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A Rage in Harlem
The first novel in Chester Himes‘ Harlem Detective series. Also known as For Love of Imabelle, A Rage in Harlem introduces the leading characters of the series, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson — whose names suggest the nature of their police methods and reputation. Jones and Johnson generally go easy with, and even …
The Mouse and His Child
Children’s novel by Russell Hoban first published in 1967.
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1929 novel by the Welsh writer Richard Hughes, which was made into a film of the same name in 1965. The book was initially titled The Innocent Voyage and published by Harper & Brothers in the spring of that year. Several months later Hughes renamed his novel in …
Alan Turing: The Enigma
Biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges
The Fatal Shore
History of the early years of British colonisation of Australia, and especially the history and social effects of Britain’s convict transportation system
Gödel, Escher, Bach
1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter.
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
Best-known work by the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga