Swinging at The Savoy. The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer
By: Norma Miller
4.06
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
In this volume, dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film ac…
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1. Nausea
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth
3.94
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more
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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
2. A Room of One’s Own
By: Virginia Woolf
4.21
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October,… read more
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- nonfiction
"Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Freedom and fullness of expression are of the essence of the art."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
3. The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
By: Jasper Fforde
3.89
Format: 374 pages, Paperback
Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected p… read more
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"Mücken haben die blaue Ziege gestochen."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
"The name is Schitt," he replied. "Jack Schitt."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
"Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
"Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse."-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
4. Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop
By: Frankie Manning , Cynthia Millman
4.41
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In the early days of swing dancing, Frankie Manning stood out for his moves and innovative routines… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
5. This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
By: David Foster Wallace
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement a… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit
By: Delphine de Vigan
4.40
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
La douleur de Lucile, ma mere, a fait partie de notre enfance et plus tard de notre vie d'adulte, l… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
7. The Design of Everyday Things
By: Donald A. Norman
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more
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- nonfiction
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
By: James Baldwin
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the fa… read more
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9. The Men Who Stare at Goats
By: Jon Ronson
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industryand So Yo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
10. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more
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11. The Architecture of Happiness
By: Alain de Botton
3.57
Format: None pages,
One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our en… read more
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12. Franny and Zooey
By: J.D. Salinger
4.10
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The short story, Franny, takes place in an unnamed college town and tells the tale of an undergradu… read more
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13. Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
By: Barbara Ehrenreich
3.96
Format: 256 pages,
Best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich presents a fascinating ex… read more
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14. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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15. Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture
By: None , None
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Katrina Hazzard-Gordon offers the first analysis of the development of the jook--an underground cul… read more
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16. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
By: Muriel Barbery , Alison Anderson
2.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. We… read more
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17. Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas
By: Irene Solà
3.91
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Escondida entre riscos lejanos, en algún remoto lugar de las Guillerías transitado por cazadores de… read more
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"Aunque lo peor de todo, musitó, no es morirse. Todos nos tenemos que morir un día u otro. Lo peor es la soledad."-Irene Solà, Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas
18. A Scatter of Light
By: Malinda Lo
3.87
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful coming-of-queer-age … read more
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"This is what I’ve learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you. Some people will never understand that, but you need to surround yourself with people wh…"-Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light
19. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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- nonfiction
20. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.60
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
A stirring meditation on Black performance in America from the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"When someone loves loudly, with everything they have in them, the withholding of that loud love, even briefly, feels impossible to endure."-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
"If I am going to be afraid, I might as well do it honest. Arm in arm with everyone I love, adorned in blood and bruises, singing jokes on our way to the grave."-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
"I have wanted to die enough times in my life to understand the idea that wanting to die is not a foolish thing... I don't mean to prop up the idea of wanting an exit, but for me, not to imagine it as…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
"Of the many things America loves to pat itself on the back about, one of the things is an obsession with exploration, or the desire to seek places beyond the places you are from or the places you hav…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
21. Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
By: Lulu Miller
4.16
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
A wondrous debut from an extraordinary new voice in nonfiction, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"There is grandeur in this view,"-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
"In every organism at which you gaze, there is complexity you will never comprehend."-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
"We are specks, flickering in and out of existence, with no significance to the cosmos."-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
"When people have this feeling of personal inefficiency, compulsive collecting helps them in feeling better."-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
22. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
By: Rob Fitzpatrick
4.37
Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition
The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say y… read more
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- nonfiction
"The world’s most deadly fluff is: “I would definitely buy that."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Compliments are the fool’s gold of customer learning: shiny, distracting, and entirely worthless."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Here’s the thing: only the market can tell if your idea is good. Everything else is just opinion."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Trying to learn from customer conversations is like excavating a delicate archaeological site. The truth is down there somewhere, but it’s fragile."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
23. Panza de burro
By: Andrea Abreu López
3.80
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
«Reconozco que al principio, cuando Panza de burro solo había crecido unos capitulitos, pensé que s… read more
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"A la altura del cruce vi la forma del cuerpo de Isora al final del camino. Era verla allá, al final de la carretera, justo en el rasante, donde el camino se volvía casi vertical, y me golpeaba una al…"-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro
"Y ya las ranitas del estanque en el que ya nadie nadaba empezaban a cantar y parecía como una canción antigua, una canción que venía de siglos atrás, de cuando Isora y yo todavía no éramos amigas per…"-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro
24. Malaherba
By: Manuel Jabois
3.75
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
«Bien sabe Dios que es más peligrosa la pena que el odio, porque el odio puede destruir lo que odia… read more
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"—Abuelo, ¿tú eres Batman?"-Manuel Jabois, Malaherba
"Un Dios tuerto que solo pudiese mirar a la mitad del mundo. Vamos como ahora"-Manuel Jabois, Malaherba
"A veces piensas que alguien es el rey de algo, das un paso y resulta que es una mierda, por eso hay que moverse siempre."-Manuel Jabois, Malaherba
"Bien sabe Dios que es más peligrosa la pena que el odio, porque el odio puede destruir lo que odias, pero la pena lo destruye todo."-Manuel Jabois, Malaherba
25. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
By: Michiko Aoyama
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel show… read more
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- adult
26. Opowiadania bizarne
By: Olga Tokarczuk
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Świat staje się coraz bardziej bizarny. Najnowszy zbiór opowiadań Olgi Tokarczuk. Zaskakujące i… read more
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"Człowiek, którego widzisz, nie dlatego istnieje, że go widzisz, ale dlatego, że to on na ciebie patrzy."-Olga Tokarczuk, Opowiadania bizarne
"Діти це знають найкраще: саму смерть ще якось можна пережити. Найгіршим буває те, що повторюється, ритмічне, незмінне, передбачуване, неминуче й безвладне - те, на що неможливо вплинути і що хапає св…"-Olga Tokarczuk, Opowiadania bizarne
27. Tokyo Ueno Station
By: Yū Miri
3.47
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincid… read more
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"There’s that sound again."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I was always tired. There was never a time I was not tired. Not when life had its claws in me, and not when I escaped from it. I did not live with intent, I only lived. But that’s all over now."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there’s the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a…"-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
28. Consum preferent
By: Andrea Genovart
3.24
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
L’Alba, la narradora d’aquesta història, forma part d’una generació que prova de trepitjar terra fe… read more
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29. The Science of Storytelling
By: Will Storr
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories mould who we are, from our character to our cultural identity. They drive us to act out our… read more
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- nonfiction
"The gift of story is wisdom"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"If tribal thinking is original sin, then story is prayer. At its best, it reminds us that, beneath our many differences, we remain beasts of one species."-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Locked inside the black vault of our skulls, stuck forever in the solitude of our own hallucinated universe, story is a portal, a hallucination within the hallucination, the closest we'll ever really…"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Stories work on multiple evolved systems in the brain and a skilled storyteller activates these networks like the conductor of an orchestra, a little trill of moral outrage here, a fanfare of status …"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
30. Swinging at The Savoy. The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer
By: Norma Miller
4.06
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
In this volume, dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film ac… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- adult
