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I totally am dorky and weird, and that's fine with me.
-Shannon Purser
eBooks
Books
Media
Networking for Nerds
by
Alaina G. Levine; Brian Schmidt (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781118663585
Publication Date: 2015-07-07
The Rise of Nerd Politics
by
John Postill
ISBN: 9780745399836
Publication Date: 2018-08-15
Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City
by
Anne Thomas Soffee
ISBN: 9781556525865
Publication Date: 2005-09-28
Geeky Pedagogy
by
Jessamyn Neuhaus
ISBN: 9781949199055
Publication Date: 2019-09-01
Python for Geeks
by
Muhammad Asif
ISBN: 9781801070119
Publication Date: 2021-10-20
Geek Rock
by
Alex DiBlasi (Editor); Victoria Willis (Editor)
ISBN: 9781442229754
Publication Date: 2014-08-14
Fake Geek Girls
by
Suzanne Scott
ISBN: 9781479838608
Publication Date: 2019-04-16
Getting a Life
by
Benjamin Woo
ISBN: 9780773552845
Publication Date: 2018-02-28
Social Media Geek-to-Geek
by
Rick Jamison; Kathy Schmidt Jamison
ISBN: 9781617300073
Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Comic Shop
by
Dan Gearino
ISBN: 9780804012133
Publication Date: 2019-05-28
A Joosr Guide To... The Innovators by Walter Isaacson : How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
ISBN: 9781785670541
Rerolling Boardgames
by
Douglas Brown (Editor); Esther MacCallum-Stewart (Editor); Matthew Wilhelm Kapell (Editor)
ISBN: 9781476670799
Publication Date: 2020-09-10
Cosplay in Libraries
by
Ellyssa Kroski
ISBN: 9781442256477
Publication Date: 2015-10-23
The Game Inventor's Guidebook
by
Brian Tinsman
ISBN: 9781600374470
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Storytelling in the Modern Board Game
by
Marco. Arnaudo; Matthew Wilhelm Kapell (Editor)
ISBN: 9781476669519
Publication Date: 2018-09-13
Gaming
by
Louise Hogan (Editor)
ISBN: 9781634850278
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
World of Warcraft Gold Strategy Guide
by
Eric Dekker
ISBN: 9781849693622
Publication Date: 2013-05-24
The History of Video Games
by
Charlie Fish
ISBN: 9781526778970
Publication Date: 2021-08-12
Music Video Games
by
Michael Austin (Editor)
ISBN: 9781501308529
Publication Date: 2016-07-28
Storytelling in Video Games
by
Amy M. Green
ISBN: 9781476668765
Publication Date: 2017-12-21
100 Greatest Video Game Franchises
by
Robert Mejia (Editor); Jaime Banks (Editor); Aubrie Adams (Editor)
ISBN: 9781442278141
Publication Date: 2017-08-17
The Minds Behind the Games
by
Patrick Hickey; Patrick Hickey
ISBN: 9781476671109
Publication Date: 2018-04-23
Vintage Games
by
Bill Loguidice; Matt Barton
ISBN: 9780240811468
Publication Date: 2009-02-18
Game Sound
by
Karen Collins
ISBN: 9780262033787
Publication Date: 2008-08-08
A Composer's Guide to Game Music
by
Winifred Phillips
ISBN: 9780262026642
Publication Date: 2014-02-14
A Composer's Guide to Game Music
by
Winifred Phillips
ISBN: 9780262026642
Publication Date: 2014-02-14
Star Trek and American Television
by
Roberta Pearson; Máire Messenger Davies; Patrick Stewart (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780520276222
Publication Date: 2014-04-25
American Science Fiction TV
by
Jan Johnson-Smith
ISBN: 9781417583645
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
The Essential J. R. R. Tolkien Sourcebook
by
George W. Beahm
ISBN: 9781564147028
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Geek Love
by
Katherine Dunn
ISBN: 9780375713347
Publication Date: 2002-06-11
She Kills Monsters
by
Qui Nguyen
ISBN: 9780573705649
Publication Date: 2016-08-17
Star Trek and Sacred Ground
by
Jennifer E. Porter (Editor); Darcee L. McLaren (Editor)
ISBN: 0791443345
Publication Date: 1999-12-02
The Star Wars Archives. 1977-1983
by
Paul Duncan
ISBN: 9783836563406
Publication Date: 2018-11-14
Glittering Images
by
Camille Paglia
ISBN: 9780375424601
Publication Date: 2012-10-16
Foundation
by
Isaac Asimov
ISBN: 9780553803716
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
I, Robot
by
Isaac Asimov
ISBN: 9780007491513
