Daedalus
By: J.B.S. Haldane
3.76
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Ever since the time of Berkeley it has been customary for the majority of metaphysicians to proclai…
Want to Read $ 4.95"Man armed with science is like a baby with a box of matches."-J.B.S. Haldane, Daedalus
"Man armed with science is like a baby with a box of matches."-J.B.S. Haldane, Daedalus
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Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
2. Stories of Your Life and Others
By: Ted Chiang
4.26
Format: 281 pages, ebook
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"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
3. The Princesse de Clèves
By: Madame de La Fayette
3.00
Format: 508 pages, Paperback
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4. Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich
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3.00
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Fest describes in riveting detail the final weeks of the war, from the desperate battles that raged… read more
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5. The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
By: James Fenimore Cooper
3.70
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
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"Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it?"-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
"Do my brothers know the name of this favored people?"-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
"Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!"-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
"Indijanac je stvorenje što ćete ga prije osjetiti nego vidjeti."-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
6. King Lear
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3.91
Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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"Fortune love you."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"She is herself a dowry."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"All dark and comfortless."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"Nothing can come of nothing."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
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By: Hannah Arendt
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth… read more
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10. The War of the Worlds
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3.83
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more
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"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
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4.43
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
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3.94
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13. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
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2.83
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As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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14. The Island of Dr. Moreau
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4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
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15. Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660
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3.62
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16. The Waste Land and Other Poems
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3.62
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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18. Darkness at Noon
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4.11
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"Truth is what is useful to humanity, falsehood what is harmful."-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
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"The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it."-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
19. A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane
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4.01
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20. Daedalus
By: J.B.S. Haldane
3.76
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Ever since the time of Berkeley it has been customary for the majority of metaphysicians to proclai… read more
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21. The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine
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Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports promising that genetic me… read more
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