Whisky Island: A Portrait of Islay and its Whiskies
By: Andrew Jefford
4.25
Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a reissue edition of the previously published title Peat Smoke and Spirit (9780747245780), …
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1. Citizen: An American Lyric
By: Claudia Rankine
4.27
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking bo… read more
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- nonfiction
"You can't drive yourself sane."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"Memory is a tough place. You were there."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"That's the bruise the ice in the heart was meant to ice."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
2. Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
By: Neil Gaiman
4.17
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Under the streets of London there's a world most people could never even dream of. A city of monste… read more
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"Now me,"-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
"Mind the gap!"-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
"So many things to see, people to do."-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
"Sometimes there is nothing you can do."-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
3. The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)
By: Nancy Springer
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
When Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has d… read more
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4. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
By: Lisa Damour
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Lisa Damour, Ph.D., director of the internationally renowned Laurel Sch… read more
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- nonfiction
5. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
By: Muriel Spark
3.70
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorit… read more
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- scotland
"It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due"-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"[...] there were other people's Edinburghs quite different from hers [...]"-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"... flattening their scorn underneath the chariot wheels of her superiority."-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
6. The Children Act
By: Ian McEwan
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A fiercely intelligent, well-respected High Court judge in London faces a morally ambiguous case wh… read more
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7. The Summer Book
By: Tove Jansson , Esther Freud , Thomas Teal , Sophia Jansson
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island … read more
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8. 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
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."-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
9. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
By: Carson McCullers
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
With the publication of her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twe… read more
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10. Tasting Whiskey: An Insider's Guide to the Unique Pleasures of the World's Finest Spirits
By: Lew Bryson
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Whiskey lovers will devour this fresh and comprehensive guide to everything there is to know about … read more
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11. Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram
By: Iain Banks
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A tour of Scottish distilleries explores the history, personality and mystery of the water of life.… read more
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12. The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
By: Susan Cooper
4.00
Format: 98 pages,
"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, three from the circle, three from the track; w… read more
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13. Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.33
Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Kingdoms wobble, crowns topple and knives flash on the magical Discworld as the statutory three wit… read more
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14. 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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- history
- 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
15. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.33
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more
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"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
16. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
By: Mick Herron
4.13
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more
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"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
17. London Rules (Slough House, #5)
By: Mick Herron
4.34
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more
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"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
18. Slough House (Slough House, #7)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue to thin.… read more
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"Funny thing. When I hear the words "trust me", I get the feeling someone's pissing in my shoe."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Treat those you despise with humanity, especially if the reason you despise them is that they have none."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Most great ideas, or a lot of them anyway, were thought at the time to be rubbish, and you were reckoned an idiot for having them. This was true of stupid ideas too. Telling them apart was the tricky…"-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
19. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)
By: Mick Herron
4.37
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more
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"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)
20. Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait (Six Tudor Queens, #4)
By: Alison Weir
4.05
Format: 499 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII’s… read more
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"Never reveal your hand, Anna," he advised. "If my cap knew my mind, I would throw it into the fire." It was one of the most revealing things he had ever said to her."-Alison Weir, Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait (Six Tudor Queens, #4)
21. Katheryn Howard: the Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #5)
By: Alison Weir
4.09
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth… read more
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22. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
By: Stephen Fry
4.35
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
23. Atalanta
By: Jennifer Saint
3.78
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne , a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta… read more
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"I made a bargain with him: if he let me have the mountains and my girls, then I'd keep out of Hera's way. But the main thing I wanted was to live untouched by men. I wasn't going to find myself in my…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"I missed the spread of the sky above me. Sometimes as I lay awake, I yearned so powerfully for freedom; for the dark silhouette of the Argo, blotting out the stars behind it; the promise of another j…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"Standing in the shadows, gathering my resolve. I'd been among too many people, living according to their rules for too long. It was clouding my vision, gnawing away at my confidence and certainty, ma…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"I despised my father, of course I did. The thought of presenting myself to him, of him thinking that my deeds could reflect on him was repulsive, that he thought what I would do would be a substitute…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
24. What You Need to Be Warm
By: Neil Gaiman
4.20
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more
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- nonfiction
25. Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens, #6)
By: Alison Weir
4.23
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Two husbands dead; a life marred by sadness. And now Katharine is in love for the first time in her… read more
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26. A Fabulous Creation: How the LP Saved Our Lives
By: David Hepworth
4.09
Format: None pages, ebook
_________‘Hepworth’s knowledge and understanding of rock history is prodigious … [a] hugely enterta… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
27. Whisky Island: A Portrait of Islay and its Whiskies
By: Andrew Jefford
4.25
Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a reissue edition of the previously published title Peat Smoke and Spirit (9780747245780), … read more
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- travel
- history
- nonfiction
- scotland
28. 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)
29. Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
By: Mick Herron
4.30
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die. In Slough House, the … read more
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"The voice meant well, but should fuck off."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"Deniability was next to godliness in Westminster's corridors, and godliness itself second only to an unassailable majority."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"You built a life the way you’d build a wall, one brick on top of the other, but sooner or later, those first bricks were taken away."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"it’d be like choosing between Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan in a bare-knuckle death match. There ought to be a way both could lose."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
30. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
A shakeup at MI5 and a terrorist attack on British soil set in motion clandestine machinery known t… read more
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"...What did you say?"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"And me, apparently I’m “irritable"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"So this is what springtime in London was like: the women in knee-length dresses of blue-and-white hoops; the men with dark jackets over sweaters in pastel shades."-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"A younger listener might assume Moira to be delivering these fragments down a telephone, but in fact they are directed at the papers on her desk, papers which have accumulated in the absence of Cathe…"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
31. Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
By: Mick Herron
4.28
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Listening Length 10 hours and 50 minutes Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for f… read more
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"Lowell fell backwards as the world span out of control"-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"Like most forms of corruption, it began with men in suits."-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"belief was not actually about believing; belief was simply somewhere to shelve hope"-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"You either cleaned up other people's messes or you didn't--and that was the class system for you, right there."-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
