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The North Water by Ian McGuire
A ship sets sail with a killer on board . . . 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound …
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A ship sets sail with a killer on board . . . 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound …
John Banville: The untouchable (1998, Vintage Books)
(From the Hardcover edition) Twenty years after his "retirement," ex-spy Victor Maskell attempts to come to terms with what has …
A disturbing exploration of exploitation, colonization, and abuse. I had difficulties getting through the beginning but ultimately it was worth it.
A history of poor whites in America, mainly in the South.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood is a book by science history writer James Gleick, published in March …
The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring – madman, world-crusher, savior …
In the early hours after Halloween on 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all …
"A cosmic timewarp deathtrip to the primordial infinite of everlasting love"--Page [4] of cover.
Engrossing post apocalyptic book that told entirely in a vividly degenerated post-English that the reader is left to decipher as …
The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林, pinyin: Hēi'àn sēnlín) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. …
"The Invention of Nature" reveals the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he …
Angela Flournoy: The Turner house (2015)
"A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family. The …
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An …