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The inevitable: understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future by Kevin Kelly

Resilient Web Design by Jeremy Keith

The Forever War (The Forever War Series Book 1) by Joe Haldeman

"The legendary novel of extraterrestrial war in an uncaring universe comes to comics, in a stunningly realized vision of Joe …

Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell

The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick

As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the …

People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry

An incisive and compelling account of the case of 21-year-old Lucie Blackman, who stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo …

Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn by Daniel Gordis

Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1) by Masamune Shirow

Wabi Sabi by Andrew Juniper

Developed out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japan, wabi sabi is an aesthetic that …

Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer (Magic 2.0, #1)

Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality …

From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra

A little more than a century ago, as the Japanese navy annihilated the giant Russian navy at the Battle of …

Cryptonomicon, tome 2 by Neal Stephenson

The soul of an octopus by Sy Montgomery

"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional …

Motel of the mysteries by David Macaulay

In the year 4022, an amateur archeologist makes an important discovery in the long buried country of Usa that has …

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the …