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Einsteins Dreams
by Alan Lightman  
Publisher Comments A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception...
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
by Chris Hedges
Powells.com Staff Pick "War is seductive," Hedges tells readers in this powerful and intelligent book. Throughout our history, it has appealed to the human mind by providing a false sense of purpose and the opportunity to rise above everyday life. Using examples from his...
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene
Powells.com Staff Pick Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid...
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
Powells.com Staff Pick I know you shouldn't recommend books that you are only halfway through, but this is such a lush tapestry of a book I can't resist. Like a moist rich chocolate torte, Strange and Norrell is the sort of book you ration out to avoid finishing it too soon...
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
Powells.com Staff Pick In preparing this engaging biography of the world's most famous smart guy, Isaacson enlisted the aid of several physicists including Murray Gell-Mann, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Douglas Stone. As a result, this is much more than an "Einstein...
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The Coming of the Third Reich
by Richard J. Evans
Powells.com Staff Pick "The Coming of the Third Reich is sober reading when compared against current events; the temptation to draw parallels is great....The past can...inform the present, and Evans offers much information on how a democracy became a fascist dictatorship in...
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney
Powells.com Staff Pick "I resignedly picked it up at last on the tail end of a history binge, telling myself, 'Okay, I'm finally going to slog through it. Just get it over with.' And I discovered all my trepidation had been for naught. This isn't an 'accessible for a...
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Travels with Barley: A Journey through Beer Culture in America
by Ken Wells
Powells.com Staff Pick "Travels with Barley is an enjoyable journey, and Wells a companionable storyteller. Even if you aren't a beer geek, the book is a fun bit of Americana; the sections covering the history of beer in America are particularly interesting. If you know any...
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Thinking like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction -- and Get It Published
by Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato
Powells.com Staff Pick "A former Powell's employee who has published many magazine articles recommended this book to me, and I in turn recommend it to anyone who has ever had the vague thought of writing a nonfiction book. Thinking like Your Editor will help sweep away the...
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The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America
by Brian F. (edt) Atwater
Powells.com Staff Pick "[S]peaking as a data junkie, I think this is one of the coolest science books in a long time. Each page is packed with charts, diagrams, beautiful old maps, watercolors, translations, and photos. This is a wonderful interdisciplinary work, as it covers...
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Perilous Times : Free Speech in Wartime : From the Sedition Act of 1798 To the War on Terrorism (04 Edition)
by Geoffrey R. Stone
Powells.com Staff Pick "If you are at all concerned about the issue of free speech and methods that have been used to attack or limit it in the past (and the present), Perilous Times is a must-read." Doug Brown, Powells.com (read the entire Powells.com review)...
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Einstein's Dreams
by Alan Lightman
Publisher Comments Now available: New signed, boxed edition! An imaginary re-creation of Einstein's discovery of the nature of time, this novel takes us through the young patent clerk's many dreams depicting compelling conceptions of time....
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Mao: The Unknown Story
by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
Powells.com Staff Pick Including previously unreleased details of Mao's relationship with Stalin, this astonishing look at the father of Communist China is engrossing as well as horrifying — truly an eye-opener. Recommended by Josephine, Powells.com...
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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
by Simon Winchester
Powells.com Staff Pick "If you liked Krakatoa, The Professor and the Madman, or any of Winchester's other works, you'll like this one. He explains geological ideas well, and is well on his way to being the new ambassador of geology's influence on human history. He places...
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Looking for Jake: Stories
by China Mieville
Publisher Comments What William Gibson did for science fiction, China Miéville has done for fantasy, shattering old paradigms with fiercely imaginative works of startling, often shocking, intensity. Now from this brilliant young writer comes a groundbreaking collection of...
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Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries Tag: Author of in Search of Schrod. Cat
by John Gribbin
Publisher Comments Gribbin's classic 150,000-copy bestseller In Search of Schrodinger's Cat explained the mysterious and confounding world of quantum mechanics. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, he shows how dramatic improvements in experimental techniques and fascinating...
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Do Animals Think?
by Clive Wynne
Powells.com Staff Pick "Assumptions mask the world, and anthropomorphism is a particularly blinding assumption. Wynne invites us to see the world for what it is. Along with Stephen Budiansky's If A Lion Could Talk, Do Animals Think? is a good primer in seeing past ourselves to...
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Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley
From Powells.com "Thinkers will find lots of grist for the mill here. Much more than a book about genetics, Nature Via Nurture is about how life works, why people are so complex, and how unproductive it is to view the world in terms of A vs. B. This would make a good...
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Lord of the Rings Boxed 3 Volumes
by J R R Tolkien
Powells.com Staff Pick "If you've been thinking that you should probably read the books again sometime, the time is now. Why wait? They were written by a scholar and a gentleman, a man steeped in lore and language, and it shows on every page. And if you haven't read them at...
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Reptiles of Washington and Oregon
by Robert M Storm
Publisher Comments This comprehensive guide to Northwest reptiles offers large and excellent photographs. Often showing backs and under-bellies of specimens, making identification easier. This book is intended to help teachers, students, naturalists, professional field...
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