Sisters of Mokama: The Pioneering Women Who Brought Hope and Healing to India
By: Jyoti Thottam
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Sisters of Mokama is proof that faith and courage does move mountains. -- Abraham Verghese, author …
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1. The Robe
By: Lloyd C. Douglas
4.23
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest t… read more
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- historical
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"Lumea nu merită sacrificiul de a trăi pentru ea, cu atât mai puțin de a muri."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"So much the better. The higher the price you have to pay, the more you will cherish it."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"Cauza necazurilor noastre nu se află în jilțul guvernului, ci în imediata apropiere, în trib, în familie, în noi înșine."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"E greu să-ți imaginezi lumea fără un creator, dar prefer să nu-mi închipui că faptele oamenilor sunt inspirate de ființe supranaturale. Îmi place mai mult să cred că oamenii și-au inventat brutalitat…"-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
2. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
By: Susan Orlean
4.22
Format: 160 pages,
The Orchid Thiefis Susan Orlean's tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered f… read more
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3. The Best Life Book Club
By: Sheila Roberts
3.78
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
It started as a book club. It became a way to build a better life together. Karissa Newcomb is r… read more
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- audiobook
4. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
By: Jenni Nuttall
3.82
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
5. Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
By: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
3.77
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A historian explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood in this “timely… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Even after becoming a mother, fulfilling the role society demands of you, you still can't win."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"Parenthood is demanded of us, but we are asked to parent in isolated bubbles, supported--to put it crudely--by our bank accounts and little else."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"COVID-19 exposed what women with children and without both already knew: that despite the expectation we all become mothers, we receive little support once we do."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"In light of our failure to account for the pressures, anxieties, and dangers of modern life, it's possible to argue that the decision to opt out of parenthood is perfectly rational. The decision to h…"-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
6. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
7. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
By: Benjamin Lorr
3.95
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
8. Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
By: Laura Dern
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “As actors, Dern and Ladd have spent decades peeling back layers to re… read more
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9. Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For decades, Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues… read more
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- religion
- biography
- audiobook
"I didn't intentionally gravitate towards stories of women. I was interested in human rights, which often boiled down to this question: who was winning and who was losing? And over and over again, cou…"-Rachel Louise Snyder, Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
10. The Light Over London
By: Julia Kelly
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Reminiscent of Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale , this sweeping… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
11. The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
3.87
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more
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- historical
- asia
- audiobook
12. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
By: Monica Potts
3.88
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed journalist tries to understand how she escaped her small-town in Arkansas while her br… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
"When I was little, I thought that when people were drunk they were drunk forever. Later, I learned that this is not true. Even later, I learned that sometimes it is."-Monica Potts, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
14. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer
3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Last Queen
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR! … read more
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- historical
- india
- asia
- audiobook
"Adoration is a powerful intoxicant."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium"-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
16. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
By: Thomas F. Schaller
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more
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- history
- audiobook
17. We've Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible
By: Beto O'Rourke
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In We’ve Got To Try, O’Rourke shines a spotlight on the heroic life and work of Dr. Lawrence Aaron … read more
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- history
- audiobook
18. Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
By: Katie Gee Salisbury
3.99
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of H… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
By: Catherine Coldstream
3.71
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more
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- audiobook
20. The Prospectors
By: Ariel Djanikian
3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival and greed across American history following a family tr… read more
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- audiobook
"How easy it was to adjust to extravagance."-Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors
"Secrets have a way of nudging against their enclosures and bumping playfully against the walls."-Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors
21. The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease
By: Daisy Hernández
3.99
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had be… read more
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- medicine
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden
By: Katie Rogers
3.62
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive exploration of the changing role of the twenty-first-century First Lady, paint… read more
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- biography
- history
- audiobook
23. The Ski Jumpers
By: Peter Geye
4.01
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
A writer and former ski jumper facing a terminal diagnosis takes one more leap—into a past of soari… read more
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24. The Seaplane on Final Approach
By: Rebecca Rukeyser
3.21
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A lusty young woman seeks out experience on a remote Alaskan homestead in this erotic and darkly hu… read more
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"My ferocity was leveled at becoming."-Rebecca Rukeyser, The Seaplane on Final Approach
25. Goddess of the River
By: Vaishnavi Patel
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more
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26. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
By: Tia Levings
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more
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- religion
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- audiobook
27. Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family
By: Erika Hayasaki
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Identical twins Isabella and Hà were born in Vietnam and raised on opposite sides of the world, eac… read more
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- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
By: Candacy A. Taylor
4.23
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
29. Sisters of Mokama: The Pioneering Women Who Brought Hope and Healing to India
By: Jyoti Thottam
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Sisters of Mokama is proof that faith and courage does move mountains. -- Abraham Verghese, author … read more
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- history
- historical
- medicine
- asia
- religion
- nonfiction
- india
- audiobook
30. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant
By: Stephanie Kiser
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more
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31. No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run
By: Tyler Wetherall
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Tyler had lived in fifteen houses and five countries by the time she was nine. She didn't think thi… read more
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