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A scientific biography of Stephen Hawking’s work from the time the author becomes Hawking’s student until Hawking’s death.

The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American …

This is a rework of the original book by the original author. Supposedly it contains more unclassified information than the …

In 1772 a sixteen-year-old midshipman joins the crew of the "Gorgon" whose mission is to investigate the slave trade on …

The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. With millions of copies sold …

Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a book by educator Neil Postman. …

"Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is on the verge of modernity, with railroads to …

"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …

At the school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium the teachers believed that virtue, the highest good, …