most feared pirate captain on the Spanish Main, but all the glory of his adventures cannot help him, for the woman he loves cannot love a thief and pirate. Even when he destroys England's enemies, even at his most triumphant...but wait! What's that...

Long Description: Peter Blood, an Irish physician and former soldier is happily settled, in the 1680's, as the doctor in an English town, when the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth catches him by accident. He saves a man's life, as a doctor must try to do, but the man is a rebel and the hanging Judge Jeffreys sentences him to ten years as an indentured slave in the Caribbean colonies. Once there, his knowledge as a physician is recognized, and thus he meets and falls in love with the daughter of the man who own his servitude; not likely to be a successful love story! A Spanish ship attacks the town, and while the Spaniards celebrate their victory he boldly steals their ship, and he and his fellow convicts sail off to become the boldest and most fearless of pirates among the islands and on the Spanish Main. But all the glory of his adventures cannot help him, for the woman he loves cannot love a thief and pirate. Even when he destroys England's enemies, even at his most triumphant...but wait! Is that... The classic novel of adventure and romance, and one of Sabatini's best.]]> 236 Rafael Sabatini 1406800163 Kevin 5 4.17 1922 Captain Blood
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]]> <![CDATA[The Iliad Translated by Samuel Butler]]> 21149579 669 Homer Kevin 5 3.88 -800 The Iliad Translated by Samuel Butler
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]]> Beowulf 52357 259 Unknown 0393320979 Kevin 5 3.46 1000 Beowulf
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]]> <![CDATA[Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World]]> 31423133

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better.

Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments.]]> 2 William H. McRaven Kevin 2 3.99 2017 Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
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]]> En un lugar solitario 49453633 264 Dorothy B. Hughes 8417109749 Kevin 4 4.01 1947 En un lugar solitario
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction]]> 59627738 "This book is for any parent who has ever struggled under the substantial weight of caregiving--which is to say, all of us. Good Inside is not only a wise and practical guide to raising resilient, emotionally healthy kids, it's also a supportive resource for overwhelmed parents who need more compassion and less stress. Dr. Becky is the smart, thoughtful, in-the-trenches parenting expert we've been waiting for!"--Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space

Dr. Becky Kennedy, wildly popular parenting expert and creator of @drbeckyatgoodinside, shares her groundbreaking approach to raising kids and offers practical strategies for parenting in a way that feels good.

Over the past several years, Dr. Becky Kennedy--known to her followers as "Dr. Becky"--has been sparking a parenting revolution. Millions of parents, tired of following advice that either doesn't work or simply doesn't feel good, have embraced Dr. Becky's empowering and effective approach, a model that prioritizes connecting with our kids over correcting them.

Parents have long been sold a model of childrearing that simply doesn't work. From reward charts to time outs, many popular parenting approaches are based on shaping behavior, not raising humans. These techniques don't build the skills kids need for life, or account for their complex emotional needs. Add to that parents' complicated relationships with their own upbringings, and it's easy to see why so many caretakers feel lost, burned out, and worried they're failing their kids. In Good Inside, Dr. Becky shares her parenting philosophy, complete with actionable strategies, that will help parents move from uncertainty and self-blame to confidence and sturdy leadership.

Offering perspective-shifting parenting principles and troubleshooting for specific scenarios--including sibling rivalry, separation anxiety, tantrums, and more--Good Inside is a comprehensive resource for a generation of parents looking for a new way to raise their kids while still setting them up for a lifetime of self-regulation, confidence, and resilience.]]> 336 Becky Kennedy 0063159481 Kevin 4 4.53 Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction
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]]> <![CDATA[Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool]]> 40121328
With EXPECTING BETTER, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In CRIBSHEET, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision making in the early years of parenting.

As any new parent knows, there is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and the internet. From the earliest days, parents get the message that they must make certain choices around feeding, sleep, and schedule or all will be lost. There's a rule--or three--for everything. But the benefits of these choices can be overstated, and the tradeoffs can be profound. How do you make your own best decision?]]> 352 Emily Oster 0525559256 Kevin 5 4.12 2019 Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
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]]> <![CDATA[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]> 39020 In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.

]]> 563 Charles C. Mann 1400032059 Kevin 5 4.05 2005 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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]]> <![CDATA[Miyamoto Musashi y el Código del Samurái (Spanish Edition)]]> 56634287 - Miyamoto Musashi, Book of Five Rings

Shortly before his death in 1645, the undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave to live as a hermit. There he wrote five scrolls describing the "true principles" required for victory in the martial arts and on the battlefield. Instead of relying on religion or theory, Musashi based his writings on his own experience, observation, and reason.]]> 93 Calixto Lopez Kevin 3 2.00 1645 Miyamoto Musashi y el Código del Samurái (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Influencia. La psicología de la persuasión (HarperCollins No Ficción) (Spanish Edition)]]> 59956209
You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader—and how to defend yourself against them. Perfect for people in all walks of life, the principles of Influence will move you toward profound personal change and act as a driving force for your success.]]> 578 Robert B. Cialdini 8491397388 Kevin 0 currently-reading 4.40 1984 Influencia. La psicología de la persuasión (HarperCollins No Ficción) (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[American Psycho (Spanish Edition)]]> 54302378 La novela más infame de Bret Easton un clásico contemporáneo que se ha convertido en símbolo de una generación.