The Best of Isaac Asimov
by
Isaac Asimov
ISBN: 9780385050784
Publication Date: 1974-09-01
Lilith's Brood
by
Octavia E. Butler
ISBN: 9780446676106
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Industrial Light and Magic
by
Pamela Glintenkamp
ISBN: 9780810998025
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Graphic Women
by
Hillary Chute
ISBN: 9780231150620
Publication Date: 2010-11-16
Wonder Woman: the War Years 1941-1945
by
Roy Thomas
ISBN: 9780785832843
Publication Date: 2015-11-02
Fandom
by
Jonathan Gray (Editor); C. Lee Harrington (Editor); Cornel Sandvoss (Editor)
ISBN: 9780814731819
Publication Date: 2007-06-01
Star Trek
by
Michèle Barrett; Duncan Barrett; Michèle Barrett
ISBN: 0415929822
Publication Date: 2000-12-13
Race in Space
by
Micheal C. Pounds
ISBN: 0810833220
Publication Date: 1999-01-14
Deep Space and Sacred Time
by
Jan Lundeen; Jon Wagner
ISBN: 0275962253
Publication Date: 1998-10-15
Computer
by
Paul Atkinson
ISBN: 9781861896643
Publication Date: 2010-08-15
Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy
by
Josef Steiff (Editor)
ISBN: 9780812697315
Publication Date: 2011-10-18
Now in Theaters Everywhere
by
Kenneth Turan
ISBN: 9781586483951
Publication Date: 2006-10-10
The Universe in a Nutshell
by
Stephen Hawking
ISBN: 9780553802023
Publication Date: 2001-11-06
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of
by
Thomas M. Disch
ISBN: 9780684824055
Publication Date: 1998-05-04
Lost Girls
by
Alan Moore; Melinda Gebbie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781891830747
Publication Date: 2006-08-26
Speculative & Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781847012852
Publication Date: 2021-11-02
The Matrix and Philosophy
by
William Irwin (Editor)
ISBN: 9780812695021
Publication Date: 2002-08-28
James Bond and Philosophy
by
James B. South (Editor); Jacob M. Held (Editor)
ISBN: 9780812696073
Publication Date: 2006-10-10
The Player of Games
by
Iain M. Banks
ISBN: 9780316005401
Publication Date: 2008-03-26
Jumanji
by
Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395304482
Publication Date: 1981-04-27
Ready Player One
by
Ernest Cline
ISBN: 9780307887436
Publication Date: 2011-08-16
Snow Crash
by
Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 9780553380958
Publication Date: 2000-05-02
Imago
by
Octavia E. Butler
ISBN: 9780446603638
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Dawn
by
Octavia E. Butler
ISBN: 9780446603775
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Adulthood Rites
by
Octavia E. Butler
ISBN: 9780446603782
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Monsters and Mad Scientists
by
Andrew Tudor
ISBN: 0631152792
Publication Date: 1991-01-15
Planet Simpson
by
Chris Turner
ISBN: 0306813416
Publication Date: 2004-10-12
Twice upon a Time
by
Elizabeth Wanning Harries
ISBN: 9780691115672
Publication Date: 2003-09-22
Science Fiction and Philosophy
by
Susan Schneider (Editor)
ISBN: 9781405149068
Publication Date: 2009-05-26
Avengers Forever
by
Kurt Busiek
ISBN: 9780785107569
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Enemy of the State
by
Christopher Priest; Joe Jusko (Illustrator); Mike Manley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780785108290
Publication Date: 2002-02-06
Watchmen
by
Alan Moore; Dave Gibbons (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780930289232
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
by
Ryan North; Steve Ditko; Will Murray; Erica Henderson (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
ISBN: 9780785197027
Publication Date: 2015-08-18
She-Hulk Volume 1
by
Charles Soule (Text by); Javier Pulido (Illustrator); Ron Wemberly (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780785190196
Publication Date: 2014-10-21
Sandman Vol 1 Preludes and Nocturnes - O/P
by
N. Gaiman
ISBN: 9781401225759
Publication Date: 2010-10-19
LeVar Burton Reads Podcast
D&D Character Sheets
Black Girl Nerds Podcast
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