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Codex OS Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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'What is now proved was once only imagined.' Creating the knowledge worker's OS. @argimenes@mastodon.social

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Book Cover for: Leonardo, Robert Payne

Leonardo

Robert Payne
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Robert Payne's chapter on the vicissitudes of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts after his death is a meticulously researched detective story of one of the greatest crimes ever committed against an artist's legacy. It's strangely thrilling & infuriating to read ... https://t.co/llMxZCM5UV

Paperback, 2013

$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Volpone: Revised Edition, Ben Jonson

Volpone: Revised Edition

Ben Jonson
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@infinitsummer You should try "Volpone" by Ben Jonson and "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe. They're crackers.

Paperback, 2019

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Against Nature, Joris-Karl Huysmans

Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans
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@vikare06 He must have been reading A Rebours by Joris Karl Huysmans ...

Paperback, 2022

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus

Christopher Marlowe
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@infinitsummer You should try "Volpone" by Ben Jonson and "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe. They're crackers.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2010

$6.95$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The City and the Stars, Arthur C. Clarke

The City and the Stars

Arthur C. Clarke
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@markoftheD The Dune series is I think the objectively best sci-fi series written, because it was written by a genius, but I'll never forget the wonder of reading Arthur C. Clarke's "The City and the Stars".

Paperback, 2022

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Book 1, Frank Herbert

Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Book 1

Frank Herbert
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Is this the first glimmer of an idea of the No-Ship? The excerpt is from Frank Herbert's "High-Opp", an unpublished novel he wrote between "Dragon in the Sea" and "Dune". https://t.co/VyxWOsqsGS

Hardcover, 2020

$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dune, Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert
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Is this the first glimmer of an idea of the No-Ship? The excerpt is from Frank Herbert's "High-Opp", an unpublished novel he wrote between "Dragon in the Sea" and "Dune". https://t.co/VyxWOsqsGS

Paperback, 2005

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Print: The Central Bankers Bubble, Lindsay David

Print: The Central Bankers Bubble

Lindsay David
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@alanlaidlaw I have "Sphinx", "The Haunted Woman", and "Devil's Tor" by David Lindsay but I have never owned a print version of "Voyage to Arcturus" ... this seemed like the right edition to buy, at last.

Paperback, 2015

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Haunted Woman, David Lindsay

The Haunted Woman

David Lindsay
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@alanlaidlaw I have "Sphinx", "The Haunted Woman", and "Devil's Tor" by David Lindsay but I have never owned a print version of "Voyage to Arcturus" ... this seemed like the right edition to buy, at last.

Hardcover, 2022

$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Greek Myths: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), Robert Graves

The Greek Myths: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Robert Graves
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Robert Graves' "The Greek Myths" is wild. He was a total iconoclast.

Paperback, 2012

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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