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The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Sirens of Titan is a Hugo Award-nominated novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., first published in 1959. His second novel, it involves issues of free will, omniscience, and the overall purpose of human history.When Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spaceship into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy and only materializes when his waveforms intercept Earth or some other planet. As a... (more)
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Morning and Evening
Daily Readings
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
For over one hundred years, Christians have gotten up and gone to bed with Charles Spurgeon's devotional Morning and Evening as a companion. With a reading to begin and end each day throughout the year, you will come to appreciate Spurgeon's emphasis on the importance of abiding in Christ and meditating on God's Word. His wisdom and counsel provide a timeless guide through the trials and triumphs of the... (more)
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Archimedes to Hawking
Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
by Clifford A. Pickover
Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe. Throughout this fascinating book, Clifford... (more)
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The Quantum Ten
A Story of Passion, Tragedy, Ambition, and Science
by Sheilla Jones
Theoretical physics is in trouble. At least that's the impression you'd get from reading a spate of recent books on the continued failure to resolve the 80-year-old problem of unifying the classical and quantum worlds. The seeds of this problem were sewn eighty years ago when a dramatic revolution in physics reached a climax at the 1927 Solvay conference in Brussels. It's the story of a rush to formalize quantum... (more)
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Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100
How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us?
by Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Joyce A. Schoemaker
“A stimulating and exciting look at how we got to the present state of health care and where we can potentially go. A unique perspective and a great read.” David Lester, Ph.D. , President, ITHW Inc.; formerly Director, Human Health Technologies, Pfizer Inc. “The explosion of new knowledge in the biosciences will raise important challenges for our social, ethical, and economic thinking. The Schoemakers have... (more)
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The Disappearing Spoon
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by Sam Kean
The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who... (more)
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A Wounded Warrior and the Dog Who Saved Him
by Luis Carlos Montalván, Bret Witter
A highly decorated captain in the U.S. Army, Montalván's memoir chronicles his military service in Iraq, and the recovery -- physically, psychologically, and spiritually thereafter. Tuesday is a sensitive Golden Retriever who was trained to assist the disabled and lived among prisoners and in a boarding school for troubled youth. UNTIL TUESDAY is the true love story of how these two lives became intertwined. It... (more)
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Thunder Dog
A Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
by Michael Hingson, Susy Flory
A blind man and his guide dog show the power of trust and courage in the midst of devastating terror. It was 12:30 a.m. on 9/11 and Roselle whimpered at Michael's bedside. A thunderstorm was headed east, and she could sense the distant rumbles while her owners slept. As a trained guide dog, when she was "on the clock" nothing could faze her. But that morning, without her harness, she was free to be scared, and... (more)
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The Story of Rose
A Man and His Dog
by Jon Katz
From the acclaimed author of A Good Dog, Dog Days, and Going Home comes this eBook original—a poignant memoir that celebrates Jon Katz’s beloved border collie, Rose, and their transformative years together on Bedlam Farm. “I like to say you get the dog you need,” Jon Katz writes, “and I don’t think any human ever needed a dog more than I needed Rose in the fall of 2003.” That year, Katz embarked on a... (more)