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The award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic follows up his New York Times bestseller American Carnage with this …
When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s …
From “one of the most original minds in contemporary literature” (Nick Hornby) the bestselling and award-winning author of Golden Hill …
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
A world-weary woman races against the clock to save two children from an enchanting but deadly forest in this dark …
Lots of interesting facts but the organization runs more to chatty than systematic.
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is 2005 novel by Leonie Swann. It …
'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times
Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, …
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech …
Really fun combination personal memoir/history of the tech world with thoughtful and often fascinating insights on many of its important figures.
Adoptionism—the idea that Jesus is portrayed in the Bible as a human figure who was …
I found this study of the New Testament and post-biblical texts convincing. His argument is essentially that although it's true that certain packages (in particular, in Mark, Acts, and Romans) can be interpreted as adoptionist, in the context of the theology of the authors as displayed elsewhere the case for an adoptionist view is severely weakened.
(Read in 5 to 10 minutes chunks before work.)
You'd think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world of the Thursday Murder Club. …
If you're willing to forgive the publisher for the implication of the dek, "Fungi and the Coming Pandemic," when the book is almost entirely centered on the danger of fungal diseases of plants (e.g., bananas and chestnuts), it's pretty good.
What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not …
My main problem with the book was that I don't think I've ever read a first-person book in which I've found the main character so unlikable, which made it a little hard to read. But it was a compelling story that was hard to put down.
In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love …
A good story marred by over-wrought writing, although the romance genre is so unfamiliar to me that perhaps the style is standard?
