Daniel's bookshelf: read en-US Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:02:51 -0700 60 Daniel's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment (Penguin Classics)]]> 387438 A selection of the best-loved and most frequently studied of The Canterbury Tales

This collection is the perfect introduction to one of the cornerstones of English literature. The General Prologue provides picturesque character sketches of the colorful band of pilgrims who gather at a London inn on their way to Canterbury. The nine tales chosen range from the noble Knight鈥檚 story of rivalry in love to the boastful and hypocritical Pardoner鈥檚 moral treatise, and from the exuberant Wife of Bath鈥檚 Arthurian legend to the Miller鈥檚 worldly, ribald farce. Incorporating every type of medieval narrative鈥攂awdy anecdote, allegorical fable, and courtly romance鈥攖he tales selected here encompass the blend of universal human themes and individual personal detail that have enthralled readers for more than six hundred years.
@AprilFools Oh and the Wyfe of Bathe. Talk about a woman who likes to be perced to the roote.

From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less]]> 304 Geoffrey Chaucer 0140434097 Daniel 3 3.48 The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment (Penguin Classics)
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]]> The Enneads 26255 768 Plotinus Daniel 5 philosophy 4.07 250 The Enneads
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]]> Philoctetes 34437 72 Sophocles 1419141376 Daniel 3 3.90 -409 Philoctetes
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]]> <![CDATA[The Aliens And The Scalpel: Scientific Proof of Extraterrestrial Implants in Humans]]> 693314 Roger K. Leir Daniel 0 missing-time 3.94 1998 The Aliens And The Scalpel: Scientific Proof of Extraterrestrial Implants in Humans
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]]> Divine Providence 2839232 228 Emanuel Swedenborg 1604590858 Daniel 0 to-read, metaphysics 4.53 1764 Divine Providence
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]]> <![CDATA[The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War]]> 27222 You can find an alternative cover for this ISBN here.

Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "possession for all time, " and indeed it is the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom.

However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Written centuries before the rise of modern historiography, Thucydides' narrative is not continuous or linear. His authoritative chronicle of what he considered the greatest war of all time is rigorous and meticulous, yet omits the many aids to comprehension modern readers take for granted鈥攕uch as brief biographies of the story's main characters, maps and other visual enhancements, and background on the military, cultural, and political traditions of ancient Greece.

Robert Strassler's new edition amends these omissions, and not only provides a new coherence to the narrative overall but effectively reconstructs the lost cultural context that Thucydides shared with his original audience. Based on the venerable Richard Crawley translation, updated and revised for modern readers, The Landmark Thucydides includes a vast array of superbly designed and presented maps, brief informative appendices by outstanding classical scholars on subjects of special relevance to the text, explanatory marginal notes on each page, an index of unprecedented subtlety and depth, and numerous other useful features. Readers will find that with this edition they can dip into the text at any point and be immediately oriented with regard to the geography, season, date, and stage of the conflict.

In any list of the Great Books of Western Civilization, The Peloponnesian War stands near the top. This handsome, elegant, and authoritative new edition will ensure that its greatness is appreciated by future generations.]]> 713 Thucydides 0684827905 Daniel 4 4.25 -411 The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
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]]> An Experiment with Time 352047
A series of strange, troubling precognitive dreams (including a vision of the then future catastrophic eruption of Mt. Pelee on the island of Martininque in 1902) led Dunne to re-evaluate the meaning and significance of dreams. Could dreams be a blend of memories of past and future events? What was most upsetting about his dreams was that they contradicted the accepted model of time as a series of events flowing only one way: into the future. What if time wasn't like that at all?

All of this prompted Dunne to think about time in an entirely new way. To do this, Dunne made, as he put it,"an extremely cautious" investigation in a "rather novel direction." He wanted to outline a provable way of accounting for multiple dimensions and precognition, that is, seeing events before they happen. The result was a challenging scientific theory of the "Infinite Regress," in which time, consciousness, and the universe are seen as serial, existing in four dimensions.

Astonishingly, Dunne's proposed model of time accounts for many of life's mysteries: the nature and purpose of dreams, how prophecy works, the immortality of the soul, and the existence of the all-seeing "general observer," the "Witness" behind consciousness (what is now commonly called the Higher Self).

Here in print again is the book English playwright and novelist J.B. Priestley called "one of the most fascinating, most curious, and perhaps the most important books of this age."]]> 176 J.W. Dunne 1571742344 Daniel 0 to-read 3.65 1927 An Experiment with Time
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]]> <![CDATA[On the motion of the heart and blood in animals;]]> 10823603 A su regreso, con apoyo en su libro Curso de Fisiolog铆a de Laboratorio (1929) quizo iniciar en M茅xico la correspondiente reforma, pero la viva oposici贸n que encontr贸, lo oblig贸 a definir y defender tal reforma, con base en sus antecedentes hist贸rico-evolutivos, en la obra, Balance Cuatricentenario de la Fisiolog铆a en M茅xico (1934).
Tambi茅n para promoverla, public贸 las obras: Harvey iniciador del m茅todo experimental (1936), cuyo contenido en parte vuelve a ser presentado en este volumen; An谩lisis experimental de los fen贸menos fisiol贸gicos fundamentales (1939): Bernard creador de la Medicina Cient铆fica (1942). Esta 煤ltima, con su versi贸n castellana de la famosa Introducci贸n al estudio de la Medicina Experimental, reapareci贸 en el tomo 21 de esta misma colecci贸n.
El sostenido prop贸sito de se帽alar las bases hist贸ricas, cient铆ficas y filos贸ficas de la l铆nea de pensamiento a que ven铆a sirviendo, permiti贸 al Dr. Izquierdo revelar aspectos antes desconocidos, o no analizados, ni interpretados, del pasado de las ciencias mexicanas, en las obras: Raud贸n cirujano poblano de 1810 (1949: Monta帽a y los or铆genes del movimiento social y cient铆fico de M茅xico (1955); El Brownismo en M茅xico (1956); El Hipocratismo en M茅xico (1957); y La primera Casa de las Ciencias en M茅xico (1958).
El actual Departamento de Fisiolog铆a, de la Facultad de Medicina, en la Ciudad Universitaria, fue creado y organizado de acuerdo con un proyecto original presentado por Izquierdo en 1950.
Al serle otorgado recientemente, el grado de Profesor Em茅rito, se le calific贸 (Gaceta Universitaria, 21, dic. 1964) de "el precursor m谩s ilustre que ha tenido la l铆nea de pensamiento que tiende a que la medicina mexicana descanse sobre bases cada vez m谩s cient铆ficas".]]> 198 William Harvey 117196854X Daniel 5 philosophy 3.56 1628 On the motion of the heart and blood in animals;
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]]> <![CDATA[Holy Bible: The New King James Version]]> 2284803 1536 Anonymous 0718015592 Daniel 5 4.29 Holy Bible: The New King James Version
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]]> <![CDATA[Encounters: A Psychologist Reveals Case Studies of Abductions by Extraterrestrials]]> 1586891 Most of these "contactees" had been taken against their will, communicated with telepathically, and examined thoroughly -- sometimes painfully. And while most had no conscious awareness of the events, they shared a host of troubling "symptoms," including an inability to account for periods of time, persistent nightmares about UFOs, sleep disorders, unexplained healing of ailments, and reactions of fear and anxiety at the mention of UFOs.
If you have experienced similar phenomena, ENCOUNTERS can show you how you can use self-hypnosis to find out if you, too, have been contacted or abducted. It also provides information for anyone who would like additional assistance from professional hypnotists or experienced UFO investigators.
Compelling and liberating, ENCOUNTERS will show you that you are not alone.]]> 368 Edith Fiore 0345420209 Daniel 0 missing-time 3.91 1989 Encounters: A Psychologist Reveals Case Studies of Abductions by Extraterrestrials
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]]> The Myth and Mystery of UFOs 8911603
The answer, in part, lies in Bullard's wide-ranging magisterial survey of the mysterious, frustrating, and ever-evolving phenomenon that refuses to go away and our collective efforts to understand it. In his trailblazing book, Bullard views those efforts through the lens of mythmaking, discovering what UFO accounts tell us about ourselves, our beliefs, and the possibility of visitors from beyond.

Bullard shows how ongoing grassroots interest in UFOs stems both from actual personal experiences and from a cultural mythology that defines such encounters as somehow "alien"鈥攁nd how it views relentless official denial as a part of conspiracy to hide the truth. He also describes how UFOs have catalyzed the evolution of a new but highly fractured belief system that borrows heavily from the human past and mythic themes and which UFO witnesses and researchers use to make sense of such phenomena and our place in the cosmos.

Bullard's book takes in the whole spectrum of speculations on alien visitations and abductions, magically advanced technologies, governmental conspiracies, varieties of religious salvation, apocalyptic fears, and other paranormal experiences. Along the way, Bullard investigates how UFOs have inspired books, movies, and television series; blurred the boundaries between science, science fiction, and religion; and crowded the Internet with websites and discussion groups. From the patches of this crazy quilt, he posits evidence that a genuine phenomenon seems to exist outside the myth.

Enormously erudite and endlessly engaging, Bullard's study is a sky watcher's guide to the studies, stories, and debates that this elusive subject has inspired. It shows that, despite all the competing interests and errors clouding the subject, there is substance beneath the clutter, a genuinely mysterious phenomenon that deserves attention as more than a myth.]]> 428 Thomas E. Bullard 0700617299 Daniel 0 missing-time 3.73 2010 The Myth and Mystery of UFOs
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]]> <![CDATA[Chosen: Recollections Of UFO Abductions Through Hypnotherapy]]> 3527102 211 Yvonne R. Smith 0615208894 Daniel 0 missing-time 3.00 2008 Chosen: Recollections Of UFO Abductions Through Hypnotherapy
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]]> Custodians: Beyond Abduction 343012 UFO Sightings and abductions by aliens were the beginning, the tip of the iceberg.

Dolores Cannon's work in hypnosis has taken the study beyond abduction.
This accumulation of twelve years of cases includes:

鈥� Cases of missing time
鈥� Spacecraft from other dimensions and planes of existence
鈥� Condensed or distorted time
鈥� The differences and functions of various alien races
鈥� Much more

Dolores traces the phenomenon from the simple to the complex. Exploring areas untouched by other investigators, she makes the unbelievable become acceptable and understandable.

]]> 556 Dolores Cannon Daniel 0 missing-time 4.45 1998 Custodians: Beyond Abduction
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]]> <![CDATA[Alien Experiences - 25 Cases of Close Encounter]]> 20451408 188 Nadine Lalich Daniel 0 missing-time 3.96 2008 Alien Experiences - 25 Cases of Close Encounter
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]]> <![CDATA[Secret Life: Firsthand, Documented Accounts of Ufo Abductions (An Oral History of Alien Abductions)]]> 451718 Secret Life, Professor David M. Jacobs of Temple University takes us into the private world of those abducted by aliens, letting them describe in their own words what it is like to be abducted. Based on interviews with sixty individuals and more than 300 independently corroborated accounts, Secret Life presents the most complete and accurate picture of alien abductions ever compiled. Dr. Jacobs takes the reader on a minute-by-minute journey through a typical abduction experience and describes in detail the bizarre physical, mental and reproductive procedures that abductees claim have been administered by small alien beings. Jacobs draws from these interviews a profoundly unsettling reason behind the abductions: aliens are conducting a complex reproductive experiment involving the conception, gestation. or incubation of human and alien hybrid beings.]]> 336 David M. Jacobs 0671797204 Daniel 0 missing-time 3.94 1992 Secret Life: Firsthand, Documented Accounts of Ufo Abductions (An Oral History of Alien Abductions)
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]]> <![CDATA[Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters]]> 1332056 320 John E. Mack 0517705680 Daniel 0 missing-time 4.18 1999 Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters
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]]> <![CDATA[Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens]]> 668027 464 John E. Mack 0345419340 Daniel 0 missing-time 3.95 1994 Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens
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]]> The Interrupted Journey 25057973 The Hills were an American married couple who rose to fame after they claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrials on 9/19-20/1961. The couple's story, called the Hill Abduction, occasionally the Zeta Reticuli Incident, was that they had been kidnapped for a short time by a UFO. Theirs was the 1st widely-publicized claim of alien abduction.]]> 350 John G. Fuller Daniel 0 missing-time 3.92 1966 The Interrupted Journey
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]]> Missing Time 684504 MISSING TIME tells how the people who have experienced abductions retained no memory of them -- all traces of the trauma were effectively erased from their memory. Yet, under hypnosis, many abductees were able to recall in vivid, convincing detail, the harrowing experiments that left mysterious scars on their bodies, the eerie interiors of UFOs where they were held captive, and the astonishing faces of their alien hosts.
The stories of seven victims of these otherworldly intruders are told here -- in detail at once dispassionate and dramatic, fully supported by scientific documentation. They are stories that could belong to anyone: your neighbors, your loved ones, even you.]]> 255 Budd Hopkins 0345353358 Daniel 0 missing-time 3.96 1981 Missing Time
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]]> <![CDATA[Paycheck and Other Classic Stories]]> 216369 Electronic mechanic Jennings wakes up with no memory of the past two years of his life -- except that he had agreed to work for Retherick Construction. Payment for his services, now completed, is a bag of seemingly worthless objects: a code key, a ticket stub, a receipt, a length of wire, half a poker chip, a piece of green cloth and a bus token. But when he is confronted by the Special Police, who seem to be investigating Retherick for their own reasons, Jennings finds himself running for his life, realizing that the "worthless" objects are the key to unlocking his recent past, and ensuring that he has a future. ("Paycheck")

Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. He has been described by The Wall Street Journal as the man who, "More than anyone else鈥� really puts you inside people's minds."

Volume 1/5. Includes stories from 1952-1955:
- Stability
- Roog
- The Little Movement
- Beyond Lies the Wub
- The Gun
- The Skull
- The Defenders
- Mr. Spaceship
- Piper in the Woods
- The Infinites
- The Preserving Machine
- Expendable
- The Variable Man
- The Indefatigable Frog
- The Crystal Crypt
- The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
- The Builder
- Meddler
- Paycheck
- The Great C
- Out in the Garden
- The King of the Elves
- Colony
- Prize Ship
- Nanny

Other editions of this volume have the same list of stories, and were published under these titles:
- The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford,
- Beyond Lies the Wub,
- The King of the Elves (+1 extra story).

]]> 432 Philip K. Dick 0806526300 Daniel 0 to-read, pkd 4.03 1987 Paycheck and Other Classic Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 5: The Eye of The Sibyl]]> 22585
Volume 5/5. Contents:
- The Little Black Box (1964)
- The War With the Fnools (1964)
- A Game of Unchance (1964)
- Precious Artifact (1964)
- Retreat Syndrome (1965)
- A Terran Odyssey (1987)
- Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday (1966)
- Holy Quarrel (1966)
- Not by Its Cover (1968)
- Return Match (1967)
- Faith of Our Fathers (1967)
- The Story to End All Stories (1968)
- The Electric Ant (1969)
- Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked (1987)
- A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (1974)
- The Pre-Persons (1974)
- The Eye of the Sibyl (1987)
- The Day Mr. Computer Fell Out of Its Tree (1987)
- The Exit Door Leads In (1979)
- Chains of Air, Web of Aether (1980)
- Strange Memories of Death (1984)
- I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1980, also titled Frozen Journey)
- Rautavaara's Case (1980)
- The Alien Mind (1981)

Other editions of this volume are titled:
- The Little Black Box
- We can remember it for you wholesale
- The Eye of the Sibyl

Editions published by Citadel don't include the story "We can remember it for you wholesale" into Vol. 5, it was placed in their Vol. 2 instead. Apart from that, contents are the same across editions.]]> 396 Philip K. Dick 0806513284 Daniel 0 to-read, pkd 4.27 1987 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 5: The Eye of The Sibyl
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety]]> 816495 The second volume of the definitive five-book set of the complete collected stories of the twentieth century's greatest sf author includes such masterpieces as the title story, with its endless war being fought by ever more cunning and sophisticated robot weapons, and "Impostor" where a man accused of being an alien spy finds his whole identity called into question. In these twenty-seven stories, written and published while America was in the grip of McCarthyism, Philip K. Dick speaks up for ordinary people and against militarism, paranoia and xenophobia - and always in his marvellously varied, quirky and entertainingly idiosyncratic style.

Volume 2/5. Includes stories from 1953-1955:
- The Cookie Lady
- Beyond the Door
- Second Variety
- Jon's World
- The Cosmic Poachers
- Progeny
- Some Kinds of Life
- Martians Come in Clouds
- The Commuter
- The World She Wanted
- A Surface Raid
- Project: Earth
- The Trouble with Bubbles
- Breakfast at Twilight
- A Present for Pat
- The Hood Maker
- Of Withered Apples
- Human Is
- Adjustment Team
- The Impossible Planet
- Imposter
- James P. Crow
- Planet for Transients
- Small Town
- Souvenir
- Survey Team
- Prominent Author.

Other editions of this volume are titled:
- We Can Remember it for You Wholesale [by Citadel],
- We Can Remember it for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories [by Citadel],
- Adjustment Team.
Editions published by Citadel include "We can remember..." instead of "Second Variety" into Volume 2.

]]> 395 Philip K. Dick 1857988809 Daniel 0 to-read, pkd 4.20 1987 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety
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]]> The Vertical Plane 7522356 352 Ken Webster 0586204768 Daniel 0 to-read 3.89 1989 The Vertical Plane
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]]> The Book of Galactic Light 60720793
The Book of Galactic Light discusses Unity Consciousness, contact with ET/ED entities, the dream-like nature of our reality, and portals of ascension. It is an invitation to you to initiate yourself in your own inherent magical capacities so that you may invoke the New Earth and bring forth the Galactic Golden Age.

Topics include:
- Invitation and instruction for use of natural portal system
- Introductions to elemental, celestial, extraterrestrial, and subterranean peoples, who are invite us into community
- Discussion on the nature of ascension
- Call for universal forgiveness of empire and dark aspects of humanity as prerequisite for ascension

The ritual was first presented to the Renaissance scholar and magus John Dee in the 16th century by celestial or angel beings that he invoked through prayer. Both his and my purpose for communicating with angels is to heal the division in our worlds. I pray that this work be of benefit to you, especially in your deeper embodiment of peace, love, and unity consciousness here and now on Earth.

These rituals are often called Enochian Magic or the Enochian Apocalypse Working. As far as I can tell (this material is very complex and sometimes shrouded in mystery), the ritual involves: 1) construction of a temple space, 2) the ritual chanting of English and Angelic language, and 3) interaction with celestial beings through scrying.

The Book of Galactic Light, as presented through texts, consists of the transcription of my visionary experience that arose from the ritual. The actual ritual actions recorded on video are published through the Cosmic Dream Sanctuary Youtube channel.

This book is an expression of who I am and my life path. I'm an artist, hypnotist, and dreamer. I hold a MA in East-West Psychology, a BA in Western Liberal Arts, I'm certified in Depth Hypnosis and Beyond Quantum Healing, and am ordained as a minister in the Universal Life Church.

May this book be of benefit to you and your family. May you enjoy the embodiment of peace, love, and unity consciousness in your lived experience here and now on Earth.

Many blessings to you.

Amen]]> 394 Daniel Rekshan Daniel 5 5.00 2022 The Book of Galactic Light
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]]> A Gift from the Stars 58240410 467 Elena Danaan Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.46 A Gift from the Stars
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]]> <![CDATA[Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)]]> 36278177 Brimming with Chambers' signature blend of heart-warming character relationships and dazzling adventure,听Record of a Spaceborn few is the third standalone installment of the Wayfarers series, set听in the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons,听and following听a new motley crew on a journey to another corner corner of the cosmos鈥攐ne often mentioned, but not yet explored.

Return to the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, as humans, artificial intelligence, aliens, and some beings yet undiscovered explore what it means to be a community in this exciting third adventure in the acclaimed and multi-award-nominated science fiction Wayfarers series, brimming with heartwarming characters and dazzling space adventure.

Hundreds of years ago, the last humans on Earth boarded the Exodus Fleet in search of a new home among the stars. After centuries spent wandering empty space, their descendants were eventually accepted by the well-established species that govern the Milky Way.

But that was long ago. Today, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, the birthplace of many, yet a place few outsiders have ever visited. While the Exodans take great pride in their original community and traditions, their culture has been influenced by others beyond their bulkheads. As many Exodans leave for alien cities or terrestrial colonies, those who remain are left to ponder their own lives and futures: What is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination? Why remain in space when there are habitable worlds available to live? What is the price of sustaining their carefully balanced way of life鈥攁nd is it worth saving at all?

A young apprentice, a lifelong spacer with young children, a planet-raised traveler, an alien academic, a caretaker for the dead, and an Archivist whose mission is to ensure no one鈥檚 story is forgotten, wrestle with these profound universal questions. The answers may seem small on the galactic scale, but to these individuals, it could mean everything.

]]> 368 Becky Chambers Daniel 0 4.21 2018 Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo]]> 1777208
This centuries-old scripture was traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation. This translation emphasizes the practical advice that the book offers to the living as well. The insightful commentary by Ch枚gyam Trungpa, written in language anyone can understand, explains what the text teaches us about human psychology. It will interest people concerned with death and dying as well as those who seek spiritual understanding in everyday life.

Cover art: mandala of Smantabhadra, Supreme Buddha, Mus茅es Nationaux (Mus茅e Guimet, Paris).]]> 120 Padmasambhava 0877730741 Daniel 0 to-read 4.05 1350 The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tibetan Book of the Dead or The After-death Experiences on the Bardo Plane]]> 729941 The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the Bardo Th枚dol, has since been revised and reprinted in several editions; for the Galaxy Books edition, Dr. Evans-Wentz prepared a special Preface. Although. the Bardo Th枚dol, is used in Tibet as a breviary, and read or recited on the occasion of death, it was originally conceived to serve as a guide not only for the dying and the dead, but for the living as well. As a contribution to the science of death and of existence after death, and of rebirth, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is unique among sacred books of the world.]]> 249 Karma-glin-pa 0195002237 Daniel 5 to-read 4.09 1350 The Tibetan Book of the Dead or The After-death Experiences on the Bardo Plane
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> The Tibetan Book of the Dead 208137 Bar do thos grol, the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead , Robert Thurman's takes literally the entire gamut of metaphysical assumptions. The Bar do thos grol, or as Thurman translates, The Great Book of Natural Liberation through Understanding in the Between, is but one of many mortuary texts of Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism and is commonly recited to or by a person facing imminent death. Thurman reproduces it for this purpose, explaining in some depth the Tibetan conception of post-mortem existence. Over as many as 12 days, the deceased person is given explanations of what he or she sees and experiences and is guided through innumerable visions of the realms beyond to reach eventual liberation, or, failing that, a safe rebirth. Like a backpacker's guide to a foreign land, Thurman's version is clear, detailed, and sympathetic to the inexperienced voyager, including background and supplementary information, even illustrations (sorry, no maps). Don't wait until the journey has begun, every page should be read and memorised well ahead of time. --Brian Bruya]]> 256 Padmasambhava 1855384124 Daniel 0 to-read 3.86 1350 The Tibetan Book of the Dead
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]]> <![CDATA[Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts]]> 673388 Modern Magick is the most popular, most complete, step-by-step instruction manual on how to do real magick that has ever been published. Already over 100,000 people are using it.

Author Donald Michael Kraig wrote this after teaching the information in classes for ten years. It is refined, tested, and easy to understand. It is filled with exercises, techniques, and rituals to help you. It is presented in a series of eleven lessons. Follow the lessons, practice the rituals and techniques, and by the end of your work you will be a magician.
What does it cover? Rituals, healing, initiation, talismans, astral travel, creative visualization, psychic self-defense, evocation of spirits, the Kabalah, physical exercise, and magical tools such as wands.

Want more? You'll also learn the secrets of true meditation, how to use the Tarot, how to remember your dreams, how to do the rituals of Western Magick, including rituals of the Pentagram, Hexagram, Middle Pillar, Rose Cross, and Watchtower. You'll learn how to manipulate magical energy, secrets of relaxation, Wicca, pathworking, Tantra, and sex magick.

Once you have finished working your way through this book you will be an accomplished magician. You will be able to perform real magick. Then this book will become the most valuable reference tool in your collection of books.

What if you want to know even more about a subject? No problem. Each chapter has a bibliography so you can go even deeper into any topic. There is an annotated bibliography at the end with even more resources.

In the new, second edition the contents pages contain more information so it is even easier to find what you need, but there is also an entirely new appendix with answers to many of the most frequently asked questions that Kraig has received over the years. This book is a must!]]> 581 Donald Michael Kraig 0875423248 Daniel 0 magick 3.93 1988 Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts
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]]> <![CDATA[The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order]]> 111009
The book is divided into several basic sections. First are the knowledge lectures, where you will learn the basics of the Kabalah, symbolism, meditation, geomancy and more. This is followed by the rituals of the Outer Order, consisting of five initiation rituals into the degrees of the Golden Dawn.

The next section covers the rituals of the Inner Order including two initiation rituals, equinox ceremonies, and more. Then you will learn the basic rituals of magic and the construction, consecration, and means of using the magical tools. Once you have these you can go on to evocation rituals, talismans, and invocations.

The book gives explanations for how to design talismans, do skrying and travel on the astral plane. You will also learn geomancy, the Tarot, and Enochian magic.

Filled with numerous illustrations, lists, and tables, The Golden Dawn provides guidance for a lifetime of magic and life-changing transformation. Get your copy today.]]> 844 Israel Regardie 0875426638 Daniel 0 magick 4.04 1971 The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order
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name: Daniel
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]]> <![CDATA[Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic]]> 249715 224 Peter J. Carroll 0877286396 Daniel 0 magick 3.97 1987 Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
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]]> <![CDATA[Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece]]> 1363427 223 Three Initiates 0911662251 Daniel 5 metaphysics, magick 4.17 1912 Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]> 31923 Three Books of Occult Philosophy. This massive volume was originally published in 1531, and occultists have been drawing on it ever since. Now, Llewellyn is proud to produce the first complete reprint of the original English translation in the last 500 years. Donald Tyson edited this work and removed the hundreds of errors that appeared in the original translation. He also fully annotated the work, to make it understandable鈥攁nd usable鈥攂y people today.

路Discover what the Renaissance scholar knew about astrology, medicine, history, herbs, geography, animals, angels, devils, Witches, charms, the weather, and a host of other subjects 路Gain immediate reference to a vast amount of arcane, but completely annotated, magical material
路Find corrected drawings of seals, sigils, and magic squares, and correctly represented geomantic figures
路Explore the practical Kabbalah, geomancy, the magic squares, the elements, the humors, and the Soul of the World
路Consult the new Biographical dictionary for background on each of the hundreds of writers and historical figures referred to by Agrippa
路Consult the new Geographical Dictionary for data on referenced rivers, mountains, nations, cities鈥攎any of which now carry different names.

The Three Books of Occult Philosophy is the most complete repository of pagan and Neoplatonic magic ever compiled. This book is packed with material you will not find elsewhere, including copious extracts on magic from obscure or lost works by Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle, and many others. Tyson's detailed annotations clarify difficult references and provide origins of quotations, even expanding upon them in many cases, in order to make Agrippa's work more accessible to the modern reader.

The Three Books of Occult Philosophy is the ultimate "how-to" for magical workings. It describes how to work all manner of divinations and natural and ceremonial magic in such clear and useful detail that it is still the guide for modern techniques. The extensive new supplementary material makes this wisdom practical for use today.

The Three Books of Occult Philosophy is an essential reference tool for all students of the occult. Get your copy today.]]> 1024 Cornelius Agrippa 0875428320 Daniel 0 to-read, magick 4.13 1510 Three Books of Occult Philosophy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks]]> 225807 240 Benedicta Ward 0140447318 Daniel 0 to-read 4.16 1975 The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
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]]> <![CDATA[We, The Arcturians: A True Experience]]> 26096950 The Arcturians, speaking through Norma, have sent Earthlings a gentle message regarding their purpose for being here. They claim they are here to assist Earth as it enters a New Age of spirituality. They cannot interfere with the free will or decision-making process of any Earthling, but are here to educate and help raise the vibrations of all who choose to journey to the new dimension the Earth is entering. They are also 鈥渃ommissioned鈥� to help us understand the true nature of God, ourselves, and the universes.
Who are these Beings and why are they here? Are they friends, foes or merely observers? The answer to these questions may come from the words of the Arcturians themselves:

We wish only to be accepted on the Earth plane for the gifts and benefits that we bring. We try to do our jobs with total dedication to the Light and to the sisters and brothers of Earth, whom we serve.