«La vida era como un lienzo en blanco, un cliché, un culebrón. Me sentía letal, al borde de la histeria. Mis ansias nocturnas de sangre inundaban también mis días y tuve que dejar la ciudad. Mi máscara de cordura amenazaba con desaparecer. Para mí era la estación más dura y necesitaba vacaciones.»

El sofisticado, inteligente y vanidoso Patrick Bateman trabaja en Wall Street, idolatra al joven magnate Donald Trump, cena en los restaurantes de moda de Nueva York y es capaz de distinguir un traje Armani a cincuenta metros de distancia. También le gusta violar, torturar, asesinar y desmembrar.

American Psycho, la novela más polémica de Bret Easton Ellis, se ha convertido en el reflejo más descarnado de la sociedad hipermaterialista de finales de los 80 y en una de las obras maestras de finales del siglo XX. Bret Easton Ellis lanza una crítica corrosiva hacia el egoísmo y la depravación del capitalismo un retrato desolador, irónico y rabiosamente vigente de un mundo al borde del colapso en el que todavía vivimos.

í «American Psycho sigue siendo la exégesis literaria más indispensable y salvaje sobre la sociedad que hemos construido.» Irvine Welsh

«American Psycho era y es y será una obra maestra de la literatura estadounidense del siglo XX [...] símbolo y metáfora y síntoma y paradigma [...] Con prosa y dicción que se las arregla para fundir lo mejor Ernest Hemingway y Joan Didion y HAL 9000.» Rodrigo Fresán

«Un libro fundamental.» Fay Weldon, The Washington Post

«Esto es esta novela se adelantó a su tiempo.» Dwight Garner, The New York Times

«Seria, inteligente y rompedoramente efectiva [...] Es un retrato tremendamente coherente de una sociedad mortalmente adicta al aburrimiento, debería ser juzgada dentro de los más altos estándares.»Sunday Times

«American Psycho es hilarante. Además de una pesadilla repulsiva, Patrick Bateman es una creación cómica de primer orden.» Sam Jordison, TheGuardian

«Hoy en día, American Psycho es una obra canónica de sátira social [...] la única ymás condenatoria crítica de las consecuencias culturales del capitalismo contemporáneo» John Pa Rollert, Chicago Booth Review

«Que los contenidos del libro son escandalosos es completamente indiscutible, pero de la misma manera que La hoguera delas vanidades expuso la corrupción y la avaricia resultantes de las políticas de los años ochenta y sus altos niveles de vida, American Psycho examina las preocupaciones irracionales de los pijos de los noventa.»TimeOut

«Un libro que abrasó a críticos, censores y lectores en general y que finalmente se convirtió en uno de los grandes clásicos de culto de la era moderna [...]]> 575 Bret Easton Ellis 8439737300 Kevin 3 3.79 1991 American Psycho (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Historia de las matemáticas: La historia de Platón, Euler, Newton, Galilei. Descubre a los hombres que inventaron el álgebra, la geometría y el cálculo. (Spanish Edition)]]> 51601214


Desde Euler a Newton, desde Galileo a Einstein, cubriremos todo lo relacionado con la historia que creó las matemáticas modernas.

Descubriremos secretos y matemáticas ocultas que aún no conoces. Cómo las matemáticas crearon el mundo moderno, desde las computadoras hasta los casinos y las apuestas, desde la energía atómica hasta las finanzas.

Las matemáticas crearon nuestro mundo, y vamos a descubrir cómo.]]> 234 Jordan Rodriguez Kevin 1 2.50 Historia de las matemáticas: La historia de Platón, Euler, Newton, Galilei. Descubre a los hombres que inventaron el álgebra, la geometría y el cálculo. (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Por qué dormimos: La nueva ciencia del sueño]]> 50922141 Dormir es uno de los aspectos más importantes pero menos comprendidos de nuestra vida.

Hasta hace muy poco, la ciencia no tenía respuesta a la pregunta de por qué dormimos, a qué servía o por qué sufrimos consecuencias tan devastadoras para la salud cuando está ausente. En comparación con los otros impulsos básicos de la vida (comer, beber y reproducir), el propósito del sueño sigue siendo más difícil de descifrar.

Matthew Walker ofrece una exploración revolucionaria del sueño, examinando cómo afecta cada aspecto de nuestro bienestar físico y mental.

