Annals of the Former World

Annals of the Former World

By
John McPhee
John McPhee
1998 • 720 pages

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21 books

Natural History

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Mary Brodd
The World Without Us
Coming into the Country
Assembling California
In Suspect Terrain
Six Easy Pieces
We, the Navigators
The Long Emergency

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263 books

In Lingua Straniera

AleMigliori
Alessandro Migliori
Voices of protest
Reagan: The Son of a Bitch
They Came Before Columbus
Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875-2002
Historia de Colombia Contemporanea
Trayectoria de los estudios sobre la lengua chibcha o muisca

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20 books

Tipo Narrativa Postmoderno

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Alessandro Migliori
Rapporto sulla probabilità A
Esercizi di stile
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Infinite Jest
Manifesto
Lettere agli eretici. Epistolario con i dirigenti della nuova sinistra italiana

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150 books

Non Fiction

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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Against Empathy
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Year of the Monkey
Travels in Hyperreality
Oscar Wilde. Essays
What Are People For?: Essays

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126 books

Science

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Wonderful life
Packing for Mars
The River of Consciousness
Lake Views

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10 books

Geology

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zach
Uranium
The Source
Annals of the Former World
The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
The Life and Death of Planet Earth
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

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1,501 books

Non Fiction

Traveller
Mer Barr
When God Was a Woman
The Red Queen
Diplomacy
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams

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206 books

Science

Traveller
Mer Barr
The Red Queen
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
A Crack in the Edge of the World
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
The Grand Design

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Owned

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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
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Blue Highways: A Journey into America

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300 books

Landscape And Place

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Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

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134 books

Own Hard Copy

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Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restaurateurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and Why They Do It
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Heretics of Dune

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24 books

Geology

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The Map That Changed the World
Hard Road West
Otherlands

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344 books

Non Fiction

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ASZ
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
How to Win Friends & Influence People
The Magic of Thinking Big
The Fine Art of Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills -- and Leave a Positive Impression!

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12 books

Climate Nature

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cinske
The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
Mycelium Running
Half-Earth
The Diversity of Life
What a Plant Knows : A Field Guide to the Sense
The Revolutionary Genius of Plants

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62 books

History

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lincoln
The Civil War: A Narrative
Before the Mayflower
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Voices from Chernobyl
Superpredator: Bill Clinton's Use and Abuse of Black America
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

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3,780 books

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