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Category
Year
Author(s)
Title
GEM!
Comments
Wiki page
E-book
More
1.Biography
2007
Isaacson, Walter
Einstein: His Life and Universe
(Bio) Albert Einstein
1.Biography
2011
Isaacson, Walter
Steve Jobs
(Bio) Steve Jobs
1.History
1958
Embree, Ainslie T. (Ed.)
Sources of Indian Tradition Volume One: From the Beginning to 1800
(History) India
1.History
1976
Haley, Alex
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
(History) Black Family History
1.History
1979
Wolfe, Tom
The Right Stuff
(History) U.S. Space Program
1.History
1983
Hanson, Dirk
The New Alchemists: Silicon Valley and the Microelectronics Revolution
(History) Silicon Valley
1.History
2022
Miller, Chris
Chip War
(History) Semiconductors
2.Authors
1982
Osborne, Charles
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie
(Authors) Agatha Christie
2.Authors
1994
Bunson, Matthew
Encyclopedia Sherlockiana
(Authors) Arthur Conan Doyle
2.Authors
1999
Stewart, Brian & Summerfield, Tony
The Enid Blyton Dossier
(Authors) Enid Blyton
3.Cmcs-SH
1999
DC Comics
Batman in the Sixties
(Comics) Batman
3.Cmcs-SH
1999
DC Comics
Superman in the Sixties
(Comics) Superman
3.Cmcs-SH
2003
Daniels, Les
DC Comics: A Celebration of The World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes
(Comics) DC Super-Heroes
3.Cmcs-SH
2006
Eury, Michael (Ed.)
The Krypton Companion
(Comics) Superman
4.FilmTV
1968
Whitfield, Stephen E. & Roddenberry, Gene
The Making of Star Trek
(TV Shows) Star Trek
4.FilmTV
1992
Jones, Kent
Memorable Movie Roles and the Actors Who Played Them
(English Films) General
4.FilmTV
1993
Harris, Robert A. & Lasky, Michael S.
The Complete Films of Alfred Hitchcock
(English Films) Hitchcock
5.HinFilm
2000
Chopra, Anupama
Sholay: The Making of a Classic
(Hindi Films) Sholay
5.HinFilm
2003
Joshi, Lalit Mohan
Bollywood: Popular Indian Cinema
(Hindi Films) General
5.HinFilm
2005
Dwyer, Rachel
100 Bollywood Films
(Hindi Films) General
5.HinFilm
2020
Padhye, Anitaa
Ten Classics: The Extraordinary Journey of the Making of Ten Classic Hindi Films
(Hindi Films) General
6.Dictnry
1828
Webster, Noah
American Dictionary of the English Language
(Reference) Dictionary
6.Dictnry
1884
Oxford University Press
Oxford English Dictionary
(Reference) Dictionary
6.Language
1926
Fowler, H. W.
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
(Reference) Language
6.Language
1953
Funk, Wilfred
Six Weeks to Words of Power
(Monograph) Language
6.Txt-Frnch
1929
Dondo, Mathurin
Modern French Course
(Textbook) French
6.Txt-Grmmr
1935
Wren, P. C. & Martin, H.
High School English Grammar and Composition
(Textbook) Grammar
7.EssPsych
1978
Peck, M. Scott
The Road Less Traveled
(Self-Help) Psychology
7.EssPsych
1989
Covey, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
(Self-Help) Psychology
8.EducGd
1963
Elting, Mary
Every Child's Answer Book
(Guidebook) Education
8.EducGd
1991
Hirsch, E. D. (Ed.)
What Your 1st Grader Needs to Know
(Guidebook) Education
8.Ref
1954
Sunset Books
Sunset Western Garden Book
(Reference) Gardening
8.Ref
1955
Jim Pattison Group (pub.)
Guiness Book of World Records
(Reference) Facts & Figures
8.Ref
1987
Hirsch, E. D.; Kett, Joseph F.; Trefil, James
The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
(Reference) Cultural Literacy
9.NF3-Clsc
2001
Jones, William B. (Jr.)
Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations
(Comics) Classics Illustrated
9.PopSci
1957
Perelman, Yakov
Figures for Fun: Stories and Conundrums (originally in Russian)
(Popular Science) Mathematics
9.PopSci
1980
Sagan, Carl
Cosmos
(Popular Science) Astronomy
9.PopSci
1988
Hawking, Stephen
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
(Popular Science) Astrophysics
9.SciRef
1968
Spiegel, Murray R.
Mathematical Handbook (Schaum's Outline Series)
(Reference) Mathematics
9.SciTxt
1959
Morrison, Robert T. & Boyd, Robert N.
Organic Chemistry
(Textbook) Chemistry
9.SciTxt
1960
Bird, R. Byron; Stewart, Warren E.; Lightfoot, Edwin N.
Transport Phenomena
(Textbook) Chemical Engineering
9.SciTxt
1960
Thomas, George B. (Jr.)
Calculus and Analytic Geometry
(Textbook) Mathematics
9.SciTxt
1960
Halliday, David & Resnick, Robert
Physics, Part 2
(Textbook) Physics
9.SciTxt
1960
Resnick, Robert & Halliday, David
Physics, Part 1
(Textbook) Physics
9.SciTxt
1962
Kreyszig, Erwin
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
(Textbook) Mathematics
9.SciTxt
1963
Beiser, Arthur
Concepts of Modern Physics
(Textbook) Physics
9.SciTxt
1965
Mahan, Bruce H.
University Chemistry
(Textbook) Chemistry
9.SciTxt
1967
Grove, Andrew S.
Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices
(Textbook) Electronics
9.SciTxt
1968
Resnick, Robert
Introduction to Special Relativity
(Textbook) Relativity
9.SciTxt
1976
Montgomery, Douglas C.
Design and Analysis of Experiments
(Textbook) Statistics
9.SciTxt
1978
Kernighan, Brian W. & Ritchie, Dennis M.
The C Programming Language
(Textbook) Software
9.SciTxt
1979
Mead, Carver & Conway, Lynn
Introduction to VLSI Systems
(Textbook) Electronics
X.Essays
1776
Paine, Thomas
Common Sense
(Essays) Politics
X.Essays
1849
Thoreau, Henry David
Civil Disobedience (aka On the Duty of Civil Disobedience; or Resistance to Civil Government)
(Essays) Politics
X.Monogr
1859
Darwin, Charles
On the Origin of Species: by Means of Natural Selection