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Imagine the WORLD AT STAKE. An EPIC STRUGGLE between good and evil. The GREATEST QUEST in history. The FATE OF …
"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles …
A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a …
Pirsig's narrative of a father and son on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest becomes a profound personal and …
Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early …
Some fascinating insights into Turing's work but the book goes into excruciating detail of his personal life.
Probably should expect that from a biography, and it was worth it for the insights into cryptography and his seminal work on computability theory.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas …
I’m stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If …
appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to …
"Legendary historian and philosopher of science George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure …
