Sananab's bookshelf: read en-US Sun, 11 May 2025 11:34:09 -0700 60 Sananab's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich #1)]]> 154433984
Past plants on the mud-flats that send up brief, man-shaped clouds of seeds to lure you out, past shanty towns full of old sailors and pilots scraping a living from the dregs of the passenger trade, between the wicker effigies in the Wodwo graveyards this is a journey at once familiar from folk tales and country customs and utterly strange and alien.

Cady, back on her boat and feeling every day of her 1,600 years; the tight-lipped but beautiful little girl and her rubber-stitched-faced, mechanical companion are an odd but warmly imagined and compelling cast to accompany the reader on a quest into a world of mysteries and terrors that leave the reader with an inkling that this world is perhaps more familiar than it first appears.

Can Cady find her youth again?]]> 333 Jeff Noon Sananab 2 fiction 3.63 2024 Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich #1)
author: Jeff Noon
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2025/05/11
date added: 2025/05/11
shelves: fiction
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Part of me liked it, but there wasn't enough tension to keep me going past the halfway mark. For the most part, it was just a a sleepy trip down a river, which they were doing for some unclear reason.
]]> <![CDATA[Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #6 (Absolute Wonder Woman 2024, #6)]]> 228782379 Kelly Thompson Sananab 4 comics, fiction 4.53 Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #6 (Absolute Wonder Woman 2024, #6)
author: Kelly Thompson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.53
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/05/07
date added: 2025/05/07
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #5 (Absolute Wonder Woman 2024, #5)]]> 227233748 Kelly Thompson Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.56 Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #5 (Absolute Wonder Woman 2024, #5)
author: Kelly Thompson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/05/07
date added: 2025/05/07
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Drawing School: Learn to Draw More Than 250 Things!]]> 36820368 Everyone loves to draw, and Drawing School is the ultimate guide for kids who want to learn to draw their favorite things. The easy-to-follow lessons show how to draw more than 250 animals and objects.

Love of art and drawing can start young in children. Nurture your child's connection to the blank page with Drawing School! This comprehensive art guide is designed to ensure that anyone can learn how to draw with the simple step-by-step projects! This art book begins with instructions for drawing basic shapes and an introduction to basic tools and materials, then jumps directly into drawing projects on a variety of subjects, from things found on the farm, under the sea, and in the garden to around the house, around town, and around the world.

This 272-page, flexi-bound art instruction book for kids (and adults too!) reveals how easy it is to draw, with easy-to-follow step-by-step projects, colorful art, and clear instructions for the following projects and much more:
Parrot
Bunny
Soccer ball
Basketball player
Birthday cake
Cow
Horse
Tractor
Palm tree
Whale
Panda bear
Rose
Daffodil
Ladybug
Tree
Clown
Ballerina
Fairy
Dragon
Rainbow
Television
Pineapple
Family
Bus
Firefighter
Airplane
Alien
Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur
Drawing School features more than 250 animals and objects for kids (or adults just finding their drawing legs) to practice drawing. Each subject is broken down into clear, easy-to-follow steps. Whether it's a big, yellow school bus, a giant elephant, or a friendly sea turtle, Drawing School shows kids how to draw their favorite things. Grab a pencil and get drawing!]]> 272 Nila Aye 1633225682 Sananab 4 art, nonfiction 3.60 Drawing School: Learn to Draw More Than 250 Things!
author: Nila Aye
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.60
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2020/02/26
date added: 2025/05/05
shelves: art, nonfiction
review:

]]> Robin & Batman 60533343
The legendary story of Batman and Robin has reached nearly mythic proportions: the crime-fighting Dynamic Duo, always one step ahead of the criminals they pursue and never meeting a case too big. This isn’t that story. This is the story of a young Dick Grayson, newly orphaned, struggling to find his way in a strange, difficult, dark new world…This is the story of Robin and Batman.]]> 144 Jeff Lemire 1779516592 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.18 2022 Robin & Batman
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/05/05
date added: 2025/05/05
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]> 36402034 258 Philip K. Dick Sananab 0 currently-reading 4.16 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1968
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]> Pyramids (Discworld, #7) 64217 341 Terry Pratchett 0061020656 Sananab 4 fiction, humour 3.91 1989 Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at: 2018/10/19
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: fiction, humour
review:

]]> Heart in a Box 23395779 When the Man with No Name breaks Emma's heart, she wants to die. But you never die from these things; you just want to.

In a moment of weakness, she wishes her broken heart away and a mysterious stranger—who may or may not be totally evil—obliges. But emptiness is even worse than grief, and Emma sets out to collect the seven pieces of her heart spread across the country, a journey that forces her to face her own history and the cost of recapturing it, and leads inevitably to a confrontation with the Man with No Name himself!]]> 156 Kelly Thompson 1616556943 Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.86 2015 Heart in a Box
author: Kelly Thompson
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/27
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive]]> 57423646 A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body, from the creator of the popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell

You wake up and feel a tickle in your throat. Your head hurts. You're mildly annoyed as you get the kids ready for school and dress for work yourself. Meanwhile, an epic war is being fought, just below your skin. Millions are fighting and dying for you to be able to complain as you head out the door.

So what, exactly, is your immune system?

Second only to the human brain in its complexity, it is one of the oldest and most critical facets of life on Earth. Without it, you would die within days. In Immune, Philipp Dettmer, the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube, takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle of staggering scale raging within us, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact, in the time you've been reading this, your immune system has probably identified and eradicated a cancer cell that started to grow in your body.

Each chapter delves into an element of the immune system, including defenses like antibodies and inflammation as well as threats like bacteria, allergies, and cancer, as Dettmer reveals why boosting your immune system is actually nonsense, how parasites sneak their way past your body's defenses, how viruses work, and what goes on in your wounds when you cut yourself.

Enlivened by engaging graphics and immersive descriptions, Immune turns one of the most intricate, interconnected, and confusing subjects—immunology—into a gripping adventure through an astonishing alien landscape. Immune is a vital and remarkably fun crash course in what is arguably, and increasingly, the most important system in the body.]]> 341 Philipp Dettmer 0593241312 Sananab 0 currently-reading 4.59 2021 Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
author: Philipp Dettmer
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: currently-reading
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]]> <![CDATA[Being You: A New Science of Consciousness]]> 53036979 Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to 'be you' challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.]]> 352 Anil Seth 0571337708 Sananab 1 4.06 2020 Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
author: Anil Seth
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2020
rating: 1
read at: 2025/04/27
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: biology, nonfiction, science, philosophy
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]]> <![CDATA[Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers, Vol. 8]]> 10479377
The Marvel Masterworks are bringing you yet another collection from the heyday of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

You know it’s trouble when Kang the Conqueror drops in from the 41st century, but this time he pits our heroes against Hyperion, Nighthawk, Dr. Spectrum and the Whizzer – the Squadron Sinister – in a cosmic chess match! And as if one menace wasn’t enough, then from across time the Avengers must also face the combined combat skill of the Captain America, Sub-Mariner and Human Torch of 1941!

Next, it’s a focus on the King of Wakanda, the Black Panther, as he infiltrates the supremacist Sons of the Serpent. But when he’s captured, will the Serpents use T’Challa to incite a war that will tear the nation apart? Then it’s the return of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, but with them in tow comes a barbarian as only Big John Buscema can draw them, Arkon the Magnificent!

And before you close these pages you’ll find out how to rent an Avenger when they become heroes for hire, see the return of the Man-Ape and the Lethal Legion, and enjoy guest-stars galore with the Black Knight, Nick Fury, Captain Marvel and Black Widow!

Collecting THE AVENGERS #69-79]]> 272 Roy Thomas 0785129340 Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.77 2008 Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers, Vol. 8
author: Roy Thomas
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/21
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> Plain Jane and the Mermaid 180729678 From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner beauty.

Jane is incredibly plain. Everyone says so: her parents, the villagers, and her horrible cousin who kicks her out of her own house. Determined to get some semblance of independence, Jane prepares to propose to the princely Peter, who might just say yes to get away from his father. It’s a good plan!

Or it would’ve been, if he wasn’t kidnapped by a mermaid.

With her last shot at happiness lost in the deep blue sea, Jane must venture to the underwater world to rescue her maybe-fiancé. But the depths of the ocean hold beautiful mysteries and dangerous creatures. What good can a plain Jane do?

From Vera Brosgol, the author of Anya's Ghost and Be Prepared, comes an instant classic that flips every fairy tale you know, and shows one girl's crusade for the only thing that matters—her own independence.]]> 368 Vera Brosgol 1250314852 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.31 2024 Plain Jane and the Mermaid
author: Vera Brosgol
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/21
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Days Are Just Packed (Calvin and Hobbes, #8)]]> 24818 The Days Are Just Packed.

Calvin, the self-proclaimed "Boy of Destiny," continues to save the universe with his alter egos, Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, at least until Miss Wormwood or his mother bring him back to reality. Susie, Calvin's nemesis and love interest, remains Calvin's favorite target. And when he's not recovering from a ferocious tiger attack, Calvin creates hideous snowmen, plays a moral cat-and-mouse game with Santa, conducts his infamous Dad polls, and combats the monsters under his bed.]]> 176 Bill Watterson 0836217357 Sananab 0 currently-reading 4.66 1993 The Days Are Just Packed (Calvin and Hobbes, #8)
author: Bill Watterson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.66
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/13
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]]> Palestine 769712 Safe Area Gorazde: The War In Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995—Joe Sacco's breakthrough novel of graphic journalism—the acclaimed author was best known for Palestine, a two-volume graphic novel that won an American Book Award in 1996.

Fantagraphics Books is pleased to present the first single-volume collection of this landmark of journalism and the art form of comics.

Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s (where he conducted over 100 interviews with Palestinians and Jews), Palestine was the first major comics work of political and historical nonfiction by Sacco, whose name has since become synonymous with this graphic form of New Journalism. Like Safe Area Gorazde, Palestine has been favorably compared to Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus for its ability to brilliantly navigate such socially and politically sensitive subject matter within the confines of the comic book medium.

Sacco has often been called the first comic book journalist, and he is certainly the best. This edition of Palestine also features an introduction from renowned author, critic, and historian Edward Said (Peace and Its Discontents and The Question of Palestine), one of the world's most respected authorities on the Middle Eastern conflict.

]]> 288 Joe Sacco 156097432X Sananab 0 currently-reading 4.23 1996 Palestine
author: Joe Sacco
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/13
shelves: currently-reading
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wealth of Nations, Books 1-3]]> 115596
The publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776 coincided with America's Declaration of Independence, and with this landmark treatise on political economy, Adam Smith paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that a truly free market - fired by competition yet guided as if by an 'invisible hand' to ensure justice and equality - was the engine of a fair and productive society. Books I - III of The Wealth of Nations examine the 'division of labour' as the key to economic growth, by ensuring the interdependence of individuals within society. They also cover the origins of money and the importance of wages, profit, rent and stocks; but the real sophistication of his analysis derives from the fact that it encompasses a combination of ethics, philosophy and history to create a vast panorama of society.

This edition contains an analytical introduction offering an in-depth discussion of Smith as an economist and social scientist, as well as a preface, further reading and explanatory notes.]]> 544 Adam Smith 0140432086 Sananab 3 philosophy, nonfiction 3.88 1776 The Wealth of Nations, Books 1-3
author: Adam Smith
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1776
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2025/04/08
shelves: philosophy, nonfiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Incredible Hulk: Dogs of War]]> 149584 224 Paul Jenkins 0785107908 Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.49 2001 The Incredible Hulk: Dogs of War
author: Paul Jenkins
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2001
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/06
date added: 2025/04/06
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality]]> 6448772
For 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itself. Yet Kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century.

Quantum sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age. In 1925 the quantum pioneers nearly all hailed from upper-middle-class academic families; most were German; and their average age was 24. But it was their irrational, romantic spirit, formed in reaction to the mechanised slaughter of the First World War that inspired their will to test science to its limits.

The essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of young men at its heart.]]> 448 Manjit Kumar 1848310358 Sananab 2 biography, history, science 4.26 2007 Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
author: Manjit Kumar
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/06
date added: 2025/04/06
shelves: biography, history, science
review:

]]> Penguin: Pain and Prejudice 13518673
Collecting: Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #1-5 and Joker's Asylum: Penguin #1.]]> 144 Gregg Hurwitz 1401237320 Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.90 2012 Penguin: Pain and Prejudice
author: Gregg Hurwitz
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2012
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/31
date added: 2025/03/31
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Fantastic Four, Vol. 2: Four Stories About Hope]]> 125190024 136 Ryan North 1302934929 Sananab 3 comics, fiction, humour 4.04 Fantastic Four, Vol. 2: Four Stories About Hope
author: Ryan North
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.04
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/22
date added: 2025/03/22
shelves: comics, fiction, humour
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The History of the Kings of Britain]]> 129521 The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history and its veracity was questioned by other medieval writers. But Geoffrey of Monmouth's powerful evocation of illustrious men and deeds captured the imagination of subsequent generations, and his influence can be traced through the works of Malory, Shakespeare, Dryden and Tennyson.]]> 373 Geoffrey of Monmouth 0140441700 Sananab 2 mythology 3.72 1136 The History of the Kings of Britain
author: Geoffrey of Monmouth
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1136
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/22
date added: 2025/03/22
shelves: mythology
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #4]]> 222792095 Kelly Thompson Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.50 Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #4
author: Kelly Thompson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/01
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> Sunday Part 1 38337192 Olivier Schrauwen Sananab 1 comics, fiction 4.42 2018 Sunday Part 1
author: Olivier Schrauwen
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2018
rating: 1
read at: 2025/03/01
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> 天国大魔境 2 [Tengoku Daimakyō 2] 44671942 192 Masakazu Ishiguro 4065147441 Sananab 2 comics, fiction 4.11 2019 天国大魔境 2 [Tengoku Daimakyō 2]
author: Masakazu Ishiguro
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2019
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/01
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation]]> 5206073 Beowulf, Sir Gawain is the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse, who rudely interrupts King Arthur's Round Table festivities one Yuletide, challenging the knights to a wager. Simon Armitrage, one of Britain's leading poets, has produced an inventive and groundbreaking translation that "[helps] liberate Gawain from academia" (Sunday Telegraph).]]> 208 Simon Armitage 0393334155 Sananab 5 4.05 1375 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation
author: Simon Armitage
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1375
rating: 5
read at: 2022/01/23
date added: 2025/02/17
shelves: fiction, epic, mythology, poetry, favourites, tolkinfluence
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Hulk by John Byrne & Ron Garney]]> 13528721 220 John Byrne 0785158561 Sananab 1 comics, fiction 3.71 2012 Hulk by John Byrne & Ron Garney
author: John Byrne
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2012
rating: 1
read at: 2025/02/16
date added: 2025/02/16
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite]]> 2795053
These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again.

Collecting: The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 1-6, as well as out-of-print short stories and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Gabriel Bá, James Jean, and Gerard Way]]> 184 Gerard Way Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.87 2007 The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite
author: Gerard Way
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/16
date added: 2025/02/16
shelves: comics, fiction
review:
Liked the art, thought the story was unfocused. Too many characters, not enough characterization.
]]> <![CDATA[ワンパンマン 2 強さの秘訣 [One Punch Man 2: Tsuyosa no Hiketsu]]]> 17694056 200 ONE 4088707028 Sananab 3 comics, fiction, humour 4.51 2012 ワンパンマン 2 強さの秘訣 [One Punch Man 2: Tsuyosa no Hiketsu]
author: ONE
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/16
date added: 2025/02/16
shelves: comics, fiction, humour
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Amazing Spider-Man (2022-2025) #59 (Amazing Spider-Man (2022-))]]> 217187950 Zeb Wells Sananab 4 comics, fiction 4.01 Amazing Spider-Man (2022-2025) #59 (Amazing Spider-Man (2022-))
author: Zeb Wells
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.01
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/19
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka]]> 17688 The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories has garnered critical acclaim and is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. These translations illuminate one of this century's most controversial writers and have made Kafka's work accessible to a whole new generation. This classic collection of forty-one great short works -- including such timeless pieces of modern fiction as "The Judgment" and "The Stoker" -- now includes two new stories, "First Sorrow" and "The Hunger Artist."]]> 352 Franz Kafka 0684800705 Sananab 1 fiction 4.09 1915 The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
author: Franz Kafka
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1915
rating: 1
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/19
shelves: fiction
review:
After having read some Kafka, I was genuinely surprised by how boring this is.
]]> <![CDATA[Amazing Spider-Man (2022-2025) #58 (Amazing Spider-Man (2022-))]]> 215723578 Zeb Wells Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.83 Amazing Spider-Man (2022-2025) #58 (Amazing Spider-Man (2022-))
author: Zeb Wells
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.83
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/19
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Memoirs of a Space Traveler (English and Polish Edition)]]> 356172 Star Diaries, are Stanislaw Lem’s satirical response to conventional science fiction. Tichy, the space traveler of future centuries, reveals that “out there” really isn’t so very different from “down here,” since people are, after all, people everywhere. Thus, he is not amazed when he meets up with a galactic society presided over by the Plenum Moronicum, which appoints as ruler a ruthless Machine; the inhabitants, docilely cooperating in their own destruction, go by the name of Phools.

When he is not voyaging in space, Tichy is a magnet for eccentric unrecognized inventors of splenetic genius, whose spooky experiments are revealed to him with megalomaniacal pride. One has invented no less an object than the soul; another, on the island of Crete, has gone the full length of cybernetic evolution, with particularly gruesome results. In one episode, washing machines go through astounding transformations and absorb the functions of an army of human beings, laying the foundations for a new civilization, one that is totally electrified.

