14,987
15K
2007
2007
by
Aciman, André
texts
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favorite 80
comment 0
Topics: Teenage boys, Gay teenagers, Authors
7,725
7.7K
2006
2006
by
Byrne, Rhonda
texts
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favorite 44
comment 0
The secret revealed -- The secret made simple -- How to use the secret -- Powerful processes -- The secret to money -- The secret to relationships -- The secret to health -- The secret to the world -- The secret to you -- The secret to life
Topic: New Thought
3,354
3.4K
2008
2008
by
Mikos, Ken; Smith, Cheri; Lentz, Ella Mae
texts
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comment 2
DVDs contain no audio
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Topics: American Sign Language, American Sign Language
3,326
3.3K
1993
1993
by
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
texts
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comment 1
In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the...
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Topics: African American men, Death row inmates, Race relations, Friendship, Roman américain
3,037
3.0K
2012
2012
by
Madeline Miller
texts
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comment 1
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Topics: Trojan War, Greeks, Fiction, Achilles (Greek mythology), History
2,788
2.8K
2004
2004
by
Tartt, Donna
texts
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comment 0
Richard Papen had never been to New England before his nineteenth year. Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life -- in particular by an elite group of five students, Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable
Topics: Teacher-student relationships, College students, Classicists, Murder, College stories, Papen,...
2,232
2.2K
1999
1999
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary, ill
texts
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comment 0
"Year 2"--Spine
Topics: Wizards, Magic, Schools, Orphans, Wizards, Magic, Schools, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Determination...
2,201
2.2K
Sep 6, 2005
09/05
by
Neil Strauss
texts
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comment 0
2,181
2.2K
2011
2011
by
Isaacson, Walter
texts
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"FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and...
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,180
2.2K
1985
1985
by
Robin Norwood
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Relationship addiction -- Treatment., Group psychotherapy., Women -- Mental health., Love.
2,156
2.2K
1958
1958
by
Uris, Leon, 1924-2003
texts
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comment 0
A novel of Israel
Topics: Exodus 1947 (Ship), Jews, Holocaust survivors, Jewish refugees, Juifs
2,077
2.1K
2018
2018
by
Lee, Kai-Fu, author
texts
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comment 0
xi, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects -- China, Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects...
2,006
2.0K
1984
1984
by
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
texts
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comment 0
Revised versions of 3 lectures delivered at Harvard University in Apr. 1983
Topics: Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001, Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001, Authors, American, Fiction in English American...
1,955
2.0K
2002
2002
by
Frank, Katherine
texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-544) and index
Topics: Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984, Gandhi, Indira, Prime ministers, Biographie
1,881
1.9K
texts
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comment 0
Originally published: Australia : Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Dominance (Psychology), Man-woman relationships, FICTION / Contemporary...
1,839
1.8K
1998
1998
by
Thomas Scanlon
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Right and wrong, Judgment (Ethics)
1,829
1.8K
1964
1964
by
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961, Authors, American
1,804
1.8K
texts
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This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her struggle for survival. It is the winner of the Noma Award
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Topics: Women, Teachers, Women teachers, Bigamy, Nouvelles africaines de langue française
1,717
1.7K
1996
1996
by
Nicholas Sparks
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Oral reading -- Fiction, Older people -- Fiction, North Carolina -- Fiction
1,650
1.7K
2009
2009
by
Grossman, Lev
texts
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favorite 19
comment 1
As a senior in high school Quentin Coldwater became preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. After graduating from college and being admitted into a highly exclusive, secret society of magic in upstate New York, he makes a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin's fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined for his childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth...
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Literature & Fiction -- Literary, Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Fantasy -- Magic &...
1,627
1.6K
1987
1987
by
Jeanette Winterson
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Teenage girls -- Fiction, Lesbians -- Fiction, England -- Fiction
1,580
1.6K
2011
2011
by
Ellen DeGeneres
texts
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favorite 5
comment 0
Topics: Television personalities, Comedians, Biography
1,571
1.6K
1999
1999
by
Magona, Sindiwe
texts
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comment 0
An American girl is murdered by blacks in 1993 South Africa while preparing them for democracy. The novel is in the form of a letter to the girl's mother, from the mother of one of the killers, describing the way apartheid brutalized her son. A first novel based on real events by a black South African writer
Topics: Modern fiction, Fiction, Fiction - General, General, Fiction / General, Biehl, Amy, Americans,...
