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Elijah Bailey rated When Genius Failed: 5 stars
When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein
In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels to the recent financial crisis—Roger Lowenstein …
Elijah Bailey rated The Whale Rider: 4 stars
The Whale Rider by Witi Tame Ihimaera
A timeless story of the courage of one Maori girl who stood against the tide of tradition and enabled her …
Elijah Bailey rated Under the Banner of Heaven: 5 stars
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF …
Elijah Bailey rated The Yiddish Policemen's Union: 5 stars
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
In a world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, …
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1-5) by Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982, ISBN 0-345-39182-9) is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy …
Elijah Bailey rated The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: 4 stars
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
In the beginning the universe was created...this made a lot of people angry and has been widely regarded as a …
Elijah Bailey rated The Quest for Karla: 5 stars
Elijah Bailey rated The Pragmatic Programmer: 5 stars
The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas, Andrew Hunt, and 1 other
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master is a book about computer programming and software engineering, written by Andrew Hunt …
Elijah Bailey rated The Night Manager: 5 stars
The Night Manager by John le Carré
Individual greed takes the place of old world rivalries of great nations. Inside look at the international cartel of illegal …
Elijah Bailey rated The Naked Sun: 5 stars
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov (The Robot Series, #3)
On the remote planet Solaria the first murder for two hundred years has been committed. The Solarians are Spacers with …
Elijah Bailey rated The Light Fantastic: 5 stars
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #2)
Only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept …
Elijah Bailey rated The Hunger Games: 5 stars
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, #1)
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded …
Elijah Bailey rated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 5 stars
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1)
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet …
Elijah Bailey rated The Great Gatsby: 5 stars
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life …