rclayton finished reading 1876: A Novel by Gore Vidal
1876: A Novel by Gore Vidal
A story of social and political corruption during America's centennial, featuring the Constitution-ravaging Tilden-Hayes presidential election.
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rclayton finished reading Gender(s) by Kathryn Bond Stockton (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)
Gender(s) by Kathryn Bond Stockton (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)
Why gender is strange, even when it's played straight, and how race and money are two of its most dramatic …
rclayton finished reading Reluctant Capitalists by Laura J. Miller
Reluctant Capitalists by Laura J. Miller
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one …
rclayton finished reading Singularity Is Nearer by Raymond Kurzweil
Singularity Is Nearer by Raymond Kurzweil
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the …
rclayton finished reading Human nature and conduct by John Dewey (Barnes & Noble Library of essential reading)
Human nature and conduct by John Dewey (Barnes & Noble Library of essential reading)
Posits human nature as habits constituted from impulses filtered through considered reflection, and the consequences for morality and metaphysics.
rclayton finished reading The Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton
The Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton
In 1939, on the eve of Hitler's invasion of Poland, seven-year-old Edith Milton (then Edith Cohn) and her sister Ruth …
rclayton finished reading Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, …
rclayton finished reading Free Will by Mark Balaguer (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)
Free Will by Mark Balaguer (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)
Refutes some arguments against free will, and lays, in swampy philosophical ground, some flagstones toward arguments for free will.
rclayton finished reading Buying Power by Lawrence B. Glickman
Buying Power by Lawrence B. Glickman
Consumer activism in America, from eighteenth-century colonialists to the 1970s failure to create a federal Consumer Protection Agency.
rclayton finished reading Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, #2)
Continuing what began in the Man Booker Prize-winning WOLF HALL, we return to the court of Henry VIII, to witness …
rclayton finished reading Extremism by J. M. Berger (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)
Extremism by J. M. Berger (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)
An examination of extremism under a model of in-group/out-group conflict.
rclayton finished reading Strawberry Tattoo by Lauren Henderson
Strawberry Tattoo by Lauren Henderson
Sam Jones displays her sculptures and her detecting as crime rocks the Manhattan gallery hosting a British artist group show.
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rclayton finished reading The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
The Black Dudley is an ancient, remote mansion inhabited by recluse, Colonel Combe, but owned by Waytt Petrie, a young …
rclayton finished reading Teddy and Booker T. by Brian Kilmeade
Teddy and Booker T. by Brian Kilmeade
Two sides of the racial divide in post-Reconstruction America joining to work toward a more perfect union.