The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York
By: Tom Roston
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable story of a restaurant on top of the world—built by a legend, destroyed in tragedy—an…
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1. An Evening of Long Goodbyes
By: Paul Murray
3.64
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Charles Hythloday observes the world from the comfortable confines of his family estate, and doesn’… read more
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"Mrs. P.? Oh no. She’s the help. Bosnian, you know. Or is it Serbian? An absolute treasure, anyway. As I always say to Bel, if there’s one good thing to come out of all this fuss in the Balkans, it’s …"-Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes
"You're talking like a Stalinist!' I cried. 'People don't get jobs to achieve things and learn values ! They do it because they have to, and then they use whatever's left over to buy themselves things…"-Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes
"The accursed ship didn't sink for a full three hours. By the time it did, I was feeling so traumatized that even watching Dogface die offered little consolation. The dialogue, the acting, the vast em…"-Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes
2. Lush Life
By: Richard Price
3.84
Format: 179 pages,
"Price is the greatest writer of dialogue, living or dead, this country has ever produced. Wry, pro… read more
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- new york
- audiobook
3. American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
By: David Baron
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
"A timely tale of science and suspense." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) In the scorching summe… read more
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4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
5. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
By: Uché Blackstock
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)
By: Danielle Arceneaux
3.81
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more
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- audiobook
7. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
8. We Were the Universe
By: Kimberly King Parsons
3.68
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desir… read more
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- audiobook
"It’s an unusual question, though not as unusual as you might think amongst women who have had children. Once you’ve been slit open by a surgeon or taken a shit in a birthing tub, a whole glittering w…"-Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe
9. Scarred
By: Sarah Edmondson
3.94
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
"'Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor.' From the second I climb onto the table, acutel… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
10. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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- history
- biography
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- audiobook
11. We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
By: Will Schwalbe
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A warm, funny, irresistible book that follows an improbable and life-changing college friendship ov… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
12. Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
By: Adam Stern
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Adam Stern was a student at a state medical school before being selected to train as a psychiatry r… read more
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- biography
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13. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
14. 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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- biography
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- audiobook
15. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
By: Elizabeth Beller
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more
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- new york
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
By: Piper Huguley
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The incredible untold story of Ann Lowe, Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer, a Black woman who… read more
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"It took one person. One lady with a good heart to see who I was and what I could do in this world."-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"It has been many years since I let a man kiss me... When our lips met, parts of me that I had forgotten existed, thawed out from neglect and rose back to life like when Jesus was resurrected."-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"The way she had seen me and treated me, was the way we should all see and treat one another. For to be able to see someone, to see them as a human being, to see them for what they can contribute in t…"-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"For all of my life, ever since I was a little girl, I thought what I wanted was to be at one of these lovely dinner dances. Well. Now that I'm here, It's been marvelous, but I know that the main thin…"-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
17. Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
By: Daniel Stone
3.81
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into… read more
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- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"History, after all, isn't told by the dead."-Daniel Stone, Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
18. The Wrong Key
By: A.J. Campbell
4.26
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
New York. The city of opportunity. Steph accepted this job to find herself. She never expected to… read more
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19. Things Past Telling
By: Sheila Williams
4.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The author of The Secret Woman tells the story of a brave and enduring woman as indomitable as Erne… read more
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20. The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York
By: Tom Roston
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable story of a restaurant on top of the world—built by a legend, destroyed in tragedy—an… read more
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- new york
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- biography
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21. Mount Chicago
By: Adam Levin
3.89
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the absur… read more
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