Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describing disordered relationship between science and the … Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describing disordered relationship between science and the … Robert Louis Stevenson,Dr. Andrej Poleev A conceptual book of metascience OL15374185W
But that didn't happen to you But that didn't happen to you Harry Marten Living, remembering, imagining and telling -- these are inventive acts that create what we share as reality. In *But That Didn't Happen to You,* life happens comically, verbally, with a clear sense o… OL15622098W
The Artificial Kingdom The Artificial Kingdom Celeste Olalquiaga The Artificial Kingdom is the first book to provide a cultural history of kitsch, an immensely popular aesthetic phenomenon that has always been disdained as "bad taste," or a cheap imitation of art.… OL1859783W
Improving Your Memory for Dummies Improving Your Memory for Dummies John Boghosian Arden Remember dates, appointments, people, and more! Whether you're having trouble remembering birthdays, names, or appointment, or you just want to give your overall memory power a boost, this guide o… OL20073014W
Yesterday's Bride (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No. 768) Yesterday's Bride (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No. 768) John N. Walker,Charlotte Walker detective Nick Davis, hit a vagabond with his car.(she was saving a child who crossed the road). the detective felt guilty about it, and kept an eye on her. she had lost her memory and was living on … OL20125946W
The Terra-Cotta Dog The Terra-Cotta Dog Andrea Camilleri Montalbano starts with an easy case, which ends abruptly, which leads him to a slightly harder case, which also ends abruptly in mayhem, which leads him to the terra-cotta dog. OL20396910W
No Place for Monsters No Place for Monsters Kory Merritt In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that *Diary of a Wimpy Kid* author Jeff Kinney calls "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying," two unlikely friends face down their worst fears in … OL21887166W
Avant-nostalgia Avant-nostalgia John Baldacchino *Avant-nostalgia* brings together textual and visual narratives scattered around four themes: knowledge, memory, touch, and return. The text starts where the image ends. The image originates where th… OL2774781W
Habsburg Peru Habsburg Peru Peter T. Bradley,David Cahill This book presents two case studies which represent two distinct types of imagining by two diametrically different groups - 1) literate and in some cases erudite Europeans, 2) a vanquished native nob… OL3185333W
The Image of the City The Image of the City Kevin Lynch What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr… OL4477193W