Dept. of Speculation

Dept. of Speculation
ByJenny Offill(Reader)
    American fun

    American fun
    ByJohn Beckman

      2014 • 1 Reader • 402 pages

      The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

        Ready Player One

        #1 of 2 in Ready Player One

        Ready Player One
        ByErnest Cline
          The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves

            2009 • 10 Readers • 256 pages • 4

            Redeployment

            Redeployment
            ByPhil Klay
              Kinder than solitude

                2014 • 6 Readers • 312 pages • 3

                Sleep Donation

                Sleep Donation
                ByKaren Russell
                  To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

                    The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

                      2014 • 58 Readers • 377 pages • 3.9

                      The Partner Track

                        2013 • 9 Readers • 306 pages • 3.5

                        Reproducing Racism

                        Reproducing Racism
                        ByDaria Roithmayr

                          2014 • 1 Reader • 206 pages

                          Out of Mao's Shadow : The Struggle for the Soul of a New China

                            2008 • 7 Readers

                            Culture and Society, 1780-1950

                              1958 • 4 Readers • 363 pages

                              Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource

                                2014 • 4 Readers • 353 pages

                                The Origin of the Brunists

                                  1966 • 5 Readers • 441 pages • 4

                                  Sentimental Education

                                  Sentimental Education
                                  ByGustave Flaubert,Robert Baldick

                                    1869 • 66 Readers • 436 pages • 4.2

                                    Capital in the Twenty-First Century

                                    Capital in the Twenty-First Century
                                    ByThomas Piketty,Arthur Goldhammer(Translator)
                                      The human use of human beings

                                        1949 • 9 Readers • 200 pages

                                        Cybernetics

                                        Cybernetics
                                        ByNorbert Wiener

                                          1948 • 20 Readers • 234 pages

                                          Why Government Fails So Often : And How It Can Do Better

                                            2014 • 4 Readers • 488 pages • 4

                                            Critical Path

                                            Critical Path
                                            ByR. Buckminster Fuller

                                              1981 • 14 Readers • 471 pages • 5

                                              The Making Of A Counter Culture: Reflections of the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition

                                                1969 • 2 Readers • 303 pages • 5

                                                The Greening of America

                                                The Greening of America
                                                ByCharles A. Reich

                                                  1970 • 2 Readers • 433 pages

                                                  Call It Sleep

                                                  Call It Sleep
                                                  ByHenry Roth

                                                    1934 • 23 Readers • 480 pages • 3.3

                                                    A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction

                                                      2014 • 5 Readers • 304 pages • 4

                                                      Pnin

                                                      Pnin
                                                      ByVladimir Nabokov

                                                        1957 • 118 Readers • 193 pages • 3.7

                                                        The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America

                                                        The Image
                                                        ByDaniel J. Boorstin

                                                          1961 • 18 Readers • 315 pages • 4

                                                          Cover 5

                                                          Radiance of Tomorrow

                                                            2014 • 1 Reader

                                                            On Such a Full Sea

                                                            On Such a Full Sea
                                                            ByChang-rae Lee
                                                              The Bilingual Mind

                                                              The Bilingual Mind
                                                              ByAneta Pavlenko

                                                                2014 • 1 Reader • 400 pages

                                                                The Language Hoax

                                                                The Language Hoax
                                                                ByJohn McWhorter

                                                                  2014 • 18 Readers • 203 pages • 3.3

                                                                  My Age of Anxiety

                                                                    Best American essays 2013

                                                                      2013 • 2 Readers • 316 pages

                                                                      Leaving the Sea: Stories

                                                                        2014 • 5 Readers • 288 pages • 4

                                                                        The Goldfinch

                                                                        The Goldfinch
                                                                        ByDonna Tartt

                                                                          2013 • 1,338 Readers • 1,006 pages • 3.9

                                                                          Empress Dowager Cixi

                                                                            2013 • 26 Readers • 460 pages • 3.8

                                                                            Command and Control

                                                                            Command and Control
                                                                            ByEric Schlosser

                                                                              2013 • 86 Readers • 757 pages • 4

                                                                              The Best American Essays 2012

                                                                              The Best American Essays 2012
                                                                              ByRobert Atwan(Editor),David Brooks(Editor)
                                                                                Quack This Way

                                                                                Quack This Way
                                                                                ByBryan A. Garner,David Foster Wallace

                                                                                  2013 • 2 Readers • 146 pages • 4

                                                                                  The Summer Game

                                                                                  The Summer Game
                                                                                  ByRoger Angell

                                                                                    1972 • 7 Readers • 303 pages • 4.3

                                                                                    The gap

                                                                                    The gap
                                                                                    ByThomas Suddendorf

                                                                                      2013 • 1 Reader • 358 pages

                                                                                      From Counterculture to Cyberculture

                                                                                        The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

                                                                                          Climate Matters

                                                                                          Climate Matters
                                                                                          ByJohn Broome

                                                                                            2012 • 1 Reader • 210 pages

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                                                                                            Perfect Moral Storm

                                                                                            Perfect Moral Storm
                                                                                            ByStephen M. Gardiner

                                                                                              2011 • 2 Readers • 512 pages

                                                                                              How Dogs Love Us

                                                                                              How Dogs Love Us
                                                                                              ByGregory Berns

                                                                                                2013 • 19 Readers • 272 pages • 3.6

                                                                                                Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

                                                                                                  1979 • 9 Readers • 424 pages • 4

                                                                                                  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

                                                                                                    1962 • 202 Readers • 226 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                    Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

                                                                                                      Anything that moves

                                                                                                      Anything that moves
                                                                                                      ByDana Goodyear

                                                                                                        2013 • 6 Readers • 262 pages • 3

                                                                                                        The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election

                                                                                                          2013 • 5 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                          Revolutions

                                                                                                          Revolutions
                                                                                                          ByJack A. Goldstone(Editor)

                                                                                                            1986 • 3 Readers • 352 pages

                                                                                                            The Great Stagnation

                                                                                                              Ambient Commons: Attention in the Age of Embodied Information

                                                                                                                2013 • 1 Reader • 347 pages

                                                                                                                Speedboat

                                                                                                                Speedboat
                                                                                                                ByRenata Adler

                                                                                                                  1976 • 60 Readers • 170 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                                  Ebony and Ivy

                                                                                                                  Ebony and Ivy
                                                                                                                  ByCraig Steven Wilder

                                                                                                                    2013 • 5 Readers

                                                                                                                    The Luminaries

                                                                                                                    The Luminaries
                                                                                                                    ByEleanor Catton
                                                                                                                      Selected Short Stories

                                                                                                                      Selected stories
                                                                                                                      ByAlice Munro

                                                                                                                        1985 • 27 Readers • 545 pages • 4.5

                                                                                                                        The Lowland

                                                                                                                        The Lowland
                                                                                                                        ByJhumpa Lahiri

                                                                                                                          2013 • 100 Readers • 340 pages • 4

                                                                                                                          Stories of Your Life and Others

                                                                                                                            2002 • 917 Readers • 281 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                            Black Swan Green

                                                                                                                            Black Swan Green
                                                                                                                            ByDavid Mitchell

                                                                                                                              2006 • 129 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                              For Discrimination

                                                                                                                              For Discrimination
                                                                                                                              ByRandall Kennedy

                                                                                                                                2013 • 2 Readers

                                                                                                                                The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease

                                                                                                                                  2013 • 46 Readers • 4.3

                                                                                                                                  Little Brother

                                                                                                                                  #1 of 3 in Little Brother

                                                                                                                                  Little Brother
                                                                                                                                  ByCory Doctorow
                                                                                                                                    The Circle

                                                                                                                                    #1 of 4 in The Circle

                                                                                                                                    The Circle
                                                                                                                                    ByDave Eggers
                                                                                                                                      Ideas in Food

                                                                                                                                      Ideas in Food
                                                                                                                                      ByAki Kamozawa,H. Alexander Talbot
                                                                                                                                        Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu

                                                                                                                                        #1 of 8 in Buddha

                                                                                                                                          Necessary Errors

                                                                                                                                          Necessary Errors
                                                                                                                                          ByCaleb Crain
                                                                                                                                            Dissident gardens a novel

                                                                                                                                            Dissident Gardens
                                                                                                                                            ByJonathan Lethem

                                                                                                                                              2013 • 24 Readers • 386 pages • 3.2

                                                                                                                                              The Accumulation of Freedom

                                                                                                                                              The Accumulation of Freedom
                                                                                                                                              ByDeric Shannon(Editor),Anthony J. Nocella II(Editor)

