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The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos by Joel R. Primack, Nancy Ellen Abrams

The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos

Joel R. Primack, Nancy Ellen Abrams

400 pages • hardcover • 2006

5.0astrocourt's review
nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

Lisa Randall

500 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0astrocourt's review
nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Silent Comedy by Paul Merton
Silent Comedy
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Paul Merton

Silent Comedy

Paul Merton

321 pages

5.0astrocourt's review
nonfiction art history funny medium-paced
The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe by Frank Close

The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe

Frank Close

219 pages • paperback

5.0astrocourt's review
nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative medium-paced
Contact by Carl Sagan

Contact

Carl Sagan

580 pages • paperback • 1985

5.0astrocourt's review
fiction science fiction adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

Brenda Maddox

416 pages • paperback • 2002

5.0astrocourt's review
nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists by Richard T. Kelly
Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists
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Richard T. Kelly

Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists

Richard T. Kelly

458 pages • hardcover • 2007

5.0astrocourt's review
nonfiction funny slow-paced
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Farewell, My Lovely

Philip Marlowe #2

Raymond Chandler

304 pages • paperback • 1940

5.0astrocourt's review
fiction mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry

The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within

Stephen Fry

384 pages • hardcover • 2005

5.0astrocourt's review
nonfiction poetry reference funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

The Big Sleep

Philip Marlowe #1

Raymond Chandler

230 pages • paperback • 1939

5.0astrocourt's review
fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced