Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa
By: Brad Ricca
3.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
By: Robert M. Edsel , Bret Witter
3.80
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were method… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
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"The skilled observer, not the machine, was the essence of conservation."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
"Here, Mortimer Wheeler thought, is power. And a reminder of our mortality."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
"But he had sold his soul, and that is something you can never repurchase at any price."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
"I think we got some work done, back at the start, because nobody knew us, nobody bothered us - and we had no money."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
2. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
By: Dan Flores
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
3. Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: ... and Other Small Events That Changed History
By: Phil Mason
3.86
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoi… read more
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4. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
By: Tony Horwitz
4.24
Format: 376 pages,
On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he's mislaid more than a century of Ameri… read more
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5. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
By: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
4.54
Format: 608 pages,
The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of K… read more
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6. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
By: Margot Mifflin
2.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon fa… read more
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7. Ape House
By: Sara Gruen
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Hardcover
Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena are no ordinary apes. These bonobos, like others of th… read more
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8. Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
By: Nancy Goldstone
4.07
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
De dochters van de Winterkoningin van Nancy Goldstone is een prachtig geschiedenisverhaal met een l… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- womens
"Philosophy is one of those subjects, like astrophysics and neurosurgery, that are not for the fainthearted. To delve into the absolutes of the human experience, to seek to advance the progress of enl…"-Nancy Goldstone, Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
9. Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
By: Bob Drury
4.06
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall … read more
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- adventure
- historical
- nonfiction
10. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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- audiobook
"Different books speak to us at different times."-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
11. The Beautiful People
By: Michelle Gable
3.73
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set, a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistan… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
12. Ladies of the Lake
By: Cathy Gohlke
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
After two young women’s deep bond is torn apart, what will it take to bring them together again? In… read more
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- audiobook
13. The Philadelphia Heiress
By: Anita Abriel
3.78
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
In pursuit of happiness, a young woman’s dreams extend beyond money and marriage in this aspiration… read more
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14. The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)
By: Michael Scott-Baumann
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed ove… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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- audiobook
16. To Slip the Bonds of Earth (Katharine Wright, #1)
By: Amanda Flower
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, K… read more
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- audiobook
17. The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
By: Debra Magpie Earling
3.66
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Perma Red comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges pr… read more
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- historical
- womens
"Do not trust anyone who tells you there is only one story. If there were only one story or one way of seeing things all stories would die."-Debra Magpie Earling, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
18. The Grand Design
By: Joy Callaway
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
She has one last chance to prove she chose the right course for her life. In 1908, young Dorothy… read more
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19. My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
By: Hannah Pick-Goslar
4.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, auth… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. A Christmas Carol Murder (A Dickens of a Crime #3)
By: Heather Redmond
3.54
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The latest novel from Heather Redmond’s acclaimed mystery series finds young Charles Dickens suspec… read more
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- audiobook
21. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
By: Rebecca Traister
4.37
Format: 320 pages, ebook
From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital… read more
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- history
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"Women's anger has been buried, over and over again. But it has seeded the ground; we are the green shoots of furies covered up long ago."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"Women's ire in any political context remains coded as chaotic, while men's is comprehensible, understood as rational and often admirable."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"As Amanda Litman... has written, 'Instead of resisting (anger) or avoiding it, let your fury push you to action. Embrace your anger and put it to work."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"When somebody manages to project a lot of strength and a lot of warmth, we say they're charismatic and magnetic, we want to be with that person, we want to be that person,' said Neffinger."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
22. The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty
By: Natalie Livingstone
3.82
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
In The Women of Rothschild , Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
23. Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa
By: Brad Ricca
3.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Mrs. Sherlock Holmes comes the true story of a w… read more
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- history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- biography memoir
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- womens
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24. We Were Beautiful
By: Heather Hepler
3.79
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
It's been a year since fifteen-year-old Mia Hopkins was in the car crash that killed her older sist… read more
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25. The Gold in These Hills
By: Joanne Bischof
4.03
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
Two second-chance love stories, hope across the centuries, and the legacy that binds them together.… read more
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26. Forgetting to Remember
By: M.J. Rose
4.25
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover a spellbinding love story in this dazzling time-travel adventure from the NYT bestselling … read more
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27. In the Hour of Crows
By: Dana Elmendorf
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns … read more
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28. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. A Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems
By: Gary D. Schmidt
3.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young cha… read more
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30. Canadians Who Innovate: The Trailblazers and Ideas That Are Changing the World
By: Roseann Runte
2.80
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Profiles of some of the most inventive and creative Canadians and the ideas that are making Canada … read more
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