Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown

8 best books like Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown (Stephen Jay Gould): From Hell, The Monkey's Paw, Rent, Fence, Vol. 2, West Side Story, Rope: A Play, Fence, Vol. 3, Blood Countess

From Hell

Author	Alan Moore
ISBN	0861661419

"I shall tell you where we are. We're in the most extreme and utter region of the human mind. A dim, subconscious underworld. A radiant abyss where men meet themselves. Hell, Netley. We're in Hell."

Having proved himself peerless in the arena of reinterpreting superheroes, Alan Moore turned...

The Monkey's Paw

Author	W.W. Jacobs
ISBN	1583419195

Classic horror tale. A family and their son Herbert are visited by an old soldier named Morris. He tells them from his time in India and shows them a mysterious talisman, the monkey's paw. According to him the owner of the paw has three wishes. Since he already had three he throw the object into the fire....

Rent

Author	Jonathan Larson
ISBN	0688154379

In these pages, Rent offers what most theater books can't: a chance to step behind the curtain and feel the electricity of a stage phenomenon as it unfolds.Rent has single-handedly reinvigorated Broadway and taken America by storm. Sweeping all major theater awards, including the 1996 Pulitzer Prize...

Fence, Vol. 2

Author	C.S. Pacat
ISBN	1684152976

Combines Issues #5-8.

Nicholas Cox is determined to prove himself in the world of competitive fencing, and earn his place on the Kings Row fencing team, alongside sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama, to win the right to go up against his golden-boy half-brother.

Tryouts are well...

West Side Story

Author	Leonard Bernstein
ISBN	0634046780

Saw the Chicago Lyric Opera production of this tonight with my daughter, who had never been to the Lyric, which is a pretty amazing building. We read this, will see Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968!), read the play, see the original (1968) movie, and read around these texts a bit together. So fun!

What...

Rope: A Play

Author	Patrick Hamilton
ISBN	0094508607

For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the -fun of the thing, - Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Raglan. They place the body in a wooden chest, and to add spice to their handiwork,...

Fence, Vol. 3

Author	C.S. Pacat
ISBN	1684153344

Combines Issues #9-12.

Scrappy fencer Nicholas Cox comes to the end of his path to prove himself worthy of a father he never knew in the face of surly upperclassmen, nearly impossible odds, and the talent of his rival, sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama.

Sparks fly white-hot on...

Blood Countess

Author	Lana Popović
ISBN	1419738860

A historical YA horror novel based on the infamous real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula

In 17th century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Báthory. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, she’s vaulted...