The National Gallery Companion Guide
By: National Gallery London
4.34
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
This beautifully illustrated and updated National Gallery Companion Guide introduces art lovers to …
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1. Flaubert's Parrot
By: Julian Barnes
3.65
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Flaubert's Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and … read more
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"How submerged does a reference have to be before it drowns?"-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
"Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all."-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
"Me and my books, in the same apartment: like a gherkin in its vinegar."-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
"Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity."-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more
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- history
3. Florence and Tuscany
By: Adele Evans , Christopher Catling , Emma Jones
3.94
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
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- travel
- nonfiction
- reference
4. Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
By: Douglas Smith
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically chang… read more
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5. The King's Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7)
By: Philippa Gregory
3.67
Format: 117 pages, Hardcover
The final novel in the Cousins' War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries… read more
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6. The Book of Tea
By: Kakuzō Okakura
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add gra… read more
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7. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
By: Alison Weir
4.50
Format: None pages,
'At last we have the truth about Henry VIII's wives. This book is as reliable and scholarly as it i… read more
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8. A Dance with Dragons: After the Feast (A Song of Ice and Fire #5, Part 2 of 2)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
The fifth volume, part two of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. … read more
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9. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
By: Ross King
3.26
Format: None pages,
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10. Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
By: Sam Heughan
4.05
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
Two Men. One Country. And a lot of whisky. As stars of "Outlander", Sam and Graham eat, sleep an… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
11. Eastbound
By: Maylis de Kerangal
3.97
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
From Wellcome Prize winner Maylis de Kerangal comes a fast-paced story of two fugitives set on the … read more
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12. Adèle
By: Leïla Slimani
3.39
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beau… read more
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"People who are never satisfied destroy everything around them."-Leïla Slimani, Adèle
13. Barbie: The World Tour
By: Margot Robbie
4.62
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
For the press tour following the record-breaking release of Greta Gerwig’s award-winning, acclaimed… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- history
"Love, friendship, networking - these are all critical connections and the foundation of a healthy, happy life."-Margot Robbie, Barbie: The World Tour
14. The Story of Art Without Men
By: Katy Hessel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more
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- art history
- history
- nonfiction
15. How Beautiful We Were
By: Imbolo Mbue
3.95
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, comes a sweeping, … read more
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"But my father used to say we can’t do only what we’re at ease with, we must do what we ought to do."-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
"much of the suffering in the world was because of those who had forgotten that they too were once children."-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
"Only with him did I come to realize how much noise there is in the world, and how marvelous it is not to be a part of it."-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
"... if everyone only did what they ought to do, who would do the things no one thought they had to do? What did enjoyment have to do with duty?"-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
16. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
17. Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
By: Linda Nochlin
4.33
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" is a 1971 essay by American art historian Linda Nochl… read more
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- art history
- history
- nonfiction
18. Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
By: Lauren Elkin
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
'Destined to become a new classic'A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and… read more
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- art history
- history
- nonfiction
19. Lost Masterpieces: Stolen, Damaged, Mislaid, Destroyed - The World's Most Elusive Works of Art (DK Secret Histories)
By: D.K. Publishing
3.96
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Discover the extraordinary stories behind the world’s missing works of art. Travel back in time to… read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
- history
20. The National Gallery Companion Guide
By: National Gallery London
4.34
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
This beautifully illustrated and updated National Gallery Companion Guide introduces art lovers to … read more
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- reference
21. Rijksmuseum - Museum Guide
By: Erik Spaans
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Geen bezoek aan het Rijksmuseum zonder de spectaculair vormgegeven Rijksmuseumgids: de perfecte lei… read more
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