The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for This Storied City and the Race to Save its Treasures
By: Charlie English
3.70
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Two tales of a city: The historical race to -discover- one of the world's most mythologized places,…
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1. Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge & the Ordnance Survey
By: Mike Parker
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said " Maps not only show the world, they help … read more
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- travel
- geography
- nonfiction
- history
2. Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
By: George MacDonald Fraser
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780006511250 Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, … read more
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"It's a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two of us were shot down."-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I’d never seen him with his breeches down,…"-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth …"-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
3. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
By: Aron Ralston
3.84
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A brilliantly written, funny, honest, inspiring, and downright astonishing report from the line whe… read more
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- travel
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"Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning."-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place
"You'll never find your limits until you've gone too far."-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place
"It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life."-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place
"Indeed, it has affirmed my belief that our purpose as spiritual beings is to follow our bliss, seek our passions, and live our lives as inspirations to each other."-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place
4. Crippen
By: John Boyne
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. Chief Inspector Walt… read more
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5. I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
By: Souad Mekhennet
0.00
Format: None pages,
"I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell p… read more
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6. On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
By: Tim Cope
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Festival Book Competition The relationship between man and horse… read more
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7. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
By: John Perkins
3.36
Format: 96 pages,
From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, co… read more
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8. Japan: A Short History
By: Mikiso Hane
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An accessible introduction to an enigmatic country, covering all the key topics from the times of t… read more
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9. Madame Curie: A Biography
By: Ève Curie
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Opowiesc o zyciu i pracy Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie, napisana przez jej corke Ewe, stanowi pasjonujac… read more
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10. Flashman at the Charge (Flashman Papers, #4)
By: George MacDonald Fraser
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
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11. Royal Flash (The Flashman Papers, #2)
By: George MacDonald Fraser
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In volume 2 of The Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardl… read more
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12. It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
By: Sally Jenkins , Lance Armstrong
4.10
Format: None pages,
It is such an all-American story. A lanky kid from Plano, Texas, is raised by a feisty, single pare… read more
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13. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
By: Jeremy Bowen
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more
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- history
- war
14. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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- historical
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15. Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby
By: Zyta Rudzka
3.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
W zachwycającej niekonwencjonalną formą powieści Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby Zyta Rudzka po raz kol… read more
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16. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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17. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
By: Katherine Rundell
4.42
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more
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- history
"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
18. The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers
By: Mark Gevisser
4.27
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
One of the Financial Times and Guardian Books to Look Forward to in 2020 A groundbreaking look a… read more
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- history
19. Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
By: Tom Phillips
3.99
Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition
An exhilarating journey through the most creative and catastrophic f*ck ups in human history, from … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Niektórzy z nas mają kłopot z porannym wybieraniem skarpet - wyobraz sobie, że naprawdę chcesz decydować, jakie skarpety powinien nosić cały naród."-Tom Phillips, Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
"While it's possible that this happened because an enterprising hunter-gatherer ancestor of ours woke up one day and said 'I am going to make friends with a wolf and he will be a Very Good Boy,' it's …"-Tom Phillips, Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
"Availability, meanwhile, means that you make judgement calls on the basis of whatever information comes to mind easiest, rather than deeply considering all the possible information that might be avai…"-Tom Phillips, Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
20. The Long Hitch Home
By: Jamie Maslin
3.97
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Tasmania to London. One end of the globe to the other. 800 hitchhiking rides. 18 thousand miles. Fo… read more
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21. The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for This Storied City and the Race to Save its Treasures
By: Charlie English
3.70
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Two tales of a city: The historical race to -discover- one of the world's most mythologized places,… read more
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