A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History (Brief Histories)
By: Lyn Webster Wilde
3.21
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-ce…
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1. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
By: Malcolm Gladwell
3.85
Format: 444 pages, Hardcover
What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard … read more
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- nonfiction
"Self consciousness is the enemy of interestingness"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
"hey hey its Brooke im 12 and having trouble my teacher told me to get on here sooo yaaa see ya soon pic uplaodin soon!!!!!!!!!!!!"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
"But sometimes genius is anything but rarefied; sometimes it's just the thing that emerges after twenty years of working at your kitchen. (p313)"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
"The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sente…"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
2. The Children of Jocasta
By: Natalie Haynes
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents... Jocasta is just… read more
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- historical
- greek mythology
- mythology
3. The Haunting of Hill House
By: Shirley Jackson , None
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959,… read more
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4. Lady Susan
By: Jane Austen , Robert William Chapman
3.65
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marria… read more
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- historical
"I have not yet tranquillised myself enough to see Frederica."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
"I shall ever despise the man who can be gratified by the passion which he never wished to inspire, nor solicited the avowal of."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
"How little the general report of any one ought to be credited, since no character, however upright, can escape the malevolence of slander."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
"...though I always imagined from her increasing friendship for us since her husband's death that we should, at some future period, be obliged to receive her."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
5. The Burnout Society
By: Byung-Chul Han
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more
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6. Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
By: Tracy Borman
2.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his ques… read more
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7. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
By: Caitlin Doughty
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Doughty chronicles [death] practices with ten… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"My next drone folk album will be called "The Cremation Reforms of Octavius B. Frothingham"."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
"What dignity translates to, more often than not, is silence, a forced poise, a rigid formality."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
"All that surrounds us comes from death, every part of every city, and every part of every person."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
"In death, corpses don't hold themselves together. They no longer have to play by the living's rules."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
8. Life Ceremony
By: Sayaka Murata
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more
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"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
9. Venomous Lumpsucker
By: Ned Beauman
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark and witty story of environmental collapse and runaway capitalism from the Booker-listed auth… read more
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"I can’t believe this!"-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker
"It didn’t feel—at least in this moment—as if she’d lost them. It felt—and perhaps this was a self-protective reflex, her body refusing to take another blow— as if they’d never really been down there …"-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker
10. Diary of a Young Naturalist
By: Dara McAnulty
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From sprin… read more
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- nonfiction
"Many people accuse me of “not looking autistic"-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
"I have the heart of a naturalist, the head of a would-be scientist, and bones of someone who is already wearied by the apathy and destruction wielded against the natural world."-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
"As I ran to join my family for the last stretch of the walk at Glendalough, leaving St Kevin and the blackbird behind, a solar glare draped over us, connected us to the land with invisible strings. A…"-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
"I'm surrounded by five or six fly agaric mushrooms. Like them, I have burst open. I feel more resilient, more powerful. [...] I can't just love the natural world. I have to raise my voice even louder…"-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
11. Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)
By: Claire North
3.70
Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition
Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting a… read more
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- historical
- greek mythology
- mythology
"...for it is the poet’s art to make every ear that hears the ancient songs think they have been sung for them alone, the old made new."-Claire North, Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)
12. Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.04
Format: 706 pages, Hardcover
With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George … read more
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"Will you not weep?"-George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
"All men are sinners."-George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
"Sail far. Sail fast."-George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
"I will not fight you,"-George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
13. Sistersong
By: Lucy Holland
3.97
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
My sister’s heart broke on the river—and the river took it and bore it away. In the ancient king… read more
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- historical
- mythology
"The only names that matter are the ones we take for ourselves."-Lucy Holland, Sistersong
"Remember. This is your story, no matter what history will claim or what songs people sing. And it’s no one’s place to stop you from telling it."-Lucy Holland, Sistersong
14. Ariadne
By: Jennifer Saint
3.80
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listeni… read more
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- historical
- greek mythology
- mythology
"the world was on fire, and theseus was a shaded green pool."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"We might only have a mortal lifetime, but it will belong to us and no one else."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"We might only have a mortal lifetime, but it will belong to us, and no one else."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"My mother's private constellation of shame intermingled with love and despair no longer."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
15. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
By: Stephen Fry
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more
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- history
- historical
- greek mythology
- nonfiction
- mythology
"Green fingers are better than gold."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
16. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
By: Jennifer Raff
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
17. Mrs. S
By: K. Patrick
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more
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"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."-K. Patrick, Mrs. S
18. The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada and the End of the Norsemen
By: Don Hollway
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
King Harald III (called Hardrada, or "Hard Ruler") of Norway was a real-life fantasy hero who burst… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
19. A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History (Brief Histories)
By: Lyn Webster Wilde
3.21
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-ce… read more
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- historical
- feminism
- greek mythology
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- mythology
20. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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- mythology
"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