]]> 502 Matthew Walker 8412099362 Kevin 2 4.48 2017 Por qué dormimos: La nueva ciencia del sueño
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]]> <![CDATA[Eso no estaba en mi libro de Historia del Imperio español (Spanish Edition)]]> 58622399 279 Pedro F. Barbadillo 8418205784 Kevin 2 3.44 2020 Eso no estaba en mi libro de Historia del Imperio español (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[La leyenda negra: Historia del odio a España (Spanish Edition)]]> 41841406 533 Alberto Gil Ibáñez 8417558292 Kevin 0 currently-reading 4.00 La leyenda negra: Historia del odio a España (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Los amigos de Eddie Coyle (Libros del Asteroide nº 85)]]> 57497115 202 George V. Higgins 8492663553 Kevin 0 3.83 1971 Los amigos de Eddie Coyle (Libros del Asteroide nº 85)
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]]> <![CDATA[Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin (California Studies in Critical Human Geography)]]> 1559688
As he uncovers the true costs of building an imperial city, Gray Brechin addresses the dynastic ambitions of frontier oligarchies, the environmental and social effects of the mining industry, the creation of two universities, the choice of imperial architecture to symbolize the aspirations of San Franciscans in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, manipulation of public thought by the city's media, and more. He traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by prominent families—the Hearsts, de Youngs, Spreckelses, and others—who gained wealth and power through mining, control of ranching, water and energy, transportation, real estate, and weapons.

This broad history of San Francisco is a story of greed and ambition on an epic scale. Imperial San Francisco incorporates rare period illustrations, personal correspondence, and public statements to show how a little-known power elite has used the city as a tool to increase its own wealth and power. Brechin's story advances a new way of understanding urban history as he traces the links among environment, economy, and technology that led, ultimately, to the creation of the atomic bomb and the nuclear arms race.

Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of 2000]]> 428 Gray Brechin 0520229029 Kevin 1 4.00 1999 Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin (California Studies in Critical Human Geography)
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]]> La llamada de la selva 58054190 The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.]]> 94 Jack London Kevin 3 3.67 1903 La llamada de la selva
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]]> <![CDATA[Miss Lonelyhearts: Or the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin]]> 6594709
"Money and fame meant nothing to them. They were not worldly men."

"Wildly funny, desperately sad, brutal and kind, furious and patient, there was no other like Nathanael West.�

–Dorothy Parker]]> Nathanael West Kevin 2 3.83 1934 Miss Lonelyhearts: Or the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
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]]> The Friends of Eddie Coyle 82121 216 George V. Higgins 1841192627 Kevin 4 4.05 1971 The Friends of Eddie Coyle
author: George V. Higgins
name: Kevin
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rating: 4
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]]> Meditations: Spanish Edition 58028705 Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcus' own emotions. But while the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, in developing his beliefs Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection of extended meditations and short aphorisms that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers through the centuries.]]> 131 Marcus Aurelius 396858435X Kevin 0 currently-reading 4.00 180 Meditations: Spanish Edition
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]]> Las 48 leyes del poder 42605833 best seller mundial para los que quieren obtener, estudiar o combatir el poder absoluto.

Amoral, inmisericorde, despiadada y, sobre todo, muy instructiva, esta incisiva obra concentra tres mil años de historia del poder en cuarenta y ocho leyes claras y concisas. Robert Greene detalla las leyes del poder en su esencia más cruda, sintetizando el pensamiento de Maquiavelo, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz y otros grandes teóricos y estrategas. Algunas leyes sugieren la prudencia ("Ley n° 1: nunca le haga sombra a su amo"); otras, el sigilo ("Ley n° 3: disimule sus intenciones"); otras más, una total falta de piedad ("Ley n° 15: aplaste por completo a su enemigo"). Pero, nos guste o no, todas tienen aplicaciones en la vida cotidiana. Ilustradas mediante anécdotas de Isabel II, Henry Kissinger, P.T. Barnum y otras figuras que han esgrimido el poder (o que lo han padecido), estas leyes fascinarán a cualquiera que se interese en todas las manifestaciones del control total.]]> 881 Robert Greene Kevin 3 4.50 1998 Las 48 leyes del poder
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]]> Elizabeth Costello 6206 Elizabeth Costello is, on the surface, the story of a woman's life as a mother, sister, lover, and writer. Yet it is also a profound and haunting meditation on the nature of storytelling.]]> 231 J.M. Coetzee Kevin 2 3.48 2003 Elizabeth Costello
author: J.M. Coetzee
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]]> The Hobbit 659469
'The Hobbit' is the story of Bilbo Baggins…a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger � and in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most-dreaded dragon Smaug.

