The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
By: Roland Allen
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
By: William Dalrymple
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
In 587 a.d., two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across th… read more
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"Such are the humiliations of the travel writer in the late 20th century: go to the ends of the earth to search for the most exotic heretics in the world, and you will find that they have cornered the…"-William Dalrymple, From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
"Certainly If John moschos where to come back today it is likely that he would find much more than that was familiar and the practices of a modern Muslim Sufi then he would with those of, say, a conte…"-William Dalrymple, From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
"...'unless you convert to Orthodoxy, you too will follow your Pope down that valley, through the scorching fire. We will watch you from this balcony,' he added, 'but of course it will then be too lat…"-William Dalrymple, From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
2. The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
By: Helena Attlee
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Land Where Lemons Grow uses the colourful past of six different kinds of Italian citrus to tell… read more
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3. The Road to Jerusalem (The Knight Templar, #1)
By: Jan Guillou , Anna Paterson
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hero of this phenomenally successful historical trilogy is Arn Magnusson, born in 1150 to an ar… read more
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4. Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Arsène Lupin, #2)
By: Maurice Leblanc
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
LeBlanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aris… read more
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5. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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6. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
By: Hannah Ritchie
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more
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7. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
By: Ryder Carroll
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit th… read more
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"It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving."-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
"In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves."-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
"Prioritize the items you feel strongest about or are the most time sensitive, and strike off the items you feel “meh"-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
"No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action."-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
8. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
By: Shannon Reed
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more
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"I think, therefore, I cry..."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"Life is so much better with books than without."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
9. The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism
By: John Gray
3.54
Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition
Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we un… read more
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10. The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2)
By: Simon Mason
4.33
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
A four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, aff… read more
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11. A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1)
By: Simon Mason
4.16
Format: 352 pages, ebook
Ryan Wilkins grew up on a trailer park, a member of what many people would call the criminal classe… read more
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12. The Shortest History of England
By: James Hawes
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
As James Hawes moves through time, from Caesar to Brexit, through conquests, empires and wars, he w… read more
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13. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies
By: Mariana Mazzucato
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do ab… read more
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14. Fear: An Alternative History of the World
By: Robert Peckham
3.55
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more f… read more
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15. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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16. The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
By: Roland Allen
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
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17. The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention (An Artist's Way Book)
By: Julia Cameron
3.31
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A 6-week Artist’s Way Program from legendary author Julia Cameron The newest book from beloved a… read more
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18. Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
By: Joy Sullivan
4.45
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor … read more
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19. The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone fo… read more
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20. The Bookshop of the World: Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age
By: Andrew Pettegree
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greates… read more
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21. God's Own Gentlewoman: The Life of Margaret Paston
By: Diane Watt
3.67
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of person… read more
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