The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces
By: Susan Tomes
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK’s most renow…
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1. The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.76
Format: None pages,
Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is back, this time investigating a gruesome World War II wa… read more
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2. A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval … read more
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3. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
By: Daniel J. Levitin
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if yo… read more
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- music
- art
- nonfiction
4. Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
By: Haruki Murakami , Seiji Ozawa
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclai… read more
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- music
- art
- nonfiction
5. A History of the World in 6 Glasses
By: Tom Standage
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standa… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
6. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
By: Oliver Sacks
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a H… read more
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7. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
By: Raymond Carver
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down s… read more
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8. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
By: Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal s… read more
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9. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
By: Tony Fadell
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Novelist as a Vocation
By: Haruki Murakami
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more
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- nonfiction
"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
11. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
By: Richard Coles
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more
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12. Underland: A Deep Time Journey
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.22
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exi… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.93
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
ASIN moved from less recent edition It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Gallowa… read more
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"You know how thick I am. I don't even eat yoghurt because it's got culture in it."-Elly Griffiths, The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
14. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
By: Ellis Peters
4.17
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more
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"Love shared is no sin."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
15. Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
By: Jeremy Denk
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music--its p… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"You passed. But have you considered the word "la"?"-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
"And what else is music but a space for us to live in, for a while."-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
"Remember: music is not the notes. It is between the notes. [György Sebők]"-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
"Evil moment, when you doubt the magician's magic, when you wonder if it was more image than insight."-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
16. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version
By: Mao Zedong
3.45
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung is a book of statements from speeches and writings by Mao Zed… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"An army of the people is invincible!"-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version
"Todo o conhecimento genuíno tem origem na experiência direta."-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version
"A política é uma guerra sem derramamento de sangue, e a guerra uma política com derramamento de sangue."-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version
"A crítica deve fazer-se a tempo; não há que se deixar levar pelo mau costume de criticar só depois de consumados os fatos."-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version
17. Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
By: Oliver Sacks
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Gratitude andOn the Move, a final volume of essays that showcases Sa… read more
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- nonfiction
"I want a real book made of paper with print―a book with heft, with a bookish smell, as books have had for the last 550 years, a book that I can slip into my pocket or keep with its fellows on my book…"-Oliver Sacks, Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
"But there is a fundamental difference between reading and being read to. When one reads actively, whether using the eyes or a finger, one is free to skip ahead or back, to reread, to ponder or daydre…"-Oliver Sacks, Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
"Come scrittore, trovo che i giardini siano essenziali per il processo creativo: come medico, ogni volta che è possibile, porto i miei pazienti in un giardino. Tutti abbiamo avuto l'esperienza di vaga…"-Oliver Sacks, Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
"I had no idea that this was happening―not only in the Einstein library but in college and public libraries all over the country. I was horrified when I visited the library recently and found the shel…"-Oliver Sacks, Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
18. William Blake vs the World
By: John Higgs
4.17
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
Poet, artist, visionary and author of the unofficial English national anthem 'Jerusalem', William B… read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
19. Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument that Transformed Music
By: Paul Kildea
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Chopin’s Piano traces the history of Frédéric Chopin’s twenty-four Preludes through the instruments… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
20. The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces
By: Susan Tomes
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK’s most renow… read more
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- music
- art
- history
- nonfiction
21. House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons
By: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
4.06
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD 2022 FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYT… read more
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- nonfiction