Lem’s riotous imagination, with its impressive technical, sociological, and philosophical underpinnings, finds a singularly appropriate mouthpiece in Ijon Tichy, explorer and would-be Saviour of the Universe.]]> 153 Stanis?aw Lem 0151588562 Sananab 4 fiction, humour 3.88 1971 Memoirs of a Space Traveler (English and Polish Edition)
author: Stanis?aw Lem
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1971
rating: 4
read at: 2020/06/23
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: fiction, humour
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions]]> 25666050 A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such issues for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.]]> 368 Brian Christian 1627790365 Sananab 1 mathematics 4.12 2016 Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
author: Brian Christian
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2016
rating: 1
read at: 2025/01/05
date added: 2025/01/05
shelves: mathematics
review:
He keeps listing off results without explaining how he got them. That drives me crazy, especially with numerical results.
]]> <![CDATA[Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #3]]> 222058463 Kelly Thompson Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.56 Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #3
author: Kelly Thompson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/04
date added: 2025/01/04
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)]]> 23719576 192 Suzan-Lori Parks 1559365005 Sananab 1 fiction 4.08 2015 Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
author: Suzan-Lori Parks
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2015
rating: 1
read at: 2025/01/04
date added: 2025/01/04
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 8]]> 754017 231 Stan Lee 0785120742 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.00 1969 Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 8
author: Stan Lee
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1969
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/04
date added: 2025/01/04
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Secret Avengers, Volume 1: Reverie]]> 17824751
COLLECTING: Secret Avenger s 1-5, material from Marvel Now ! Point One

]]> 144 Nick Spencer 0785166882 Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.42 2013 Secret Avengers, Volume 1: Reverie
author: Nick Spencer
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2013
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/03
date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2]]> 25853 188 Kazuo Umezu 1421507234 Sananab 4 3.99 2005 The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2
author: Kazuo Umezu
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/12/29
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]]> <![CDATA[Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #2]]> 221002708 Kelly Thompson Sananab 4 comics, fiction 4.46 Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #2
author: Kelly Thompson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.46
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2024/12/29
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Amazing Spider-Man (2022-2025) #57 (Amazing Spider-Man (2022-))]]> 215703109 Zeb Wells Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.69 Amazing Spider-Man (2022-2025) #57 (Amazing Spider-Man (2022-))
author: Zeb Wells
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.69
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/26
date added: 2024/12/29
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> The Lost Thing 69139
The Lost Thing is a gently humorous story that will be read and enjoyed by a wide range of ages. While the narrative is full of typical thoughts of an observant and caring young person, the illustrations provide a surreal and thought-provoking backdrop for this 'lost dog story' with a definite twist. The Lost Thing is the first book that Shaun Tan both wrote and illustrated.]]> 32 Shaun Tan 1894965108 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.32 2000 The Lost Thing
author: Shaun Tan
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/26
date added: 2024/12/26
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> Mushishi, Tome 10 7165434 192 Yuki Urushibara 2505007101 Sananab 4 comics, fiction 4.54 2008 Mushishi, Tome 10
author: Yuki Urushibara
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Neon Genesis Evangelion, vol. 1]]> 60821129 320 Yoshiyuki Sadamoto 8467951850 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.49 1996 Neon Genesis Evangelion, vol. 1
author: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1996
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> Cinema Panopticum 634790 104 Thomas Ott 1560976497 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.09 2005 Cinema Panopticum
author: Thomas Ott
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #1]]> 219436052 Kelly Thompson Sananab 4 comics, fiction 4.48 2024 Absolute Wonder Woman (2024-) #1
author: Kelly Thompson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)]]> 776407 180 A.A. Milne 0525444440 Sananab 4 fiction 4.37 1928 The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
author: A.A. Milne
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1928
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/21
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk Epic Collection, Vol. 24: The Lone and Level Sands]]> 63081246 464 Peter David 1302951068 Sananab 3 fiction, comics 3.19 2023 Incredible Hulk Epic Collection, Vol. 24: The Lone and Level Sands
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: fiction, comics
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]]> <![CDATA[Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author]]> 61871762 ?
“Helle’s translation feels urgent, incandescent, stripped of academic cladding. . . . The growing popularity of Enheduana gives all of us readers a chance to discover another lineage—and to bring this poet and her imagination flashing back to life again.”—Nilanjana Roy, Financial Times
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Enheduana was a high priestess and royal princess who lived in Ur, in what is now southern Iraq, about 2300 BCE. Not only does Enheduana have the distinction of being the first author whose name we know, but the poems attributed to her are hymns of great power. They are a rare flash of the female voice in the often male-dominated ancient world, treating themes that are as relevant today as they were four thousand years exile, social disruption, the power of storytelling, gender-bending identities, the devastation of war, and the terrifying forces of nature.
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This book is the first complete translation of her poems from the original Sumerian. Sophus Helle’s translations replicate the intensity and imagery of the original hymns—literary time bombs that have lain buried for millennia. In addition to his translations, Helle provides background on the historical context in which Enheduana’s poems were composed and circulated, the works’ literary structure and themes, and their reception in both the ancient and the modern world.
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Unjustly forgotten for millennia, Enheduana’s poems are essential reading for anyone interested in the literary history of women, religion, the environment, gender, motherhood, authorship, and empire.]]> 288 Sophus Helle 0300264178 Sananab 3 poetry 4.40 Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author
author: Sophus Helle
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.40
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: poetry
review:
Interesting in theory, and interesting essays, but religious poetry just isn't my thing.
]]> What If #71 137928122 0 Ian Edginton Sananab 1 comics, fiction 2.00 What If #71
author: Ian Edginton
name: Sananab
average rating: 2.00
book published:
rating: 1
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date added: 2024/12/21
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]]> <![CDATA[Perception: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)]]> 34927489
In this Very Short Introduction , Brian J. Rogers discusses the philosophical question of what it means to perceive, as well as describing how we are able to perceive the particular characteristics of objects and scenes such as their lightness, color, form, depth, and motion. What we perceive, however, does not always correspond to what exists in the world and, as Rogers shows, the study of illusions can be useful in telling us something about the nature and limitations of our perceptual processes. Rogers also explores perception from an evolutionary perspective, explaining how evolutionary pressures have shaped the perceptual systems of humans and other animals. He shows that perception is not necessarily a separate and independent process but rather part of a "perceptual system," involving both the extraction of perceptual information and the control of action. Rogers goes on to cover the significant progress made recently in the understanding of perception through the use of precise
and controlled psychophysical methods, single cell recordings, and imaging techniques. There have also been many insights from attempts to model perceptual processes in artificial systems. As Rogers shows, these attempts have revealed how difficult it is to program machines to perform even the most simple of perceptual tasks that we take for granted.

