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Charles Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained
by Damon KnightFrom the book: Charles Fort was convinced that there is a great deal going on in our universe which man has not as yet been able to explain. He was, of course, right. Fort amassed reports of events allegedly observed by humans around the world. Fort's books are full of reports of strange phenomena-such as those similar in every way to today's reports of flying saucers but centuries before they were called flying saucers. Boole gave scientists a powerful tool for attacking problems when the obvious approaches refused to yield informative results. Boole employed reductio ad absurdum. He exhausted all the impossibles and thereby isolated a "very probable" answer. Charles Fort, failing to gain the publishers'-and thereby society's-consideration of his positive theories, left world society with a Boolean-like confrontation of illogical events. Charles Fort as a man of true vision purposefully inverted the equations. By getting the publishers to publish the absurd, he proved his point that the publishers published only the absurd.
Touched by Darkness (Sentinel #1)
by Catherine SpanglerKara settled in the sleepy town of Zorro, Texas, convinced she and her son had escaped the sinister reach of a supernatural underworld but dark forces jeopardize her new life.
Brave Men
by Ernie Howard PylePyle's stories about WWII, in Sicily June-Sept 1943, in Italy Dec 1943-April 1944, in England April-May 1944, and in France June-Sept 1944.
Dread Companion
by Andre NortonThere were women, slender, with thick green hair waving back and forth, their skin shining brown, wearing scant leaves. There were others, humanoid in appearance, some beautiful, some grotesque...
When the Green Star Calls
by Lin CarterI yearned to drift through the forest of sky-tall trees where cities of sparkling gems soared fron the trunks and branches that sprung miles into the misty sky with sunbeams of jade and gold. I had nothing to lose by going there, except my life.
What to Eat for a Long & Healthy Life
by The Editors at the University of California at Berkeley5 chapters: Diet for a Healthy Heart, Diet to Lower Blood Pressure, Diet and Cancer Prevention, The Right Diet for Diabetes, and Nutrition for Strong Bones. Includes 12 recipes.
Mencius
by Mencius D. C. LauMencius helped formulate a Confucian orthodoxy that helped China replace feudalism with a centralized government around 320 BC. This is part of the Four Books that make up the Confucian corpus.
The Devil's Guard
by Talbot MundyJimgrim and his reckless companions side with mystic forces to confront the powers of darkness
The Nine Unknown
by Talbot MundyJimgrim and his amazing crew pit themselves against the fearsome powers of the earth's secret rulers!
Tros (The First Book of Tros of Samothrace)
by Talbot MundyTros the Adventurer in fateful confrontation with blue-stained Caswallon and his queen, Fflur of the Second Sight
Burning Bright
by Tracy ChevalierHistorical fiction, set in Georgian London, where two girls meet William Blake, the poet, artist and political radical.
Brightness Falls from the Air
by James Tiptree Jr.Thousands of years in the future, a group of people assemble to witness the spectacular passing of the fiery front-wave caused by the nova of the Murdered Star.
The Best of Cordwainer Smith
by Cordwainer Smith J. J. Pierce12 short stories from the science fiction master.
Stellar Science Fiction Stories #4
by Judy-Lynn Del Rey6 sci-fi stories from James Tiptree Jr., Stephen R. Donaldson, Alan Dean Foster, Ben Bova, Charles Sheffield, James P. Hogan
I, Claudius
by Robert GravesTiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 BC to 54 AD, surviving the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the mad Caligula, to become emperor in 41 AD.
The Golden Road: Notes on my Gentrification
by Caille MillnerThe story of a remarkable young woman's struggle to find a home in the world, a place where she can define herself on her own terms, and live a life that matters.
The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
by Randall StrossA bold reassessment of Edison, telling the story of how he came upon his most famous inventions as a young man and spent the remainder of his long life trying for similar success.
Journeys Out of the Body
by Robert A. MonroeMonroe, a Virginia businessman, began to leave his physical body to travel to far locales, unpredictably and without his willing it. This is his gripping personal account.
The Assistant
by Bernard MalamudA story of crime and punishment, of love and redemption, that is startling and timeless, by the Pulitzer Prize winning author
Call It Sleep
by Henry RothA sensitive boy's growing up is one strand in a complex web of his parent's tense life, their immigrant strangeness in a new land.
The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael WestHollywood of the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of artist and set designer Tod Hackett
Knight of Shadows (Amber Chronicles #9)
by Roger ZelaznyIn this Amber novel, Merlin pursues the disappearances of 2 people: Julia, murdered and reincarnated as his enemy, and his father Corwin.
A Handful of Dust, and Decline and Fall
by Evelyn Waugh2 of Waugh's novels: the first a commentary on the well-mannered death struggles of the upper class; the second satirizes England's sacred cows
Eyeless in Gaza
by Aldous HuxleyA brilliant, sardonic novel about modern man's search for personal identity in a world of rigid political, social and moral dogma.