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Vernor Vinge

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After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches. But first, both groups must wait ...more
A reader's rating 3.53.53.53.53.5
Popular Tags: science fiction, alien beings, alien communication ...more
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James Clavell

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The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are the days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes -- fire, flood, and landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong -- the heart of Asia -- rich in every trad...more
A reader's rating 44444
Popular Tags: 1600-present, 1900-1999, 1950-1999 ...more
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John Irving

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20th ANNIVERSARY EDITIONwith a new Afterword from the authorThe New York Times bestsellerThis is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields--a feminist leader ahead of her times. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes--even of sexual assassinations. It ...more
A reader's rating 55555
Popular Tags: fiction, john irving, 1001 books ...more
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James Clavell

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Dirk Straun, a pirate, smuggler, and ruthless individual, finds glory beyond his dreams as the Tai-Pan, or supreme leader, of Hong Kong. Reissue.
A reader's rating 44444
Popular Tags: imperialism, 1600-present, 1800-1849 ...more
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James Clavell

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An explorer in seventeenth-century Japan, ambitious Englishman Blackthorne encounters the powerful and power-hungry Lord Toranaga and Catholic convert Lady Mariko. Reissue.
A reader's rating 55555
Popular Tags: historical ficiton, historical fiction, fiction ...more
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Chris Hedges

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Includes information on abortion, Antichrist, apocalyptic violence, Bible, religious broadcasting media, George W. Bush, Christian Right, Christians, conversion process, converts, creationism, democracy, Democratic Party, dominionism, education system, elections, Darwin®s theory of evolution, fundamentalism, homosexuality, Islam, Jesus, Jews, ...more
A reader's rating 44444
Popular Tags: history, political science
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Neal Stephenson

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With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century.In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy...more
A reader's rating 44444
Popular Tags: fiction, 1001 books, 1600-present ...more
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Cormac Mccarthy

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Best known for his Border Trilogy, hailed in the San Francisco Chronicle as "an American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century," Cormac McCarthy has written ten rich and often brutal novels, including last year's bestselling No Country for Old Men, and this year's The Road. Profoundly dark, told in spare, searing pro...more
A reader's rating 44444
Popular Tags: apocalypse & end of the world, apocalypse fight survive, book club ...more
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Robert J. Sawyer

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Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence. The Neanderthal civilization has reached heights of culture and science comparable to our own, but with radically different history, society and philosophy. Ponter Boddit, a Nea...more
A reader's rating 44444
Popular Tags: alternate & parallel worlds, alternate history, anthropology ...more
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