Illustrated in full colour throughout, and accompanied by the carefully abridged text of the original novel, this handsome authorised edition will introduce new generations to a magical masterpiece � and be treasured by Hobbit fans of all ages, everywhere.]]> 133 Chuck Dixon 0345368584 Kevin 5 4.52 1989 The Hobbit
author: Chuck Dixon
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America]]> 397483
Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison.

The activities of the sinister Dr. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims.

Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. - John Moe]]> 464 Erik Larson 0609608444 Kevin 2 4.02 2003 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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]]> <![CDATA[El diablo en la Ciudad Blanca (Spanish Edition)]]> 45716094 Chicago, 1893. Una feria internacional, un asesino en serie� La historia real que ha entusiasmado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo.

Los dos eran tozudos e inteligentes, y muy dispuestos a triunfar en la tarea que tenían por delante: Daniel Hudson Burnham, un arquitecto de prestigio, había recibido el encargo de dirigir el diseño y la construcción de los pabellones de la Exposición Universal de Chicago, que abriría sus puertas en mayo de 1893; Henry H. Holmes era médico y decidió aplicar sus conocimientos durante el evento expositivo de la manera más cruel. Mientras Burnham levantaba a ritmo endiablado las paredes de unos palacios espectaculares, Holmes erigió su propia mansión cerca del recinto ferial y, en los sótanos de lo que sería un hotel, mandó construir unas salas de tortura equipadas con mesas de disección, cámaras de gas y hornos crematorios. Ahí un sinfín de mujeres jóvenes, seducidas por los dulces modales del médico, encontrarían el dolor y la muerte.
Lo que parece la trama de una novela de horror fue a finales del siglo xix una realidad que conmovió a un país entero, y que tuvo como testigos de excepción a hombres tan dispares como Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser y Thomas Edison. Las tribulaciones del arquitecto y el médico, el afán que los empujó cada vez más lejos para triunfar en una ciudad donde los primeros rascacielos asomaban entre el humo del carbón y las madejas de raíles, llegan hasta nosotros gracias al magnífico libro de Larson, un investigador riguroso y un narrador capaz de Erik Larson es un reconocido periodista y contar la historia de una locura.

]]> 576 Erik Larson Kevin 3 4.12 2003 El diablo en la Ciudad Blanca (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens. De animales a dioses: Una breve historia de la humanidad]]> 23155468
En De animales a dioses Yuval Noah Harari traza una breve historia de la humanidad, desde los primeros humanos que caminaron sobre la Tierra hasta los radicales y a veces devastadores avances de las tres grandes revoluciones que nuestra especie ha protagonizado: la cognitiva, la agrícola y la científica. A partir de hallazgos de disciplinas tan diversas como la biología, la antropología, la paleontología o la economía, Harari explora cómo las grandes corrientes de la historia han modelado nuestra sociedad, los animales y las plantas que nos rodean e incluso nuestras personalidades. ¿Hemos ganado en felicidad a medida que ha avanzado la historia? ¿Seremos capaces de liberar alguna vez nuestra conducta de la herencia del pasado? ¿Podemos hacer algo para influir en los siglos futuros?

Audaz, ambicioso y provocador, este libro cuestiona todo lo que creíamos saber sobre el ser humano: nuestros orígenes, nuestras ideas, nuestras acciones, nuestro poder... y nuestro futuro.]]> 385 Yuval Noah Harari 8499924743 Kevin 3 4.44 2011 Sapiens. De animales a dioses: Una breve historia de la humanidad
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average rating: 4.44
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]]> <![CDATA[Elon Musk: El empresario que anticipa el futuro (BIOGRAFÍA Y MEMORIAS) (Spanish Edition)]]> 30643314 549 Ashlee Vance 8499425283 Kevin 3 4.34 2015 Elon Musk: El empresario que anticipa el futuro (BIOGRAFÍA Y MEMORIAS) (Spanish Edition)
author: Ashlee Vance
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.34
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Short History of Nearly Everything]]> 21 544 Bill Bryson 076790818X Kevin 4 4.21 2003 A Short History of Nearly Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1)]]> 432 City of Glass inaugurates an intriguing New York Trilogy of novels that The Washington Post Book World has classified as "post-existentialist private eye... It's as if Kafka has gotten hooked on the gumshoe game and penned his own ever-spiraling version." As a result of a strange phone call in the middle of the night, Quinn, a writer of detective stories, becomes enmeshed in a case more puzzling than any he might have written. Written with hallucinatory clarity, City of Glass combines dark humor with Hitchcock-like suspense.

Ghosts and The Locked Room are the next two brilliant installments in Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy.

]]> 203 Paul Auster 0140097317 Kevin 4 3.79 1985 City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[La vida sexual de las gemelas siamesas]]> 27268361 466 Irvine Welsh 8433936387 Kevin 3 3.53 2014 La vida sexual de las gemelas siamesas
author: Irvine Welsh
name: Kevin
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rating: 3
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]]> How Not to Die Alone 42584179 A darkly funny and life-affirming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine the story of one man who is offered a second chance at life and love when he develops an unexpected friendship--if he can expose the white lie he told years ago that grew into so much more.

Andrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Thankfully, he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home, to help wash the day's cares away. At least, that's what his coworkers believe.

Andrew didn't mean for the misunderstanding to happen, yet he's become trapped in his own white lie. The fantasy of his wife and two kids has become a pleasant escape from his lonely one bedroom with only his Ella Fitzgerald records for company. But when new employee Peggy breezes into his life like a breath of fresh air, Andrew is shaken out of his routine. She doesn't notice the wall he's been safely hiding behind and their friendship promises to break it down.

Andrew must choose: Does he tell the truth and start really living his life, but risk losing his friendship with Peggy? Or will he stay safe and alone, behind the façade? How Not to Die Alone is about the importance of taking a chance in those moments when we have the most to lose. Sharp and funny, warm and real, it's the kind of big-hearted story we all need.]]> 321 Richard Roper 0525539883 Kevin 3 3.63 2019 How Not to Die Alone
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]]> <![CDATA[A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-4)]]> 9814682 Time magazine—has created a world that is as rich and vital as any piece of historical fiction, set in an age of knights and chivalry and filled with a plethora of fascinating, multidimensional characters that you love, hate to love, or love to hate as they struggle for control of a divided kingdom. It is this very vitality that has led it to be adapted as the HBO miniseries “Game of Thrones.�

This bundle includes the following novels:
A GAME OF THRONES
A CLASH OF KINGS
A STORM OF SWORDS
A FEAST FOR CROWS]]> 4081 George R.R. Martin 0345529057 Kevin 5 4.65 2011 A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-4)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)]]> 12177850 A GAME OF THRONES
A CLASH OF KINGS
A STORM OF SWORDS
A FEAST OF CROWS
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse--unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen's brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister--the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.
Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki--whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.
"]]> 5216 George R.R. Martin 1780484259 Kevin 5 4.56 2000 A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
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]]> Juego de tronos #2 of 4 22911655
Planeta Cómic tiene el placer de presentar la segunda entrega de la adaptación oficial de la brillante novela Juego de Tronos. Ahora, George R. R. Martin se une al aclamado novelista Daniel Abraham y al dibujante Tommy Patterson para insuflar nueva vida a la obra maestra de la fantasía heroica Canción de hielo y fuego como nunca se había visto antes: en una novela gráfica a todo color, dando una visión única sobre el mundo ideado por Martin.]]> 192 Daniel Abraham 8416090351 Kevin 0 4.48 Juego de tronos #2 of 4
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]]> Historia de España 17287322 598 Julio Valdeón 8467033576 Kevin 4 3.82 2009 Historia de España
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]]> El duelo 5530226 155 Joseph Conrad 8402067425 Kevin 4 3.85 1908 El duelo
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[50 Obras Maestras Que Debes Leer Antes De Morir: Vol. 2 (Spanish Edition)]]> 57590604 8640 Eduardo Acevedo Díaz 2291090763 Kevin 0 currently-reading 4.00 50 Obras Maestras Que Debes Leer Antes De Morir: Vol. 2 (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence]]> 53481795 434 Russell T. Warne 1108493343 Kevin 0 to-read 4.39 In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence
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]]> Abel Sánchez 144919 192 Miguel de Unamuno 987118722X Kevin 2 3.81 1917 Abel Sánchez
author: Miguel de Unamuno
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 1917
rating: 2
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]]> El Paraíso de las Mujeres 9108593 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Kevin 2 3.06 2008 El Paraíso de las Mujeres
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]]> The Prophet 2547 The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.

