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This book was a great souvenir of my trip to Charleston, and Rybczynski is as erudite a guide as always, but the stories are not as inherently interesting as in some of his previous works.
Brilliant riff on Huckleberry Finn; in Twain’s style but recast to center Jim’s heroism
The flat world is supported on the backs of four elephants. But aren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there …
This book leaped genres and raised interesting themes in a unique way.
Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide. As …
Just not my cup of tea. A bit too much of the spirit world. Still, a harrowing imagining of the horrific reality of slavery.
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an …
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look—in …
Very clearly explained tour of very deep cosmological ideas
In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is …
A look at the women behind (literally, last in line) the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, and the various ways their words and lives are ignored.
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is …
OK, the plot had enormous confusing holes but it was amusing all the way through on a scene-by-scene level.
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the …
A deeply observed portrait of an outsider, set against thinly-veiled portrait of the luxe life in the Hamptons. My main problem was not wanting to spend time with the trainwreck of the main character, but that perhaps misses the point of the artistry.
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. …
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look—in …
Bought at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle
