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Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)

Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. …

Planet of Exile by Ursula. K Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years. But ten of Werel's years are over …

Wintering by Katherine May

Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break …

A Sand County almanac by Aldo Leopold

First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as a trenchant book, full of vigor …

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness is an autobiographical work by American writer Edward Abbey, originally published in 1968. …

No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed …

A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice: There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an …

Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future …

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)

[Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) …

Jizzle by John Wyndham

The Monkey Wrench Gang (P.S.) by Edward Abbey

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do …

Once were warriors by Duff, Alan

Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. …

War Factory by Neal L. Asher (Transformation, #2)