The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.]]> 127 Kahlil Gibran 000100039X Kevin 2 4.27 1923 The Prophet
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]]> <![CDATA[Magallanes: El hombre y su gesta]]> 6746962 240 Stefan Zweig 8483066106 Kevin 2 4.44 1938 Magallanes: El hombre y su gesta
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]]> <![CDATA[50 Obras Maestras Que Debes Leer Antes De Morir: Vol. 1 (Spanish Edition)]]> 57589738
El Arte de la Guerra - Sun Tzu
Metafísica - Aristóteles
Popol Vuh - Anonimo
El Príncipe - Niccolò Machiavelli
El libro de la vida - Santa Teresa de Jesús
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha - Miguel Cervantes
Discurso del método - René Descartes
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
Los viajes de Gulliver - Jonathan Swift
Código de Hammurabi - Rey de Babilonia Hammurabi
Candido - Voltaire
Eugenia Gradet - Honoré de Balzac
La marquesa - George Sand
Los ímenes de la calle Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe
Diario de un loco - Nikolai Gogol
El gato negro - Edgar Allan Poe
Los tres mosqueteros - Alexandre Dumas
El conde de montecristo - Alexandre Dumas
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
Bartleby, el escribiente - Herman Melville
Las flores del mal - Charles Baudelaire
El origen de las especies - Charles Darwin
Las aventuras de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas - Lewis Carroll
Crimen y castigo - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
La media naranja - José Alcalá Galiano
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino - Julio Verne
La vuelta al mundo en 80 días - Julio Verne
Ana Karenina - León Tolstoi
Germinal - Emile Zola
El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
El Horla - Guy de Maupassant
El Anticristo - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Azul - Rubén Darío
El retrato de Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Drácula - Bram Stoker
Yo acuso - Emile Zola
El corazón de las tinieblas - Joseph Conrad
La llamada de la selva - Jack London
Un sueño - Amado Nervo
Peter Pan y Wendy - J.M. Barrie
Tarzán de los monos - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Niebla - Miguel De Unamuno
La metamorfosis - Franz Kafka
Abel Sánchez - Miguel De Unamuno
La tía Tula - Miguel De Unamuno
El paraíso de las mujeres - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
El profeta - Kahlil Gibran
La Llamada de Cthulhu - Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Magallanes - Stefan Zweig]]> 9504 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 2291091085 Kevin 0 0.0 50 Obras Maestras Que Debes Leer Antes De Morir: Vol. 1 (Spanish Edition)
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]]> The Art of War 10534 170 Sun Tzu Kevin 3 3.98 -400 The Art of War
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]]> Yo, Simon, Homo Sapiens 30340823 Llega a nuestro país la novela de la que habla el mundo entero, seleccionada para competir por el Premio Nacional del Libro norteamericano. Divertida, ácida, inteligente y certera: la gran historia de crecimiento para los lectores del siglo XXI.
«Albertalli dibuja para Simon un mundo tridimensional, libre de lugares comunes y rebosante de personajes inolvidables. Saboreadlo, porque solo una lectura será la primera . Este libro merece el mismo nivel de obsesión que Bajo la misma estrella.»Entertainment Weekly
«Divertida, conmovedora y emocionalmente inteligente.»Kirkus Reviews
«En su debut, la novelista Albertalli retrata con habilidad la voz de un joven de dieciséis años confuso y sincero. Los lectores se enamorarán locamente de Simon.»Publishers Weekly
«Si bien hay algún que otro momento de tensión realista, el sentimiento dominante es la deliciosa emoción de encontrar en la mirada del otro lo mejor de ti mismo.»Boletín del Center for Children’s Books
]]> 265 Becky Albertalli 8499449964 Kevin 2 4.02 2015 Yo, Simon, Homo Sapiens
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]]> The Call of the Wild 1852 The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.]]> 172 Jack London Kevin 3 3.89 1903 The Call of the Wild
author: Jack London
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> Lord Jim 18891029 256 Joseph Conrad Kevin 2 3.74 1900 Lord Jim
author: Joseph Conrad
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1900
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)]]> 540372 "Mean, moody, disturbing and intensely atmospheric.� �The Times

John Fante's first published novel, Wait Until Spring, Bandini chronicles a trying winter in the lives of the Bandinis, a poor and dysfunctional but oddly endearing Italian-American family living in Colorado during the Great Depression.]]> 266 John Fante 0876855540 Kevin 3 4.13 1938 Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road to Los Angeles (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #2)]]> 90260
This novel introduces Fante's alter ego Arturo Bandini who reappears in Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), Ask the Dust (1939), and Dreams from Bunker Hill (1982). The manuscript was discovered among John Fante's papers after his death in May, 1983 by his widow Joyce, and now may be included in that short, distinguished list of important first novels by American authors.]]> 166 John Fante 0876856490 Kevin 3 3.87 1985 The Road to Los Angeles (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #2)
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]]> The Sea Wolf 43049 425 Jack London 1598184318 Kevin 4 4.05 1904 The Sea Wolf
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]]> The Time Machine 2493
So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well. Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

]]> 118 H.G. Wells Kevin 5 3.91 1895 The Time Machine
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)]]> 23814 264 H. Rider Haggard 0812966295 Kevin 4 3.80 1885 King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> The Three Musketeers 7190 The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical novels and one of the most popular adventure novels ever written.

Dumas' swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long, he finds treachery and court intrigue,and also three boon companions, the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together, the four strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.]]> 625 Alexandre Dumas Kevin 2 4.09 1844 The Three Musketeers
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]]> Lords of Chaos 116168 405 Michael Moynihan 0922915946 Kevin 4 3.69 1998 Lords of Chaos
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average rating: 3.69
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rating: 4
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]]> The Rum Diary 18864 The Rum Diary is a tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule and anything (including murder) is permissible.]]> 224 Hunter S. Thompson 0684856476 Kevin 3 3.86 1998 The Rum Diary
author: Hunter S. Thompson
name: Kevin
average rating: 3.86
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rating: 3
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]]> Hollywood 38505 320 Charles Bukowski 843391426X Kevin 4 3.82 1989 Hollywood
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]]> Ham on Rye 38501 288 Charles Bukowski 006117758X Kevin 5 4.17 1982 Ham on Rye
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)]]> 39943621
Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.

