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Amanda enjoys science and nature writing...

Amanda enjoys science and nature writing, historical and speculative fiction, fantasy, cyberpunk, and books about books and writing. Captivating prose, though, is always more important than any specific genre.

-Bookie since 2017-

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January Cover Image

The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Hardcover)

By Alix E. Harrow
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316421997
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Published: Redhook - September 10th, 2019
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Hollow Kingdom (Hardcover)

By Kira Jane Buxton
$27.00
ISBN: 9781538745823
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - August 6th, 2019
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown Cover Image

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown (Hardcover)

By Mac Barnett, Sarah Jacoby (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062393449
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Published: Balzer + Bray - May 21st, 2019
Westside: A Novel Cover Image

Westside: A Novel (Hardcover)

By W.M. Akers
$22.99
ISBN: 9780062853998
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Published: Harper Voyager - May 7th, 2019
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Carl and the Meaning of Life (Hardcover)

By Deborah Freedman
$17.99
ISBN: 9780451474988
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - April 2nd, 2019
Foucault in California: [a True Story--Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death] Cover Image

Foucault in California: [a True Story--Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death] (Hardcover)

By Simeon Wade, Heather Dundas (Foreword by)
$22.00
ISBN: 9781597144636
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Published: Heyday Books - March 5th, 2019
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The Priory of the Orange Tree (Hardcover)

By Samantha Shannon
$32.00
ISBN: 9781635570298
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - February 26th, 2019
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) Cover Image

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) (Hardcover)

By Marlon James
$30.00
ISBN: 9780735220171
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 5th, 2019
Once Upon a River: A Novel Cover Image

Once Upon a River: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Diane Setterfield
$28.00
ISBN: 9780743298070
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Published: Atria/Emily Bestler Books - December 4th, 2018
I Think, Therefore I Draw: Understanding Philosophy Through Cartoons Cover Image

I Think, Therefore I Draw: Understanding Philosophy Through Cartoons (Hardcover)

By Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
$20.00
ISBN: 9780143133025
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Published: Penguin Books - October 30th, 2018
Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day Cover Image

Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day (Hardcover)

By Clemency Burton-Hill
$25.99
ISBN: 9780062856203
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Published: Harper - October 30th, 2018
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction Cover Image

Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction (Hardcover)

By Alec Nevala-Lee
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062571946
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Published: Dey Street Books - October 23rd, 2018
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hardcover)

By Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (Translated by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780451491336
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Published: Berkley - October 23rd, 2018
Little: A Novel Cover Image

Little: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Edward Carey
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525534327
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 23rd, 2018
A Winter's Promise: Book One of the Mirror Visitor Quartet Cover Image

A Winter's Promise: Book One of the Mirror Visitor Quartet (Hardcover)

By Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle (Translator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781609454838
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Published: Europa Editions - September 25th, 2018
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy #1) Cover Image

Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Tade Thompson
$15.99
ISBN: 9780316449052
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Published: Orbit - September 18th, 2018
Foundryside: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy #1) Cover Image

Foundryside: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy #1) (Hardcover)

By Robert Jackson Bennett
$27.00
ISBN: 9781524760366
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Published: Crown - August 21st, 2018
Meet Me at the Museum: A Novel Cover Image

Meet Me at the Museum: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Anne Youngson
$23.99
ISBN: 9781250295163
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Published: Flatiron Books - August 7th, 2018
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees Cover Image

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees (Hardcover)

By Thor Hanson
$27.00
ISBN: 9780465052615
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Published: Basic Books - July 10th, 2018
Spinning Silver: A Novel Cover Image

Spinning Silver: A Novel (Paperback)

By Naomi Novik
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399180996
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Published: Del Rey - May 7th, 2019
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures Cover Image

Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures (Hardcover)

By Nick Pyenson
$27.00
ISBN: 9780735224568
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Published: Viking - June 26th, 2018
Mozart's Starling Cover Image

Mozart's Starling (Paperback)