We would like for this document to be read as a comparison of two different worlds.

We look for ways to belong. We do not wish to be considered separate in a universe that is only one.

We are talking about a transit of time, over the next several years, that will transform the energy of the beloved Earth to a Garden of Eden in the galaxy.]]> 350 Norma J. Milanovich Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.52 1990 We, The Arcturians: A True Experience
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]]> <![CDATA[The Discourses and Manual, Together with Fragments]]> 11337747 536 Epictetus 1178245985 Daniel 4 philosophy 3.71 108 The Discourses and Manual, Together with Fragments
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]]> <![CDATA[Home Birth On Your Own Terms: A How To Guide For Birthing Unassisted]]> 44664918 381 Heather Baker Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.39 Home Birth On Your Own Terms: A How To Guide For Birthing Unassisted
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]]> <![CDATA[Two New Sciences: Including Centres of Gravity and Force of Percussion]]> 1355730 Galileo Galilei 0921332203 Daniel 4 philosophy 4.10 1638 Two New Sciences: Including Centres of Gravity and Force of Percussion
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]]> <![CDATA[Free Your Voice: Awaken to Life Through Singing]]> 20974621

Science is beginning to prove what ancient cultures fully embraced: your voice can become one of the most powerful agents of transformation in every facet of your life. Free Your Voice offers you the liberating insights and personal instruction of music healing legend Silvia Nakkach, whose four-decade immersion in the voice as a creative force makes her a uniquely qualified educator. With co-author Valerie Carpenter, Silvia shows how to reclaim the healing potential of your voice (regardless of training or experience) through more than 100 enjoyable exercises that are steeped in spiritual tradition and classical vocal technique and backed by the latest science.


Free Your Voice invites us to 鈥渟avor a banquet of our own divine sounds鈥� as we practice breathwork, chant, and other yogic techniques for emotional release, opening to insight, and much more. Supplemented by 32 downloadable digital audio tracks offering Silvia's guidance through many of the exercises, here is a definitive resource for implementing the voice as an instrument of healing and fulfillment, exploring:

How to develop a practice of breath and voice, performed with consistency and imagination, where sound designs its own landscapes through the expressive power of the voice A series of sonorous yogic practices that involve subtle movements and the sustained focus of the mind in sound A gentle path for developing a voice that is fully embodied, uniquely expressive, and played like a fine musical instrument Invocatory words and ancient seed sounds that deliver explicit spiritual information for expansion of consciousness and well-being A beginning repertory of mantras and chants from many cultures that you can build on and share as you deepen your practice Techniques for vocal improvisation to engage your singing imagination and enrich your musical offerings How to foster confidence and kindness toward yourself as a vulnerable chanteur of the universal song How to cultivate singing as a spiritual practice for yourself and to serve a larger community


鈥淲ith regular practice,鈥� writes Silvia, 鈥渧ocalizing, singing, and chanting become an ordinary miracle that effortlessly leads you to a sense of self-confidence, compassion, and Love Supreme.鈥� Free Your Voice is your guide to discovering, opening, and revealing the full potential of your own voice.

]]> 266 Silvia Nakkach Daniel 4 4.57 2012 Free Your Voice: Awaken to Life Through Singing
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)]]> 37684 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, for the youngest fans! Introduce them to the magic of Narnia with this picture book featuring illustrations by Tudor Humphries.

Now younger children can share the magical experience, entering into a world of enchantment that will forever lure them back. Four adventurous siblings step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter鈥攂ut never Christmas鈥攃ursed by the power of the White Witch. Only Aslan, the Great Lion, can reverse her wicked spell.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe can also be read as a novel. It is the second book in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years.]]> 48 Hiawyn Oram 0060556501 Daniel 4 4.42 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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]]> Wanderers 42445130 A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope. In the tradition of The Stand and Station Eleven comes a gripping saga that weaves an epic tapestry of humanity into an astonishing tale of survival.

Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Shana and are sister are not alone. Soon they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other "shepherds" who follow the flock to protect their friends and family on the long dark road ahead.

For on their journey, they will discover an America convulsed with terror and violence, where this apocalyptic epidemic proves less dangerous than the fear of it. As the rest of society collapses all around them--and an ultraviolent militia threatens to exterminate them--the fate of the sleepwalkers depends on unraveling the mystery behind the epidemic. The terrifying secret will either tear the nation apart--or bring the survivors together to remake a shattered world.]]> 800 Chuck Wendig Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.11 2019 Wanderers
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]]> <![CDATA[Temple of the Winds (Sword of Truth, #4)]]> 25205515 836 Terry Goodkind 0795346166 Daniel 0 4.34 1997 Temple of the Winds (Sword of Truth, #4)
author: Terry Goodkind
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average rating: 4.34
book published: 1997
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood of the Fold (Sword of Truth, #3)]]> 25205514 718 Terry Goodkind 0795346042 Daniel 0 4.35 1996 Blood of the Fold (Sword of Truth, #3)
author: Terry Goodkind
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Rousseau's Political Writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, On Social Contract: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)]]> 272100 336 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 0393956512 Daniel 1 philosophy 3.67 Rousseau's Political Writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, On Social Contract: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)]]> 37762170 Librarian's note: See alternate cover editions of ASIN B00433TO4I here and here.

The masterpiece that started The New York Times bestselling epic Sword of Truth series.

In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help . . . and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence.

In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them--for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword--to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out.]]> 852 Terry Goodkind Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.34 1994 Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)]]> 17404280
Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.

Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favor with the na茂ve new emperor, and overwhelmed by the burdens of his new life, he can trust nobody. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor. All the while, he is alone, and trying to find even a single friend... and hoping for the possibility of romance, yet also vigilant against the unseen enemies that threaten him, lest he lose his throne 鈥� or his life.]]> 447 Katherine Addison Daniel 4 4.15 2014 The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> Phaedrus (Hackett Classics) 360882 144 Plato 0872202208 Daniel 5 3.98 -370 Phaedrus (Hackett Classics)
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]]> <![CDATA[Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)]]> 40088463 Librarian note: an older cover for this edition can be found here.

Tade Thompson鈥檚 Rosewater is the start of an award-winning, cutting edge trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction鈥檚 most engaging new voices.

Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless 鈥� people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers.

Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn鈥檛 care to again 鈥� but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realization about a horrifying future.]]> 400 Tade Thompson Daniel 0 currently-reading 3.92 2017 Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)]]> 28147302 The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin.

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.

The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring -- madman, world-crusher, savior -- has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever.

It continues with a lost daughter, found by the enemy.

It continues with the obelisks, and an ancient mystery converging on answers at last.

The Stillness is the wall which stands against the flow of tradition, the spark of hope long buried under the thickening ashfall. And it will not be broken.
]]> 321 N.K. Jemisin Daniel 5 4.44 2016 The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
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]]> Autonomous 34001622 Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack鈥檚 drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.

And underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?

]]> 298 Annalee Newitz Daniel 5 3.84 2017 Autonomous
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name: Daniel
average rating: 3.84
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]]> Spoonbenders 33361409 A generations-spanning family of psychics--both blessed and burdened by their abilities--must use their powers to save themselves from the CIA, the local mafia, and a skeptic hell-bent on discrediting them in this hilarious, tender, magical novel about the invisible forces that bind us.

The Telemachus family is known for performing inexplicable feats on talk shows and late-night television. Teddy, a master conman, heads up a clan who possess gifts he only fakes: there's Maureen, who can astral project; Irene, the human lie detector; Frankie, gifted with telekinesis; and Buddy, the clairvoyant. But when, one night, the magic fails to materialize, the family withdraws to Chicago where they live in shame for years. Until: As they find themselves facing a troika of threats (CIA, mafia, unrelenting skeptic), Matty, grandson of the family patriarch, discovers a bit of the old Telemachus magic in himself. Now, they must put past obstacles behind them and unite like never before. But will it be enough to bring The Amazing Telemachus Family back to its amazing life?


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 416 Daryl Gregory Daniel 5 4.03 2017 Spoonbenders
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Petrovitch Trilogy (Samuil Petrovitch, #1-3)]]> 18874742 1015 Simon Morden Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.09 2013 The Petrovitch Trilogy (Samuil Petrovitch, #1-3)
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Tree of Ages (Tree of Ages, #1)]]> 33192265
Finn doesn't remember much about her previous life, and in a world that has been changed by the wars of the Tuatha De, where trust is hard to come by, answers are even more difficult to find. Little does she know, an unknown evil tugs on the strings of fate, and the answers she so desperately seeks may be more important than she could have ever imagined.]]> 326 Sara C. Roethle Daniel 0 currently-reading 3.90 2015 Tree of Ages (Tree of Ages, #1)
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Free the Darkness (King's Dark Tidings, #1)]]> 28385685
Rezkin must travel across Ashai to find the one man who may hold the clues to his very existence. His last orders, spoken on the lips of his dying Master, were to "Kill with conscience" and "Protect and honor your friends." Living in isolation from the outworld under a strict regimen of training and education, the young warrior has no understanding of a conscience or friends. Determined to adhere to his last orders, Rezkin extends his protection to an unlikely assortment of individuals he meets along the way, often leading to humorous and poignant incidents.

As if pursuing an elite warrior across a kingdom, figuring out who he is and why everyone he knows is dead, and attempting to find these so-called friends and protect them is not enough, strange things are happening in the kingdom. New dangers begin to arise that threaten not only Rezkin and his friends, but possibly everyone in Ashai.]]> 483 Kel Kade Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.25 2015 Free the Darkness (King's Dark Tidings, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)]]> 40376072
Long ago, Earth's terraforming program sent ships out to build new homes for humanity among the stars and made an unexpected discovery: a planet with life. But the scientists were unaware that the alien ecosystem was more developed than the primitive life forms originally discovered.

Now, thousands of years later, the Portiids and their humans have sent an exploration vessel following fragmentary radio signals. They discover a system in crisis, warring factions trying to recover from an apocalyptic catastrophe arising from what the early terraformers awoke all those years before.]]> 597 Adrian Tchaikovsky Daniel 0 to-read 4.02 2019 Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)]]> 31817749
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.

Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe.

For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.

The remarkable conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed trilogy that began with the multi-award-nominated The Fifth Season.]]> 416 N.K. Jemisin Daniel 5 4.32 2017 The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)]]> 11472275 B004J4WKUQ

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the听 OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win鈥攁nd confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.]]> 390 Ernest Cline Daniel 2
All in all, the storytelling was very flat and there was no character development. However, it gets two stars because it was sometimes fun to read, it was shortish, and it was a reinterpretation of the matrix scenario.]]> 4.19 2011 Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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rating: 2
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It was okay. Too many 80s references in the first half. The main character did adventure/questing in the second half, which mostly involved puzzle solving. The storytelling completely failed because the relevant conditions that allowed the character to solved the puzzle were mentioned in the puzzle solving. For example, he'd have to solve a puzzle about an 80s movie, so while the author told about solving the puzzle, he'd simultaneously write about an episode in the main character's past which gave him special knowledge of that movie.

All in all, the storytelling was very flat and there was no character development. However, it gets two stars because it was sometimes fun to read, it was shortish, and it was a reinterpretation of the matrix scenario.
]]> <![CDATA[The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)]]> 34017126 The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.

Essun has inherited the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every outcast child can grow up safe.

For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.]]> 398 N.K. Jemisin Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.47 2017 The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)]]> 19161852
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years -- collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.

Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory, but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the long dark night. Essun does not care if the world falls apart around her. She'll break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.]]> 468 N.K. Jemisin Daniel 5 4.29 2015 The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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]]> Among Others 8706185 Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and science fiction, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.

Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she and her twin sister played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins, but her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions. When her mother tries to bend the spirits to dark ends with deadly results, Mori is sent away and must try to come to terms with what has happened without falling prey to the darkness.]]> 304 Jo Walton 076532153X Daniel 5 3.69 2011 Among Others
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name: Daniel
average rating: 3.69
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]]> <![CDATA[The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories]]> 27221110
With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. This mesmerizing collection features many of Ken鈥檚 award-winning and award-finalist stories, including: 鈥淭he Man Who Ended History: A Documentary鈥� (Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards), 鈥淢ono No Aware鈥� (Hugo Award winner), 鈥淭he Waves鈥� (Nebula Award finalist), 鈥淭he Bookmaking Habits of Select Species鈥� (Nebula and Sturgeon Award finalists), 鈥淎ll the Flavors鈥� (Nebula Award finalist), 鈥淭he Litigation Master and the Monkey King鈥� (Nebula Award finalist), and the most awarded story in the genre鈥檚 history, 鈥淭he Paper Menagerie鈥� (The only story to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards).

Insightful and stunning stories that plumb the struggle against history and betrayal of relationships in pivotal moments, this collection showcases one of our greatest and original voices.]]> 464 Ken Liu 1481424378 Daniel 0 to-read 4.36 2016 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
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name: Daniel
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]]> <![CDATA[Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus]]> 1462
1. Alcestis, translated by Richmond Lattimore
2. The Medea, translated by Rex Warner
3. The Heracleidae, translated by Ralph Gladstone
4. Hippolytus, translated by David Grene

In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.
]]> 221 Euripides 0226307808 Daniel 0 4.07 -428 Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus
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]]> <![CDATA[The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates (Kaplan Classics of Law)]]> 9269918 272 Xenophon 1607144166 Daniel 0 to-read 3.97 -370 The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates (Kaplan Classics of Law)
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]]> Station Eleven 21792828 An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization鈥檚 collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band鈥檚 existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.]]> 354 Emily St. John Mandel Daniel 3 4.13 2014 Station Eleven
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name: Daniel
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]]> <![CDATA[The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee]]> 16073349 352 Glyn Parry 0300194099 Daniel 5 4.27 2012 The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee
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]]> <![CDATA[Agrippa's Occult Philosophy: Natural Magic (Dover Books on the Occult)]]> 424327 In serious, educated, and accessible terms, Agrippa defines occultism and magic as a natural means of attaining knowledge and power. His explanations of planetary rulerships, enchantments, sorceries, types of divination, and the interpretation of dreams offer an intriguing array of improved health, prolonged life, increased wealth, and enhanced foresight. This inexpensive edition of his classic study offers students of the history of ideas and occult traditions an essential reference tool.]]> 320 Cornelius Agrippa 0486447170 Daniel 5 the-dr-john-dee-project
I enjoyed his compilation of the various episodes of magic from written history. He was as likely to use Ovid, who Edith Hamilton frequently disregarded as unfaithful and purely aesthetic, as Aristotle. He organizes this confluence of sources, from the scientific to the mythic, into intelligible categories upon which he reflects. He has a clarity of mind that is piercing, which gets to the heart of the matter. He feels very rational, having a similar feeling to Euclidean geometry. ]]> 3.88 1531 Agrippa's Occult Philosophy: Natural Magic (Dover Books on the Occult)
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Dr. John Dee was said to keep Agrippa's work on his desk. Dee had the largest library in Europe at the time, so this is high praise.

