false 69030 154798 1401201911 9781401201913 101 <![CDATA[Superman: Red Son]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172257306m/154798.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172257306s/154798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154798.Superman_Red_Son 4.06 866
In this Elseworlds tale, a familiar rocketship crash-lands on Earth carrying an infant who will one day become the most powerful being on the planet. But his ship doesn't land in America. He is not raised in Smallville, Kansas. Instead, he makes his new home on a collective in the Soviet Union!]]> 12736 3.76 8223 634 1687 4.01 904 109 52927 3.97 1051 112 69030 4.00 1040 133 234377 4.06 875 101 2003 6217793 1845769139 9781845769130 0 <![CDATA[Jack of Fables, Volume 3: The Bad Prince]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6217793.Jack_of_Fables_Volume_3_The_Bad_Prince 3.50 8 12444 4.12 26943 2010 92149 3.58 1066 147 148764 4.22 2045 77 69030 4.00 1040 133 2008 423481 0071357432 9780071357432 6 <![CDATA[Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174611117m/423481.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174611117s/423481.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/423481.Lost_Languages_The_Enigma_of_the_World_s_Undeciphered_Scripts 3.90 40 "Andrew Robinson has now followed up his beautifully illustrated The Story of Writing with a highly appropriate sequel­­Lost Languages, on undeciphered scripts. Many, it seems likely, will never be deciphered ..."­­Sir Arthur C. Clarke, C.B.E.

A landmark study of the world's most important undeciphered writing systems and the current race to crack them

Maybe it's the tantalizing possibility of giving new voice to long-hushed peoples and civilizations. Perhaps it's the puzzle solver's delight in the mental challenges posed by breaking their codes. Whatever the reasons, the public has long been fascinated with undeciphered ancient scripts and the ongoing efforts to crack them. In Lost Languages, Andrew Robinson reports from the front lines of the global efforts now under way to crack the Meroitic hieroglyphs of ancient Nubia, the Etruscan alphabet, the Indus Valley Sealstones, the Zapotec script­­the earliest in the Americas­­and five other major "lost languages." An enthralling story of genius, passion, and competition, Lost Languages provides a revealing look at how decipherment is done. In what is truly an archaeological mystery book, the author examines each script in detail and reviews what is known about the people who created it, while weaving in the intriguing cast of characters currently competing for the glory of cracking these ancient codes.

]]> 69030 4.00 1040 133 2002 763029 0131343041 9780131343047 13 <![CDATA[The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178138662m/763029.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178138662s/763029.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/763029.The_Last_Man_Who_Knew_Everything_Thomas_Young_The_Anonymous_Polymath_Who_Proved_Newton_Wrong_Explained_How_We_See_Cured_the_Sick_and_Deciphered_the_Rosetta_Stone_Among_Other_Feats_of_Genius 3.67 36 Invited to contribute to a new edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Young offered the following subjects: Alphabet, Annuities, Attraction, Capillary Action, Cohesion, Colour, Dew, Egypt, Eye, Focus, Friction, Halo, Hieroglyphic, Hydraulics, Motion, Resistance, Ship, Sound, Strength, Tides, Waves, and anything of a medical nature. He asked that all his contributions be kept anonymous.
While not yet thirty he gave a course of lectures at the Royal Institution covering virtually all of known science. But polymathy made him unpopular in the academy. An early attack on his wave theory of light was so scathing that English physicists buried it for nearly two decades until it was rediscovered in France. But slowly, after his death, great scientists recognized his genius.
Today, in an age of professional specialization unimaginable in 1800, polymathy still disturbs us. Is this kind of curiosity selfish, even irresponsible? Here is the story of a driven yet modest hero, the last man who knew everything.]]> 69030 4.00 1040 133 2005 334759 1593072864 9781593072865 0 <![CDATA[Star Wars Tales, Vol. 5]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173840905m/334759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173840905s/334759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334759.Star_Wars_Tales_Vol_5 3.75 28 20038 3.68 179 6 153690 3.65 145 10 129419 3.75 213 25 69030 4.00 1040 133 199727 3.74 117 18 23519 3.48 627 45 420521 3.75 28 0 24599 3.85 3528 459 18832 3.88 624 53 18834 3.79 222 14 59841 3.73 697 74 24424 3.98 1006 114 2885619 3.70 56 1 70011 4.00 2025 267 151925 3.70 30 0 471595 3.71 34 1 261138 3.71 329 55 20053 3.72 29 0 77186 3.77 1774 216 8998 3.74 1085 236 255281 3.57 42 0 17744 3.65 648 52 5127 4.06 892 109 59164 3.51 300 15 58947 3.69 3581 437 2885633 3.75 28 0 92897 3.56 66 5 191980 3.41 213 47 96374 3.81 1469 163 5124 4.10 2738 260 68422 3.95 162 13 2005 300401 1860649653 9781860649653 2 <![CDATA[Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173529412m/300401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173529412s/300401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300401.Satyajit_Ray_The_Inner_Eye_The_Biography_of_a_Master_Film_Maker 4.25 12 Apu Trilogy, The Music Room, Charulata, Days and Nights in the Forest, The Chess Players, and The Stranger. He also made comedies, musical fantasies, detective films, and documentaries. He was an exceptionally versatile artist who won almost every major prize in cinema, including a lifetime achievement Oscar in 1992. This is the best-known biography of the film giant, based on extensive interviews with Ray himself, his actors, collaborators, and a deep knowledge of Bengali culture. This second edition contains extensive new material covering Ray's final three films made in 1989-1991, a discussion of his artistic legacy, and the most comprehensive bibliography of Ray's own writings.
</div>]]> 69030 4.00 1040 133 1989 512755 0500281564 9780500281567 1 <![CDATA[The Story of Writing]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410828m/512755.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410828s/512755.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512755.The_Story_of_Writing 3.60 5 69030 4.00 1040 133 1995 384072 0500510776 9780500510773 2 <![CDATA[The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174345906m/384072.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174345906s/384072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/384072.The_Man_Who_Deciphered_Linear_B_The_Story_of_Michael_Ventris 3.70 10 The Decipherment of Linear B (1958). But what of the man behind the decoding? Here Chadwick's book is exceptionally reticent, because in truth he hardly knew Ventris. Based upon hundreds of unpublished letters and other sources, including Chadwick's papers, Andrew Robinson's biography is the first book to tell the story of both the decipherment of Linear B and the man who broke the code. His research reveals a most intriguing person: a dazzling polyglot with an unorthodox upbringing and socialist tendencies who was also extremely private and lacking in confidence, and who died in a mysterious car crash in 1956 at the age of thirty-four. Ventris trained successfully as an architect, and his design methods shaped his decipherment work. But it was his hobby, Linear B, that would make him immortal. 20 b/w illustrations.]]> 69030 4.00 1040 133 2002 897197 0500283044 9780500283042 0 <![CDATA[Earthshock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, and Other Forces of Nature, Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179278201m/897197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179278201s/897197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/897197.Earthshock_Hurricanes_Volcanoes_Earthquakes_Tornadoes_and_Other_Forces_of_Nature_Revised_Edition 4.33 3 460357 4.50 4 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 2002 1989099 0500277389 9780500277386 2 <![CDATA[Earth Shock: Climate Complexity and the Force of Nature]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191430104m/1989099.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191430104s/1989099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1989099.Earth_Shock_Climate_Complexity_and_the_Force_of_Nature 3.50 2 69030 4.00 1040 133 1993 5993170 1845118049 9781845118044 0 <![CDATA[Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5993170.Rabindranath_Tagore_The_Myriad_Minded_Man 3.00 2 Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)--poet, philosopher, painter, novelist, playwright, composer, traveller, political commentator and Asia’s first Nobel Laureate--was one of his era’s cultural icons. Proclaimed as the greatest poet India has ever produced, Tagore left an astonishing legacy undimmed nearly 70 years after his death. But he was also an enigmatic, complex and contradictory figure, torn between India’s spiritual values and the spirit of the West. In this definitive biography, Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson explore the man behind the myth, presenting the power of his person, the power of his name and the power of his work. The result is an enlightening and exquisitely rendered portrayal--not of the legend but, to quote Tagore, of "the figure that once moved."

</DIV>]]> 37831 2.88 8 1 69030 4.00 1040 133 2009 1920388 0312140304 9780312140304 0 <![CDATA[Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190338061m/1920388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190338061s/1920388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1920388.Rabindranath_Tagore_The_Myriad_Minded_Man 0.0 0 37831 2.88 8 1 69030 4.00 1040 133 1995 445147 0810959232 9780810959231 0 <![CDATA[Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843372m/445147.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843372s/445147.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445147.Einstein_A_Hundred_Years_of_Relativity 4.00 1
This definitive illustrated study of one of the foremost icons of the 20th century commemorates the centenary of Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis of 1905, the same year when Einstein, at age 26, published his groundbreaking Special Theory of Relativity, and when the most famous equation in science, E = mc2, was introduced to the world. Here author Andrew Robinson and 11 essayists, including three Nobel laureates, explore every facet of the life and achievements of the great physicist and humanitarian, honored by Time magazine in its Millennium issue as "Person of the Century."

As the book explains clearly, Einstein's dramatic papers of 1905 overthrew the Newtonian worldview and revolutionized our understanding of space, time, energy, matter, and light. His work had impact far beyond the field of physics, playing a leading role in the century's technological advances and influencing modernism in every field. Except for his last interview that was previously published, all the essays here are original works written especially for this book. The photographs draw on an exceptional archive Einstein bequeathed to Hebrew University in Jerusalem. ]]> 69030 4.00 1040 133 2005 7006501 0199567786 9780199567782 0 <![CDATA[Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7006501-writing-and-script 3.00 1 69030 4.00 1040 133 2009 2149294 0528834193 9780528834196 0 <![CDATA[The Shape of the World: The Mapping and Discovery of the Earth]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2149294.The_Shape_of_the_World_The_Mapping_and_Discovery_of_the_Earth 3.00 1 38597 3.60 20 3 69030 4.00 1040 133 1990 2215950 0500513678 9780500513675 1 <![CDATA[The Story of Measurement]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2215950.The_Story_of_Measurement 2.00 1 The first fully illustrated guide to the human passion for measurement:of our experiences, our surroundings, and the universe.

