Termination Shock by Neil Stephenson Neal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. One man has a Big Idea for reversing [...]
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at [...]
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet's great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story as never before. A thrilling re-evaluation of the creatures that ruled the earth for 150 million [...]
What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Ayoama What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. But she is no ordinary librarian. Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find [...]
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place. Her name is Auri, and she [...]
by Júlia Give Your Books a Second Life—Join Our Trade-In Days at ABC The Hague! If your shelves are breaking under the weight of books while your wish list keeps growing, and you simply need more space—the ABC has you covered! Just join us for one of our Trade-In [...]
by Damla It’s General Election day (again) here in the Netherlands! After weeks of campaigning and heated debates, the Netherlands opens the ballots today to elect its new members of the House of Parliament. The most recent polls have suggested a very close race, adding to the tension in the current [...]
by Damla Spooky season is upon us, and what better way is there to make the most of it other than by hunkering down in a cozy corner with a good horror book (and good lighting to chase away the things that go BUMP in the night)? Ranging from spooky to [...]
Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake After a freshman year she would rather forget, sophomore Nina Kaur knows being one of the chosen few accepted into The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, is the first step in her path to the brightest possible future. Adjunct professor Dr. Sloane Hartley [...]
by Mike The Last Voyage Of The Demeter, Nosferatu (Robert Eggers), Sinners, Dracula (Luc Besson), all in the span of a year or two. My best friend's favorite book is what started it all, and as I actually write this we are discussing how and why it is the most adapted [...]
