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Sanshiro - Natsume Soseki; Haruki Murakami
Natsume Soseki's only coming-of-age novel, Sanshiro depicts the eponymous twenty-three-year-old protagonist as he leaves the sleepy countryside to attend a university in the consta... -
Samuel Pepys - Claire Tomalin
The seventeenth century saw a revolution in man’s thought, as Isaac Newton and others began the scientific study of the universe around them. At the same time a shrewd young civil ... -
Rising tide - Mel Odom
From Publishers WeeklyThe latest game-related novel from the leading publisher of the genre introduces a new maritime setting in the popular Forgotten Realms role-playing universe.... -
Ring - Stephen Baxter
Ring tells the story of the end of the universe and the saving of mankind from its destruction. Two parallel plots are followed throughout the novel: that of Lieserl, an AI explori... -
Raft - Stephen Baxter
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Stephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence. A spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in spa... -
Pym_ A Novel - Mat Johnson
FromChris Jaynes, professor of African American studies, has been denied tenure for his refusal to sit on the Diversity Committee at his university and for his intense interest in ... -
Porterhouse Blue - Tom Sharpe
A Rabelaisian portrait of a college and the ancient traditions of the university, Porterhouse Blue is one of the best-loved, classic comic novels of our times Porterhouse College i... -
Phylogenesis - Alan Dean Foster
Amazon.com ReviewThe Humanx Commonwealth is Alan Dean Foster's signature fictional universe, the setting of, among others, his Adventures of Flinx series (which begins with __) and... -
Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
Examines humankind's changing awareness of its place in the universe and the rich potential of human ventures into the world beyond Earth. -
Packing for Mars_ The Curious S - Mary Roach
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the thin...