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No cover — Sir George Simpson: An overland journey round the world, during the years 1841 and 1842. (1978, Lea and Blanchard)

Michael Pekovich: The why & how of woodworking (2018)

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Steve Coll: The deal of the century (1986, Atheneum)

Sorina Higgins: Inklings and King Arthur (2017, Apocryphile Press)

Iain M. Banks: The Hydrogen Sonata (EBook, 2012, Little, Brown Book Group)

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Norm Abram: Measure twice, cut once (1996, Little, Brown & Co.)

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willadams rated Better Living Through Origami: 5 stars

Nellianna van den Baard, Kenneth Veenenbos: Better Living Through Origami (Paperback, 2018, David and Charles, SewandSo)

Better Living Through Origami by Nellianna van den Baard, Kenneth Veenenbos

willadams rated The book of Athyra: 5 stars

Steven Brust: The book of Athyra (2003, Ace Books)

The book of Athyra by Steven Brust

willadams rated The turing option: 5 stars

Marvin Minsky, Harry Harrison: The turing option (1993, Warner Books)

The turing option by Marvin Minsky, Harry Harrison

Classic SF Harry Harrison enthralls with the discovery, loss and re-discovery of AI. Quaint but fairly accurate predictions of modern …

willadams rated Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX: 5 stars

Donald Knuth: Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX

Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX by Donald Knuth

willadams rated METAFONT: 5 stars

METAFONT by Donald Knuth

willadams rated Han Solo and the lost legacy: 5 stars

Han Solo and the lost legacy by Brian Daley (Han Solo Adventures, Star Wars)

The fabled hoard of the mad tyrant Xim was beyond measure—it was also, as far as Han Solo and his …

willadams rated Han Solo at Stars' End: 5 stars

Han Solo at Stars' End by Brian Daley, Brian Daley (Han Solo Adventures)

Han Solo was a trampfreighter captain, a smuggler and a free-lance lawbender when it suited him. Together with his Wookiee …

willadams rated Han Solo's Revenge (Classic Star Wars): 5 stars

Brian Daley: Han Solo's Revenge (Classic Star Wars) (1980, Del Rey)

Han Solo's Revenge (Classic Star Wars) by Brian Daley

willadams rated Asimov on Physics: 5 stars

Isaac Asimov: Asimov on Physics (1979, Avon Books)

Asimov on Physics by Isaac Asimov

Essays selected from the Magazine of fantasy and science fiction, Dec. 1958 - Oct. 1965.

Thin Air (1959) Now Hear …

willadams rated The Book of Five Rings: 5 stars

Miyamoto Musashi: The Book of Five Rings (2004)

The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in …

willadams rated The Poems of A.A. Milne: 5 stars

The Poems of A.A. Milne by A. A. Milne

willadams rated Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea: 4 stars

Charles Seife: Zero (Hardcover, 2000, Penguin Books)

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife

"Zero follows the number zero from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe …

willadams rated The Joy of X: 5 stars

Steven H. Strogatz: The Joy of X (Paperback, 2013, Mariner Books)

The Joy of X by Steven H. Strogatz

Many people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all …

willadams rated The Road Goes Ever On: 5 stars

The Road Goes Ever On by J. R. R. Tolkien

willadams rated Tolkien; a look behind "The lord of the rings.": 5 stars

Lin Carter: Tolkien; a look behind "The lord of the rings." (1969, Ballantine Books)

Tolkien; a look behind "The lord of the rings." by Lin Carter

Lin Carter's joyous 1969 exploration of Tolkien's classic trilogy and the glorious tradition from which it grew.