I enjoyed his compilation of the various episodes of magic from written history. He was as likely to use Ovid, who Edith Hamilton frequently disregarded as unfaithful and purely aesthetic, as Aristotle. He organizes this confluence of sources, from the scientific to the mythic, into intelligible categories upon which he reflects. He has a clarity of mind that is piercing, which gets to the heart of the matter. He feels very rational, having a similar feeling to Euclidean geometry.
]]> <![CDATA[Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (On the Shoulders of Giants Series)]]> 7683065

Despite the fact that the book encompasses 30 years of highly original experimentation and theorizing on the part of this singular man, it is eminently readable. Written as a discussion between a master and two students, it sets forth its hundreds of experiments and summarizes the conclusions Galileo drew from those experiments in a brisk, direct style. Using helpful geometric demonstrations, Galileo discusses aspects of fracture of solid bodies, cohesion, leverage, the speed of light, sound, pendulums, falling bodies, projectiles, uniform motion, accelerated motion, and the strength of wires, rods and beams under different loadings and placements.

]]> 230 Galileo Galilei 0641830599 Daniel 5 3.98 1638 Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (On the Shoulders of Giants Series)
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]]> Uprooted 22544764 鈥淥ur Dragon doesn鈥檛 eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that鈥檚 not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he鈥檚 still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we鈥檙e grateful, but not that grateful.鈥�

Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.

Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.

The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows鈥�everyone knows鈥攖hat the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn鈥檛, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her.

But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.]]> 438 Naomi Novik 0804179034 Daniel 5 4.02 2015 Uprooted
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name: Daniel
average rating: 4.02
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]]> 2312 11830394
The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them.]]> 561 Kim Stanley Robinson 0316098124 Daniel 5 3.50 2012 2312
author: Kim Stanley Robinson
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.50
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods, #3)]]> 61887 423 Lois McMaster Bujold 0060574747 Daniel 0 to-read 3.83 2005 The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods, #3)
author: Lois McMaster Bujold
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2005
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]]> <![CDATA[Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)]]> 17333324
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.

Once, she was the Justice of Toren - a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.

Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.]]> 386 Ann Leckie Daniel 0 to-read 3.98 2013 Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
author: Ann Leckie
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)]]> 26863057
Now only a few stand between humankind and annihilation: Raithe, reluctant to embrace his destiny as the God Killer; Suri, a young seer burdened by signs of impending doom; and Persephone, who must overcome personal tragedy to lead her people. The Age of Myth is over. The time of rebellion has begun.]]> 432 Michael J. Sullivan 1101965339 Daniel 0 to-read 4.21 2016 Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)]]> 20764879
Now, restless after having given up his smuggling habit, Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila, who disappeared from the docks as she always meant to do. As Red London finalizes preparations for the Element Games--an extravagant international competition of magic meant to entertain and keep healthy the ties between neighboring countries--a certain pirate ship draws closer, carrying old friends back into port.

And while Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Games, another London is coming back to life. After all, a shadow that was gone in the night will reappear in the morning. But the balance of magic is ever perilous, and for one city to flourish, another London must fall.]]> 512 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376474 Daniel 4 to-read 4.20 2016 A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)
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name: Daniel
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]]> Among Others 9863276 Winner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel

Startling, unusual, and yet irresistibly readable, Jo Walton's Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.

Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions. Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled--and her twin sister dead.

Fleeing to her father whom she barely knew, Mori was sent to boarding school in England-a place all but devoid of true magic. There, outcast and alone, she tempted fate by doing magic herself, in an attempt to find a circle of like-minded friends. But her magic also drew the attention of her mother, bringing about a reckoning that could no longer be put off...

Combining elements of autobiography with flights of imagination in the manner of novels like Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude , this is potentially a breakout book for an author whose genius has already been hailed by peers like Kelly Link, Sarah Weinman, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

One of School Library Journal 's Best Adult Books 4 Teens titles of 2011
One of io9's best Science Fiction & Fantasy books of the year 2011

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 302 Jo Walton Daniel 0 3.82 2011 Among Others
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]]> <![CDATA[Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)]]> 18077752
Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X鈥攚hat initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X鈥攁nd who may have been corrupted by it?

In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound鈥攐r terrifying.]]> 341 Jeff VanderMeer 0374104115 Daniel 3 3.66 2014 Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Authority (Southern Reach, #2)]]> 18077769 The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy

After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X鈥攁 seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all signs of civilization鈥攈as been a series of expeditions overseen by a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten: the Southern Reach. Following the tumultuous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation, the agency is in complete disarray.

John Rodr铆guez (aka "Control") is the Southern Reach's newly appointed head. Working with a distrustful but desperate team, a series of frustrating interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, Control begins to penetrate the secrets of Area X. But with each discovery he must confront disturbing truths about himself and the agency he's pledged to serve.

In Authority, the second volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, Area X's most disturbing questions are answered . . . but the answers are far from reassuring.]]> 341 Jeff VanderMeer 0374104107 Daniel 3 3.54 2014 Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)]]> 17934530 Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition.

The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers鈥攂ut it鈥檚 the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.]]> 195 Jeff VanderMeer 0374104093 Daniel 3 3.79 2014 Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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]]> Jerusalem 13069874
Employing, a kaleidoscope of literary forms and styles that ranges from brutal social realism to extravagant children鈥檚 fantasy, from the modern stage drama to the extremes of science fiction, Jerusalem鈥檚 dizzyingly rich cast of characters includes the living, the dead, the celestial, and the infernal in an intricately woven tapestry that presents a vision of an absolute and timeless human reality in all of its exquisite, comical, and heartbreaking splendor.

In these pages lurk demons from the second-century Book of Tobit and angels with golden blood who reduce fate to a snooker tournament. Vagrants, prostitutes, and ghosts rub shoulders with Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Beckett, James Joyce鈥檚 tragic daughter Lucia, and Buffalo Bill, among many others. There is a conversation in the thunderstruck dome of St. Paul鈥檚 Cathedral, childbirth on the cobblestones of Lambeth Walk, an estranged couple sitting all night on the cold steps of a Gothic church front, and an infant choking on a cough drop for eleven chapters. An art exhibition is in preparation, and above the world a naked old man and a beautiful dead baby race along the Attics of the Breath toward the heat death of the universe.

