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Rosa rated The Ocean at the End of the Lane: 3 stars

Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Hardcover, 2013, William Morrow)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long …

Rosa rated Inferno: 3 stars

Dan Brown: Inferno (Hardcover, 2013, Doubleday)

Inferno by Dan Brown (Inferno, #4)

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, …

Rosa rated George Orwell Boxed Set (1984 and Animal Farm): 5 stars

George Orwell: George Orwell Boxed Set (1984 and Animal Farm) (AudiobookFormat, 2007, Blackstone Audio Inc.)

George Orwell Boxed Set (1984 and Animal Farm) by George Orwell

Contains:

Animal Farm
Nineteen Eighty-Four

Rosa rated The Gods Themselves: 3 stars

Isaac Asimov: The Gods Themselves (2000)

The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and …

Rosa rated The Name of the Rose: 5 stars

Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose (1994, Harcourt Brace)

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation)

It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation …

Rosa rated The Man Who Counted : A Collection of Mathematical Adventures: 4 stars

Malba Tahan: The Man Who Counted : A Collection of Mathematical Adventures (1993)

The Man Who Counted : A Collection of Mathematical Adventures by Malba Tahan

Rosa rated Neverwhere: 3 stars

Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere (Paperback, 2003, Perennial)

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (London Below, #1)

Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart.

His world is changed forever …

Rosa rated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass: 3 stars

Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (2000)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel by English author Lewis Carroll (the …

Rosa rated The Murders in the Rue Morgue: 3 stars

No cover — Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (2014, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

Rosa rated Cosmos: 5 stars

Cosmos by Carl Sagan

This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the …

Rosa rated A Brief History of Time: 4 stars

Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time (1998, Bantam; 10th anniversary edition)

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a book on theoretical cosmology by English …

Rosa rated A Breif History of Time and the Universe in a Nutshell: 4 stars

Stephen Hawking: A Breif History of Time and the Universe in a Nutshell (2007, Bantam Books)

A Breif History of Time and the Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking