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The Chains That You Refuse

10 best books like The Chains That You Refuse (Elizabeth Bear): The Left Hand of Darkness, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, The Book of Lost Things, Flashforward, State of Fear, The Golden Tresses of the Dead, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Winter in Eden, We Sold Our Souls, The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency

The Left Hand of Darkness
AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose—and change—their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must...
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
AuthorAllison Hoover Bartlett
ISBN1594488916
In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him.

Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves,...
The Book of Lost Things
AuthorJohn Connolly
ISBN0743298853
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While...
Flashforward
AuthorRobert J. Sawyer
ISBN0812580346
FLASHFORWARD

Two minutes and seventeen seconds that changed the world

Suddenly, without warning, all seven billion people on Earth black out for more than two minutes. Millions die as planes fall from the sky, people tumble down staircases, and cars plow into each other.

But...
State of Fear
AuthorMichael Crichton
ISBN0061015733
In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea....
The Golden Tresses of the Dead
AuthorAlan Bradley
ISBN0345540042
Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop’s Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce’s sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. “A church is a wonderful place for a wedding,” muses Flavia, “surrounded as it is by the legions...
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
AuthorSeth Dickinson
ISBN0765380722
Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up from the sand of her home and see red sails on the horizon.

The Empire of Masks is coming, armed with coin and ink, doctrine and compass, soap and lies. They'll conquer Baru’s island, rewrite her culture, criminalize her customs, and dispose...
Winter in Eden
AuthorHarry Harrison
ISBN0743412915
Harry Harrison, an acknowledged master of imaginative fiction, broke new ground with "West of Eden." He brought to vivid life the world as it might have been, where dinosaurs survived, where their intelligent descendants challenged humans for mastery of Earth, where a young hunter named Kerrick...
We Sold Our Souls
AuthorGrady Hendrix
In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in rural Pennsylvania.

Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the...
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
AuthorAnnie Jacobsen
ISBN0316371769
The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51

No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R&D agency. In...
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence
AuthorGerald Blaine
ISBN1439193045
The New York Times bestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as told by the Secret Service agents who were firsthand witnesses to one of America’s greatest tragedies.

The Secret Service....
Cold Storage
AuthorDavid Koepp
ISBN0062916432
For readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism

When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent...
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
AuthorBilly Crystal
ISBN0805098232
Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America’s favorite comedians as he turns 65, and a look back at a remarkable career

Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he’s not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come...
The Carpet People
AuthorTerry Pratchett
ISBN0544212479
In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet . . . That’s the old story everyone knows and loves. But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and there’s a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet....
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
AuthorJames Mahaffey
ISBN1480447749
A “delightfully astute” and “entertaining” history of the mishaps and meltdowns that have marked the path of scientific progress (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Radiation: What could go wrong? In short, plenty. From Marie Curie carrying around a vial of radium salt because...
New Frontiers: A Collection of Tales About the Past, the Present, and the Future
AuthorBen Bova
New Frontiers, fourteen startling visions of yesterday, today, and tomorrow from Ben Bova, six-time winner of the Hugo Award

Frontiers can be found in all directions. Frontiers of time and space, as well as frontiers of courage, devotion, love, hate, and the outer limits of the human spirit....
1924: The Year That Made Hitler
AuthorPeter Ross Range
ISBN0316384038
The dark story of Adolf Hitler's life in 1924--the year that made a monster

Before Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, there was 1924. This was the year of Hitler's final transformation into the self-proclaimed savior and infallible leader who would interpret and distort Germany's historical...
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