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This Week at the Library (11-8)

Posted on August 11, 2010 by smellincoffee

This Week: Provenance of Shadows, a novel of Doctor McCoy split in time. While one thread of the novel follows McCoy from The City on the Edge of Forever onward to his death, in part novelizing the third season of TOS … Continue reading →

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The End of the Beginning

Posted on August 9, 2010 by smellincoffee

The End of the Beginning© 2005 Harry Turtledove448 pages The Empire of the Rising Sun has cast a dark shadow across the Pacific. On December 7th, 1941, the naval and air forces of Imperial Japan struck Pearl Harbor, disabling or … Continue reading →

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Give Me Back My Legions!

Posted on August 9, 2010 by smellincoffee

Give Me Back my Legions!© 2009 Harry Turtledove320 pages Give Me Back My Legions! is a piece of historical fiction by Harry Turtledove, detailing the why and how of Rome’s savage defeat at the hands of German tribesmen in the … Continue reading →

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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written

Posted on August 7, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Most Influential Books Ever Written: the History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today© 1998 Martin Seymour-Smith498 pages In retrospect, the introduction should have served as a warning to me.  Author Martin Seymour-Smith opened his The 100 Most Influential … Continue reading →

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Provenance of Shadows

Posted on August 4, 2010 by smellincoffee

Crucible, McCoy: Provenance of Shadows© 2006 David R. George III627 pages Leonard McCoy is a man lost in time. Accidentally thrust into 1930s New York by the Guardian of Forever, McCoy befriends an idealistic young social worker named Edith Keeler, saving her … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (4/8)

Posted on August 4, 2010 by smellincoffee

This week at the library… Alison Weir’s Captive Queen, a novel of Henry II and Eleanor. Straining conventions, two young aristocrats marry for love — but the problems of empire, politics, and family life may prove too much for them. … Continue reading →

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A Time to Be Born

Posted on August 4, 2010 by smellincoffee

A Time to Be Born© 2004 John Vornholt284 pages On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion … Continue reading →

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La Belle France

Posted on August 3, 2010 by smellincoffee

La Belle France: a Short History© 2005 Alistair Horne485 pages I have rarely enjoyed any book as much as La Belle France, a quick sprint through French history that begins in the Roman era. Initially focusing on a small town … Continue reading →

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Captive Queen

Posted on July 31, 2010 by smellincoffee

Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine © 2010 Alison Weir 478 pages My life, when it is written, will read better than it lived. Henry Fitz-Empress, first Plantagenet, a king at twenty-one, the ablest soldier of an able … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (28/7)

Posted on July 28, 2010 by smellincoffee

This week… Dynasty of Evil, Drew Karpyshyn concludes the Darth Bane trilogy on a short but fitting note, as both Bane and his apprentice prepare for a confrontation that will decide the future course of the Sith while the Dark … Continue reading →

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