Looking for a thriller mass-market paperback novel that I read in the late 1990s that was about brilliant students at a medical school - murder, conspiracy, etc.
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posted by cmp4Meta
on Jul 28, 2012 -
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Students of art, lovers of philosophy, can you recommend a book I can buy as a gift for a friend?
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posted by Chichibio
on Jul 25, 2012 -
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Long ago I had a book of collected Stephen King interviews, published chronologically based on the title he was promoting. What was it?
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posted by arniec
on Jul 22, 2012 -
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South African novel? A Boer seduces a black girl, they have sex in his Mercedes Benz. The book deals with the seduction that comes before, and the problems afterwards. The white guy is NOT cast as a villain. My friend read this book in the 70s and is looking for it. Thanks!
posted by Tom-B
on Jul 17, 2012 -
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I've got another "what was that thing from my childhood?" sort of question, and I've combed through Google and Amazon and Abebooks to no avail. A book of short quirky poems for children, probably illustrated. Mid 1970s. Very likely published by Scribners, we had tons of their hardcover books from an uncle who worked there (now deceased, so I can't ask him.) I
thought the title was "It May Be So, It May Be Not", which was also the title of a poem in the book that went, either partially or entirely...
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posted by tomboko
on Jul 14, 2012 -
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Requesting intelligent, well-written "realistic" epic fantasy book suggestions. Having George R.R. Martin withdrawals. Need more severed heads & engaging dialogue and relatable bleakness, less "you're the one," stilted conversations and Randomly capitalized Words.
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posted by apostrophe
on Jul 10, 2012 -
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I am looking for a book. It's apparently about a boy who falls through a door / portal and travels through time - maybe forwards, maybe backwards - to Wales. It probably has a female author. Any help appreciated.
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posted by Neale
on Jul 7, 2012 -
23 answers
Can you recommend something to read from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library? I have trawled through there for ages this month and last month and I'm having trouble finding something good that I haven't read before.
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posted by dragonplayer
on Jul 5, 2012 -
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[Asking for a friend]: There is some sci-fi book I read at some point which I think was famous enough to be known by lots of folks in which the term "to scree" or "to skry" (or something very similar) was used to see the contents of people's minds (?) or the future (?). Help. Whats the actual term? And, what is the book and or series and or author?
posted by googly
on Jun 28, 2012 -
27 answers
Where can I find dissertations with excellent design? I would like to directly copy someone's LaTeX formatting for a hard-science thesis.
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posted by tintexas
on Jun 27, 2012 -
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Merlin amazed by a digital watch! Help me remember a book I read as a kid! Normal guy gets zapped to fantasy other world/past.
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posted by PlutoniumX
on Jun 26, 2012 -
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Really vague teenage book memory involving a gold room, a candle, and meditation power? Did I hallucinate this book?
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posted by kanata
on Jun 22, 2012 -
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Father's Day Help Request: Name the book that meets the following, slightly circumspect, critera: Russian author (potentially female), very popular in the 1950s and 1960s (may also have been first published then), acted as a good example/expose/lesson in conservatism and liberalism?
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posted by RolandOfEld
on Jun 17, 2012 -
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What's this YA/children's book? A boy mysteriously arrives on earth somewhere like Tennesee or West Virginia. He can run fast and jump very far, heals quickly, gets along with animals and has no concept of violence, wars, etc. He's taken in by a family who also has children. Over time, they grow to love him and help him, while some neighbors are afraid of him and grow more and more violent. At the end of the book, his people are dancing in the hills/woods near a portal? and the boy invites the family that has taken care of him to return to his world with them. A few more details are after the jump.
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posted by michaelh
on Jun 13, 2012 -
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Recommend mystery fiction, especially mystery fiction by authors whose works were adapted into
Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
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posted by GlassHeart
on Jun 11, 2012 -
14 answers
I want to read more nonfiction. About anything, really. I'm having trouble capturing the way to describe the kind of nonfiction I want to find.
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posted by atomicstone
on May 30, 2012 -
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I read an odd (and very stupid) novel around 1997. Please verify that this book exists and wasn't a product of my young addled mind.
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posted by arha
on May 26, 2012 -
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What diet book would you recommend that includes low cost, pre-made meal plans with shopping lists included?
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posted by magnoliasouth
on May 21, 2012 -
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I have a large number of books that I want to donate to a library or sell. I want to give my friends and family first pick at anything they want (my primary aim is to quickly reclaim the physical space used up by the books). I need a workflow that will allow me to scan the books' UPCs, etc. with my iPhone 4's camera and end up with an email-able spreadsheet
pre-populated with ISBN/Title/Author. Columns for genre, edition and/or year, and short blurbs would also be welcome.
I have a PC laptop with the MS Office suite in addition to the iPhone. What are my options? Thanks, hivemind!
posted by Inspector.Gadget
on May 20, 2012 -
6 answers
Looking for a thoughtfully-researched book about organic food and/or breast cancer as a Mother's Day gift
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posted by alygator
on May 8, 2012 -
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NameThatKid'sBookFilter, Take 20,896: trying to recall the name of an unusually funny choose-your-own-adventure-type book I read back in the proverbial day. Here's all the info I can recall:
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posted by julthumbscrew
on May 4, 2012 -
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Help me optimize my vacation reading! I’m headed out to the Outer Banks next month, and there’s nothing on the agenda but reading and relaxing. I’m having trouble coming up with a week’s worth of new reading material that won’t take up significant space in our truck, though. Can you recommend me lengthy or dense books--in other words, books that will give me maximum entertainment minutes per page--that are still fun vacation reading?
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posted by House of Leaves of Grass
on May 4, 2012 -
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I got ahold of an Advanced Reader's Copy of a book that is not out yet. It is made by a famous actor (and it looks really, really bad). It has special wrapping related to said author and a "note" from the author (copied, in his handwriting, or at least it's supposed to be in his handwriting). Would it be illegal for me to sell it? Would it be immoral for me to sell it? Could I actually make a big pile of money by selling it?
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posted by Harry Potter and the Puppet of Sock
on May 3, 2012 -
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I am looking for any information about a triangle-shaped literary magazine that was published in Northampton, MA in the 1980s.
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posted by mattbucher
on May 1, 2012 -
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Would it be unprofessional to tell my editor that it is my co-author's fault that our book manuscript is (once again) going to miss it's delivery deadline? Or is the right thing to do to keep telling her that "we" aren't ready?
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posted by lollusc
on Apr 29, 2012 -
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Please bear with my premise. I have conceived & rough-edited an original series of art books that I am certain will become extremely popular. They are unique but mainstream; smart but immediate, they have universal appeal, and their content is hard to copy.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 28, 2012 -
16 answers
What are some specific ways that I can promote a soon-to-expire Kickstarter project? I've heard that projects sometimes gain momentum from that "act now!" boost, but how do I tap into that segment of the funding crowd?
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posted by apollo
on Apr 25, 2012 -
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Do you know or can you find any scholarly articles about analysing adults' drawings that do not relate to health?
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posted by b33j
on Apr 23, 2012 -
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