Sicilian Splendors: Discovering the Secret Places That Speak to the Heart
By: John Keahey
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"A wondrously joyous account of travel as it should be." -Publishers Weekly A travel narrative t…
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1. Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey
By: Robert V. Camuto
3.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a deep passion for wine, an Italian heritage, and a desire for a land somewhat wilder t… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
- travel
2. The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
By: Michael A. Singer
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes this thought-provokin… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
3. Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
By: Anthony Doerr
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The Shell Collector and About Grace comes an evocative memoir of t… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- travel
- memoir
4. Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
By: Sharon Kay Penman
4.55
Format: 160 pages,
This is Simon de Montfort's story--and the story of King Henry III, as weak and changeable as Montf… read more
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5. French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
By: Peter Mayle
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A delightful, delicious, and best-selling account of the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
6. Midnight in Sicily
By: Peter Robb
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Off the southern coast of Italy lies Sicily, home to an ancient culture that with its stark landsca… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
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7. Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
By: John Julius Norwich
3.81
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbi… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
- travel
8. The Leopard
By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more
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- italy
"While there’s death there’s hope"-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
9. That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story
By: Marlena de Blasi
4.42
Format: 288 pages,
"From de Blasi (The Lady in the Palazzo, 2007, etc.), a fragrant tale of life and love in the mount… read more
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10. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
11. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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- italy
"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
12. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
14. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
15. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
By: Ari Shapiro
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lo… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
"We'd drive west to the fog of the coast. In Oregon, nobody calls it the beach, maybe to discourage false hopes of warm and sun."-Ari Shapiro, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
16. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
17. The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
By: Catherine Grace Katz
4.10
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
18. Return to Valetto
By: Dominic Smith
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A captivating and moving new novel from the international bestselling author of The Last Painting o… read more
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- italy
"Susan is the opposite,"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"The bell ringer’s green walnut liqueur was famous in Valetto for its ability to strip paint and dignity."-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"I read aloud from my phone. “‘A cappuccino with low-quality milk … the only good things is the kindness of the bartenders…’"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"Was this where my fascination for documented history came from? From a family so afraid of earthly erasure that they couldn’t discard the transcript of ordering two pounds of prosciutto on June 15, 1…"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
19. One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
By: Olivia Hawker
4.19
Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night comes a powerful and poetic novel of surviv… read more
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"Beyond the borders of the land that was his lay the wilderness that was its own. The upthrust stone, the shoulders of the Bighorns, reddish gray where they stood near to the homestead and blue where …"-Olivia Hawker, One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
20. The Book of Roads and Kingdoms
By: Richard Fidler
4.11
Format: 448 pages, ebook
A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
21. The Women of Chateau Lafayette
By: Stephanie Dray
4.26
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
Named one of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Magazine ∙ Cosmo ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheRe… read more
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22. Wavewalker: Breaking Free
By: Suzanne Heywood
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free
23. Bright Lights, Big Christmas
By: Mary Kay Andrews
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, co… read more
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24. A Season for Second Chances
By: Jenny Bayliss
3.78
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A charmingly quirky seaside town offers a recently separated restauranteur a fresh start and possib… read more
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25. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
By: Jonathan Freedland
4.37
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
26. The Sicilian Inheritance
By: Jo Piazza
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes a transporting novel rooted i… read more
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- italy
27. Joy of Cooking
By: Irma S. Rombauer
4.13
Format: 1200 pages, Hardcover
In the nearly ninety years since Irma S. Rombauer self-published the first three thousand copies of… read more
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- nonfiction
28. A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians (The Shadow Histories, #1)
By: H.G. Parry
3.74
Format: 531 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Ri… read more
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29. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
By: Pico Iyer
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time" (Brain Pickings): a journey throu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
30. The Crossing
By: Sophie Matterson
4.38
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
An epic story of leaving everything behind to find purpose, adventure and love by crossing 4750km o… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
31. Sicilian Splendors: Discovering the Secret Places That Speak to the Heart
By: John Keahey
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"A wondrously joyous account of travel as it should be." -Publishers Weekly A travel narrative t… read more
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- italy
- history
- memoir
- travel
- nonfiction
