Cultural Treasures of the World: From the Relics of Ancient Empires to Modern-Day Icons (DK Wonders of the World)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.46
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
Take a guided tour through history and discover the most precious, iconic, and celebrated objects e…
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1. Naturally Sweet: Bake All Your Favorites with 30% to 50% Less Sugar (America's Test Kitchen)
By: America's Test Kitchen
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this timely, unique cookbook, America's Test Kitchen tackles the monumental challenge of creatin… read more
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- reference
2. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.82
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more
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3. The Lost Painting
By: Jonathan Harr
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in … read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
4. The Return of Sherlock Holmes
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.41
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
The Return of Sherlock Holmesis a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in… read more
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5. I Was a Rat!
By: Philip Pullman
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"I Was a Rat!" So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it's true. But what is he now? A terrify… read more
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6. A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction
By: Patrick J. Kennedy , Stephen Fried
3.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his p… read more
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- nonfiction
7. The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2010
By: America's Test Kitchen
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Since its debut in 1999, America's Test Kitchen has been public television's most-watched cooking s… read more
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- reference
8. Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher, #4)
By: Kerry Greenwood
3.41
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A very young man with muddied hair, a pierced ear and a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phryne's arms. … read more
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9. Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
By: Jerome K. Jerome
4.60
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a j… read more
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10. Erak's Ransom (Ranger's Apprentice, #7)
By: John Flanagan
4.15
Format: 200 pages, Unknown Binding
In the wake of Araluen's uneasy truce with the raiding Skandians comes word that the Skandian leade… read more
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11. An Instance of the Fingerpost
By: Iain Pears
5.00
Format: 224 pages,
An ingenious tour de force: an utterly compelling historical mystery with a plot that twists and tu… read more
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12. Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
By: Eleanor H. Porter
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Pollyanna's eternal optimism has made her one of the most beloved characters in American literature… read more
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"Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live."-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
"„ în loc de a scoate la iveală greșelile unui om, vorbește-i de calitățile sale încearcă să-l scoți din făgașul obiceiurilor lui rele, deșteaptă eul său cel mai bun, adevăratul său eu care poate îndr…"-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
"I was growlin' one day 'cause I was so bent up and crooked; an'what do ye s'pose the little thing said? ... She said I could be glad, anyhow, that I didn't have ter stoop so far ter do my weedin' - '…"-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
"Oh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times [in th…"-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
13. About Grace
By: Anthony Doerr
3.63
Format: 56 pages,
Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr. Gr… read more
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14. The Black Arrow
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.80
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
From the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys' adventure… read more
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"Well! marriage is like death, it comes to all."-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
"He is one that goes to bed Lancaster and gets up York."-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
"[H]e began to understand what a wild game we play in life; he began to understand that a thing once done cannot be undone nor changed by saying "I am sorry!"-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
"Sir knight,’ observed the messenger, with bitterness, ‘while that ye are here, roaring for five hundred pounds, the realm of England is elsewhere being lost and won."-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
15. The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher, #5)
By: Kerry Greenwood
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Phryne Fisher is doing one of her favorite things --dancing at the Green Mill (Melbourne's premier … read more
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16. Leech
By: Hiron Ennes
3.60
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The doctor’s repla… read more
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"Wherever we are, we want to be somewhere else."-Hiron Ennes, Leech
17. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
18. Shuna's Journey
By: Hayao Miyazaki
4.34
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a go… read more
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19. The Matzah Ball
By: Jean Meltzer
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Oy! to the worldRachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves… read more
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20. Herc
By: Phoenicia Rogerson
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures…everyone’s favouri… read more
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21. Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were
By: J.F. Andrews
4.23
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
“A fascinating study of the also-rans and almost-made-its of medieval history . . . Beautifully wri… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. Haven
By: Emma Donoghue
3.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more
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"Fog makes an island of every man."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"-Emma Donoghue, Haven
23. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
24. The Other Side of History : Daily Life in the Ancient World
By: Robert Garland
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Audio CD
Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so … read more
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"Every human catastrophe, however, is archaeology's gain."-Robert Garland, The Other Side of History : Daily Life in the Ancient World
25. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
By: Matt Kracht
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
For those who have a disdain for birds, or for bird lovers with a sense of humor, this snarky illus… read more
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- nonfiction
- reference
26. Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
By: National Geographic Society
4.20
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead S… read more
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- history
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27. Milk Street Fast and Slow: Instant Pot Cooking at the Speed You Need
By: Christopher Kimball
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
With slow-cooker and pressure-cooking trends in full steam, millions of households find themselves … read more
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- reference
28. Cultural Treasures of the World: From the Relics of Ancient Empires to Modern-Day Icons (DK Wonders of the World)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.46
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
Take a guided tour through history and discover the most precious, iconic, and celebrated objects e… read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
- reference
29. Release Your Inner Roman: A Treatise by Marcus Sidonius Falx
By: Jerry Toner
3.76
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Following his handbook on slave--that is, business--management, here is Marcus Sidonius Falx’s guid… read more
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