1,565
1.6K
2005
2005
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary, ill
texts
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comment 0
"Year 6"--Spine
Topics: Wizards, Magic, Schools, Potter, Harry (Fictitious character), Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and...
1,549
1.5K
1963
1963
by
Abrahams, Peter, 1919-
texts
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comment 0
1,534
1.5K
2009
2009
by
Cullen, David, 1961-
texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index
Topics: Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.), Littleton (Colo.), Columbine High School Massacre,...
1,472
1.5K
1985
1985
by
Achebe, Chinua; Innes, Catherine Lynette
texts
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comment 0
A collection of stories by African writers which deal with life and customs in African society
Topics: Short stories, African (English), Short stories, African, Manners and customs, Short stories,...
1,471
1.5K
1994
1994
by
Edwidge Danticat
texts
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favorite 4
comment 0
Topics: Haitian Americans -- Fiction, Americans -- Haiti -- Fiction, Women -- New York (State) -- Fiction,...
1,455
1.5K
2011
2011
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
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favorite 4
comment 0
Watershed moment -- The janitor's father -- Living in the past -- Sadie and the general -- 11/22/63 -- The green card man
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,443
1.4K
1985
1985
by
Auel, Jean M
texts
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comment 0
Map on lining papers
Topics: Prehistoric peoples, Ayla (Fictitious character), Glacial epoch
1,436
1.4K
1999
1999
by
Blackburn, Simon
texts
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favorite 20
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index
Topic: Philosophy
1,405
1.4K
1993
1993
by
James Baldwin
texts
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favorite 9
comment 0
Topic: Reading Level-Adult
1,403
1.4K
2004
2004
by
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-
texts
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favorite 22
comment 0
Includes collections from Out of Boneville, The Great Cow Race, Eyes of the Storm, The Dragonslayer, Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border, Old Man's Cave, Ghost Circles, Treasure Hunters, Crown of Horns
Topic: Comic books, strips, etc
1,389
1.4K
texts
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First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller's craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with "Billy Budd" and "The Great Gatsby"
Topics: City and town life, Married women, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction
1,375
1.4K
1973
1973
by
Pynchon, Thomas, b. 1947
texts
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comment 0
760 p. 23 cm
Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction, Americans -- Europe -- Fiction, Rockets (Ordnance) -- Fiction,...
1,360
1.4K
1991
1991
by
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
texts
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comment 0
"Originally published as The Raymond Chandler omnibus"--T.p. verso
Topics: Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, American
1,358
1.4K
2000
2000
by
Buchanan, Bob B; Gruissem, Wilhelm; Jones, Russell L
texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 1319-1341)
Topics: Botanical chemistry, Plant molecular biology
1,336
1.3K
1948
1948
by
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960; Gilbert, Stuart, tr
texts
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favorite 21
comment 0
Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran
Topics: Plague, Plague
1,332
1.3K
2002
2002
by
Gawande, Atul
texts
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comment 0
"Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso
Topics: Gawande, Atul, Surgeons, Surgery, Chirurg, General Surgery, Medical Errors
1,331
1.3K
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
1,329
1.3K
texts
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comment 0
Originally published: Australia : The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topic: Sexual dominance and submission
1,317
1.3K
2001
2001
by
Strauss, Neil; Mötley Crüe (Musical group); Mick Mars; Nikki Sixx; Neil Strauss
texts
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Tommy Lee ; Mick Mars ; Vince Neil ; Nikki Sixx
Topics: Biography: film, television & music, Rock & pop, Rock musicians, Composers & Musicians...
1,254
1.3K
2009
2009
by
Pink, Daniel H
texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index
Topic: Motivation (Psychology)
1,254
1.3K
2005
2005
by
Martin, George R. R
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comment 0
"A Bantam Spectra book"--T.p. verso
Topics: Seven Kingdoms (Imaginary place), Fantasy fiction
1,249
1.2K
1994
1994
by
Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007
texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Resemblance (Philosophy), Reality, Massamedia, Cultuur, Moderniteit, Ressemblance (philosophie),...
1,233
1.2K
1999
1999
by
Edson, Margaret, 1961-
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"In this play, Margaret Edson has created a work that is as intellectually challenging as it is emotionally immediate. At the start of Wit, Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of the metaphysical poet John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not unlike her approach to the study of Donne: aggressively probing and intensely rational. But...
Topics: Cancer in women, Women college teachers, English teachers, Ovarian Neoplasms, Faculty, Drama,...
