Title: An Illustrated Book of Bad ArgumentsSeries: Author: Ali AlmossawiGenre: NonfictionPublisher: JasperCollins PublishersFormat: HardbackISBN: 098993120X Summary: This book is aimed at newcomers to the field of logical reasoning, particularly those who, to borrow a phrase from Pascal, are so made that they understand best through visuals. I have selected a small set of common errors in reasoning …
Title: My Real ChildrenSeries: Author: Jo WaltonGenre: FantasyPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 0765332655 Summary: It’s 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. “Confused today,” read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know—what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don’t seem possible. She remembers …
Title: All the Birds in the SkySeries: All the Birds in the Sky #1Author: Charlie Jane AndersGenre: FantasyPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 0765379945 Summary: Childhood friends Patricia Delfine, a witch, and Laurence Armstead, a mad scientist, parted ways under mysterious circumstances during middle school. But as adults they both wind up in near-future San Francisco, where Laurence …
Title: LadycastleSeries: Ladycastle Issues #1-4Author: Delilah S DawsonGenre: Graphic NovelPublisher: Boom! StudiosFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1684150329 Summary: When the King and all the men of the castle die, it’s time for the women to knight up. When King Mancastle and his mighty vassals ride off on a crusade, the women left behind are not at all put out—that’s …
Title: Beethoven’s SkillAuthor: Tim RaybornGenre: Historical Fantasy, MusicPublisher: SkyHorseFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781510712713 Summary: Beethoven’s Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fates …
Title: Gods, Monsters and the Lucky PeachSeries: Author: Kelly Robson Genre: Science FictionPublisher: TorFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1250163854 Summary: Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined planet or luxuriate in a less tainted pass. In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation …
Title: An Unkindess of MagiciansSeries: An Unkindess of Magicians #1Author: Kat HowardGenre: Fantasy, Urban FantasyPublisher: Saga PressFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1481451219 Summary: There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city’s magicians’ power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard. In New York City, magic controls …
Title: Artificial ConditionSeries: The Murderbot Diaries #2Author: Martha WellsGenre: Science FictionPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 1250186927 Summary: It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to …
Title: Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as MeSeries:Author: Carrie Ann DiRisioGenre: Nonfiction, Creative WritingPublisher: SkyPony PressFormat: eBookISBN: 1510726667 Summary: Have you ever wished you could receive a little guidance from your favorite book boyfriend? Ever dreamed of being the Chosen One in a YA novel? Want to know all the secrets …
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