Frank Burly 05 - Earth Versus Everybody

Spoiler! Swartzwelder wins. In his latest Frank Burly scifi extravaganza, John Swartzwelder does not disappoint.
In Earth vs. Everybody, Swartzwelder reminds his devoted followers why they will never stop buying his books the week they are released. No, not every single joke was the funniest thing I'd ever read. Yes, I looked like a crazy person, laughing uncontrollably as I read the book in public.

Well-Being and Death

Well-Being and Death addresses philosophical questions about death and the good life: what makes a life go well? Is death bad for the one who dies? How is this possible if we go out of existence when we die? Is it worse to die as an infant or as a young adult? Is it bad for animals and fetuses to die? Can the dead be harmed? Is there any way to make death less bad for us? Ben Bradley defends the following views: pleasure, rather than achievement or the satisfaction of desire, is what makes life go well; death is generally bad for its victim, in virtue of depriving the victim of more of a good life.

The Tunguska Mystery

The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged “final solutions” that have ostensibly been found in Russia or elsewhere. The second concerns the mistaken belief that there has been little or no progress in understanding the nature of the Tunguska phenomenon. All this is treated by the author in a scholarly and responsible manner.

Epic of Evolution - Seven Ages of the Cosmos

Chaisson attempts to explain the origin of the universe and the evolution of everything in it, in nontechnical terms. With such a huge topic, it's hardly surprising that he paints with broad strokes and glosses over specifics. Nonetheless, his writing is clear and his overview will both educate and entertain the average reader. Chaisson (The Hubble Wars), head of the Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts, structures his book by following the chronology of change and development in the universe, beginning with the creation of atomic particles 15 billion years ago at the time of the Big Bang.

TTC Video – Classics of American Literature

Absorbing great American writing – the classics – is a unique way to understand the history of this country and to add to our own personal estate of literary wealth.
Classic stories and poems of American literature are found in the pages of Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, Twain, Whitman, Faulkner, James, Eliot, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Morrison, and many others.

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