Crane rated The Graveyard Book: 5 stars
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural …
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A book enjoyer, romance, sci-fi, and fantasy are generally my favorite, but anything with real characters and some none straight peoples works for me.
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Crane rated PERDIDA: (Gone Girl: Spanish-language) (Spanish Edition): 5 stars
PERDIDA: (Gone Girl: Spanish-language) (Spanish Edition) by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group …
Crane rated The Sword of Summer: 4 stars
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
Magnus Chase siempre ha sido un chico con problemas, ha vivido solo en las calles de Boston esquivando tanto a …
Crane rated Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers: 5 stars
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, Mary Roach
A hilarious and witty look into the history of using cadavers for science, grave diggers, and options to consider about …
Crane rated The misfit economy: 3 stars
The misfit economy by Alexa Clay
"A book that argues that lessons in creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and entrepreneurship can come from surprising places: pirates, bootleggers, counterfeiters, …
Crane rated Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning: 5 stars
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown
To most of us, learning something “the hard way” implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be …
What if? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …
Crane rated The Lufthansa heist: 3 stars
Hill, Henry: The Lufthansa heist (2015)
The Lufthansa heist by Hill, Henry
The inside story--from the organizer himself--of the largest unrecovered cash haul in history. This full account brings readers behind the …
Crane rated The Republic: 4 stars
The Republic by Plato, Πλάτων (Penguin classics)
The Republic (Greek: Πολιτεία, translit. Politeia; Latin: De Republica) is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning …
Crane rated The Death of Expertise: 4 stars
The Death of Expertise by Thomas M. Nichols
A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the …
Crane rated Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery: 4 stars
Crane rated Cannibalism in the Cars: 5 stars
Cannibalism in the Cars by Mark Twain (Prion humour classics)
Contains:
Curing a cold -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- A touching story of George Washington's boyhood -- Advice for …
Crane rated A murder is announced: 4 stars
A murder is announced by Agatha Christie
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which …
Crane rated Prisoners of Geography: 5 stars
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of …