An opulent mythology for those without a pot to piss in, through the labyrinthine streets and pages of Jerusalem tread ghosts that sing of wealth, poverty, and our threadbare millennium. They discuss English as a visionary language from John Bunyan to James Joyce, hold forth on the illusion of mortality post-Einstein, and insist upon the meanest slum as Blake鈥檚 eternal holy city.]]> 1266 Alan Moore 1631491342 Daniel 0 to-read 3.93 2016 Jerusalem
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents, #1)]]> 31538635 鈥楳inerva was the Roman goddess of warriors and wisdom. William McGonagall is celebrated as the worst poet in British history. There was something irresistible to me about his name, and the idea that such a brilliant woman might be a distant relative of the buffoonish McGonagall.鈥� 鈥� J.K. Rowling

Pottermore Presents is a collection of J.K. Rowling鈥檚 writing from the Pottermore archives: short reads originally featured on pottermore .com with some exclusive new additions. These eBooks, with writing curated by Pottermore, will take you beyond the Harry Potter stories as J.K. Rowling reveals her inspiration, intricate details of characters鈥� lives and surprises from the wizarding world.

These stories of heroism, hardship and dangerous hobbies profile two of the Harry Potter stories鈥� most courageous and iconic characters: Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin. J.K. Rowling also gives us a peek behind the closed curtains of Sybill Trelawney鈥檚 life, and you鈥檒l encounter the reckless, magical-beast-loving Silvanus Kettleburn along the way.]]> 71 J.K. Rowling 1781106282 Daniel 0 to-read 4.19 2016 Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents, #1)
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]]> The Lathe of Heaven 59924
In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George's dreams for his own purposes.

The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity's self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself. It is a classic of the science fiction genre.]]> 176 Ursula K. Le Guin 0060512741 Daniel 0 to-read 4.12 1971 The Lathe of Heaven
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]]> The Left Hand of Darkness 18423 The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.]]> 304 Ursula K. Le Guin Daniel 5 4.11 1969 The Left Hand of Darkness
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]]> <![CDATA[The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)]]> 46654 Foundation begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. As the Old Empire crumbles into barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy, Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new entity, the Foundation-dedicated to art, science, and technology-as the beginning of a new empire.

Foundation and Empire describes the mighty struggle for power amid the chaos of the stars in which man stands at the threshold of a new enlightened life which could easily be destroyed by the old forces of barbarism.

Second Foundation follows the Seldon Plan after the First Empire's defeat and describes its greatest threat-a dangerous mutant strain gone wild, which produces a mind capable of bending men's wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping their desires, and destroying the universe.

This adaptation for BBC Radio 4 was first broadcast in 1973 with a cast which included Lee Montague, Maurice Denham, John Justin, Angela Plesence, Wolfe Morris, Julian Glover and Prunella Scales.]]> 679 Isaac Asimov 0380508567 Daniel 5 4.42 1953 The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)]]> 25499718
WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH?

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age鈥攁 world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?]]> 608 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1447273281 Daniel 5 4.29 2015 Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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]]> MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 17262203
Told with wit, dizzying imagination, and dark humour, Booker Prize-winning Margaret Atwood鈥檚 unpredictable, chilling and hilarious MaddAddam takes us further into a challenging dystopian world and holds up a skewed mirror to our own possible future.]]> 394 Margaret Atwood 0385528787 Daniel 0 to-read 4.00 2013 MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)]]> 6080337
Have others survived? Ren's bioartist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers, survivors of the mutual-elimination Painball prison? Not to mention the shadowy, corrupt policing force of the ruling powers...

Meanwhile, gene-spliced life forms are proliferating: the lion/lamb blends, the Mo'hair sheep with human hair, the pigs with human brain tissue. As Adam One and his intrepid hemp-clad band make their way through this strange new world, Ren and Toby will have to decide on their next move. They can't stay locked away...

By turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful, and uneasily hilarious, The Year of the Flood is Atwood at her most brilliant and inventive.]]> 431 Margaret Atwood 0385528779 Daniel 0 to-read 4.06 2009 The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
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]]> The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 11275
In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in a netherworld that lies beneath the placid surface of Tokyo. As these searches intersect, Okada encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists: a psychic prostitute; a malevolent yet mediagenic politician; a cheerfully morbid sixteen-year-old-girl; and an aging war veteran who has been permanently changed by the hideous things he witnessed during Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria.

Gripping, prophetic, suffused with comedy and menace, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a tour de force equal in scope to the masterpieces of Mishima and Pynchon.]]> 607 Haruki Murakami 0965341984 Daniel 0 to-read 4.16 1994 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wishsong of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #3)]]> 15567 512 Terry Brooks 1857231325 Daniel 5 3.99 1985 The Wishsong of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #3)
author: Terry Brooks
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Elfstones of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #2)]]> 189783
Read by Scott Brick.
15 audiocassettes (90 min. each) : analog, Dolby processed.]]> 23 Terry Brooks 0736693416 Daniel 4 3.99 1982 The Elfstones of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #2)
author: Terry Brooks
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #1)]]> 15575 726 Terry Brooks 1857231511 Daniel 4 3.79 1977 The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #1)
author: Terry Brooks
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1977
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 34
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
--back cover]]> 398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 Daniel 5 my-favorite-fiction 4.36 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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date added: 2016/06/02
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]]> <![CDATA[Search Patterns: Design for Discovery]]> 7088205 191 Peter Morville 0596802277 Daniel 0 to-read 3.82 2010 Search Patterns: Design for Discovery
author: Peter Morville
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)]]> 8855321
Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for鈥攁nd kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.

Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.

Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations鈥攁nd the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.]]> 592 James S.A. Corey 1841499889 Daniel 3 4.30 2011 Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
author: James S.A. Corey
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes鈥擱ed London鈥攁nd officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.]]> 400 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376458 Daniel 4 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Farseer Trilogy (Farseer Trilogy, #1-3)]]> 10762697 1952 Robin Hobb 1780481012 Daniel 3 4.39 2011 The Farseer Trilogy (Farseer Trilogy, #1-3)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)]]> 9531737
My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.

So begins a tale told from his own point of view鈥攁 story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man鈥檚 Fear, Day Two of The Kingkiller Chronicle, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

source: penguinrandomhouse.com]]> 1000 Patrick Rothfuss Daniel 3 4.59 2011 The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 20562717 DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
听
My name is Kvothe.
听
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
听
You may have heard of me.
听
So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature鈥攖he story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man鈥檚 search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend. 听
]]> 676 Patrick Rothfuss Daniel 5 4.55 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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date added: 2015/07/07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)]]> 10803121
Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history鈥攐r religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice.

One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will.

After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.]]> 325 Brandon Sanderson 0765330423 Daniel 3 4.20 2011 The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)]]> 2767793
Who is the Hero of Ages?

To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness鈥攖he lethal form of the ubiquitous mists鈥攊s back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.

Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. Vin can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!]]> 572 Brandon Sanderson 0765316897 Daniel 5 4.54 2008 The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2)]]> 106
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known鈥攁nd feared鈥攁s the man christened Muad鈥橠ib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne鈥攁nd a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family鈥檚 dynasty...]]> 331 Frank Herbert 0441172695 Daniel 5 3.88 1969 Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2)
author: Frank Herbert
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1969
rating: 5
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