For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in thi…
A Ladybug has spots. What else has spots?
Among the dinosaurs were the biggest, strongest, fiercest killers ever to walk the earth. This wonderfully illustrated series is a "bloodcurdling guide to gluttonous dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Prehistoric Giants, Killer Dinosaurs, Flying Reptiles, and Sea Monsters.
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A comprehensive, practical guide to playing chess from beginner to more advanced play with over 700 colour photographs and artworks.
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or that you can read other people's minds? Do you really know why you blush, yawn and cry? Wh…