The Madness of Queen Maria: The Remarkable Life of Maria I of Portugal
By: Jenifer Roberts
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
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1. Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
By: Julia Fox
3.80
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
2. The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
By: Paul Theroux
3.89
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Following the success of the acclaimed Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and The Great Railway Bazaar… read more
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- history
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"There's always a way if you're not in a hurry."-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"To travel unconnected, away from anyone's gaze or reach, is a bliss."-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"Someone who seems doddery is perhaps not doddery at all but only an older person absorbed in squinting concentration, as though on an ultimate trip, memorizing a scene, grateful for being alive to se…"-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"I have a hatred of the taming of animals, especially large ones that are so contented in the wild. I abominate circus acts that involve big befooled beasts--cowed tigers or helplessly roaring lions p…"-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
3. A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans
By: Jeffrey Burton Russell
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Drawing comparisons between modern sorcery and that of the ancient world, the book shows how the Eu… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"A crença de uma época é a superstição de outra"-Jeffrey Burton Russell, A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans
4. The Raven
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré
4.29
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more
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"Quoth the raven nevermore."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
5. Capitães da Areia
By: Jorge Amado
4.36
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Capitães da Areia é o livro de Jorge Amado mais vendido no mundo inteiro. Publicado em 1937, teve … read more
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"Porque a revolução é uma pátria e uma família."-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
"Господь улыбается, как негритенок. («Генералы песчаных карьеров»)"-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
"Mas já tinham sido desiguais na terra, a balança pendia sempre para um lado."-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
"Que culpa eles têm? Roubam para comer porque todos estes ricos que têm para botar fora, para dar para as igrejas, não se lembram que existem crianças com fome."-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
6. Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands
By: Jane de Iongh
4.31
Format: 110 pages,
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7. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
By: Miranda Carter
4.36
Format: 184 pages,
In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousin… read more
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- history
- biography
- 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. Os Maias
By: Eça de Queirós , Ester de Lemos
3.99
Format: 681 pages, Paperback
Os Maias é uma das obras mais conhecidas do escritor português Eça de Queiroz. O livro foi publicad… read more
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"Não vale a pena viver."-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
"Ainda têm um pedaço de pão e manteiga para lhe barrar por cima"-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
"Aos políticos: «menos liberalismo e mais carácter»; aos homens de letras: «menos eloquência e mais ideia»; aos cidadãos em geral: «menos progresso e mais moral»."-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
"Nada desejar e nada recear... Não se abandonar a uma esperança - nem a um desapontamento. Tudo aceitar o que vem e o que foge, com a tranquilidade com que se acolhem as naturais mudanças de dias agre…"-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
10. Meditations
By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
11. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
By: Christiane V. Felscherinow , Horst Rieck , Kai Hermann
4.48
Format: 192 pages,
Sie ist heute sechzehn, kam mit zwolf in einem evangelischen Jugendheim zum Haschisch, mit dreizehn… read more
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- nonfiction
12. Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride
By: Elizabeth Norton
4.30
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
I like her not! was the verdict of Henry VIII on meeting his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, for the f… read more
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13. Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII
By: Gareth Russell
4.12
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this interpretati… read more
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14. A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France
By: Katie Whitaker
4.01
Format: 217 pages,
A royal marriage, based on romantic passion and ferocious, unbridgeable religious differences, ends… read more
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15. Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr
By: Linda Porter
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The general perception of Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, is that she was a … read more
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16. The Fall
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more
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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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- biography
- 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. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
By: Shehan Karunatilaka
3.92
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more
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"Even suicide requires perseverance."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
19. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
20. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
21. The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
By: Gareth Russell
4.21
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The popular and “scrupulous historian” (Daily Mail , London) Gareth Russell presents five hundred y… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
22. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
By: Tracy Borman
4.26
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives,… read more
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- biography
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23. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
By: Catherine Hanley
4.20
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f… read more
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- biography
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24. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
By: Helen Carr
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all th… read more
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- biography
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25. Wilder Girls
By: Rory Power
3.46
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
It's been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox… read more
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"I’m still bitter,"-Rory Power, Wilder Girls
"It's not love, to give your wounds to someone else."-Rory Power, Wilder Girls
"See how a body will change, to give you the best chance it can."-Rory Power, Wilder Girls
"It's complicated," She says at last. "Or maybe I just wish it was."-Rory Power, Wilder Girls
26. Scottish Queens, 1034–1714: The Queens and Consorts Who Shaped a Nation
By: Rosalind K. Marshall
3.87
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right, and also the consorts, h… read more
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27. The Madness of Queen Maria: The Remarkable Life of Maria I of Portugal
By: Jenifer Roberts
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
The story of a fragile woman caught up in an epic battle between church and state, between a powerf… read more
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28. The Young Gods
By: Victoria Ruben
3.69
Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition
In this post-adolescent coming-of-age story, a depressed millennial uses her new and devastating po… read more
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29. Filosofia de um Par de Botas (Portuguese Edition)
By: Machado de Assis
3.94
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Este eBook foi convertido ao formato digital por uma comunidade de voluntários. Você pode encontra-… read more
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30. Queen of Navarre: Jeanne d'Albret, 1528 - 1572
By: Nancy Lyman Roelker
3.73
Format: 515 pages, Hardcover
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