Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist
By: James Anthony
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, r…
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1. The Berlin Stories
By: Christopher Isherwood
4.04
Format: 401 pages, Paperback
First published in 1935 and 1939, the two related novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Ber… read more
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- classics
"From 1929 to 1933, [age 25-29] I lived almost continuously in Berlin, with only occasional visits to other parts of Germany and to England. Already, during that time, I had made up my mind that I wou…"-Christopher Isherwood, The Berlin Stories
2. Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
By: William Carlos Williams , Charles Tomlinson
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Opening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects … read more
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- poetry
- classics
"they are mystified by certain instances."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"Sun benches at the curb bespeak another season, truncated poplars that having served for shade served also later for the fire."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"I have found that Lost World in the Lost and Found Columns whose gray illegible advertisements My soul has memorized world after world: LOST - NOTHING. STRAYED FROM NOWHERE. NO REWARD."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"When I was young and miserable and pretty And poor, I'd wish What all girls wish: to have a husband, A house and children. Now that I'm old, my wish Is womanish: That the boy putting groceries in my …"-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
3. 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
By: Brianna Wiest
3.76
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writi… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Hold yourself to your standard."-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
"Anything other than ideal is not failure. It’s life."-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
"We all start as strangers, but we forget that we rarely choose who ends up a stranger, too"-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
"There are two mindsets people tend to have: explorer or settler. Our society has a “settler"-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
4. The Songlines
By: Bruce Chatwin
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary book, Bruce Chatwin has adapted a literary form common until the eighteenth c… read more
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- nonfiction
"A journey is a fragment of Hell."-Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines
"Senza costrizione non si potrebbe fondare nessun insediamento. [...]"-Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines
"Quali sono, quindi le prime impressioni che un bimbo nomade ha del mondo? Un capezzolo dondolante e una cascata d'oro."-Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines
"Proust, more perspicaciously than any other writer, reminds us that the 'walks' of childhood form the raw material of our intelligence."-Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines
5. The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II
By: Denis Avey
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
The almost unbelievable story of Denis Avey, now 92, began in 1944 when he was captured and sent to… read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Postman Always Rings Twice
By: James M. Cain
3.72
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Cain's first novel - the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston and the inspiration for Camus's Th… read more
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- classics
7. Lucy
By: Jamaica Kincaid
4.02
Format: None pages,
The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid's most admired creations--newly available in pape… read more
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- classics
8. I Am a Cat
By: Natsume Sōseki , Aiko Ito , Graeme Wilson
3.50
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
I am a cat. As yet I have no name. So begins one of the most original and unforgettable works in Ja… read more
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- classics
9. Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
By: Irvin D. Yalom
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
Written in Irv Yalom's inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sunis a profoundly encouragin… read more
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10. The Clothing of Books
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
How do you clothe a book? In this deeply personal reflection, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa … read more
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11. Black Girl, Call Home
By: Jasmine Mans
4.44
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
"Are women labeled crazy when you feel like their rage outweighs the evidence of their pain?"-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
12. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
By: Franny Choi
3.99
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, an… read more
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- audiobook
"I have last year's ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar."-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
"How can I explain the things and things and things I did wrong? I was never any good at telling the difference between what wanted me and what wanted me gone"-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
13. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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- audiobook
14. Zen: The Art of Simple Living
By: Shunmyō Masuno
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Zen is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life . . . In clear, practical and easy to f… read more
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- nonfiction
15. The Framed Women of Ardemore House
By: Brandy Schillace
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sharp, savvy mystery about an autistic editor who inherits a crumbling English estate, only to fi… read more
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- audiobook
16. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
By: Resmaa Menakem
4.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more
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- nonfiction
"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
17. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
By: Stephen Fry
4.32
Format: 415 pages, Paperback
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more
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- retellings
- classics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
18. Good Grief
By: Brianna M. Pastor
4.06
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
An expanded edition with over forty brand-new poems of the bestselling poetry collection Good Grief… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Supper Club
By: Lara Williams
3.46
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A sharply intelligent and intimate debut novel about a secret society of hungry young women who mee… read more
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"I want to go home, I thought. I just want to go home. But I couldn’t attribute this feeling to any place I knew of."-Lara Williams, Supper Club
"Once unpacked, I saw my family downstairs. Each step released something spidery inside me: the sick-making terror of need."-Lara Williams, Supper Club
"I felt the weight of myself press into the carpet. I thought about how I was carrying only that weight, how I was responsible for no weight other than my own. All I had to carry through life was myse…"-Lara Williams, Supper Club
"But we never really connected; standing side by side like soldiers, we were just marching through. It was sort of understood we wouldn’t stay in touch beyond the last summer of school. We were stand-…"-Lara Williams, Supper Club
20. Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist
By: James Anthony
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, r… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- retellings
- classics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past
By: Steve Benen
4.50
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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