Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders
By: Peter Lehr
3.50
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A global account of pirates and their modus operandi , from the Middle Ages to the present day In…
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1. The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy, #1)
By: Olivia Manning
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Guy and Harriet Pringle, newly married, arrive in Bucharest in the autumn of 1939. The city they fi… read more
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- historical
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"Great fear can cast love out."-Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy, #1)
"[T]he exclusiveness of the Jews was the exclusiveness of the excluded."-Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy, #1)
"A man is made by his circumstances... If you want to change him, change his circumstances."-Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy, #1)
"She’s just a typical bourgeois reactionary.’ ‘You mean, her prejudices are different from yours."-Olivia Manning, The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy, #1)
2. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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- history
- historical
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
3. The Blythes Are Quoted (Anne of Green Gables, #9)
By: L.M. Montgomery , Benjamin Lefebvre , Elizabeth Rollins Epperly
3.79
Format: 527 pages, Hardcover
The Blythes Are Quoted is the last work of fiction by the internationally celebrated author of Anne… read more
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- historical
4. Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1)
By: China Miéville
3.80
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where th… read more
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5. Bauchelain and Korbal Broach (The Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, #1-3)
By: Steven Erikson
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
The first three tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, the famed necromancers from the Malazan Book… read more
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6. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
By: Colin Woodard
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more
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- historical
- pirates
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand Pearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. S… read more
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8. The Galton Case
By: Ross Macdonald
4.22
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetw… read more
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9. Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
By: Vivien Spitz
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness … read more
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10. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
By: David Cordingly
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritim… read more
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11. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world--& it doesn't exist. Located 75 miles… read more
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12. Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations
By: None
3.99
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Oliver Le Carrer brings us a fascinating history and armchair journey to the world's most dangerous… read more
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13. A Tangled Web
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
No amount of drama between the Dark and Penhallow families can prepare them for what follows when A… read more
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14. The People of the Abyss
By: Jack London
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author's preface: "The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902… read more
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15. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
By: Calder Walton
4.30
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more
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- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
17. The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets
By: Matthew Connelly
3.83
Format: 540 pages, Hardcover
A captivating study of US state secrecy that examines how officials use it to hoard power and preve… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
By: Haruki Murakami
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more
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"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
20. Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
By: Jadzia Axelrod
4.10
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
It takes strength to live as your true self, and one alien princess disguised as a human boy is abo… read more
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21. On the House: A Washington Memoir
By: John Boehner
3.91
Format: None pages, Audio CD
This program is read by the author. * INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 WALL STREET JOURNA… read more
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"A leader without followers is just a man out taking a walk"-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir
"It's just golf... hit the ball, find the ball, hit it again"-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir
"Get the right people on the bus, and then find them the right seat"-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir
"The mark of a good leader is to prepare those who will succeed you."-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir
22. Constantine: Distorted Illusions
By: Kami Garcia
3.52
Format: 179 pages, ebook
Constantine is not your average bad boy… John Constantine is, and has always been, a magician of… read more
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23. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
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- world history
- historical
- pirates
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
24. Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North
By: Christopher McIntosh
3.18
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"The North" is simultaneously a location, a direction, and a mystical concept. Although this concep… read more
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- history
- audiobook
25. The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
By: Andrew F. Krepinevich
4.23
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challeng… read more
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- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. The Buccaneer Coast (Blood, Steel, and Empire Book 1)
By: James L. Nelson
4.33
Format: 500 pages, Kindle Edition
More than one hundred years after Columbus blundered onto Hispaniola, the West Indies are held in S… read more
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27. Captain Kidd and the War against the Pirates
By: Robert C. Ritchie
3.55
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
The legends that die hardest are those of the romantic outlaw, and those of swashbuckling pirates a… read more
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- history
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28. Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
By: Rebecca Simon
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was known around England and … read more
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- historical
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Spies! Sneaks, Snoops, and Saboteurs Who Shaped the World
By: Scott McCormick
3.90
Format: None pages, None
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Listen to the hilarious-but-true adventures of the wo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
30. Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders
By: Peter Lehr
3.50
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A global account of pirates and their modus operandi , from the Middle Ages to the present day In… read more
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- crime
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31. Pirates, Merchants, Settlers, and Slaves: Colonial America and the Indo-Atlantic World (Volume 21) (California World History Library)
By: Kevin P. McDonald
3.50
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from th… read more
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