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Andy’s 2020 Year in Books
Take a look at Andy’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Andy McGee
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Signs of A River
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Sublime Murder
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Neanderthals
Rebecca Wragg Sykes has written a remarkable book about Neanderthals, sort of a scientific version of Jean Auel’s Clan of the Cave Bear. It is well worth a read for all geoscientists, plus any budding archeologists as geology, age dating and creating a story from snippets of information are integral to the book. They\se processes are also critical to most of the work done by geoscientists.
Rebecca
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"John Byron's debut The Tribute is a tour de force. Plot-wise, it's cross-genre, straddling the serial killer/police investigation thriller and contemporary family/domestic drama categories.
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"This book was incredibly difficult for me to read; I had to parcel it out so I wouldn't get overwhelmed.
When I was seven years old, my family joined a conservative Mennonite church. We were part of it until I was 17. We were outsiders, and no matter" Read more of this review » |
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“It was an interminably difficult job when talking to non-scientists. They did not want to know about the ifs and buts, nor the pedantic small difference between processes. Any hole in the ground was a sinkhole.”
― Sublime Murder
― Sublime Murder
“They worship Anu, the god of all the gods, who gives their kings a divine right to rule, to collect possessions for themselves and take slaves. It is not a system of harmony with nature or equality between beings.”
― Signs of A River
― Signs of A River
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“They worship Anu, the god of all the gods, who gives their kings a divine right to rule, to collect possessions for themselves and take slaves. It is not a system of harmony with nature or equality between beings.”
― Signs of A River
― Signs of A River
“It was an interminably difficult job when talking to non-scientists. They did not want to know about the ifs and buts, nor the pedantic small difference between processes. Any hole in the ground was a sinkhole.”
― Sublime Murder
― Sublime Murder
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.”
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