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Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rom
Amazon.com ReviewOne measure, perhaps, of a book's worth, is its intergenerational pliancy: do new readers acquire it and interpret it afresh down through the ages? The Meditation.... -
Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann
SUMMARY: Loosely based on the lives of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt and a contemporary, mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, Kehlmann's novel, a German bestseller wi... -
Mayhem, Mystery and Murder - John A. Broussard
“Back when I was a kid growing up in South Chicago, I never dreamed that having a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother would turn out to be an asset. But my ancestry paid off big-ti... -
Matchless_ A Christmas Story - Gregory Maguire
SUMMARY: Every year, NPR asks a writer to compose an original story with a Christmas theme. In 2008, Gregory Maguire reinvented the Hans Christian Andersen classic "The Little Matc... -
Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian
'Aubrey-Maturin - book 1' Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O'Brian's now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever... -
Masscult and Midcult - Dwight MacDonald
A New York Review Books OriginalAn uncompromising contrarian, a passionate polemicist, a man of quick wit and wide learning, an anarchist, a pacifist, and a virtuoso of the slashin... -
Masked - Lou Anders
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **WELCOME TO THE SECOND “GOLDEN AGE” OF SUPERHEROES AND HEROINES ** Superheroes have come a long way since the “Man of Steel” was introduced in 1938. This brillia... -
Marx_ A Very Short Introduction - Peter Singer
Review"I always recommend that undergraduates should read Singer's book to get an overview. I find it a very useful introduction: succinct and sophisticated."--Professor Diana Cool... -
Marked - Elisabeth Naughton
SUMMARY: Theron, the leader of an elite group of guardians that defends the immortal realm from the Underworld--and who also is the 200-year-old descendant of Hercules--must find t... -
March Upcountry - John Ringo
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The Royal Brat is in Trouble** Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock didn't understand. He was young, handsome, athletic, an *excellent* dresser, and third in ...