Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind
By: Katherine MacInnes
3.87
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Mining never-before-seen archive material to reconstruct the lives of five women – wives, mothers a…
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1. Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard
By: Sara Wheeler
4.13
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expediti… read more
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- history
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2. Corpus (Tom Wilde #1)
By: Rory Clements
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
1936: Eine Mordserie erschüttert Cambridge. Internationale Kräfte kämpfen um Einfluss. Der nächste … read more
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3. The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
By: John Buchan
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
After the war and newly knighted, Richard Hannay is living peacefully in the Cotswolds with his wif… read more
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"We are all, even the best of us, egoists and self-deceivers, and without a little comfortable make-believe to clothe us we should freeze in the outer winds."-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
"It was pretty clear that he was mad, for madness means just this dislocation of the modes of thought which mortals have agreed upon as necessary to keep the world together."-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
"I loathed having to screw myself up to emergencies late in the day. Such things should take place in the early morning. It was like going over the top in France; I didn’t mind it so much when it happ…"-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
4. Sycamore Gap (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #2)
By: L.J. Ross
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Detective Chief Inspector Ryan believes he has put his turbulent history behind him. Then, in the e… read more
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5. The Hollow Land
By: Jane Gardam
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and … read more
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6. A Woman in the Polar Night
By: Christiane Ritter
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
For most of us, the Arctic conjures up images of freezing and forsaken solitude. Hence, Austrian pa… read more
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7. The Box Of Delights
By: John Masefield
4.00
Format: 16 pages,
Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christma… read more
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8. Quartet in Autumn
By: Barbara Pym
3.90
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more
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9. Polar Wives: The Remarkable Women behind the World's Most Daring Explorers
By: Jon Bowermaster , Kari Herbert
4.01
Format: None pages, Paperback
The compelling stories of seven adventurous women. Polar explorers were the superstars of the "hero… read more
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10. A Genius at the Chalet School (The Chalet School, #38)
By: Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in hardcover in 1956, The Genius at the Chalet Schoolwas split into two volume… read more
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11. 17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
By: Andrew Morton
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Historian Andrew Morton's 17 CARNATIONScombines his considerable research background with his prove… read more
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12. The Far Pavilions
By: M.M. Kaye
3.97
Format: 12 pages,
A magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavil… read more
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13. The Magic Summer
By: Noel Streatfeild
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
An adventurous summer with four children visiting their eccentric great aunt in the Irish countrysi… read more
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14. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman
By: Lucy Worsley
4.20
Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition
A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
15. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
By: Julian Sancton
4.27
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more
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- history
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"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
16. You Are Here
By: David Nicholls
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more
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"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
17. Holy Island (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #1)
By: L.J. Ross
4.01
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take … read more
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18. The Household
By: Stacey Halls
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more
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19. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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- feminism
- history
- nonfiction
20. 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
21. The English Führer (Tom Wilde #7)
By: Rory Clements
4.11
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
Autumn 1945 - Off the east coast of England, a Japanese sub surfaces, unloads its mysterious cargo,… read more
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22. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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- biography
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23. Agent Running in the Field
By: John Le Carré
3.85
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent… read more
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"Beloof niets waar je niet op kunt terugkomen."-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
"O cartaz seguinte anuncia as características curativas dos famosos banhos. Não há nenhum cartaz a anunciar que a cidade também é célebre como o local de encontro preferido da fina-flor do crime organ…"-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
"Para quem tem acesso autorizado à Poeira de Estrelas, o espetáculo começa dentro de cinquenta e cinco minutos. Para quem não tem, há dois funcionários com olhos de águia à porta que terão todo o gost…"-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
"It is my considered opinion, that for Britain and Europe, and for liberal democracy across the entire world as a whole, Britain’s departure from the European Union in the time of Donald Trump, and Br…"-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
24. The Stranding
By: Kate Sawyer
4.21
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Ruth lives in the heart of the city. Working, drinking, falling in love: the rhythm of her vivid an… read more
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25. The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
By: Kate Strasdin
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - to… read more
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- biography
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26. Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
By: Madhumita Murgia
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, reveal… read more
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27. Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain
By: Mick Conefrey
3.91
Format: 352 pages, ebook
The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to c… read more
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- biography
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28. Wdowy Antarktydy. Kobiety, których mężowie nie wrócili z ostatniej wyprawy Scotta
By: Anne Fletcher
4.03
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Trzy kobiety – dziś anonimowe, choć ich mężczyźni zapisali się na kartach historii jako bohaterscy … read more
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29. Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind
By: Katherine MacInnes
3.87
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Mining never-before-seen archive material to reconstruct the lives of five women – wives, mothers a… read more
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- nonfiction
30. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family
By: Olivia Williams
3.61
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more
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