The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums
By: A. Kendra Greene
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Filled with charming illustrations, this delightful book about Iceland’s 265 museums is as quirky …
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1. Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
By: Sarah Moss
3.69
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
Novelist Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there wh… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- nature
"Window weather. It’s not charming, or wimpish, but a state of mind in which a fairly serious hope, that winter is over, that life is returning, is lost. It’s the antithesis of Easter."-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
"we’re all enjoying thinking about how much where you come from shapes what you see when you leave. Home, I tell them, is the paper on which travel writes. Travel writers are always writing home."-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
"Foreigner, útlendingur. Ausländer. I have joined the Faculty of Foreign Languages. British people of my generation don't use that world, certainly not as casually as Icelanders. 'Foreigner' is a word…"-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
2. Stolen Beauty
By: Laurie Lico Albanese
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the dawn of the twentieth century to the devastation of World War II, this exhilarating novel … read more
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- audiobook
3. Power
By: Linda Hogan
3.54
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
When sixteen-year-old Omishto, a member of the Taiga Tribe, witnesses her Aunt Ama kill a panther-a… read more
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4. The Blue Fox
By: Victoria Cribb , Sjón
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE NORDIC LITERARY PRIZE AND NOMINATED FOR THE ICELANDIC LITERATURE PRIZE The year is 18… read more
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5. The Secret History of Wonder Woman
By: Jill Lepore
3.81
Format: 320 pages,
A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing… read more
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6. Too Late to Turn Back: Barbara and Graham Greene in Liberia
By: Paul Theroux , None
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
The story of Barbara Greene's travels with her cousin Graham Greene. read more
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7. Independent People
By: Halldór Laxness , James Anderson Thompson
3.75
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
This magnificent novel--which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature--is at last… read more
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8. 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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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
9. Death in the Spires
By: K.J. Charles
4.42
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more
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10. Girls That Never Die: Poems
By: Safia Elhillo
4.30
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Intimate poems that explore feminine shame and violence and imagine what liberation from these thre… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I will begin by writing a sentence about cutting. I will begin by writing a sentence about silence. I will continue by writing a sentence about cutting. I will proceed to ask the question about cutti…"-Safia Elhillo, Girls That Never Die: Poems
11. Self-Portrait With Boy
By: Rachel Lyon
3.81
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An ambitious young artist accidentally photographs a boy falling to his death—an image that could j… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
12. All the Horses of Iceland
By: Sarah Tolmie
3.53
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author… read more
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- adult
- animals
"While Eyvind never became a literate man, he saw as he went on that books contained words that could transform men into priests and kings and healers."-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
"That was the way it was with languages, Eyvind had observed once he left home and realized how many there were: some he could see into and some he could not. Listening to them was like looking down i…"-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
13. The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)
By: Ragnar Jónasson
3.53
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkn… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring."-Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)
14. This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America
By: Navied Mahdavian
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- nature
15. How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
By: Egill Bjarnason
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for cent… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
16. The Little Book of Tourists in Iceland: Tips, tricks, and what the Icelanders really think of you
By: Alda Sigmundsdóttir
4.08
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Iceland is in the midst of an unprecedented tourist boom that has brought wealth to the country, bu… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
By: David Gibbins
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
18. Parasol Against the Axe
By: Helen Oyeyemi
3.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The prize-winning, bestselling author of Peaces and Gingerbread returns with a novel about competit… read more
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- audiobook
19. Boyfriends. Volume One (Boyfriends, #1)
By: refrainbow
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Boy meets boy . . . meets boy . . . meets boy! Jock, Goth, Nerd, and Prep are all juniors in col… read more
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- adult
20. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
21. A Mind Full of Murder (Skulduggery Pleasant, #16)
By: Derek Landy
4.39
Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition
A bone-shaking new trilogy begins – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant se… read more
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- audiobook
22. Miss Iceland
By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Iceland in the 1960s. Hekla is a budding female novelist who was born in the remote district of Dal… read more
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"Dalla mia coscienza alle tue labbra c'è un oceano insormontabile."-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland
"It’s better than anything either Laxness or Thórberger Thordarson write. We might be talking about a new Nobel Prize winner, Hekla."-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland
"Calculo mentalmente. Si cada día trabajo nueve horas y duermo siete, me quedan ocho para escribir y leer. Si quiero escribir de noche, nadie me lo impedirá. Igual que nadie me animará a hacerlo. Nadi…"-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland
23. Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me
By: Shelby Criswell
4.37
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
This graphic novel paints a picture of the lives of 10 specific LGBTQIA people from history, framed… read more
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- adult
- history
24. Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
By: Margaret Willson
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A notorious crime, a lone woman fighting for equality, and the thrills of the wide-open sea A da… read more
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"We are survivors, harboring all the acquiring insights strengths and scars that word implies."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"She had the courage to retain compassion, the intelligence and strength to grow wisdom. This is the meaning of resilience."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"He dreamed of this day as he'd listened to his foster mother, Sesselja, and grandmother Ingibjörg tell of their sea adventures with the great Captain Thuridur. Their stories he knew were true because…"-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
25. The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums
By: A. Kendra Greene
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Filled with charming illustrations, this delightful book about Iceland’s 265 museums is as quirky … read more
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- history
- travel
- animals
- museums
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- nature
- science
26. Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses
By: Jackie Higgins
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of The Soul of an Octopus and The Genius of Birds , this “ masterpiece of science … read more
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- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
27. Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World
By: Eliza Reid
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Canadian first lady of Iceland pens a book about why this tiny nation is leading the charge in … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
28. Funkytown
By: Paul Kennedy
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
It is 1993: a serial killer is loose on the streets of Frankston, Victoria. The community is paraly… read more
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- history
- audiobook
29. The Examiner
By: Janice Hallett
4.06
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more
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- audiobook
30. Smothermoss
By: Alisa Alering
3.57
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A haunting, imaginative, and twisting tale of two sisters and the menacing, unexplained forces that… read more
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- audiobook
