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The God Species - Mark Lynas
We humans are the God species, both the creators and destroyers of life on this planet. As we enter a new geological era - the Anthropocene - our collective power now overwhelms an... -
The Glister - John Burnside
SUMMARY: Acclaimed author John Burnside delivers a profound, page-turning novel about innocence, evil, morality, and the dark corners of the human psyche. Mysterious illnesses affe... -
The Four Loves - C. S. Lewis
Amazon.com ReviewThe Four Loves summarizes four kinds of human love--affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. Masterful without being magisterial, this book's... -
The Fountains of Youth - Brian Stableford
Credibly written but lacking in emotional range, this third installment in Stableford's Living in the Future series imagines a time when most humans--nearly immortal--aren't much p... -
The Fountains of Paradise - Arthur C. Clarke
From Library JournalPublished in 1953, 1952, and 1979, respectively, this trio of novels follow Clarke's recurring theme of humans thrusting themselves into space and then not nece... -
The Empire of Glass - Andy Lane
SUMMARY:After receiving a strange invitation, the first Doctor, Steven and Vicki travel to Venice in 1609, where the political machinations of humans are overshadowed by som... -
The Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
Amazon.com ReviewAnne McCaffrey's Pern is one of the most memorable worlds in science fiction and fantasy. Humans and their flying dragon companions live in fear of thread, a caus.... -
The Door to December - Dean Koontz
One of Koontz's best-loved novels of psychological suspense, The Door to December takes readers into the darkest recesses of the human mind-and into the tempest of a father's ob... -
The Discoverers - Daniel Joseph Boorstin
Examines the human quest for knowledge and discoveries as it discusses such men as Galileo, Adam Smith, Columbus, Marx, Napoleon, Magellan, Faraday, Freud, Marco Polo, and St. Augu... -
The Demon and the City - Liz Williams
From Publishers WeeklyThe second Detective Inspector Chen novel (after 2005's Snake Agent) traverses a wildly imaginative landscape based on Chinese mythology, with humans mi...