Palace of Palms: Tropical Dreams and the Making of Kew
By: Kate Teltscher
4.01
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
Daringly innovative when it opened in 1848, the Palm House in Kew Gardens remains one of the most b…
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1. Cranford
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant thin… read more
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2. Jane Austen at Home
By: Lucy Worsley
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a trip back to her world a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. Any Human Heart
By: William Boyd
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Logan Gonzago Mountstuart, writer, was born in 1906, and died of a heart attack on October 5, 1991,… read more
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4. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
By: Andrea Wulf
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, th… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- nature
5. The Man Who Planted Trees
By: Jean Giono
3.85
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern t… read more
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- nature
6. Kew Gardens
By: Virginia Woolf
3.51
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 1927, at The Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf produced and published a limited edition of what was … read more
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7. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)
By: Jane Gardam
4.10
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more
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8. Brick Lane
By: Monica Ali
3.49
Format: 182 pages,
A captivating read from a debut novelist, Brick Lanebrings the immigrant milieu of East London to v… read more
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9. The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals—and Other Forgotten Skills
By: Tristan Gooley
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
Turn Every Walk into a Game of Detection When writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside,… read more
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10. The Bees
By: Laline Paull
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
The Handmaid's Talemeets The Hunger Gamesin this brilliantly imagined debut. Born into the lowest c… read more
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11. Quartet in Autumn
By: Barbara Pym
3.90
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more
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12. Le Mystère Henri Pick
By: David Foenkinos
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
En Bretagne, un bibliothécaire décide de recueillir tous les livres refusés par les éditeurs. Ainsi… read more
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"Rouche era fatto così, era costantemente in ritardo sulla versione migliore di se stesso."-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
"Eso es lo bonito de las lágrimas: que pueden tener significados opuestos. Se llora de dolor, se llora de felicidad. Pocas manifestaciones físicas tienen esa identidad de dos cabezas, como para materi…"-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
"В качестве эпиграфа к своему роману он выбрал известную, отмеченную провидческой иронией, фразу Джонатана Свифта: "О появлении истинного гения в этом низменном мире можно узнать по тому, как дружно в…"-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
"Первый роман всегда выдаёт честолюбие "хорошего ученика". Одни гении могут позволить себе быть двоечниками. И, конечно, требуется долгое время, чтобы постичь тайну "свободного дыхания" текста, а для …"-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
13. The Lake of Dreams
By: Kim Edwards
4.04
Format: None pages,
Lucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in her life, still haunted by her father's unresolved death a decad… read more
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14. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
15. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
16. Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"Cleaning up is expensive; arson is cheap."-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"As modern agriculture and supply chains have made food cheap, diverse, and plentiful, it can also sometimes feel that we have forgotten to value the food we do eat, or understand the environmental or…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"Nuclear waste is unlike other wastes. It is not only the danger…but the timescale. Trash inside a landfill might decay over decades, plastics over hundreds or thousands of years - the truth is we don…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
17. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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18. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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19. Whale Fall
By: Elizabeth O'Connor
3.87
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more
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20. The Passenger
By: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
3.95
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing a… read more
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21. A Bitter Remedy (The Oxford Mysteries, #1)
By: Alis Hawkins
3.92
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to… read more
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22. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
By: Peter Ross
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more
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23. The Briar Book of the Dead
By: A.G. Slatter
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Set in the same universe as the acclaimed All the Murmuring Bones and The Path of Thorns (one of Op… read more
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24. Meet the Georgians: Epic Tales from Britain’s Wildest Century
By: Robert Peal
4.10
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’ is how Lord Byron, the poet who drank wine from a monk’s skull and… read more
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25. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.47
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more
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26. Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side
By: Julia Shaw
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violenc… read more
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"Think about the worst thing you have ever done. Something that you are probably ashamed of, and that you know would make other people think less of you. Infidelity. Theft. Lying. Now imagine that eve…"-Julia Shaw, Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side
27. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more
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28. Lady Macbeth
By: Ava Reid
3.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare… read more
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"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter…"-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth
29. Palace of Palms: Tropical Dreams and the Making of Kew
By: Kate Teltscher
4.01
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
Daringly innovative when it opened in 1848, the Palm House in Kew Gardens remains one of the most b… read more
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- nature
30. Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation
By: Tim Birkhead
3.85
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey throug… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
31. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more
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