Venice Observed
By: Mary McCarthy
3.49
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
A penetrating work of reportage on Venice. “Searching observations and astonishing comprehension of…
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1. Venezia è un pesce. Una guida
By: Tiziano Scarpa
3.83
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Non è vero che tutto è già stato scritto. Prendete Venezia: che cos'altro dire di originale su una … read more
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- italy
- history
- travel
- nonfiction
- cities
"Life is a cat asleep on the window sill suddenly waking as it falls from the third floor."-Tiziano Scarpa, Venezia è un pesce. Una guida
2. Žena s drugog kata
By: Jurica Pavičić
3.91
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Žena s drugog kata anatomija je jednog zločina u kojem se splitski pisac i novinar dohvatio one vrs… read more
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3. Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City
By: Paul Strathern
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. … read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
4. A Thousand Mornings: Poems
By: Mary Oliver
4.21
Format: 82 pages, Hardcover
In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work,… read more
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- american
- nonfiction
"they won't be false and they won't be true, but hey'll be real."-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
"When a man says he hears angels singing, he hears angels singing."-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
"When death is about to happen does the body grow heavier, or lighter?"-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
"From the poem: The First Time Percy Came Back Yes, it’s all different,"-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
5. Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)
By: Agatha Christie , David Suchet
3.82
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a f… read more
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"I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced"-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)
"I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of something, and then when you've thought of it you've got to force yourself to sit down and write …"-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)
6. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
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- italy
"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
7. My Life in France
By: Julia Child , Alex Prud'Homme
3.96
Format: 425 pages,
In her own words, here is the story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with F… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
8. A Year in Provence
By: Peter Mayle
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
National Bestseller In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to r… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
9. Venice
By: Jan Morris
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written about the city. … read more
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- italy
- history
- travel
- nonfiction
- cities
10. Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
By: Ross King
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Claude Monet is perhaps the world's most beloved artist, and among all his creations, the paintings… read more
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11. Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
By: Donna Leon
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, h… read more
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12. Dressed for Death (Commissario Brunetti, #3)
By: Donna Leon
3.44
Format: 96 pages,
Eigentlich wollte Brunetti mit seiner Familie in die Berge fahren. Doch dann wird vor Mestre die Le… read more
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13. Death and Judgment (Commissario Brunetti, #4)
By: Donna Leon
3.44
Format: 96 pages,
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14. Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti, #9)
By: Donna Leon
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official… read more
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15. Housekeeping
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.94
Format: 450 pages,
A modern classic, Housekeepingis the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up hap… read more
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16. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
By: J.M. Barrie , Arthur Rackham
4.25
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Before he flew away to Neverland, the little boy who wouldn't grow up dwelt in the heart of London,… read more
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17. Ironweed
By: William Kennedy
3.68
Format: 336 pages,
Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he… read more
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18. Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)
By: Donna Leon
3.94
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
Donna Leon's growing American fan base is hungry for more of the books from her internationally bes… read more
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19. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
By: Ross King
3.26
Format: None pages,
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20. Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
By: Tove Ditlevsen
4.37
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
Called a masterpiece by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Every person has their own truth just as every child has their own childhood."-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
"My classmates find me unceasingly, overwhelmingly comical, and I've gotten used to the clown role and even find a sad comfort in it, because together with my confirmed stupidity, it protects me again…"-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
21. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
- essays
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
22. The Wren, the Wren
By: Anne Enright
3.55
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more
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"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
23. Roman Stories
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
3.80
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more
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- italy
- travel
24. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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25. The Heart in Winter
By: Kevin Barry
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
26. A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment
By: Stephane Henaut
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A French cheesemonger and an American academic join forces to serve up a sumptuous history of Franc… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
27. Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
By: Joseph Luzzi
3.77
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of uneart… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
28. The English Experience
By: Julie Schumacher
3.91
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor… read more
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- travel
29. Slučaj Vinča
By: Goran Milašinović
3.45
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Prvi roman o srpskom Černobilju. Vinča, 15. oktobar 1958. U poslepodnevnim satima oglasio se cen… read more
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30. Crvena voda
By: Jurica Pavičić
4.21
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
Jedne rujanske subote 1989., nakon ribarske fešte u malom mjestu na dalmatinskoj obali, nestane sed… read more
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"Brane im je zavidio. Mora da je to lijepo, pomislio je, u životu željeti ono što se može kupiti novcem."-Jurica Pavičić, Crvena voda
"Kako nije mislio da će u Hercegovačkoj ostati dugo, u stan nije ponio mnogo stvari. Kad se useljavao, sa sobom je donio tek nešto odjeće, brijaći aparat i dokumente. U Mistu je ostavio sav dotadašnji…"-Jurica Pavičić, Crvena voda
"Šoping-centar bio je prepun ljudi. Glavinjali su okolo poput lakomih životinja, baš kao da je taj dan posljednji dan nakon kojeg se trgovine više nikad neće otvoriti. Obitelji su se vukle zajedno, po…"-Jurica Pavičić, Crvena voda
31. Venice Observed
By: Mary McCarthy
3.49
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
A penetrating work of reportage on Venice. “Searching observations and astonishing comprehension of… read more
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- italy
- architecture
- american
- history
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- female authors
- travel
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- essays
- cities