                                                                                                                                                2012 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

                                                                                                                                                Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

                                                                                                                                                  2012 • 71 Readers • 335 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                                  The Wolf in the Parlor

                                                                                                                                                    2000 • 2 Readers • 304 pages

                                                                                                                                                    The Serious Game

                                                                                                                                                    The Serious Game
                                                                                                                                                    ByHjalmar Söderberg

                                                                                                                                                      1912 • 3 Readers • 240 pages

                                                                                                                                                      The sports gene

                                                                                                                                                      The sports gene
                                                                                                                                                      ByDavid J. Epstein

                                                                                                                                                        2013 • 5 Readers • 338 pages • 4.5

                                                                                                                                                        The New Bloomsday Book

                                                                                                                                                        The New Bloomsday Book
                                                                                                                                                        ByHarry Blamires

                                                                                                                                                          1996 • 5 Readers • 253 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                                                                          The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

                                                                                                                                                            Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature

                                                                                                                                                              2012 • 8 Readers • 320 pages

                                                                                                                                                              Sold on language

                                                                                                                                                              Sold on language
                                                                                                                                                              ByJulie Sedivy
                                                                                                                                                                & Sons

                                                                                                                                                                & Sons
                                                                                                                                                                ByDavid Gilbert

                                                                                                                                                                  2013 • 7 Readers • 434 pages • 3

                                                                                                                                                                  The Collective

                                                                                                                                                                    2012 • 2 Readers • 310 pages • 3

                                                                                                                                                                    Mind and Cosmos

                                                                                                                                                                      2012 • 6 Readers • 144 pages

                                                                                                                                                                      High Price

                                                                                                                                                                      High Price
                                                                                                                                                                      ByCarl L. Hart

                                                                                                                                                                        2013 • 14 Readers • 332 pages • 2

                                                                                                                                                                        Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

                                                                                                                                                                          2013 • 154 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                                                          This Land, This Nation

                                                                                                                                                                          This Land, This Nation
                                                                                                                                                                          BySarah Phillips

                                                                                                                                                                            2007 • 1 Reader • 310 pages

                                                                                                                                                                            Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama

                                                                                                                                                                              2009 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

                                                                                                                                                                              The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

                                                                                                                                                                                2012 • 9 Readers • 426 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                                                What Maisie Knew

                                                                                                                                                                                What Maisie Knew
                                                                                                                                                                                ByHenry James
                                                                                                                                                                                  Humboldt

                                                                                                                                                                                  Humboldt
                                                                                                                                                                                  ByEmily Brady

                                                                                                                                                                                    2013 • 2 Readers • 260 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                                                    The woman upstairs a novel

                                                                                                                                                                                      2013 • 26 Readers • 272 pages • 5

                                                                                                                                                                                      Hold It 'Til It Hurts

                                                                                                                                                                                      Hold It 'Til It Hurts
                                                                                                                                                                                      ByT. Geronimo Johnson

                                                                                                                                                                                        2012 • 2 Readers • 340 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                        How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region

                                                                                                                                                                                          2013 • 64 Readers • 320 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                                                                          Taipei

                                                                                                                                                                                          Taipei
                                                                                                                                                                                          ByTao Lin
                                                                                                                                                                                            TransAtlantic

                                                                                                                                                                                            TransAtlantic
                                                                                                                                                                                            ByColum McCann

                                                                                                                                                                                              2013 • 30 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2

                                                                                                                                                                                              The Unwinding

                                                                                                                                                                                              The Unwinding
                                                                                                                                                                                              ByGeorge Packer

                                                                                                                                                                                                2013 • 34 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Cool War

                                                                                                                                                                                                Cool War
                                                                                                                                                                                                ByNoah Feldman

                                                                                                                                                                                                  2013 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The new digital age

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The New Digital Age
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ByEric Schmidt

                                                                                                                                                                                                    5 Readers • 3

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Birdsong, Speech, and Language: Exploring the Evolution of Mind and Brain

                                                                                                                                                                                                      2013 • 1 Reader • 560 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rendezvous with destiny

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rendezvous with destiny
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ByEric F. Goldman

                                                                                                                                                                                                        1952 • 1 Reader • 503 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Flamethrowers

                                                                                                                                                                                                          2013 • 80 Readers • 432 pages • 3.4

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