What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why did it become so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What is the origin of Daenerys’s three dragon eggs? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.

With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.]]> 706 George R.R. Martin 152479628X Kevin 3 4.03 2018 Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)]]> 13497 Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.

Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.

The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]> 1060 George R.R. Martin 055358202X Kevin 5 4.16 2005 A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)]]> 10664113 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B004XISI4A

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.]]> 1125 George R.R. Martin Kevin 5 4.33 2011 A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)]]> 62291 An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Here is the third volume in George R.R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. Together, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. And as opposing forces manoeuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords...]]> 1177 George R.R. Martin 055357342X Kevin 5 4.54 2000 A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)]]> 10572
It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.

Here is the second volume in George R.R. Martin magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R.R. Martin stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.]]> 1009 George R.R. Martin 0553381695 Kevin 5 4.42 1998 A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]> 835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 Kevin 5 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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]]> Las muertas 1660957 trasladar el cadáver exhumado de una mujer. La obra maestra de Jorge Ibargüengoitia es la extraordinaria recreación de un caso real que conmocionó el México de los años sesenta, cuando aparecieron varios cadáveres de prostitutas en distintas propiedades de las dos madame, dueñas de tres burdeles. Las muertas está construida a partir de diversos testimonios, voces que se reúnen para dar forma a un universo literario único.]]> 187 Jorge Ibargüengoitia Kevin 5 4.18 1977 Las muertas
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Kevin 5 4.29 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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]]> my antonia 51535343 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong]]> 294 Willa Cather Kevin 5 5.00 1918 my antonia
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]]> my antonia 51535283 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.

]]> 301 Willa Cather Kevin 5 5.00 1918 my antonia
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]]> My Antonia 51535003 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.
]]> 286 Willa Cather Kevin 5 5.00 1918 My Antonia
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]]> My Antonia 50754135 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.
]]> 294 Willa Cather Kevin 5 5.00 1918 My Antonia
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]]> My Ántonia 50130803 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.
]]> 301 Willa Cather Kevin 5 5.00 1918 My Ántonia
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]]> My Antonia 49606913 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.

]]> 286 Willa Cather Kevin 5 5.00 1918 My Antonia
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]]> My Antonia 44656026 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.

]]> 294 Willa Cather Kevin 5 4.16 1918 My Antonia
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]]> My Antonia 45018069 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.
]]> 294 Willa Cather Kevin 5 4.75 1918 My Antonia
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]]> My Antonia 44577502 The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong.

]]> 294 Willa Cather Kevin 5 4.88 1918 My Antonia
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]]> <![CDATA[Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners]]> 22514127
In "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python," you'll learn how to use Python to write programs that do in minutes what would take you hours to do by hand no prior programming experience required. Once you've mastered the basics of programming, you'll create Python programs that effortlessly perform useful and impressive feats of automation to: Search for text in a file or across multiple filesCreate, update, move, and rename files and foldersSearch the Web and download online contentUpdate and format data in Excel spreadsheets of any sizeSplit, merge, watermark, and encrypt PDFsSend reminder emails and text notificationsFill out online forms

Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and practice projects at the end of each chapter challenge you to improve those programs and use your newfound skills to automate similar tasks.

Don't spend your time doing work a well-trained monkey could do. Even if you've never written a line of code, you can make your computer do the grunt work. Learn how in "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.""]]> 479 Al Sweigart 1593275994 Kevin 4 4.29 2014 Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
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]]> O Pioneers! 140963 O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged masterpiece. No other work of fiction so faithfully conveys both the sharp physical realities and the mythic sweep of the transformation of the American frontier—and the transformation of the people who settled it. Cather's heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make it a prosperous farm. But this archetypal success story is darkened by loss, and Alexandra's devotion to the land may come at the cost of love itself.

At once a sophisticated pastoral and a prototype for later feminist novels, O Pioneers! is a work in which triumph is inextricably enmeshed with tragedy, a story of people who do not claim a land so much as they submit to it and, in the process, become greater than they were.]]> 159 Willa Cather 0679743626 Kevin 5 3.89 1913 O Pioneers!
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]]> <![CDATA[Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)]]> 40425
But disaster falls. Great Apes raise the small son, destined to be Lord of the Jungle.]]> 323 Edgar Rice Burroughs 0809599813 Kevin 2 3.89 1912 Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> Thieves Like Us 25909466 Thieves Like Us, first published in 1937, is a Depression-era noir novel centering on three small-time criminals, who escape from jail and begin a spree of Texas bank-robbing. The youngest of the three, Bowie, falls in love with the cousin of one of the older criminals, and a romance develops but is doomed to fail in the face of the relentless manhunt by the authorities. Thieves Like Us was adapted for the screen by Nicholas Ray in 1948 as They Live by Night and in 1973 by Robert Altman under its original title.]]> 172 Edward Anderson Kevin 4 4.03 1937 Thieves Like Us
author: Edward Anderson
name: Kevin
average rating: 4.03
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rating: 4
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]]> Siddhartha 44242721 152 Hermann Hesse 1523708379 Kevin 2 4.34 1922 Siddhartha
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> RL'S Dream 84532
Soupspoon Wise is dying on the unforgiving streets of New York City, years and worlds away from the Mississippi delta, where he once jammed with blues legend Robert "RL" Johnson. It was an experience that burned indelibly into Soupspoon's soul—never mind that they said RL's gift came from the Devil himself. Now it's Soupspoon's turn to strike a deal with a stranger. An alcoholic angel of mercy, Kiki Waters isn't much better off than Soupspoon, but she too is a child of the South, and knows its pull. And she is determined to let Soupspoon ride out the final notes of his haunting blues dream, to pour out the remarkable tale of what he's seen, where he's been—and where he's going.

Mosley creates a “a meditation on the history and meaning of the blues� ( Entertainment Weekly ) in R L’s Dream , which practically sings a soulful blues song itself.]]> 272 Walter Mosley 067188428X Kevin 3 3.85 1995 RL'S Dream
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad]]> 15757801 Everyone'sfavorite idiot is back, in this hysterical follow-up to An Idiot Abroad.Safely home from his latest travels, Karl Pilkington has decided it is time to share his hard-earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of "100 Things to Do Before You Die" as his starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent adventuresto Alaska, Siberia, and beyond with entertaining, highly-opinionated views on what other people aspire to do with their lives. He tackles such questions as Why on earth would anybody want to run with the bulls in Pamplona, or go "storm chasing" through Tornado Alley? and Why would anyone everwant to have lunch with the Queen, or touch hands with the Pope?A fitting finale to two years of eventful globe-trotting, this companion guide is frank, funny, and strangely inspiring.]]> 380 Karl Pilkington 0857867490 Kevin 3 4.00 The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad
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]]> Hollywood Nocturnes 101008
Dig the swinging sax man's doing repos and plotting a kidnapping-of himself; a tommy gun is ripping apart windows, curtains, and bodies in High Darktown; a carhop at Scrivner's is keeping two extremely sweet sugar daddies, Howard Hughes and mobster Mickey Cohen, happy-until the scene turns murderous.

This is the hip-hop hard-edged world of L.A. 1950s cars with fins, Commies in closets, starmakers with come-ons, ex-cons with guns, and cops with mean streaks as wide as Sunset Strip.

James Ellroy's bizarre, stark tales dazzle us with their unexpected humor, raw brutality, and slightly lighter-than-usual noir realism. Hollywood Nocturnes is quintessential bluesy, black, and very, very hot.]]> 304 James Ellroy 0385333285 Kevin 3 3.78 1993 Hollywood Nocturnes
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]]> <![CDATA[Ricky Gervais Presents: The World of Karl Pilkington]]> 37515 240 Karl Pilkington 1401303420 Kevin 3 3.97 2006 Ricky Gervais Presents: The World of Karl Pilkington
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]]> <![CDATA[White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3)]]> 189086 320 Walter Mosley 0743451775 Kevin 4 4.05 1992 White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)]]> 76620 Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780380395866 here.

Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.]]> 478 Richard Adams 038039586X Kevin 5 4.08 1972 Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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]]> Stickman: A Mike Dime Mystery 29342802 Summer in Philadelphia, a season of long hot nights and short hot tempers.

It’s August, 1949, and private detective Mike Dime is enjoying the slow pace of summer, along with the evenings of drinking and beautiful women that come with it.

Dragging himself out of bed one early morning for an urgent meeting, Dime suddenly finds himself face to face with sixty-four inches of dazzling trouble.

She goes by the name of Nancy Canady and Mike Dime doesn't mind one bit.

Nancy’s handsome slob of a jazz drummer has wound up in jail on a homicide rap.

The cops aren't cooperating, his lawyer’s gone AWOL and the trial is fast approaching.

In a frantic quest to find the real killer, Dime is sent spinning blindly through the streets of Philadelphia and Atlantic City.

When crooked cops, mobsters, hotshot lawyers and musicians all try their best to interfere, Dime soon finds himself immersed in a murder mystery that has more twists and turns than ever before.

Will he be able to work it out in time before Nancy’s one true love finally gets the chair?
]]> 208 Barry Fantoni Kevin 4 3.33 1982 Stickman: A Mike Dime Mystery
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