The Devil's Atlas: An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds
By: Edward Brooke-Hitching
4.07
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. David Copperfield (Illustrated Classic Editions)
By: Charles Dickens , Malvina G. Vogel
4.04
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
In a specially adapted version for young readers.Orphaned at a young age and abandoned by a cruel s… read more
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"She has worn herself away by constant sharpening. She is all edge."-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (Illustrated Classic Editions)
"As to any sense of inequality, or youthfulness, or other difficulty in our way, little Em’ly and I had no such trouble, because we had no future."-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (Illustrated Classic Editions)
"My dear Steerforth, what is the matter?" "I wish with all my soul I had been better guided!" he exclaimed. "I wish with all my soul I could guide myself better!"-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (Illustrated Classic Editions)
"I suppose history never lies, does it?" said Mr. Dick, with a gleam of hope. "Oh dear, no, sir!" I replied, most decisively. I was ingenuous and young, and I thought so."-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (Illustrated Classic Editions)
2. Hunting Eichmann
By: Neal Bascomb
4.25
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
"Hunting Eichmann" is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manh… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. El horror de Dunwich
By: H.P. Lovecraft , Aurelio Martínez Benito
3.81
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Deadly forces are about to be awakened! In the degenerate, unpopular backwater of Dunwich, Wilbu… read more
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4. The History of the Kings of Britain
By: Lewis Thorpe , Geoffrey of Monmouth
4.19
Format: 208 pages,
Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britaintraces the story of the realm from its suppos… read more
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5. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
By: Thomas Ligotti , Ray Brassier
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"The Conspiracy against the Human Race sets out what is perhaps the most sustained challenge yet to… read more
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6. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. Memory Piece
By: Lisa Ko
3.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th… read more
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"The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time."-Lisa Ko, Memory Piece
8. Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology
By: Ed Simon
4.42
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A compendium celebrating the art of hell and its minionsPandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology… read more
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- art
- history
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- mythology
9. Februar 33: Der Winter der Literatur
By: Uwe Wittstock
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Es ging rasend schnell. Der Februar 1933 war der Monat, in dem sich auch für die Schriftsteller in … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- books about books
10. The Beauty of Everyday Things
By: Soetsu Yanagi
3.52
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace sett… read more
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- art
- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Disreputable and heinous acts are often carried out in the name of the nation. Nations do not always abide by the truth; instead truth is manipulated and distorted."-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"These days, personal taste has suffered a decline. Colours have become garish, forms flimsy, and designs hideous. It is only natural that surrounded by such objects, our sense of beauty should be dul…"-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"Under the snow's reflected light creeping into the houses, beneath the dim lamplight, various types of manual work is taken up. This is how time is forgotten; this is how work absorbs the hours and d…"-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"What is the proper way of seeing? In brief, it is to see things as they are. However, very few people possess this purity of sight. That is, such people are not seeing things as they are, but are inf…"-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
11. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife
By: Ken Jennings
3.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- history
- mythology
13. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.06
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping ques… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- religion
- history
"It is impossible to overrate the importance of Homer on the culture and religion of ancient Greece. It is not that the Iliad and the Odyssey were “the Bible"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The problem with material remains is that they are silent: they don't provide their own interpretations. And that means various interpretations are possible."-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets praise God, instead, for allowing them to stay alive for a while l…"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The fear of death in antiquity differed from the terrors of torment or horrors of actual nonexistence experienced by so many in the West today. It was instead the dread of losing out on everything a …"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
14. The Devil's Atlas: An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds
By: Edward Brooke-Hitching
4.07
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
'Very beautiful and illuminating' Mariella Frostrup Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of the internati… read more
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- art
- history
- world history
- research
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- reference
- mythology
- books about books
15. Todesschmerz (Maarten S. Sneijder #6)
By: Andreas Gruber
4.39
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Mitten in den brisanten Ermittlungen um einen Verräter in den eigenen Reihen werden BKA-Profiler Ma… read more
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16. Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
By: Brian Merchant
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year The "rich and gripping" true story … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"If the Luddites have taught us anything, it’s that robots aren’t taking our jobs. Our bosses are."-Brian Merchant, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
"It’s the same story, time and again: a new technology that promises to alleviate work degrades it instead."-Brian Merchant, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
"The Luddites knew exactly who owned the machinery they destroyed. They saw that automation is not a faceless phenomenon that we must submit to. And they were right: Automation is, quite often and qui…"-Brian Merchant, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
"Uber’s chief innovation is not that its app summons a car to your location with a smartphone and a GPS signal. It is that it used this moderately novel configuration of technology to argue that the o…"-Brian Merchant, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
17. Breath Taking: The Power, Fragility, and Future of Our Extraordinary Lungs
By: Michael J. Stephen
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From an expert in pulmonary medicine, the story of our extraordinary lungs, the organ that both exp… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Piknik na skraju drogi i inne utwory
By: Arkady Strugatsky
4.04
Format: 912 pages, Hardcover
Klasyka światowej fantastyki. Arkadij i Borys Strugaccy to klasycy radzieckiego science fiction.… read more
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19. The Art of the Occult: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic
By: S. Elizabeth
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A visual feast of eclectic artwork informed and inspired by spiritual beliefs, magical techniques, … read more
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- history
- religion
- nonfiction
- reference
20. The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it
By: Alice Procter
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again. Should museums be made to g… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- history
"I do not believe guilt is inherited, but responsibility is, and there is nobody alive today whose existence has not been shaped by colonialist, racist forces. That is a legacy we all live with, and w…"-Alice Procter, The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it
21. The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth: The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster ... More (World Mythology and Folklore Series)
By: Thersa Matsuura
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Discover everything you’ve ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Jap… read more
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- history
- research
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