This lively survey covers an astonishing array of subjects, from the earliest currency to the birth of the meter, from the force of hurricanes to body mass index, from air pressure, earthquakes, and pollen counts to happiness, blood types, and intelligence. Each measuring method is put into its proper historical context and explained in detail.

The book follows the same format as Andrew Robinson's popular The Story of Writing. It is organized into three broad sections—The Meaning of Measurement, Measuring Nature, and Measuring Man—which are then broken down into chapters. Each chapter features a series of self-contained spreads that deal with a specific topic. The wide range of illustrations spans the history of the world and its diverse cultures. 250 illustrations, 120 in color.]]> 69030 4.00 1040 133 2007 7417805 3866900376 9783866900370 0 <![CDATA[Das Abenteuer der Vermessung: Vom Urmeter bis zum IQ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7417805-das-abenteuer-der-vermessung 2.00 1 69030 4.00 1040 133 2007 6975911 1902983076 9781902983073 0 <![CDATA[What Should I Do?: A Handy Guide to Managing Ulcerative Colitis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6975911-what-should-i-do 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 237035 3.60 10 3 709084 0.0 0 0 1999 7017554 0641917023 9780641917028 0 <![CDATA[Einstein]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7017554-einstein 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 2005 511961 0954033523 9780954033521 0 <![CDATA[Tears at Night, Joy at Dawn]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/511961.Tears_at_Night_Joy_at_Dawn 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 2003 7230814 1935348124 9781935348122 0 <![CDATA[Lexa and the Smugglers of Cyclo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7230814-lexa-and-the-smugglers-of-cyclo 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 2008 6975909 1902983084 9781902983080 0 <![CDATA[What Should I Do?: A Record Book for Ulcerative Colitis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6975909-what-should-i-do 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 237035 3.60 10 3 709084 0.0 0 0 1999 1965909 0865650969 9780865650961 0 <![CDATA[Maharaja: The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1965909.Maharaja_The_Spectacular_Heritage_of_Princely_India 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 1988 166372 0233983597 9780233983592 0 <![CDATA[The Art of Rabindranath Tagore]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166372.The_Art_of_Rabindranath_Tagore 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 1989 7184400 0000115908 2940000115909 0 <![CDATA[Lexa and the Gordian Maze of Terra]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7184400-lexa-and-the-gordian-maze-of-terra 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 1102961 0915795744 9780915795741 0 <![CDATA[Magic Items!]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102961.Magic_Items_ 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 1987 4735175 1904697712 9781904697718 0 <![CDATA[Reach for the Moon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4735175.Reach_for_the_Moon 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 2005 6998845 0641638566 9780641638565 0 <![CDATA[Earth Shock]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6998845-earth-shock 0.0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 1251889 2.67 3 1 2002 6665175 1401226388 9781401226381 0 <![CDATA[Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird Vol. 1]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665175-superman 0.0 0 18327 3.79 9164 589 69030 4.00 1040 133 167619 3.58 36 0 2010 6557343 1420068725 9781420068726 0 <![CDATA[Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6557343-introduction-to-scientific-programming-and-simulation-using-r 0.0 0 An introductory text, this book surveys a range of useful mathematical tools that either require or are illuminated by scientific computation. The focus is on the use of R, an open-source programming environment. Input and output, functions, data structures, and flow programming are covered, as are numerical techniques, probability, simulation, and stochastic modeling. Where appropriate, formal derivations are provided. The text is supplemented with simple yet relevant examples that allow students to see how the tools can be applied to contemporary problems.

]]> 18108 4.19 26 7 2965142 0.0 0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 2009 5671954 070643238X 9780706432381 0 <![CDATA[The Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5671954.The_Illustrated_Dinosaur_Encyclopedia 0.0 0 55432 4.20 196 41 69030 4.00 1040 133 8008 3.76 17 3 1988 6048100 041512400X 9780415124003 0 <![CDATA[Business and Macroeconomics]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048100.Business_and_Macroeconomics 0.0 0 815796 4.00 1 0 1073628 0.0 0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 1995 1064663 0632034335 9780632034338 0 <![CDATA[Inorganic Geochemistry: Applications to Petroleum Geology]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180675361m/1064663.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180675361s/1064663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1064663.Inorganic_Geochemistry_Applications_to_Petroleum_Geology 0.0 0 528746 0.0 0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 1993 731818 0853319588 9780853319580 0 <![CDATA[Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177781745m/731818.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177781745s/731818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/731818.Private_Treasures_Four_Centuries_of_European_Master_Drawings 0.0 0 22315 0.0 0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 2006 6938362 1897584059 9781897584057 0 <![CDATA[Nature's Deadly Creatures: A Pop-up Exploration]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6938362-nature-s-deadly-creatures 0.0 0 160924 0.0 0 0 69030 4.00 1040 133 15546 3.83 29 4 2005