ABOUT THE The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.]]> 192 Brian J. Rogers 0198791003 Sananab 1 biology, philosophy, science 3.36 2017 Perception: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
author: Brian J. Rogers
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2017
rating: 1
read at: 2024/12/21
date added: 2024/12/21
shelves: biology, philosophy, science
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mighty Avengers, Vol. 5: Earth's Mightiest]]> 6749791 Earth's Mightiest Heroes! But after the events of Secret Invasion, is Hank Pym ready to rejoin their ranks? And what is the secret that haunts him, a secret dating back to the earliest days of the original team? Join Dan Slott and Khoi Pham for a new age of all-out Avengers action!

Collecting: Mighty Avengers 21-26 & "Requiem" framing sequence]]> 152 Dan Slott 0785138153 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.28 2009 The Mighty Avengers, Vol. 5: Earth's Mightiest
author: Dan Slott
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/21
date added: 2024/12/21
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)]]> 330919
'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked "This is your enemy". I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train . . .'

In this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said'), through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitus, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('There was one drawback. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. I fell down a hatchway').

Filled with bathos, pathos and gales of ribald laughter, this is a barely sane helping of military goonery and superlative Milliganese.

'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express

'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times

'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese

'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard

'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man' Stephen Fry

Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success as on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.]]> 142 Spike Milligan 0140035206 Sananab 2 4.01 1971 Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
author: Spike Milligan
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1971
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/17
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: biography, fiction, nonfiction, humour, history
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]]> <![CDATA[The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction]]> 5283591
Beginning with an explanation of the controversies surrounding the birth of life itself, each following chapter tells of a major breakthrough that made new forms of life possible: including sex and multicellularity, hard skeletons, and the move to land. Along the way, we witness the greatest mass extinction, the first forests, the rise of modern ecosystems, and, most recently, conscious humans.

Introducing ideas from a range of scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and earth history, to geochemistry, palaeontology, and systematics, Michael Benton explains how modern science pieces the evidence in this vast evolutionary puzzle together, to build up an accessible and up-to-date picture of the key developments in the history of life on earth.]]> 192 Michael J. Benton 0199226326 Sananab 3 biology, science 3.80 2008 The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction
author: Michael J. Benton
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/17
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: biology, science
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]]> Phoenix (2024-) #3 215773399 Stephanie Phillips Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.75 Phoenix (2024-) #3
author: Stephanie Phillips
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.75
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/16
date added: 2024/12/16
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> Immortal X-Men (2022-2023) #1 60718323 39 Kieron Gillen Sananab 1 comics, fiction 4.14 Immortal X-Men (2022-2023) #1
author: Kieron Gillen
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.14
book published:
rating: 1
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date added: 2024/12/16
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> História de Portugal - Vol. I 12059697 701 A.H. de Oliveira Marques Sananab 0 currently-reading 4.14 1978 História de Portugal - Vol. I
author: A.H. de Oliveira Marques
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1978
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: currently-reading
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World]]> 28256439 The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware. Much like human families, tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, and support them as they grow, sharing nutrients with those who are sick or struggling and creating an ecosystem that mitigates the impact of extremes of heat and cold for the whole group. As a result of such interactions, trees in a family or community are protected and can live to be very old. In contrast, solitary trees, like street kids, have a tough time of it and in most cases die much earlier than those in a group.

Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Wohlleben presents the science behind the secret and previously unknown life of trees and their communication abilities; he describes how these discoveries have informed his own practices in the forest around him. As he says, a happy forest is a healthy forest, and he believes that eco-friendly practices not only are economically sustainable but also benefit the health of our planet and the mental and physical health of all who live on Earth.]]> 272 Peter Wohlleben 1771642483 Sananab 2 4.06 2015 The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
author: Peter Wohlleben
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2015
rating: 2
read at: 2023/03/02
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: biology, plants, science, botany, nonfiction
review:

]]> O Guardador de Rebanhos 7139407 O Guardador de Rebanhos

?A vida de Caeiro n?o pode narrar-se pois que n?o há nela de que narrar. Seus poemas s?o o que houve nele de vida. Em tudo mais n?o houve incidentes, nem há história.

A obra de Caeiro representa a reconstru??o integral do paganismo, na sua essência absoluta, tal como nem os gregos nem os romanos, que viveram nele e por isso o pensaram, o puderam fazer.?

in Páginas ?ntimas e de Auto-Interpreta??o]]> 80 Fernando Pessoa 9726656362 Sananab 5 favourites, poetry, fiction 4.39 1914 O Guardador de Rebanhos
author: Fernando Pessoa
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1914
rating: 5
read at: 2017/02/27
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: favourites, poetry, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics]]> 6220915 274 Kevin Houston 052171978X Sananab 5 4.21 2009 How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics
author: Kevin Houston
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/20
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: favourites, mathematics, nonfiction
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]]> <![CDATA[About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution]]> 298252 The eternal questions of science and religion were profoundly recast by Einstein's theory of relativity and its implications that time can be warped by motion and gravitation, and that it cannot be meaningfully divided into past, present, and future.
In About Time, Paul Davies discusses the big bang theory, chaos theory, and the recent discovery that the universe appears to be younger than some of the objects in it, concluding that Einstein's theory provides only an incomplete understanding of the nature of time. Davies explores unanswered questions such as:
* Does the universe have a beginning and an end?
* Is the passage of time merely an illusion?
* Is it possible to travel backward -- or forward -- in time?
About Time weaves physics and metaphysics in a provocative contemplation of time and the universe.]]> 316 Paul C.W. Davies 0684818221 Sananab 3 nonfiction, science 4.25 1995 About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
author: Paul C.W. Davies
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1995
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: nonfiction, science
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]]> Phoenix, Vol. 2: Future 160059 304 Osamu Tezuka 159116608X Sananab 4 comics, fiction 4.33 1967 Phoenix, Vol. 2: Future
author: Osamu Tezuka
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1967
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/01
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> Rare Flavours 176442681 A demonically delicious culinary chronicle from the acclaimed, award-nominated team behind The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, painstakingly prepared for fans of Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts and Eat The Rich!

