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Alan Bellows

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History, Science, Nonfiction

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In 2005, YouTube, reddit, and Facebook were all still wet and screaming infants. Google, working under the motto “Don’t Be Evil,” had just dethroned Yahoo! as the planet’s most popular Internet search engine (AskJeeves was not available for comment). Nickelback was at the height of its fame. Internet Explorer was the most used web browser, by far. TamagotchiTM Connection was the must-have toy of t

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Average rating: 3.91 · 234 ratings · 34 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Alien Hand Syndrome and Other Too-Weird-Not-To-Be-True Stories 4.05 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unsettling May Have Occurred 3.19 avg rating — 47 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damn Interesting: Everything So Far by Alan Bellows (Goodreads Author), Josh Harding, Bryan Lowder 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damn Interesting: The Greatest Hits So Far by Alan Bellows (Goodreads Author), Zack Jordan, Greg Bjerg 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

by Stanley Fish

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Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies)

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