By Lyanda Lynn Haupt
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316370905
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Published: Little, Brown Spark - May 15th, 2018
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Cover Image

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century (Paperback)

By Kirk Wallace Johnson
$17.00
ISBN: 9781101981634
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Published: Penguin Books - April 23rd, 2019
Magpie Murders: A Novel Cover Image

Magpie Murders: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Horowitz
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062645234
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Published: Harper Perennial - March 27th, 2018
Soon: An Overdue History of Procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to You and Me Cover Image

Soon: An Overdue History of Procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to You and Me (Paperback)

By Andrew Santella
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062491596
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Published: Dey Street Books - December 31st, 2018
The Philosopher's Flight: A Novel (The Philosophers Series #1) Cover Image

The Philosopher's Flight: A Novel (The Philosophers Series #1) (Hardcover)

By Tom Miller
$26.00
ISBN: 9781476778150
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Published: Simon & Schuster - February 13th, 2018
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life Cover Image

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Paperback)

By Ed Yong
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062368607
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Published: Ecco - January 16th, 2018
Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School Cover Image

Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School (Paperback)

By Stuart Jeffries
$16.95
ISBN: 9781784785697
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Published: Verso - September 26th, 2017
The California Field Atlas Cover Image

The California Field Atlas (Paperback)

By Obi Kaufmann
$45.00
ISBN: 9781597144025
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Published: Heyday Books - September 5th, 2017
Time Travel: A History Cover Image

Time Travel: A History (Paperback)

By James Gleick
$17.00
ISBN: 9780804168922
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Published: Vintage - September 5th, 2017
The Last Days of Night: A Novel Cover Image

The Last Days of Night: A Novel (Paperback)

By Graham Moore
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812988925
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - May 23rd, 2017
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk Cover Image

Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk (Paperback)

By John Doe, Tom DeSavia
$16.99
ISBN: 9780306825330
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Published: Da Capo Press - April 25th, 2017
All the Birds in the Sky Cover Image

All the Birds in the Sky (Paperback)

By Charlie Jane Anders
$15.99
ISBN: 9780765379955
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Published: Tor Books - April 11th, 2017
The Devourers: A Novel Cover Image

The Devourers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Indra Das
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101967539
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Published: Del Rey - February 21st, 2017
Neuromancer (Penguin Galaxy) Cover Image

Neuromancer (Penguin Galaxy) (Hardcover)

By William Gibson, Neil Gaiman (Introduction by)
$26.00
ISBN: 9780143111603
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Published: Penguin Classics - October 25th, 2016
Why Fonts Matter Cover Image

Why Fonts Matter (Paperback)

By Sarah Hyndman
$24.95
ISBN: 9781584236313
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Published: Gingko Press - May 2016
The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle #1) Cover Image

The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle #1) (Mass Market)

By Patrick Rothfuss
$10.99
ISBN: 9780756404741
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Published: DAW - April 2008
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The Club Dumas (Paperback)

By Arturo Perez-Reverte, Sonia Soto (Translated by)
$15.95
ISBN: 9780156032834
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Published: Mariner Books - May 2006
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The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143034902
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Published: Penguin Books - January 25th, 2005
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Cover Image

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)

By Mary Roach
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393324822
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 17th, 2004
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Crow (Animal) (Paperback)

By Boria Sax
$19.95
ISBN: 9781861891945
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Published: Reaktion Books - April 4th, 2004
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1) Cover Image

Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1) (Paperback)

By Richard K. Morgan
$16.00
ISBN: 9780345457684
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Published: Del Rey - March 4th, 2003
Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag #1) Cover Image

Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag #1) (Paperback)

By China Miéville
$20.00
ISBN: 9780345443021
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Published: Del Rey - February 27th, 2001
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International) Cover Image

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Patrick Suskind
$16.00
ISBN: 9780375725845
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Published: Vintage - February 13th, 2001
On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) Cover Image

On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) (Mass Market)

By Piers Anthony
$7.99
ISBN: 9780345338587
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Published: Del Rey - September 12th, 1986