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Physics of the Impossible_ A Scientific - Michio Kaku
From Publishers WeeklyIn this latest effort to popularize the sciences, City University of New York professor and media star Kaku (_Hyperspace_) ponders topics that many people reg... -
Renaissance Art_ A Topical Dictionary - Irene Earls
Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary -
Academic Legal Writing - Eugene Volokh; Alex Kozinski
Designed to help law students write and publish articles, this text provides detailed instructions for every aspect of the law school writing, research, and publication process. To... -
Under Western Eyes - Joseph Conrad
SUMMARY: Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing. It deals with topical moral issues such as... -
The kill-off - Jim Thompson
SUMMARY: Luane Devore is about to be murdered. It's her favorite topic of conversation. Just who will do the murdering is anybody's guess. It could be the young husband she keeps i... -
The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. *The Year of the Flood* is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. **The times and speci... -
Procession of the Dead (The Cit - Darren Shan
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Shan's dystopic thriller, the first in a trilogy already published in the U.K., is an excellent, twisting foray into a world of deceit, murder... -
Philosophy_ who needs it - Ayn Rand
SUMMARY: This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of t... -
Metrics_ How to Improve Key Bus - Martin Klubeck
Metrics are a hot topic. Executive leadership, boards of directors, management, and customers are all asking for data-based decisions. As a result, many managers, professionals, an... -
Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
SUMMARY: Shelley's enduringly popular and rich gothic tale confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism and science--topics such as degeneracy, hereditary disease,...