Pencils You Should Know: A History of the Ultimate Writing Utensil in 75 Anecdotes
By: Caroline Weaver
4.15
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Pencils You Should Know traces the evolution of pencils over time and across the globe. From the hu…
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1. Bleak House
By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Nicola Bradbury
4.02
Format: 1017 pages, Paperback
The complex story of a notorious law-suit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic… read more
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"You can be nothing better than yourself; be that [...]"-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"I find the nights long, for I sleep but little, and think much."-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"I am not at all respectable, and I don't want to be. Odd perhaps, but so it is!"-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right."-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
2. It Can't Happen Here
By: Sinclair Lewis , Christopher Hurt , Michael R. Meyer
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrow… read more
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"NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
"So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
"It isn't what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
"Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
3. The Writing Life
By: Annie Dillard
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
4. A Meditation on Murder
By: Robert Thorogood
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Aslan Kennedy has an idyllic life: Leader of a Spiritual Retreat for wealthy holidaymakers on one o… read more
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5. Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists
By: Anthony M. Amore , Tom Mashberg
4.10
Format: 224 pages,
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
6. Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, #1)
By: Ben Hatke
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her be… read more
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7. Min kamp 1 (Min kamp #1)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Min kamp ar Karl Ove Knausgards maktiga sjalvbiografiska roman. Forsta delen inleds med en svepande… read more
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8. Happiness Is . . . 200 Ways to Be Creative
By: Lisa Swerling , Ralph Lazar
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the creators of the Happiness Is . . . series (more than 200,000 copies in print!) comes this … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
9. How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants
By: John Hodgman , David Rees
4.11
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious guide to the lost art of artisanal pencil sharpening "...I am so thrilled David Rees is… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
10. Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
4.24
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more
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- nonfiction
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
11. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
By: J.B. West
3.83
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at life on Pennsylvania Avenue with America's first families, … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
12. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)
By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more
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13. The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3)
By: Elizabeth Peters
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nic… read more
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14. Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
By: Agatha Christie
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples. At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce, a hostile th… read more
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"Put that in your mustache and smoke it."-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
"You and I have a principle in common. We do not approve of murder."-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
"Flowers never look so lovely as they do in Paris in the market there."-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
"Nobody would ever get anything done nowadays if they weren't in a hurry."-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
15. The Book of Tea
By: Kakuzō Okakura
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add gra… read more
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16. The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession
By: James Ward
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
From making correction fluid at home to the dark secrets of fluorescent ink, via pencil wars and mo… read more
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17. The Curse of the Pharaohs
By: Elizabeth Peters
4.29
Format: 120 pages,
Victorian Amelia Peabody continues to journal her Egypt adventures, toddler Ramses left in England.… read more
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18. A Curious History of Sex
By: Kate Lister
4.17
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throug… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Vulvas aren’t dainty. They can eat a penis and push out a baby."-Kate Lister, A Curious History of Sex
19. What Kind of Woman: Poems
By: Kate Baer
4.07
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships in being a mother, a w… read more
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- nonfiction
"Unclasp the thought of leaving, tie it to the door."-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems
"When someone asks for the secret to a happy marriage, remember you don't know. This is not a happy ending. This is not a fairy tale. This is the beginning of a life you haven't met."-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems
"What time will you be home? What time do you think you may be home? What time should we wait for you outside on the lawn while the pasta boils over and the baby cries because he misses you? Oh, befor…"-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems
"In the morning, I take your picture in front of the sign, gaps in your teeth. I do not say a life without you is not worth living. I do not say I've memorized every inch of your frame. Instead, I wav…"-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems
20. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
By: Jon Klassen
4.26
Format: 105 pages, None
Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more
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21. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
By: Grant Snider
3.74
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more
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- nonfiction
"A book closed is just a block of paper."-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
22. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
23. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
By: Elizabeth Peters
4.00
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian advent… read more
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"God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,"-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
"...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes."-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
"I don't know why I should have been so pleased to see Lucas behaving like a gentleman for a change. I never liked the man... But of course I know why. I would have defended Satan himself if he had be…"-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
"I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to me…"-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
24. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)
By: Martha Wells
4.34
Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition
Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more
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25. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
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"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
26. Murder at the Bookstore (Bookstore Mystery, #1)
By: Sue Minix
3.32
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
Crime writer Jen returns to her small hometown with a bestselling book behind her and a bad case of… read more
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27. Bloody Fool for Love
By: William Ritter
3.77
Format: None pages, None
Bloody Fool for Love from New York Times best-selling author William Ritter marks the beginning of … read more
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28. Through Shakespeare's Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays
By: Joseph Pearce
4.18
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
Fulfilling the promise he made in his previous book, The Quest for Shakespeare, bestselling literar… read more
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- nonfiction
"His sanity is the antidote to the poison that courses through the sin-cankered plot of the play. Without his heroic struggle to make sense of the madness surrounding him, nothing would make sense at …"-Joseph Pearce, Through Shakespeare's Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays
29. Pencils You Should Know: A History of the Ultimate Writing Utensil in 75 Anecdotes
By: Caroline Weaver
4.15
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Pencils You Should Know traces the evolution of pencils over time and across the globe. From the hu… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
30. The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft
By: Peter Bellerby
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Peter Bellerby's tale of learning how to fashion worlds-a journey through history, science, craft,… read more
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