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Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything by Amanda Gefter

Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything

Amanda Gefter

432 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Voyage of the Dogs by Greg Van Eekhout

Voyage of the Dogs

Greg Van Eekhout

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
fiction middle grade science fiction adventurous emotional fast-paced
Good-Bye, Boise... Hello, Alaska by Cora Holmes

Good-Bye, Boise... Hello, Alaska

The Holmeses #1

Cora Holmes

274 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
nonfiction biography adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump by Andrew G. McCabe

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

Andrew G. McCabe

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
nonfiction history memoir politics informative slow-paced
Dead Money by Dean Wesley Smith

Dead Money

Doc Hill #1

Dean Wesley Smith

376 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
fiction thriller fast-paced
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries #1

Martha Wells

150 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
The Crash Before Christmas by Kay Stockham

The Crash Before Christmas

Kay Stockham

159 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced
The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry
The Tears of Autumn
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Charles McCarry

The Tears of Autumn

Charles McCarry

276 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad by John P. Parker

His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad

John P. Parker

165 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noesner

Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

Gary Noesner

240 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0abalvarez's review
nonfiction crime memoir true crime dark informative fast-paced