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gardito rated Mario Puzo's the Godfather: 4 stars
gardito rated Devolution: 5 stars
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Devolution by Max Brooks
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has …
gardito rated The Two Towers: 5 stars
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J.R.R. Tolkien: The Two Towers (Paperback, 2003, Houghton Mifflin Company)
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the …
gardito rated The Likeness: 5 stars
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The Likeness by Tana French
Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She's transferred out …
gardito rated In the Woods: 5 stars
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In the Woods by Tana French
As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But …
gardito rated A Dead Djinn in Cairo: 4 stars
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A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) …
gardito rated Strange practice: 4 stars
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Vivian Shaw: Strange practice (2017)
Strange practice by Vivian Shaw
"Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her …
gardito rated Caliban's War (The Expanse, #2): 5 stars
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Caliban's War (The Expanse, #2) by James S.A. Corey
Caliban's War is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty …
gardito rated A Distant Mirror: 4 stars
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A Distant Mirror by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Amazon.com Review
In this sweeping historical narrative, Barbara Tuchman writes of the cataclysmic 14th century, when the energies of medieval …
gardito rated A People's History of Computing in the United States: 5 stars
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A People's History of Computing in the United States by Joy Lisi Rankin
Does Silicon Valley deserve the credit it gets for digital creativity and social media? Joy Lisi Rankin questions this triumphalism …
gardito rated The Internet of Garbage: 4 stars
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The Internet of Garbage by Sarah Jeong
Sarah Jeong, a journalist trained as a lawyer at Harvard Law School, discusses the problem of “online harassment,” with various …
gardito rated The Graveyard Book: 5 stars
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book is a young adult novel by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America …
gardito rated How to listen to jazz: 5 stars
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How to listen to jazz by Ted Gioia
Music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively, accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz. Covering everything from the …