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Annalee Newitz: The Terraformers (Hardcover, 2023, Tor Books)

Adam Hochschild: American Midnight (2022, HarperCollins Publishers)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) (2022)

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Ada Palmer: Perhaps The Stars EXPORT (Paperback)

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Larry Niven, Larry Pournelle: Mote in God's Eye (Hardcover, 1993, Doubleday Books)

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle: Lucifer's Hammer (1983)

qntm: Valuable Humans in Transit (2022, Self-published)

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puercomal rated A thread across the ocean: 3 stars

John Steele Gordon: A thread across the ocean (Hardcover, 2002, Walker & Co.)

A thread across the ocean by John Steele Gordon

"Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the …

puercomal rated The botanist and the vintner: 4 stars

Christopher Campbell: The botanist and the vintner (2005, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

The botanist and the vintner by Christopher Campbell

puercomal rated The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World: 4 stars

Steven Johnson: The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (2006)

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

puercomal rated In the Beginning...was the Command Line: 4 stars

Neal Stephenson: In the Beginning...was the Command Line (1999)

In the Beginning...was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson

puercomal rated Infrastructure: 4 stars

Brian Hayes: Infrastructure (2006, W. W. Norton)

Infrastructure by Brian Hayes

puercomal rated Bad Land: An American Romance: 4 stars

Jonathan Raban: Bad Land: An American Romance (1997)

Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban

puercomal rated Cadillac desert: 4 stars

Marc Reisner: Cadillac desert (1993)

Cadillac desert by Marc Reisner

puercomal rated The essential writings of Machiavelli: 5 stars

Peter Constantine: The essential writings of Machiavelli (2007, Modern Library)

The essential writings of Machiavelli by Peter Constantine

puercomal rated The Guns of August: 4 stars

Barbara W. Tuchman: The Guns of August (Paperback, 2004, Presidio Press)

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

Published to immediate acclaim in 1962 and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1963, The Guns of August is …

puercomal rated Bible and Sword: 4 stars

Barbara W. Tuchman: Bible and Sword (1984, Ballantine Books)

Bible and Sword by Barbara W. Tuchman

Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land for two major reasons: first, to translate the Bible into English …

puercomal rated The First Salute: 5 stars

Barbara W. Tuchman: The First Salute

The First Salute by Barbara W. Tuchman

puercomal rated M31: a family romance: 5 stars

Wright, Stephen: M31 (2004, Vintage Contemporaries)

M31: a family romance by Wright, Stephen

puercomal rated Meditations in green: 5 stars

Wright, Stephen: Meditations in green (2003, Vintage Contemporaries)

Meditations in green by Wright, Stephen

puercomal rated A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century: 4 stars

Barbara W. Tuchman: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (1987)

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

puercomal rated The March of Folly: 5 stars

Barbara W. Tuchman: The March of Folly (1993)

The March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman

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