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The Ascent of Money_ A Financia - Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Fi... -
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
SUMMARY: Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television... -
The Anti-Christ - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ, wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishin... -
The Algebraist - Iain M. Banks
SUMMARY:It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the... -
The Age of Empathy_ Nature's Le - Frans de Waal
From Publishers WeeklyDe Waal (Chimpanzee Politics), a renowned primatologist, culls an astounding volume of research that deflates the human assumption that animals lack the char.... -
The AI War - Stephen Ames Berry
SUMMARY: The dreaded AI's have regrouped in an alternate universe and are preparing to launch their invincible fleet. But war weary humanity refuses to accept the threat as real. C... -
Tetrarch - Ian Irvine
SUMMARY: Santhenar is on its knees. The war with the alien lyrinx drags on, and humanity is losing it, but there is worse to come. The Aachim have invaded with an irresistible forc... -
Sweetness and Light_ The Myster - Hattie Ellis
From Publishers WeeklyFor anyone who's wondered about how humans first started eating honey—after all, bees guard it jealously—Ellis's charming history will be a treat. Apis mellif... -
Sweet Silver Blues - Glen Cook
SUMMARY: It should have been a simple job. But for Garrett, a human detective in a world of gnomes, tracking down the woman to whom his dead pal Danny left a fortune in silver is n... -
Survivors - Jean Lorrah
Product DescriptionTreva is an isolated human colony on the fringes of known space on the verge of becoming a true interstellar community, a full fledged menber of the Federation. ...