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Aesop's Fables (Penguin Classic - Aesop
Product DescriptionSardonic, wry and wise, Aesop's Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop... -
A World Without Ice - H. N. Pollack
SUMMARY: A co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet's imperiled ice. Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relati... -
A Steal of a Deal - Ginny Aiken
Product DescriptionWhen gemologist Andrea Adams gets a chance to go to the Kashmir region of Pakistan for a mission trip, she jumps at it. But her boss at the S.T.U.D. home shoppin... -
A Question of Belief - Donna Leon
SUMMARY: As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti prepares to escape the city and spend time with his family in the mountains. For Ispettore Vianello, ho... -
A Planet of Viruses - Carl Zimmer
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A Map of Glass - Jane Urquhart
Jane Urquhart’s stunning new novel weaves two parallel stories, one set in contemporary Toronto and Prince Edward County, Ontario, the other in the nineteenth century on the northe... -
A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge
Amazon.com ReviewIn this Hugo-winning 1991 SF novel, Vernor Vinge gives us a wild new cosmology, a galaxy-spanning "Net of a Million Lies," some finely imagined aliens, and much na... -
A Desert Called Peace - Tom Kratman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Five hundred years from now, humankind has found a link to a remarkably Earth-like planet and settled there, dividing –as humans will -- into dozens of nation-sta... -
A Call to Darkness - Michael Jan Friedman
SUMMARY:The "Enterprise" discovers a lifeless Federation research vessel, orbibting a planet hidden behind a mysterious energy shield. Over the strong objections of his seni... -
7 Billion - National Geographic
Sometime in late October 2011, the 7 billionth citizen of planet Earth will be born. To mark the event, National Geographic magazine commissioned seven articles that explore the fa...