Orcadia: Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney
By: Mark Edmonds
4.05
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
The Orcadian archipelago is a museum of archaeological wonders. Its largest island, Mainland, is ho…
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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- archaeology
- anthropology
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
2. Findings
By: Kathleen Jamie
3.63
Format: None pages, Paperback
It's surprising what you can find by simply stepping out to look. Kathleen Jamie, award winning poe… read more
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- nonfiction
- scotland
3. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story
By: Dimitra Papagianni , Michael A. Morse
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new disc… read more
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- history
- archaeology
- nonfiction
- prehistory
- anthropology
4. A Month in the Country
By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd
3.76
Format: None pages,
In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more
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5. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
By: None
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more
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6. All the Birds, Singing
By: Evie Wyld
4.52
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, a stunningly insightful, emotionally powerful ne… read more
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7. Benediction (Plainsong, #3)
By: Kent Haruf
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife must work together, along with th… read more
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8. New York 2140
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
It is 2140. The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted and it remained th… read more
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9. The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
By: K.J. Charles
4.04
Format: 271 pages, ebook
A lord in danger. A magician in turmoil. A snowball in hell. Exiled to China for twenty years, L… read more
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- historical
"Have you seen the mummies at the British Museum?"-K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
"Someone wanted to choke me to death on my own hair?"-K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
"Two death sentences? Really? I mean, you look very well, considering."-K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
"He had always found hope harder to deal with than despair. Despair didn't get disappointed."-K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
10. Always Coming Home
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Margaret Chodos-Irvine , None
3.93
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's mos… read more
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11. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- archaeology
- anthropology
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
12. Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)
By: K.J. Charles
4.04
Format: 265 pages, ebook
Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do… read more
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- historical
"Libra smiled. It gave Will the impression he'd sent off a postal order for a booklet on Smiling for Beginners."-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)
"Britain was full of men like him, trying to find something to do in a country that had managed perfectly well without them."-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)
"He'd been apprenticed to a joiner before the war, but that felt like decades ago: all he was good at now was killing people, which was discouraged."-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)
13. Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
4.53
Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition
A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorce… read more
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14. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
15. Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
By: Alistair Moffat
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
While Scotland’s history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints, and warriors, there… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- scotland
16. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)
By: Garth Nix
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Return to the enchanting world of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London in this sequel by Garth Nix… read more
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- historical
17. The Wild Silence
By: Raynor Winn
3.98
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The follow-up to The Salt Path. Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After … read more
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- nonfiction
"At what point in our lives does cynicism take over from instinct? When we stop feeling the softness of rain on our face and start worrying about being wet?…When do we make that switch from being part…"-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence
"Wat is toch dat moment in ons leven dat cynisme de overhand krijgt over intuïtie? Wanneer maakt het voelen van de zachtheid van regendruppels in ons gezicht plaats voor de bezorgdheid dat we nat word…"-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence
18. Orbital
By: Samantha Harvey
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more
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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
19. Bee Sting Cake (Greenwing & Dart, #2)
By: Victoria Goddard
4.39
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Magic is out of fashion. Gambling is merely illegal. Neither law nor common sense has ever stopped … read more
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- historical
20. Floating Hotel
By: Grace Curtis
3.70
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more
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21. Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
By: Honor Cargill-Martin
4.06
Format: 432 pages, ebook
The shocking and scandalous story of Messalina—the third wife of Emperor Claudius—one of the most c… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
22. The Instant
By: Amy Liptrot
3.66
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Wishing to leave the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight … read more
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- nonfiction
- scotland
"In the simplest terms, the internet is made from pulses of light."-Amy Liptrot, The Instant
"Hearts and futures can turn on a single afternoon or an accepted invitation - but more often lead to nothing but themselves."-Amy Liptrot, The Instant
23. The Fens: Discovering England's Ancient Depths
By: Francis Pryor
4.13
Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply per… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- archaeology
24. Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
By: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
4.25
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson returns with a bold rei… read more
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"Diabetes is a choice if you forget colonialism, fellas."-Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
25. The Outrun: A Memoir
By: Amy Liptrot
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more
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- scotland
"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir
26. The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
By: Barry Cunliffe
4.04
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across t… read more
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- history
- archaeology
- anthropology
27. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
4.62
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more
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28. Orcadia: Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney
By: Mark Edmonds
4.05
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
The Orcadian archipelago is a museum of archaeological wonders. Its largest island, Mainland, is ho… read more
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- history
- archaeology
- historical
- nonfiction
- scotland
- prehistory
- anthropology
29. As the Women Lay Dreaming
By: Donald S. Murray
3.91
Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition
A novel of the Iolaire disaster. In the small hours of January 1st, 1919, the cruellest twist o… read more
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- scotland
30. The Salt and the Flame: A Times Book of the Month
By: Donald S. Murray
3.55
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
April 24, 1923. The SS Metagama is inching out of Stornoway harbor, Scotland. On board are Finlay … read more
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