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Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer
In this technology-driven age, it's tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sent humans into space. But a... -
Predators I Have Known - Alan Dean Foster
An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet's most ferocious and fascinating predators Over the last forty years, bestselling science-fiction writer Ala... -
Prague pictures_ portraits of a - John Banville
FromHere is the latest installment in Bloomsbury's fascinating Writer in the City series, which matches well-known writers with cities with which they are intimately familiar. Banv... -
Paul of Dune - Brian Herbert; Kevin J. Anderso
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This epic science fiction tale fills in the time gap between Frank Herberts Dune and Dune Messiah. Told by modern-day sci-fi legends... -
Out of the Cocoon - William Leisner
SUMMARY: Centuries ago, the S.S. Mariposa transported two sets of colonists – one a "back-to-nature" group called the Bringloidi, the other a collection of scientists – to new worl... -
On food and cooking_ the scienc - Harold McGee
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is t... -
Nothing in Her Way - Charles Williams
SUMMARY: Utterly beautiful, smart as a whip, and crooked down to her slightly round heels, here is the most fascinating confidence woman in suspense fiction, as portrayed by one of... -
Night of the Living Trekkies - Kevin David; Kevin David Anders
SUMMARY: This sci-fi /zombie/comedy/adventure follows a group of rag-tag Trekkies getting together for the fifth annual FedCon (billed as the "largest Starfleet Convention in the w... -
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Amazon.com ReviewHere is the novel that started it all, launching the cyberpunk generation, and the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction: Neuromancer... -
Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 - Bill Fawcett
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The year's best science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume. ** An annual commemoration, the Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fant...