haagen_daz rated Desert solitaire: 4 stars
Desert solitaire by Edward Abbey
A book about Edward Abbey's life as a park ranger in the American Southwest in the 1950's.
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haagen_daz rated Authority: 3 stars
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #2)
"In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened. In …
Review of "Ursula Le Guin's the Left Hand of Darkness" on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
haagen_daz rated Ninth Ward: 3 stars
Jewell Parker Rhodes: Ninth Ward (2010, Little, Brown and Co.)
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to …
haagen_daz rated Street-fighting mathematics: 4 stars
Sanjoy Mahajan: Street-fighting mathematics (2010, MIT Press)
Street-fighting mathematics by Sanjoy Mahajan
In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works—don't just stand there! Yet we often …
haagen_daz rated The Stars My Destination: 4 stars
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
A science fiction retelling of the Count of Monte Cristo.
haagen_daz rated This Changes Everything: 4 stars
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes …
haagen_daz rated The Demolished Man: 4 stars
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
MASTERWORKS is a library of the greatest SF ever written, chosen with the help of today's leading SF writers and …
haagen_daz rated How to Solve It: 4 stars
How to Solve It by George Pólya
How to Solve It (1945) is a small volume by mathematician George Pólya describing methods of problem solving.
haagen_daz rated Acceptance: 4 stars
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy)
From the publisher---
It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing …
haagen_daz rated The sixth extinction: 5 stars
The sixth extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, …
haagen_daz rated Parable of the Sower: 5 stars
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
haagen_daz rated The Sparrow: 3 stars
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow, #1)
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing …
haagen_daz rated Americanah: 3 stars
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Super ET)
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National …
haagen_daz rated The blind assassin: 2 stars
The blind assassin by Margaret Atwood
More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story …