Discover the tantalizing tale of Rubin Baksh, a demonic Rakshasa with a down-to-earth dream of being the next Anthony Bourdain. To achieve his vision, Rubin enlists Mo, a filmmaker who has seen better days, to document the world-renowned cuisine of India and the people behind such glorious food. But little does Mo know that there’s more to Rubin than meets the eye, and the mortals play a darker role in the show than they were prepared for… Entice your palate and feast on the follow up offering from the Eisner, Harvey, and Ringo Award-nominated The Many Deaths of Laila Starr team of Ram V (Detective Comics, Blue In Green) and Filipe Andrade (Fantastic Four, Star) with this masterpiece marrying the supernatural, Indian cuisine, and the cutthroat world of chef-driven celebrity! Collects Rare Flavours issues #1-6.]]> 160 Ram V. 1608861538 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.30 2024 Rare Flavours
author: Ram V.
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> Eros the Bittersweet 306519
Originally published in 1986.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.]]> 204 Anne Carson Sananab 2 4.32 1986 Eros the Bittersweet
author: Anne Carson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1986
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/13
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: nonfiction, poetry, philosophy
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]]> Biology: A Global Approach 23272591 BRAND NEW 1512 Robert B. Jackson Sananab 2 4.43 2014 Biology: A Global Approach
author: Robert B. Jackson
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2014
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: biology, botany, nonfiction, science
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)]]> 60211 262 Gene Wolfe 0671540661 Sananab 4 fiction 3.86 1980 The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
author: Gene Wolfe
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1980
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/14
date added: 2024/12/14
shelves: fiction
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]]> Euthyphro 811970
One of Plato’s well-known Socratic Dialogues, Euthyphro probes the nature of piety, and notably poses the so-called Euthyphro Dilemma: Do the gods love a thing because it is holy, or is a thing holy because it is loved by the gods?]]> 120 Plato 1853991325 Sananab 4 philosophy 3.95 -399 Euthyphro
author: Plato
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.95
book published: -399
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/14
date added: 2024/12/14
shelves: philosophy
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]]> NYX (2024-) #3 215691312 Collin Kelly Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.75 NYX (2024-) #3
author: Collin Kelly
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.75
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/13
date added: 2024/12/13
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Moon Knight Annual (2024) #1 (Infinity Watch (2024))]]> 215772614 Dan Watters Sananab 2 3.61 Moon Knight Annual (2024) #1 (Infinity Watch (2024))
author: Dan Watters
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.61
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/09
date added: 2024/12/09
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Main story didn't do much for me, but I really liked the weird little story fragment they threw in at the end.
]]> <![CDATA[Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces]]> 17374825 686 Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau 1105979121 Sananab 4 4.72 2012 Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
author: Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.72
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe]]> 40796176
Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz’s brilliantly creative, down?to?earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it’s about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number—infinity—to tackle real?world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.

Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greec
e and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves (a phenomenon predicted by calculus). Strogatz reveals how this form of math rose to the challenges of each age: how to determine the area of a circle with only sand and a stick; how to explain why Mars goes “backwards” sometimes; how to make electricity with magnets; how to ensure your rocket doesn’t miss the moon; how to turn the tide in the fight against AIDS.

As Strogatz proves, calculus is truly the language of the universe. By unveiling the principles of that language, Infinite Powers makes us marvel at the world anew.]]> 360 Steven H. Strogatz 1328879984 Sananab 3 4.27 2019 Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
author: Steven H. Strogatz
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/08
date added: 2024/12/08
shelves: mathematics, science, nonfiction
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]]> The Flintstones, Vol. 2 34670149
This second volume starring the first family of Bedrock (and civilization, really) tells the story of who we are and why we do what we do as if it all began with Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty and the rest of the citizens of Bedrock. Shining a light on humanity’s ancient customs and institutions in a funny origin story of human civilization, Mark Russell (PREZ) blends modern interpretations with Hanna-Barbera’s classic characters, bringing a breath of fresh stone-age air.

Hanna-Barbera has created some of the most recognizable animated characters of all time. As part of DC Comics’ reimagination of cartoons like SCOOBY-DOO, JOHNNY QUEST, SPACE GHOST and WACKY RACERS, these new series are infused with modern and contemporary concepts while keeping the heart and soul of the classic animation.

