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Eric E Castro rated Case of the Lazy Lover: 4 stars
Eric E Castro rated The Cartographers: 5 stars
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
What is the purpose of a map?
Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel …
Eric E Castro rated The Man Who Died Twice: 4 stars
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club, #2)
It's the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a …
Eric E Castro rated Vicious circle: 5 stars
Vicious circle by Mike Carey (Felix Castor -- bk. 2)
In this supernatural thriller, freelance exorcist Felix Castor gets a seemingly insignificant "missing ghost" case that inexorably drags himself and …
Eric E Castro rated The Devil You Know: 5 stars
The Devil You Know by Mike Carey (Felix Castor (1))
Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, and London is his stamping ground. It may seem like a good ghostbuster can …
Eric E Castro rated Artemis: 5 stars
Eric E Castro rated The End of Bias : A Beginning: 4 stars
The End of Bias : A Beginning by Jessica Nordell
Implicit bias: persistent, unintentional prejudiced behavior that clashes with our consciously held beliefs. We know that it exists, to corrosive …
Eric E Castro rated Lower Ed: 3 stars
Lower Ed by Tressie McMillan Cottom
From [publisher's website][1]:
More than two million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges, from the small family-run operations to the …
Eric E Castro rated Project Hail Mary: 5 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
Eric E Castro rated The Egg: 4 stars
Eric E Castro rated Braiding Sweetgrass: 5 stars
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants is a 2013 nonfiction book by Potawatomi professor Robin …
Eric E Castro rated Black Hawk Down: 4 stars
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Late in the afternoon of Sunday, 3 October 1993, 140 elite US soldiers abseiled from helicopters into a teeming market …