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The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi

423 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

5.0silvani's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Mark Miodownik

6 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

5.0silvani's review
nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

194 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0silvani's review
fiction classics dystopian fantasy science fiction reflective medium-paced
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

A Trick of the Light

Chief Inspector Gamache #7

Louise Penny

345 pages • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

5.0silvani's review
fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Deke Slayton

Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon

Alan Shepard, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Deke Slayton

383 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0silvani's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
Flight: My Life in Mission Control by Christopher Kraft

Flight: My Life in Mission Control

Christopher Kraft

384 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0silvani's review
nonfiction biography history informative tense medium-paced
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space by Donald A. Davis, Eugene Cernan

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space

Donald A. Davis, Eugene Cernan

384 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0silvani's review
nonfiction history memoir adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Buy My Book: Not Because You Should, But Because I'd Like Some Money by John Marszalkowski

Buy My Book: Not Because You Should, But Because I'd Like Some Money

John Marszalkowski

228 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0silvani's review
nonfiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Practical Programming for Strength Training by Lon Kilgore, Mark Rippetoe

Practical Programming for Strength Training

Lon Kilgore, Mark Rippetoe

282 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0silvani's review
nonfiction health sports informative slow-paced
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training by Mark Rippetoe

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training

Mark Rippetoe

320 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0silvani's review
nonfiction health sports informative inspiring slow-paced