Collects THE FLINSTONES #7-12.]]> 144 Mark Russell 140127398X Sananab 4 comics, fiction, humour 4.26 2017 The Flintstones, Vol. 2
author: Mark Russell
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/29
date added: 2024/12/08
shelves: comics, fiction, humour
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]]> The Flintstones, Vol. 1 32273168 This new series starring the first family of Bedrock (and civilization, really) tells the story of who we are and why we do what we do as if it all began with Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, and the rest of the citizens of Bedrock. Shining a light on humanity's ancient customs and institutions in a funny origin story of human civilization, Mark Russell (PREZ) blends modern interpretations with Hanna-Barbera's classic character's, bringing a breath of fresh stone-age air.
Hanna-Barbera has created some of the most recognizable animated characters of all time. As part of DC Comics' re-imagination of cartoons like Scooby-Doo, The Flintsones, Johnny Quest, Space Ghost, and Wacky Racers, these new series will be infused with modern and contemporary concepts while keeping the heart and soul of the classic animation.
Collects THE FLINTSTONES #1-6.]]> 170 Mark Russell 1401268374 Sananab 4 comics, fiction, humour 4.17 2017 The Flintstones, Vol. 1
author: Mark Russell
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/29
date added: 2024/12/08
shelves: comics, fiction, humour
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]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #459]]> 30518124 21 Peter David Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.44 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #459
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.44
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #458]]> 30813843 22 Peter David Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.11 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #458
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.11
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #457]]> 30813838 23 Peter David Sananab 2 comics, fiction 2.90 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #457
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 2.90
book published:
rating: 2
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date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Giant-Size Thor (2024) #1 (Immortal Thor (2023-))]]> 214140190 45 Al Ewing Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.84 Giant-Size Thor (2024) #1 (Immortal Thor (2023-))
author: Al Ewing
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.84
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> Ultimate X-Men (2024) #6 214140207 0 Peach Momoko Sananab 1 comics, fiction 4.23 Ultimate X-Men (2024) #6
author: Peach Momoko
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.23
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #456]]> 30813836 22 Peter David Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.00 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #456
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #455]]> 30688764 23 Peter David Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.33 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #455
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.33
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #454]]> 30373863 20 Peter David Sananab 1 comics, fiction 2.83 1997 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #454
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 2.83
book published: 1997
rating: 1
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> Beauty 21470677 144 Hubert 1561638943 Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.96 2014 Beauty
author: Hubert
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #453]]> 30812856 20 Peter David Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.10 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #453
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.10
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #452]]> 30812854 21 Peter David Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.12 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #452
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.12
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1)]]> 71292 48 René Goscinny 0752866052 Sananab 2 comics, fiction, humour 4.20 1961 Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1)
author: René Goscinny
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1961
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction, humour
review:
Asterix has a frustratingly poor sense of judgement.
]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #451]]> 30812852 21 Peter David Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.09 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #451
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.09
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #450]]> 30812850 38 Peter David Sananab 2 comics, fiction 2.88 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #450
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 2.88
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #449]]> 28176011 22 Peter David Sananab 2 comics, fiction 2.80 Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #449
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 2.80
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[ワンパンマン 1 一撃 [One Punch Man 1: Ichigeki]]]> 17694052 200 ONE 408870701X Sananab 4 4.51 2012 ワンパンマン 1 一撃 [One Punch Man 1: Ichigeki]
author: ONE
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction, humour, the-movie-was-better
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Incredible Hulk Epic Collection, Vol. 22: Ghosts of the Future]]> 40775755 COLLECTING: INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 436-448, SAVAGE HULK (1996) 1, CUTTING EDGE 1, CABLE (1993) 34, ONSLAUGHT: MARVEL UNIVERSE]]> 504 Peter David 1302916262 Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.27 2019 Incredible Hulk Epic Collection, Vol. 22: Ghosts of the Future
author: Peter David
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction
review:
For the most part, I found it entertaining, in spite of the 90s artwork and the poor crossover events.
]]> Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice 6839093
Collects CHEW issues #1-5.]]> 128 John Layman 1607061597 Sananab 1 comics, fiction 3.95 2009 Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
author: John Layman
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2009
rating: 1
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> Phantom Road Volume 2 202201952 Grindhouse horror meets high-concept supernatural fantasy in the second volume of the bold new series!

Birdie and Dom continue their journey through the Other Place in an attempt to safely deliver their ward. But when they find themselves stopping at an abandoned roadside circus, the trip takes another wildly surreal u-turn.

From JEFF LEMIRE (THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS, LITTLE MONSTERS) and GABRIEL HERN?NDEZ WALTA (The Vision, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: Old Man Whittier), the Eisner Award-nominated creative team behind the bestselling Sentient series.

Collects #6-#10!]]> 136 Jeff Lemire 1534397167 Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.78 2024 Phantom Road Volume 2
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> Phantom Road Volume 1 65655663 Mad Max: Fury Road meets The Sandman in this high-octane adventure wrapped in a dark fantasy aesthetic.

Dom is a long-haul truck driver attempting to stay ahead of his tragic past. When he stops one night to assist Birdie, who has been in a massive car crash, they pull an artifact from the wreckage that throws their lives into fifth gear. Suddenly, a typical midnight run has become a frantic journey through a surreal world where Dom and Birdie find themselves the quarry of strange and impossible monsters.

It's grindhouse horror meets high-concept supernatural fantasy in the first volume of a bold new series from JEFF LEMIRE (THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS, LITTLE MONSTERS) and GABRIEL HERN?NDEZ WALTA (The Vision, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: Old Man Whittier/I>), the Eisner Award-nominated creative team behind the bestselling Sentient series.]]> 132 Jeff Lemire 1534399798 Sananab 4 comics, fiction 3.74 2023 Phantom Road Volume 1
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/05
date added: 2024/12/05
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> X-Men: From the Ashes 1261359 Can the Phoenix rise - again?

Mutants are all around us. Some are good, others unspeakably evil. But they are all gifted - gifted with a unique X-Factor in their genetic make-up that makes them living weapons, manifesting itself through wondrous powers. And, even within this special community, there is a group that has distinguished itself... the Uncanny X-Men... who have honed their awesome abilities and pledged them in service of mankind.

One of their number - Jean Grey - had unwittingly attained power beyond conception. As Phoenix, her merest shrug could incinerate a world and as Phoenix she died. But now a new woman, Madelyne Pryor, appears who could be Jean Grey's twin. Can she be the Phoenix reborn? The key to Madelyne Pryor's identity will either unlock the mutants' buried hearts or destroy them - utterly.

