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  Flatland

  A Romance of Many Dimensions

  by Edwin A. Abbott

  How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful "romance of many dimensions" explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, this classic work of science fiction... (more)
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  Warped Passages

  Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

  by Lisa Randall

  The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for now. Warped Passages is a brilliantly readable and altogether exhilarating journey that tracks the arc of discovery from early twentieth-century physics to the razor's edge of modern scientific theory.... (more)
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  The Elegant Universe

  Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

  by Brian Greene

  In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions where all matter is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy. Greene uses everything from an amusement park ride to ants on a... (more)
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  Full Tilt

  by Neal Shusterman

  Sixteen-year-old Blake and his younger brother, Quinn, are exact opposites. Blake is the responsible member of the family. He constantly has to keep an eye on the fearless Quinn, whose thrill-seeking sometimes goes too far. But the stakes get higher when Blake has to chase Quinn into a bizarre phantom carnival that traps its customers forever. In order to escape, Blake must survive seven deadly rides by dawn,... (more)
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  Hyperspace

  A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension

  by Michio Kaku

  A vivid portrait of the theory of hyperspace by a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York discusses the superstring theory and the concept of a jigsaw-puzzle universe. Reprint. Tour. NYT.
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  Ephemera: Book 1

  Sebastian

  by Anne Bishop

  Long ago, Ephemera was split into a dizzying number of magical lands-connected only by bridges that may take you where you truly belong, rather than where you had intended to go. In one such land, where night reigns and demons dwell, the half-incubus Sebastian revels in dark delights. But in dreams she calls to him: a woman who wants only to be safe and loved-a woman he hungers for while knowing he may destroy... (more)
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  A Briefer History of Time

  by Stephen W. Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

  From One of the Most Brilliant Minds of Our Time Comes a Book that Clarifies His Most Important Ideas Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time , remains one of the landmark volumes in scientific writing of our time. But for years readers have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future... (more)
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  My Favorite Band Does Not Exist

  by Robert Jeschonek

  Sixteen-year-old genius Idea Deity believes that he exists only in the pages of a novel written by a malevolent, omnipotent author . . . and that he will die in chapter 64. Meanwhile, an older teen named Reacher Mirage sings lead vocals for the undercover rock band Youforia . . . a band that exists in Idea’s world only as an Internet hoax that Idea himself perpetuated. Then there’s beautiful and mysterious Eunice... (more)
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  The Fabric of the Cosmos

  Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

  by Brian Greene

  From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists and author the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe , comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and... (more)
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  Flatterland

  Like Flatland, Only More So

  by Ian Stewart

  First there was Edwin A. Abbott's remarkable Flatland, published in 1884, and one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. Now, from mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart, comes what Nature calls "a superb sequel." Through larger-than-life characters and an inspired story line, Flatterland explores our present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space,... (more)
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  Beyond the Cosmos: The Extra-Dimensionality of God : What Recent Discoveries in Astrophysics Reveal About the Glory and Love of God

  by Dr. Ross, Hugh, Hugh Ross

  Scientific discoveries point to the existence of at least eleven dimensions. This award-winning book explains what these extra dimensions reveal about God and the incarnation, atonement, free will, and predestination.
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  The Planiverse

  Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World

  by A. K. Dewdney

  The year is 1981, and in the computer lab of a large university a group of graduate students and their professor are hard at work on their mainframe, graphically modeling an imaginary two-dimensional world. The project is going well, extraordinarily well, when one student suddenly notices that the world they are building with their graphics program is . . . inhabited! So begins A.K. DewdneyÕs newly... (more)
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  Circle of Eights - Volume 1

  by Yurara Fameliki

  Circle of Eights is an endless labyrinthine romp through the imagination, where the conventional boundaries of linear time and official singular realities are stretched almost beyond endurance, yet the story tantalizes and enchants with its limitless scope. Peppered with timeless words of wisdom, salted with humour, spiced with multidimensional colour, this is a work (or play) that will delight and inspire all... (more)
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  Guardians of Ascension: Book 1

  Ascension

  by Caris Roane

  Kerrick is a vampire warrior on a mission—to protect powerful mortal Alison Wells as she goes through the rite of ascension,  or transformation into a vampire.  But along the way, Kerrick gets caught in a fierce, forbidden attraction to the woman he'd been assigned to watch over.  After his beloved wife was murdered by evil blood vampires, Kerrick took vows never to get involved with a woman again, for he knows... (more)
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  The Reckoners series: Book 1

  The Reckoners

  by Doranna Durgin

  For when Lisa McGarrity and her team come across an intruder in a client's spirit-infested house and he claims to need their help, they're skeptical. When he tells them of trouble at the Winchester Mystery House--San Jose's riddle of a mansion built first to draw ghosts and now a steady stream of tourists--they're even less inclined to believe. But when inexplicable, deadly events rock the city to its core,... (more)
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  The Hidden Reality

  Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

  by Brian Greene

  From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos: his most thrilling and accessible book to date—a state-of-the-art tour of the cutting-edge science that is changing the way we see our world. In recent years, a growing body of work—based on the principles of quantum mechanics, cosmology, and string theory—has been steadily converging around a proposal that our universe is... (more)
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  Prophecy of the Flame series

  Prophecy of the Flame (Book I: Love's Dawning)

  by Lynn Hardy

  These are quality paperbacks, 8 1/2 inches by 5 inches. Book Synopsis:In a blinding flash of light, five nondescript strangers are yanked from this world and thrust into a land of sorcery as they are granted the looks and abilities of the people they were playing. This band of wannabe heroes soon discovers that having the powers they have always dreamed of, does not make life a dream come true.... (more)
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  Wednesday Is Indigo Blue

  Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia

  by Richard E. Cytowic, David Eagleman

  A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter J as shimmering magenta or the number 5 as emerald green, hear and taste her husband's voice as buttery golden brown. Synesthetes rarely talk about their peculiar sensory gift—believing either that everyone else senses the world exactly as they do, or that no one else does. Yet synesthesia occurs in one in twenty people,... (more)
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  The Bloodhound Files: Book 1

  Dying Bites

  by D. D. Barant

  Her job description is the “tracking and apprehension of mentally-fractured killers.” What this really means in FBI profiler Jace Valchek’s brave new world—one in which only one percent of the population is human—is that a woman’s work is never done. And real is getting stranger every day… Jace has been ripped from her reality by David Cassius, the vampire head of the NSA. He knows that she’s the best there... (more)
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  Circle of Eights - Volume 2

  by Yurara Fameliki

  Circle of Eights is an endless labyrinthine romp through the imagination, where the conventional boundaries of linear time and official singular realities are stretched almost beyond endurance, yet the story tantalizes and enchants with its limitless scope. Peppered with timeless words of wisdom, salted with humour, spiced with multidimensional colour, this is a work (or play) that will delight and inspire all who... (more)