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Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried …
Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose (1980, Books On Tape)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation …
From FSGO x Logic: stories about rural China, food, and tech that reveal new truths about the globalized world
In …
"Born from the obsessive and highly idiosyncratic mind of a cult figure of the Japanese underground, these stories borrow themes …
319 pages ; 23 cm
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the …
Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or …
Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, …
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her …
With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to …