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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 4:27:44 PST

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"Gloriously eccentric and wonderfully intelligent." -The Boston Globe W H I T B R E A D B O O K O F T H E Y E A R A N E W Y O R K T I M E S N O T A B L E B O O K "Moving. . . . think of The Sound and the Fury crossed with The Catcher in the Rye and one of Oliver Sack's real-life stories." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "This is an amazing novel. An amazing book." -The Dallas M ...

Freakonomics

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 4:26:26 PST

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Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded young s ...

Jupiter

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 4:04:43 PST

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Grant Archer only wanted to study astrophysics. But the forces of the "New Morality," the coalition of censorious do-gooders who run 21st-century America, have other plans for him. To his distress, Grant is torn from his young bride and sent to a research station in orbit around Jupiter, to spy on the scientists who work there. Their work may lead to the discovery of higher life forms in the J ...