The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All
By: Sarah Horowitz
3.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"An unforgettable portrait of a woman who became one of the most notorious figures of her day and w…
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1. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
By: Eddie Izzard
3.86
Format: 15 pages, Audio CD
Critically acclaimed, award-winning British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard details her childhood, … read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
"But stinging nettles: They just love existing, don't they? They're bastards. Stinging nettles are the Nazis of the weed world."-Eddie Izzard, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
"It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized you could buy a packet of cereal with a free gift and then just stick your hand in and root around in the packet until you found the free thing. It seem…"-Eddie Izzard, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
"If you are an LGBT+ person and you come out, you have to go through your knight’s quest to create ground for yourself, to create a space for yourself, to stand there and say, “I exist. I have no reas…"-Eddie Izzard, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
"And there is a rule in every major religion, called the Golden Rule. Essentially: treat other people the way you’d like to be treated yourself. If we all did this, the whole world would work instanta…"-Eddie Izzard, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
2. Every Frenchman Has One
By: Olivia de Havilland
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Olivia de Havilland planted her standard on the Left Bank of the River Seine in late October of 195… read more
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- nonfiction
- france
- biography
3. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
By: David Simon
3.65
Format: 135 pages,
From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the b… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
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- true crime
4. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
By: Janet Wallach
3.80
Format: 425 pages, Paperback
Turning away from the privileged world of the "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) explo… read more
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- biography
- history
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history."-Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
"Then, as now, archaelogists and writers ventured where others feared to tread."-Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
"No one had asked her to marry him, nor was there someone she wished to wed. Not that she did not enjoy the company of young men; She did. But her sharp tongue sliced through their egos and her intell…"-Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
"But her role had changed; she was now available for marriage and her primary task was to find a mate. As Florence and Hugh Bell's daughter, she was expected to make an excellent match. And if there w…"-Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
5. Against Their Will: Sadistic Kidnappers and the Courageous Stories of Their Innocent Victims
By: Nigel Cawthorne
4.07
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
DEPRAVED KIDNAPPERS, HORRIFIC ORDEALS, COURAGEOUS SURVIVORS True stories of twisted criminals who h… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
6. Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
3.47
Format: None pages,
A New York PostBest Book of 2016 One of Kirkus Reviews' Ten Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Fa… read more
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- historical
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- biography
- nonfiction
7. The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Who knew that such a tiny bottle housed so many secrets?" --Michael Tonello, author of Bringing Ho… read more
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8. Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century
By: Katie Hickman
4.01
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
During the course of the nineteenth century, a small group of women rose from impoverished obscurit… read more
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9. The Last Stone
By: Mark Bowden
3.71
Format: 352 pages, None
On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages ten and twelve, vanished from a shoppin… read more
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- crime
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10. City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
By: Holly Tucker
3.60
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Appointed to conquer the 'crime capital of the world', the first police chief of Paris faces an epi… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- france
- crime
11. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
By: Joe Pompeo
3.58
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
12. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
13. Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage
By: Nathalia Holt
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early da… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
"A woman who will tell you her age will tell you anything"-Nathalia Holt, Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage
14. A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California's Most Notorious Killers
By: Deborah Holt Larkin
4.07
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The incredible story of a 1958 murder that ended with the last woman to ever be executed in Califor… read more
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- history
- true crime
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- crime
15. The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism
By: Bill Shaffer
3.63
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- crime
16. Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
By: Greg King
3.99
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunti… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
17. American Daughters
By: Piper Huguley
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In the vein of America’s First Daughter , Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkab… read more
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- historical
18. Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry
By: Kelly Richmond Pope
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A riveting look at the perpetrators, victims, and whistleblowers behind financial crimes, from fore… read more
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19. The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All
By: Sarah Horowitz
3.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"An unforgettable portrait of a woman who became one of the most notorious figures of her day and w… read more
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- true crime
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- france
- crime
20. Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West
By: Katie Hickman
4.15
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Myth and misunderstanding spring from the American frontier as readily as rye grass from sod, and … read more
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21. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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