Downton Shabby: One American's Ultimate DIY Adventure Restoring His Family's English Castle
By: Hopwood DePree
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
HGTV meets Downton Abbey! A ready-for-TV story--with charm and humor in abundance--about a Los Ange…
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1. Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another
By: Ellen Stimson
3.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In self-deprecating and hilarious fashion, Mud Season chronicles Stimson's transition from city lif… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- humor
- biography memoir
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- adult
"Darlin'," he drawled, "go when you are invited. Bring good boots, drive slow, take blankets, carry your own salt, but by all means... go where the light is. That's not bad advice, wherever you live. …"-Ellen Stimson, Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another
"A sweet friend of my Hannah's said that Christmas only makes her sad. "It's just for happy families it makes everyone else miserable." But there is a secret truth about family. Eventually you get to …"-Ellen Stimson, Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another
2. Jane and the Canterbury Tale (Jane Austen Mysteries, #11)
By: Stephanie Barron
4.08
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Three years after news of her scandalous husband's death, Adelaide Fiske is at the altar again, her… read more
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- british literature
3. Cities
By: John Reader
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Cities is a fascinating exploration of the nature of the city and city life, of its structures, dev… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
4. Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach
By: Meryl Gordon
3.70
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
A riveting look behind the gates of the house of Astor as a famous family falls apart in public The… read more
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- audiobook
5. And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Cloistered Life
By: None
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
Bestselling author Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent to discern whether she is, as she puts… read more
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6. One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives
By: Bernd Heinrich
3.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed scientist's encounters with individual wild birds, yielding "marvelous, mind-altering… read more
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7. A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City
By: None
3.10
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A young college grad buys a house in Detroit for $500 and attempts to restore it--and his new neigh… read more
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8. The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
By: Margalit Fox
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crac… read more
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9. My Good Life in France: In Pursuit of the Rural Dream
By: Janine Marsh
3.79
Format: 223 pages,
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10. You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom
By: Phil Rosenthal
3.37
Format: 204 pages,
"The creator and executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond dissects the art of comedy and the m… read more
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11. Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
By: Andrew McCarthy
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and ac… read more
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12. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
By: Matthew Green
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more
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- audiobook
13. The French Ingredient: A Memoir
By: Jane Bertch
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring and delicious memoir of an American woman who had the gall to open a cooking school i… read more
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14. Between a Flock and a Hard Place (Meg Langslow, #35)
By: Donna Andrews
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Readers will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the awa… read more
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- humor
- audiobook
15. Fly Girl: A Memoir
By: Ann Hood
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of gla… read more
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16. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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- adult
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17. How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together
By: Dan Kois
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this "refreshingly relatable" (Outside) memoir, perfect for the self-isolating family, Slate edi… read more
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18. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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19. Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley
By: Brent Underwood
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned… read more
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20. Brothers York
By: Thomas Penn
4.24
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
In early 1461, a seventeen-year-old boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh marches, an… read more
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21. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
By: Anthony Bale
3.76
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more
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"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
22. Downton Shabby: One American's Ultimate DIY Adventure Restoring His Family's English Castle
By: Hopwood DePree
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
HGTV meets Downton Abbey! A ready-for-TV story--with charm and humor in abundance--about a Los Ange… read more
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- british literature
- travel
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
23. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
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- adult
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"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
24. Round Here and Over Yonder: A Front Porch Travel Guide by Two Progressive Hillbillies (Yes, that’s a thing.)
By: Trae Crowder
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Join Southern comedian duo Trae Crowder and Corey Ryan Forrester in this hilarious and irreverent t… read more
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25. A Year at the Chateau: As seen on the hit Channel 4 show
By: Strawbridge
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
THE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Like many couples, Dick and Angel had l… read more
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26. Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street
By: Rick Antonson
3.74
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
“You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a t… read more
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27. Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
By: Amy Attas
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hilarious, jaw-dropping, and heartfelt stories from New York City’s premier “house-call veterinaria… read more
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28. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
By: Rachelle Bergstein
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more
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- adult
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29. Finding My Voice: The new 2024 autobiography from the star of pop music legends S Club
By: Rachel Stevens
3.36
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
The inspirational first book from S Club 7 legend Rachel Stevens Whether as part of the iconic S Cl… read more
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30. The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society, #1)
By: James Ponti
4.50
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery… read more
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31. A Courage Undimmed (An Olive Bright Mystery, #3)
By: Stephanie Graves
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
British pigeoneer Olive Bright is proud of the role her racing birds have played in the war effort … read more
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