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Abel Undercity Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Library staffer, veteran, Whovian from the Dawn of Time. For some reason @sarahwhelmed puts up with me. Him / He. #BlackLivesMatter List = Block

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Book Cover for: Day, A. L. Kennedy

Day

A. L. Kennedy
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@RepThomasMassie Khrushchev would have loved having you in Congress back in Kennedy's day.

Paperback, 2009

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos
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8 albums to get to know me Stay Sick! - The Cramps Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde Apocalypse 91 - Public Enemy Magic and Loss - Lou Reed Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan Floodland - Sisters of Mercy The Crow - Soundtrack https://t.co/IRKKTlIlrv

Hardcover, 2022

$39.99Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet, Katie Hafner

Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet

Katie Hafner
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Anyone confused by the claim about the internet would do well to read Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner, for the internet's full origin story. https://t.co/CkZok9CAfr

Paperback, 1998

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 1, Matthew Rosenberg

Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 1

Matthew Rosenberg
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@billylahiff @HamavalThorfinn From the backup story of Batman #130, written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Leonardo Romero.

Paperback, 2021

$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised, Katie Hafner

Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised

Katie Hafner
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@thematthewshow Here's a good book on early hackers that also gives the history of the phone phreaks: Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier by Katie Hafner https://t.co/TTx75bGU4s

Paperback, 1995

$25.95Member price:$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: "Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits": A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas, Jason García Portilla

"Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits": A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas

Jason García Portilla
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"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. "Ye shall know them by their fruits." - Matthew 7: 15-16 https://t.co/LSee9lhQQM

Paperback, 2021

$49.99Member price:$47.49 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Paradise Lost, John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton
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@jenk2533 @MoistenedTart "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay. To mould me man? Did I solicit thee. From darkness to promote me?" - John Milton, Paradise Lost

Paperback, 2003

$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Paradise Lost, John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton
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@jenk2533 @MoistenedTart "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay. To mould me man? Did I solicit thee. From darkness to promote me?" - John Milton, Paradise Lost

Out of stock

Book Cover for: Peanuts: A Charlie Brown Christmas Wooden Collectible Set, Charles M. Schulz

Peanuts: A Charlie Brown Christmas Wooden Collectible Set

Charles M. Schulz
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The recipe for it was literally published in a cookbook for kids from Charles Schulz and Peanuts. It was probably the first thing I cooked by myself. Dis the cinnamon toast at your peril, y'all. https://t.co/heh6wJJ0sf

Paperback, 2018

$10.95Member price:$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Mark Kurlansky

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Mark Kurlansky
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I was actually looking at the books in the display behind her, and wondering if Cod by Mark Kurlansky was any good. https://t.co/9wD8gqB62L

Paperback, 1998

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book