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Print ( Paperback) Publication date. 1956. "Of Missing Persons" is a 1955 science fiction short story by American writer Jack Finney, which describes a burned-out bank teller named Charley Ewell living in 1955 New York City who receives a chance to emigrate from Earth to Verna, a lush, earthlike planet light-years away.
Piranesi is a novel by English author Susanna Clarke, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2020. It is Clarke's second novel, following her debut Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), published sixteen years earlier. The novel is set in a parallel universe made up of hundreds of halls and vestibules, which triggers a gradual loss of memory and ...
ISBN. 0-19-824908-X. OCLC. 9827659. Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which the author discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity . It is divided into four parts, dedicated to self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity and responsibility toward future generations .
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 popular science book by psychologist Daniel Kahneman . The book's main thesis is a differentiation between two modes of thought: "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional; "System 2" is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The book delineates rational and non-rational motivations or triggers ...
Anxious People (original title in Swedish: Folk med ångest) is a novel by Swedish writer Fredrik Backman published by Månpocket in 2019. [1] The novel was published in English in 2021. [2] It was adapted into a Netflix television series of the same name, which premiered on 29 December 2021.
The Three-Body Problem ( Chinese: 三体; lit. 'three body') is a 2008 novel by the Chinese science fiction author Liu Cixin. It is the first novel in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. [1] The series portrays a fictional past, present, and future wherein Earth encounters an alien civilization from a nearby system of three Sun-like stars ...
Taco vs. Burrito. More. Sushi Go! - The Pick and Pass Card Game. In this fun (and highly adorable) card game, players compete to collect sushi, sashimi, and other foods worth varying amounts of ...
The Promise. The Chosen is a novel written by Chaim Potok. It was first published in 1967. It follows the narrator, Reuven Malter, and his friend Daniel Saunders, as they grow up in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1940s. A sequel featuring Reuven's young adult years, The Promise, was published in 1969.