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<<< 1 2     sort list by title | author Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth Charles Beauclerk Let me state at the outset that the author is a descendant of the Earl of Oxford and a scholar active in proposing the earl as the author of the works attributed to Shake-Speare. That said, I would still recommend this to anyone who has ever read... School of Fear Gitty Daneshvari Madeleine, Theo, Lulu and Garrison—each frightfully afraid of something (ghosts, moths, etc.)—are sent to the even more frightening School of Fear, where they will have to learn to cope with their phobias... or else! (For ages 8-12) —Recommended by Jeff The Maze Runner James Dashner Thomas wakes up, with no memory, surrounded by other boys his age, in a place they call the Glade. All they know is that the stone door set in the insurmountable stone wall opens every morning and closes every evening. Outside lies a maze against which... The Tilting House Tom Llewellyn A new house whose floors tilt by three degrees. Whose walls are covered with cryptic phrases and formulas. A 50-year-old mystery. A weird old neighbor, The Talking Man, who might hold the key to solving it. And a talking rat! This book is a blast... The Battle of the Sun Jeanette Winterson This inventive and darkly surreal book is a perfect gateway to the His Dark Materials trilogy. Soaked in the stench of 1600 London, full of conundrums big and small, and swarming with dragons and alchemy, there are indescribable things in here that you... Death & Sex Dorion Sagan, Tyler Volk This is actually two books, both written by eminent science writers, but it is "Sex" I wish to dwell on (pun intended). Dorion is the son of Carl and an engaged, engaging, and omnivorous philosopher of science. Ranging over love, lust, sex, reproduction, The Adoration of Jenna Fox Mary E. Pearson This is a near-flawless the-future-is-today sci-fi novel. Although written for a teen audience, it captivated and held me until the very end, beginning with its enigmatic title. I highly recommend this for both its peek at our biologically-uncertain... Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Chris Riddell I can't say enough about this series. The stories are simple, engaging and emotionally-grounded. The characters are quirky and unforgettable. And much of the fun comes from discovering the odd little details in the wonderful illustrations. (For ages 7-10) The Female Brain Louann Brizendine, MD Men and women. What are we even doing on the same planet? Everything you've suspected is true. Though our bodies function a little bit differently, the real gulf between the sexes is in the place where we really exist: the brain. Neurophysiological.... Nausea Jean-Paul Sartre Recommended by Jeff, City Lights Books. Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature, Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, critic, novelist, and dramatist, holds a position of... Epitaph for a Tramp & Epitaph for a Dead Beat The Harry Fannin Detective Novels David Markson Before he became known to the literary world for the brilliant Wittgenstein's Mistress, Markson made a living by writing pulps. But these were no ordinary pulps. Markson had great fun playing with the conventions of the genre, and they are just as fun... The Reckoning The Murder of Christopher Marlowe Charles Nicholl Elizabethan playwright-poet Marlowe was stabbed to death in 1593 at the age of 28, supposedly in a dispute over a tavern bill or "reckoning." In a painstaking piece of scholarship that reads like an intricate detective thriller, British author Nicholl... Against Empire Michael Parenti Richly informed and written in an engaging style, Against Empire exposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today. Documenting the pretexts and lies used to justify violent intervention and maldevelopment abroad, Parenti shows... The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe If you've seen the 1964 Teshigahara film you've already experienced Abe's brilliance (he wrote the screenplay as well). If you haven't, read this first. The haunting story of a vacationing entomologist trapped in a sand-pit with an enigmatic woman... <<< 1 2