What Remains?: Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking
By: Rupert Callender
3.56
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
Death is not my friend, neither is it my enemy; it is my destiny. When he became an undertaker, …
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1. Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
By: Nell Stevens
3.40
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
On a frozen island in the Falklands, with only penguins for company, a young would-be writer strugg… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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"Loneliness is a city you don't know."-Nell Stevens, Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
"Solitude is the contented twin of loneliness. Variety is a kind of company."-Nell Stevens, Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
"I want to know how good at life I can be in a place where there are no distractions."-Nell Stevens, Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
"Surrounded by people it is very easy to feel alone. Surrounded by penguins, less so."-Nell Stevens, Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
2. Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life
By: Allison Moon
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
Furry-style fox hunts, breaking into waterparks, and masturbating in trees. It's all just part of t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
3. Coldheart Canyon
By: Clive Barker
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Film's most popular action hero needs a place to heal after his surgery has gone terribly wrong. Hi… read more
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4. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
By: Mary Roach
4.36
Format: 352 pages,
"Equal parts Groucho Marx & Stephen Jay Gould, both enlightening & entertaining."--Sunday Denver Po… read more
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- nonfiction
- death
5. Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving
By: Julia Samuel
4.00
Format: 199 pages,
Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly … read more
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- nonfiction
- death
6. The Glass Pearls
By: Emeric Pressburger
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Karl Braun is a slight, grey-haired man who lodges in West London and works as a tuner for a firm o… read more
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7. With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
By: Kathryn Mannix
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Through stories from her own practice, a palliative care doctor takes the reader on a journey throu… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- death
8. The Fry Chronicles
By: Stephen Fry
3.84
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and thief, an addict, liar, fa… read more
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"Mow the fuckers down."-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles
"Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books"-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles
"Thos who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it."-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles
"Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it."-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles
9. 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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- nonfiction
10. Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life
By: Miriam Margolyes
4.08
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farc… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
11. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
By: Oliver Darkshire
3.97
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
12. How to Live When You Could Be Dead
By: Deborah James
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER'Deborah James has captured the heart of the nation' - The Duke and… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
13. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
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- nonfiction
14. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- death
15. Orbital
By: Samantha Harvey
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more
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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
16. Love and Other Human Errors
By: Bethany Clift
4.22
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The convention of a book synopsis is fundamentally ridiculous. How can I adequately convey in 150 w… read more
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17. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
By: Elizabeth Comen
4.43
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more
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- nonfiction
"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
18. The Restaurant of Lost Recipes (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #2)
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
3.65
Format: None pages, ebook
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is the second book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Kamogawa Food … read more
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19. What About Men?
By: Caitlin Moran
3.70
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you w… read more
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- nonfiction
"Finally I read 12 Rules for Life and there is some good stuff in it. Peterson’s step by step advice on how to properly argue with loved ones and come to an agreement that is satisfying to both is und…"-Caitlin Moran, What About Men?
20. Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
By: Caroline Lucas
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Who are the English? Today, the dominant story told about our national history solely serves the i… read more
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- nonfiction
"Many resented how some expressions of Englishness were allowed, while others were not. It was acceptable to love the English countryside, English humour, English music and English Literature, and to …"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"With the 1980s came a new harshness in British politics, which included prioritising profit over public service. The Conservatives - the very party who might have been expected to support the traditi…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"The economist J.K. Galbraith wrote in The Affluent Society (1958) about 'private affluence and public squalor', demonstrating the pernicious effects on the economy and society of excessive wealth ine…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"Ultimately, the most powerful way to rebalance the interests of private owners and the common good is by shifting the focus towards taxes on wealth - that is, asking those who have accummulated subst…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
21. Maxwell's Demon
By: Steven Hall
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Fourteen years after the monumental publication of the international bestseller The Raw Shark Texts… read more
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22. Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life
By: Kate Marshall
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each … read more
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- memoir
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23. Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature
By: Julia Bradbury
4.02
Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'It's hard not to be persuaded by Bradbury's enthusiasm and positivity' … read more
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24. The Silence Factory
By: Bridget Collins
3.55
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more
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25. A History of Women in 101 Objects
By: Annabelle Hirsch
4.21
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Discover the hidden history of women—and the world—through this visual exploration of intimate obje… read more
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- nonfiction
"Pans and other such objects are the very opposite of monuments. They don't commemorate revolutions or victories on the battlefield; don't allude to great contracts or those moments of upheaval that h…"-Annabelle Hirsch, A History of Women in 101 Objects
26. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
By: George Monbiot
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more
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27. Listen
By: Kathryn Mannix
4.36
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of With the End in Mind, this is a book about the conversations that ma… read more
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28. Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer
By: Evie King
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
‘I’ve a body out the back for you...' Imagine having that sentence said to you. And then imagine… read more
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- memoir
- death
29. What Remains?: Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking
By: Rupert Callender
3.56
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
Death is not my friend, neither is it my enemy; it is my destiny. When he became an undertaker, … read more
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- biography
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30. Dead Now Of Course
By: Phyllida Law
3.48
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
‘My future mother-in-law burst into tears when she heard her son was to marry an actress. There’s s… read more
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- biography
31. Stay in the Light (The Watchers, #2)
By: A.M. Shine
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
After her terrifying experience at the hands of the Watchers, Mina has escaped to a cottage on the … read more
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