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1	Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology more books like this by James Patrick Kelly (Editor), John Kessel (Editor) add to wishlist Following the rapid evolution of cyberpunk from Bruce Sterling and William Gibson into the current millennium, this vivid anthology welcomes a new generation of exciting writers to take the genre in new and unexpected directions. Cyberpunk freewheels with punk rock energy, careening between the internet, bioengineering, and international politics, ... see all copies from $8.12! new only from $8.79!
2	Pasta Harvest: Delicious Recipes Using Vegetables at Their Seasonal Best more books like this by Janet Kessel Fletcher, John Vaughan (Photographer) add to wishlist Fletcher offers cooks over 80 mouthwatering ways to pair pasta with peak season vegetables and lively sauces. Organized alphabetically by vegetable, the book's appealing suggestions for combining pasta with fresh produce are quick to prepare, light on meat, and rich in flavor--perfect for time-pressed cooks who want to serve wholesome meals. 24 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| first editions
3	Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology more books like this by James Patrick Kelly (Editor), John Kessel (Editor) add to wishlist Intending to establish a canon for the controversial slipstream science-fiction subgenre, the editors of this anthology have brought together a group of convention-defying tales set in vivid and disorienting dreamscapes that offer no distinction between reality and hallucination. A cross between the literary surrealism of Franz Kafka and escapist ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $8.79! \| SVS
4	The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories by John Kessel add to wishlist "Pride and Prometheus," a story in The Baum Plan for Financial Independence involving characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, is winner of the 2008 Nebula award for Best Novelette. A long-awaited collection of fourteen stories that intersect imaginatively with Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology more books like this by John Kessel (Editor), Mark Van Name (Editor), Richard Butner (Editor) add to wishlist Stories by several of the up-and-coming voices in science fiction, written wholly or partially at the prestigious Sycamore Hill Writer's Conference. Authors include Bruce Sterling, Carol Emshwiller, Nancy Kress, and Maureen F. McHugh. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Memoryas Tailor by Lawrence Rudner, Susan Ketchin (Editor), John Kessel (Editor) add to wishlist Alexandr Davidowich Berman once sewed costumes at the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad. Now weary and in his twilight years, this Jewish tailor has the heart of a hero. And he is ever alert to anti-Semitism. When called out of retirement to repair tsarist clothing for a traveling exhibition, he makes a startling discovery. It sets him on an extensive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
7	The Pure Product more books like this by John Kessel add to wishlist An outstanding collection of nineteen works includes two poems, an award-winning play, and sixteen short stories--including the never-before published "Gulliver at Home"--by one of science fiction's most acclaimed authors and the winner of the Nebula, Locus, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. Reprint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Meeting in Infinity more books like this by John Kessel, J. K. Potter (Illustrator) add to wishlist After receiving the Nebula Award in 1983 for his stunning nouvelle "Another Orphan, " John Kessel has written a group of stories that for sheer imaginative audacity defy conventional classification. In "The Pure Product" an amoral time-traveler embarks upon a harrowing joyride through the Midwest; "The Big Dream" is a 1920s hardboiled detective ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Getting the Lead Out: The Complete Resource for Preventing and Coping with Lead Poisoning more books like this by Irene Kessel, John T O'Connor, John W Graef, M.D. (Foreword by) add to wishlist Important. Urgent. Practical. Very, very useful.-Jonathan Kozol. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $3.67! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Presidents, the Presidency, and the Political Environment more books like this by John H Kessel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.22!
11	Freedom Beach: Triumphant-Cn by Kelly add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
12	Corrupting Dr Nice more books like this by John Kessel add to wishlist This clever mix of dry satire and broad farce is a fairly faithful SF homage to Preston Sturges's 1941 film THE LADY EVE. Genevieve Faison and her father August are con artists in the 21st century--and pretty much in every other century, too, as time travel has become a popular tourist attraction. A major part of her stock-in-trade consists of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Presidential Parties more books like this by John H Kessel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Presidential Campaign Politics more books like this by John H Kessel add to wishlist This book should be of interest to graduates of political science. see all copies from $1.99!
15	The domestic presidency : decision-making in the White House more books like this by John H. Kessel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
16 view cover	Getting the Lead Out: The Complete Resource on How to Prevent and Cope with Lead Poisoning more books like this by Irene Kessel, John T O'Connor, John W Graef, M.D. (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Important. Urgent. Practical. Very, very, useful". -- Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing Grace "Lead poisoning is one of the most common and preventable pediatric health problems today". US Centers for Disease Control Between one and a half to two million children under the age of six -- one out of eleven American preschoolers -- have elevated ... see all copies from $1.99!
17	Micropolitics; individual and group level concepts more books like this by John H. Kessel, George F. Cole, Robert G. Seddig add to wishlist see all copies from $3.32! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Getting the Lead Out more books like this by Irene Kessel, John T O'Connor, John W Graef, M.D. (Foreword by) add to wishlist Between one and a half to two million children under the age of sixone out of eleven American preschoolershave elevated levels of lead in their blood, a condition that can cause damage to their developing brains, resulting in learning disabilities, behavior problems, and decreased IQs. A severe problem that affects not only children from our ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Good News from Outer Space more books like this by John Kessel add to wishlist George hotly pursues a mad Alien in this discombobulated romp, described by The Philadelphia Enquirer as "a frantic paranoiac's version of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, taking potshots at everything from Zionist Fundamentalism to Southern regional literature on its way to the Second Coming". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Chemistry & Technology for UV & Eb Formulation for Coatings, Inks & Paints, Speciality Finishes more books like this by John Wiley & Sons Inc, P K T Oldring add to wishlist This series seeks to publish practical, applications orientated books designed for professional chemists employed in the paints and coatings industry, and reflecting technological developments, environmental concerns and increasing demand for higher volume production in emerging markets. The books in the series should provide insights into ... see all copies from $169.00!
21	Spanish Mission NM V1: Before more books like this by Kessel, John L Kessell add to wishlist see all copies from $166.71!
22	Freedom Beach more books like this by James P. Kelly, John Kessel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	Presidential Campaign Politics: Coalition Strategies and Citizen Response more books like this by John H. Kessel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24	The Goldwater coalition; Republican strategies in 1964 more books like this by John H. Kessel add to wishlist see all copies from $4.94! first editions
25 view cover	The Secret History of Science Fiction more books like this by T C Boyle, James Patrick Kelly (Editor), John Kessel (Editor) add to wishlist This ingeniously conceived anthology raises the intriguing question, If Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" had won the Nebula award in 1973, would the future distinction between literary fiction and science fiction have been erased? Exploring the possibility of an alternate history of speculative fiction, this literary collection reveals that ... see all copies from $8.79! new only from $8.79! \| SVS

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