The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain
By: Andrew Ziminski
4.02
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
Stonemason Andrew Ziminski has three decades of experience with the tangible history of this countr…
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1. How to Listen to Jazz
By: Ted Gioia
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listenin… read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
"Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue and a blessing."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice the theft."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead aims to adapt to the audience, to give the public exact…"-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
2. Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris
By: Ann Mah
4.17
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
The memoir of a young diplomat's wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris--one dish at a… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Our Man in Havana
By: Graham Greene
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more
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4. The Places in Between
By: Rory Stewart
3.89
Format: 7 pages, Paperback
In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Pers… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
5. Oliver Twist
By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne
3.88
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more
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"Meat, ma'am, meat."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
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7. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)
By: S.J. Parris
3.55
Format: 288 pages,
Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more
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8. Loitering with Intent
By: Muriel Spark
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
"How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Happil… read more
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9. The Offing
By: Benjamin Myers
4.25
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
After all, there are only a few things truly worth fighting for: freedom, of course, and all that i… read more
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"I was neither old enough to have made myself a heron young enough to have escaped the newsreel images or the long dark shadows that the returning soldiers dragged behind them like empty coffins. For …"-Benjamin Myers, The Offing
"At times like this, or when hoeing soil or sanding wood, or just sitting on a bench with my face turned to the sun, I appeared to slip out of the moment so entirely - or, conversely, perhaps was so d…"-Benjamin Myers, The Offing
10. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
11. Matrix
By: Lauren Groff
3.68
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Lauren Groff returns with her exhilarating first new novel since the groundbreaking Fates and Furie… read more
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"All souls are limited in the circles of their own understanding."-Lauren Groff, Matrix
"Women in this world are vulnerable; only reputation can keep them from being crushed."-Lauren Groff, Matrix
"Foolish creature, old Marie would say to that child. Open your hands and let your life go. It has never been yours to do with what you will."-Lauren Groff, Matrix
"How slow the final flowering of good intentions can be, the poisonous full bloom taking place centuries beyond the scope of the original life."-Lauren Groff, Matrix
12. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
By: Jeremy Bowen
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
14. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
15. Whalefall
By: Daniel Kraus
3.73
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eigh… read more
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"There need be no struggle when we are all the same weight."-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
"But those three people waiting outside are the tones of Jay's voice, the organs in Jay's body."-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
"The simple sharing of hope, its weight not so heavy after all, is a wonder. A lifting. A rising. A surfacing."-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
"Jay's not sure he believes in therapy. He definitely doesn't believe in closure. People aren't doors. They're whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost ins…"-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
16. The Bone Chests
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more
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17. There Are Rivers in the Sky
By: Elif Shafak
4.58
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more
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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky
18. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
By: Peter Gretton
4.21
Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition
An engrossing account by the Royal Navy commander who led the escort of convoy HX231 during the Bat… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Middle Ages: A Graphic History
By: Eleanor Janega
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the ‘Dark Ages’, shedding light on the medieva… read more
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- nonfiction
20. The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain
By: Andrew Ziminski
4.02
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
Stonemason Andrew Ziminski has three decades of experience with the tangible history of this countr… read more
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- history
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21. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
By: Mick Herron
4.11
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more
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"It’s a phrase, black swan,"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"We don’t like being out of the loop."-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
