The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
By: Marilyn Brookwood
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating―and eerily timely―tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched t…
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1. Days in the History of Silence
By: Anne Bruce , Merethe Lindstrøm
3.53
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teache… read more
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3. Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten
By: Kjell Askildsen
3.00
Format: 96 pages,
Inneholder tre av forfatterens noveller: Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten handler om Th… read more
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4. Juurihoito
By: Miika Nousiainen
5.00
Format: 29 pages, Hardcover
Hammaskartta ohjaa vastustamatonta tarinaa kadonneen isan jaljilla maasta ja mantereelta toiselle O… read more
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5. Odrzania. Podróż po Ziemiach Odzyskanych
By: Zbigniew Rokita
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Nowa książka Zbigniewa Rokity, laureata Nagrody Literackiej „Nike” 2021 Włóczęgowski poemat repo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. Zły syn
By: Jarek Skurzyński
3.60
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Czy dziecko musi kochać rodzica? Historia matki samotnie wychowującej syna w małej, osiedlowej s… read more
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7. Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
By: Jefferson R. Cowie
4.50
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppres… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"His body "was the corporeal archive of his pugnacious soul. The bullet [from a duel] caused him 'violent pain' on a regular basis, with bouts of blood gurgling into his mouth as well as probable pois…"-Jefferson R. Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
8. The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
By: Marilyn Brookwood
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating―and eerily timely―tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched t… read more
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- history
- disability
- historical
- biology
- psychology
- adoption
- eugenics
- nonfiction
- genetics
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9. The Piano Tuner
By: Chiang-Sheng Kuo
3.14
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tu… read more
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10. Koniec
By: Marta Hermanowicz
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Jeden z najbardziej wyczekiwanych debiutów roku. Metafizyczna, bluźniercza powieść o tragedii wo… read more
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11. Lectura fácil
By: Cristina Morales
4.06
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Adminis… read more
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"Igual que hemos subvertido el hecho de que siempre limpiaran o cocinaran las tías, debemos subvertir el hecho de que siempre escriba el escritor."-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
"al estirarle un brazo, hice crujir yo las costuras de la camisa de Ibrahim, y va el tío y me dice que perdón. ¿Perdón por qué? ¿Por ir vestido? Será que se están pidiendo perdón a ellos mismos por at…"-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
"Rather than yielding to power in despondence and defeat, we can radicalise against it. We can become so thoroughly repellent that they wouldn’t dare tell us to overcome our adversity, so repellent th…"-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
"La profesora repitió la disimulada orden. Era disimulada por dos motivos: primero, porque no dijo "Quitaos los calcetines" sino "Nos quitamos los calcetines", es decir, que no dio la orden sino que e…"-Cristina Morales, Lectura fácil
12. We Burn Daylight
By: Bret Anthony Johnston
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: what wo… read more
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13. The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism
By: Bill Shaffer
3.63
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
14. Legendy
By: Torgny Lindgren
3.69
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Legendy w tłumaczeniu Tomasza Feliksa, to zbiór opowiadań, który mieści kilkanaście miniatur, pisan… read more
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15. Kuszenie
By: Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk
3.35
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A może by tak rzucić wszystko i wyjechać w Bieszczady? Ewa należy do silnego kobiecego rodu. Mim… read more
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16. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War
By: Deborah Cohen
3.79
Format: 557 pages, Hardcover
They were an astonishing group: glamorous, gutsy, and irreverent to the bone. As cub reporters in t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"What they didn't understand was that the Soviet Union wasn't communism, certainly not as Marx envisioned it. Instead, it was best understood as the most extractive sort of capitalism in which all pro…"-Deborah Cohen, Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War
17. Pastoraali
By: Aki Ollikainen
3.39
Format: 138 pages, Hardcover
Aki Ollikaisen odotettu kolmas romaani hehkuu suvisen päivän maalaisidylliä ja kesäyön unelmaa, suv… read more
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18. Trzymaj się z dala, kochanie. Opowieść o miłości w Afryce Wschodniej
By: Konrad Piskała
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Na kontynencie "kilkudziesięciu milionerów i kilkuset milionów żebraków" ze szczelin spalonej słońc… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Noc szpilek
By: Santiago Roncagliolo
3.83
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Porywający od pierwszego zdania thriller autorstwa jednego z najważniejszych współczesnych południo… read more
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20. Kornélie
By: Beata Balogová
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
V dedinke na juhu Slovenska sa tlačil celý svet. Spomienky na predkov, čarodejnice a čudákov prichá… read more
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21. White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us
By: Joe Moore
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrat… read more
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