1,232
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2009
2009
by
Haldeman, Joe W
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comment 0
Topics: Space warfare, Space and time, Aging
Source: binns
1,223
1.2K
1996
1996
by
Lumet, Sidney. aut
texts
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favorite 9
comment 1
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Topic: film
1,223
1.2K
2011
2011
by
Higashino, Keigo, 1958-; Smith, Alexander O
texts
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favorite 15
comment 1
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Topic: Fiction
1,216
1.2K
1991
1991
by
Card, Orson Scott
texts
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favorite 6
comment 0
Sequel: Ender's Shadow
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,208
1.2K
2006
2006
by
Keith L. Moore
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Human anatomy., Anatomy, Pathological., Anatomy.
1,204
1.2K
1999
1999
by
Rowling, J. K
texts
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comment 0
"Year 3"--Spine
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,197
1.2K
1982
1982
by
Carnegie, Dale, 1888-1955
texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Success, Achievement
1,194
1.2K
2005
2005
by
Brandon Sanderson
texts
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favorite 10
comment 0
Topics: Blessing and cursing -- Fiction., City and town life -- Fiction., Princesses -- Fiction., Princes...
1,167
1.2K
texts
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Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by the Community to be trained by The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of true pain and pleasure. Now it's time for Jonas to receiver the truth
Topic: Science fiction
1,160
1.2K
2011
2011
by
Deborah E. Harkness
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comment 0
1,154
1.2K
2007
2007
by
Hosseini, Khaled
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
1,147
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2008
2008
by
Morin, David, Ph. D
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 713-715) and index
Topics: Mechanics, Mechanics
1,146
1.1K
2004
2004
by
Urrea, Luis Alberto
texts
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comment 0
Includes index
Topics: Human smuggling, Illegal aliens
1,144
1.1K
2005
2005
by
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-262) and index
Topics: Decision making, Intuition, Decision Making, Intuition, Besluitvorming, Intuïtie, Intuition,...
1,136
1.1K
1970
1970
by
Neumann, Erich
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comment 0
Translation of Ursprungsgeschichte des Bewusstseins
Topics: Consciousness, Personality
1,117
1.1K
1974
1974
by
Vincent Bugliosi
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comment 0
Topics: Manson, Charles, 1934-, Murder -- California -- Case studies
1,108
1.1K
Aug 24, 2010
08/10
by
Suzanne Collins
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comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,103
1.1K
Jan 18, 2005
01/05
by
Murakami Haruki
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comment 0
Topics: Literary, Fiction, Fiction - General, Fiction / Literary, Historical - General
1,097
1.1K
2012
2012
by
Charles Duhigg
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comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,094
1.1K
1999
1999
by
George R. R. Martin
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favorite 1
comment 0
1,088
1.1K
1975
1975
by
Doctorow, E. L., 1931-
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comment 0
Three remarkable families lives' become entwined with Henry Ford, Harry Houdini, J.P. Morgan, Theodore Dreiser, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata at the turn of the century
Topics: Einwanderer, Ragtime
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1.1K
2010
2010
by
David Malouf
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comment 0
Topics: Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Fiction, Priam (Greek mythology) -- Fiction, Loss (Psychology) --...
1,064
1.1K
texts
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Originally published: Australia : Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topic: Man-woman relationships
1,060
1.1K
1995
1995
by
Pelzer, David J
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Originally published: Omaha, Neb. : Omaha Press Pub. Co., 1993
Topics: Pelzer, David J, Abused children, Children of alcoholics, Abusive mothers, Family violence, Foster...
1,059
1.1K
1989
1989
by
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
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favorite 1
comment 0
Translation of: Hitsuji o meguru boken
Topic: Japanese fiction
1,054
1.1K
1995
1995
by
Goodkind, Terry
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comment 0
"A Tor book"--T.p. verso
Topic: Wizards
1,052
1.1K
2005
2005
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary, ill
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comment 0
"Year 6"--Spine
Topics: Wizards, Magic, Schools, Potter, Harry (Fictitious character), Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and...
1,052
1.1K
1982
1982
by
Mandelbrot, Benoit B
texts
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favorite 9
comment 0
Rev. ed. of: Fractals. c1977
Topics: Geometry, Mathematical models, Stochastic processes, Fractals
1,049
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texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography, and index
Topics: Rap (Music), Hip-hop, Music, Rap (Musique), Hip-hop, Musique, Hip-hop, Music, Rap (Music), Hip-Hop,...