Collects Uncanny X-Men #168-176.]]> 218 Chris Claremont 0871356155 Sananab 3 comics, fiction 4.07 1983 X-Men: From the Ashes
author: Chris Claremont
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1983
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/05
date added: 2024/12/05
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> Guardians of the Galaxy #16 58602088 23 Al Ewing Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.86 Guardians of the Galaxy #16
author: Al Ewing
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.86
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/05
date added: 2024/12/05
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Chasm: Curse Of Kaine (2024-) #1 (of 4)]]> 214070237 0 Steve Foxe Sananab 2 comics, fiction 3.22 Chasm: Curse Of Kaine (2024-) #1 (of 4)
author: Steve Foxe
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.22
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/04
date added: 2024/12/04
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Short History of Chinese Philosophy]]> 31907
From the sage-kings of ancient China to the 1911 overthrow of the oldest monarchical system in the world, Chinese philosophy has evolved and influenced schools of thought around the world. In an accessible voice, A Short History of Chinese Philosophy clearly illuminates Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Yin-Yang, and more. For those interested in philosophy or Asian studies, this is the perfect window into ancient and modern Chinese ideology.]]> 400 Feng Youlan 0684836343 Sananab 1 history, philosophy 4.27 1948 A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
author: Feng Youlan
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1948
rating: 1
read at: 2024/12/03
date added: 2024/12/03
shelves: history, philosophy
review:

]]> Biology: How Life Works 17137871 Rethinking biology means rethinking the text, the visual program, and assessment.
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Ordinarily, textbooks are developed by first writing chapters, then making decisions about art and images, and finally, once the book is complete, assembling a test bank and ancillary media. This process dramatically limits the integration across resources, and reduces art, media, and assessments to ancillary material, rather than essential resources for student learning.? ?
Biology: How Life Works is the first project to develop three pillars—the text, the visual program, and the assessment—at the same time. All three pillars were developed in parallel to make sure that each idea is addressed in the most appropriate medium, and to ensure authentic integration. These three pillars are all tied to the same set of core concepts, share a common language, and use the same visual palette. In this way, the text, visual program, and assessments are integral parts of student learning, rather than just accessories to the text.

RETHINKING THE TEXT

Integrated
Biology: How Life Works moves away from a focus on disparate topics, towards an integrated approach. Chemistry is presented in context, structure and function are covered together, the flow of information in a cell is introduced where it makes the most conceptual sense, and cases serve as a framework for connecting and assimilating information.
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Selective
Biology: How Life Works was envisioned not as a reference book for all of biology, but a resource focused on foundational concepts, terms, and experiments. This allows students to more easily identify, understand, and apply critical concepts, and develop a framework on which to build their understanding of biology.
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Thematic
Biology: How Life Works was written with six themes in mind. Introduced in Chapter 1 and revisited throughout, these themes provide a framework that helps students see biology as a set of connected concepts. In particular, the theme of evolution is emphasized for its ability to explain and predict so many patterns in biology.
?RETHINKING THE VISUAL PROGRAM

Integrated
Across Biology: How Life Works—whether students are looking at a figure in the book, watching an animation, or interacting with a simulation—they always see a consistent use of color, shapes, and design.
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Engaging
Every image—still and in motion—engages students by being vibrant, clear, and approachable. The result is a visual environment that is expertly designed to pull students in, deepens their interest, and helps them see a world of biological processes.
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A Visual Framework
To help students think like biologists, the visual program is designed to be a framework for students to hang the concepts and connect ideas. Individual figures present foundational concepts; Visual Synthesis figures tie multiple concepts across chapters together; animations bring these figures to life; and simulations let students interact with the concepts. Collectively, this visual framework allows students to move seamlessly back and forth between the big picture and the details.
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RETHINKING THE ASSESSMENT
Range
Developed by a broad community of leading science educators, the assessments for Biology: How Life Works address all types of learning, from recall to synthesis. They are designed to be used in a variety of settings and come in a wide range of formats (multiple choice, true/false, free response).
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Integrated
Assessment is seamlessly integrated into the text and the visual program (both in print and interactive). Each time an instructor asks a student to engage with Biology: How Life Works—whether it is reading a chapter, watching an animation, or working through an experiment—the opportunity to assess that experience exists.
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Connected
Many of the questions and activities for Biology: How Life Works are organized in sets called Progressions.? Questions in a Progression are aligned with one or more core concepts, and are designed to move a student from basic knowledge to higher order skills and deeper understanding.? Progressions questions can be used individually or in a series as pre-class quizzes, in-class clicker questions or activities, post-class homework, or exams.? When used in sequence, Progressions provide a connected learning path for students.]]> 1200 James R. Morris 1429218703 Sananab 1 biology, science 3.58 2012 Biology: How Life Works
author: James R. Morris
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2012
rating: 1
read at: 2024/12/03
date added: 2024/12/03
shelves: biology, science
review:
I'm glad that I read Campbell's Biology first, or else I might have lost interest in the whole topic.
]]> Goodbye, Eri 60786406 202 Tatsuki Fujimoto Sananab 4 comics, fiction 4.32 2022 Goodbye, Eri
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Sananab
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/03
date added: 2024/12/03
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[New Avengers: A.I.M., Vol. 1: Everything is New]]> 26200319 Everything Is New.
In the wake of Secret Wars , the old order changeth - and Bobby DaCosta, Sunspot, is just the man to changeth it.
Welcome to Avengers Idea Mechanics -- a super-scientific global rescue squad of tomorrow's heroes...today! America doesn't want them! S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't know what to do with them! But Earth might not survive without them!

Collecting: New Avengers 1-6, material from Avengers 0]]> 144 Al Ewing 078519648X Sananab 3 comics, fiction 3.32 2016 New Avengers: A.I.M., Vol. 1: Everything is New
author: Al Ewing
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/02
date added: 2024/12/02
shelves: comics, fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[New Avengers: A.I.M., Vol. 2: Standoff]]> 28118840 Standoff involving all of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. They're a global rescue force, but what happens when they have to rescue someone from the clutches of S.H.I.E.L.D. itself? War is coming - and so is the American Kaiju! Up from the depths! Thirty stories high! He salutes the flag and eats apple pie! But how can Avengers Island possibly survive the ultimate weapon against renegade super-science? Maybe with Avenger Five, the ultimate mighty vehicle! Plus: A traitor is revealed! And so are Sunspot's secrets, as everything comes tumbling down!

Collecting: New Avengers 7-11]]> 112 Al Ewing 0785196498 Sananab 4 comics, fiction, humour 3.39 2016 New Avengers: A.I.M., Vol. 2: Standoff
author: Al Ewing
name: Sananab
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2022/01/12
date added: 2024/12/02
shelves: comics, fiction, humour
review:

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