Richard Matthews
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Nature and science writer Bill Bryson examines some of mysteries of science, and attempts to understand not only what scientists know, but how they know it. Covers the creation of the universe, the size of the Earth, the origins of life, and other topics.
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Read Alikes for The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Read-Alikes for Cloud Cuckoo Land
Read-Alikes for Sea of Tranquility
Read-Alikes for Cloud Cuckoo Land
Read-Alikes for Sea of Tranquility
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Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to a young man who searches for meaning in a post-apocalyptic world.
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A New York Times Notable Book
A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
“A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner...
A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
“A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner...
5) Austerlitz
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English
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"Austerlitz is the story of a man's search for the answer to his life's central riddle. A small child when he comes to England on a Kindertransport in the summer of 1939, Jacques Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by the Welsh Methodist minister and his wife who raise him. When he is a much older man, fleeting memories return to him, and obeying an instinct he only dimly understands, Austerlitz follows their trail back to the world he left...
6) Practical gardening: techniques-plants-planning-design : an illustrated book with 1200 photographs
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Lorenz Books
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[2017]
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English
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Every garden has the potential to be attractive, no matter what its aspect, gradient, size and shape. Planning and maintaining a successful garden is an enjoyable and creative process. The skills required can be mastered by everyone, and are clearly explained in this practical book.
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