Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius
By: Harry Freedman
4.05
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Harry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmis…
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1. The Prophet's Wife (Hardcover)
By: Harold S. Kushner , Milton Steinberg , Norma Rosen , Ari L. Goldman , Rabbi Milton Steinberg
3.79
Format: 1 pages, Hardcover
A long-lost novel by the author ofÔøΩAs a Driven LeafInfidelity faith and power all come together i… read more
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- judaism
2. Clapton: The Autobiography
By: Eric Clapton
4.17
Format: 251 pages,
I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choice… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
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3. The Secret Chord
By: Geraldine Brooks
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Peeling away the myth to bring the Old Testament's King David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Br… read more
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- religion
4. Leonard Cohen: Poems and Songs
By: Leonard Cohen
4.12
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
This anthology contains a cross-section covering his career, including such legendary songs as 'Suz… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- canada
5. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have … read more
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- nonfiction
6. Beautiful Losers
By: Leonard Cohen
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, Beautiful Losersis Cohen' s most defiant an… read more
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- canada
7. A Very Easy Death
By: Simone de Beauvoir , Patrick O'Brian
4.04
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly… read more
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- nonfiction
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"«A ella le gustaba la vida mundana y lo seguía alegremente»."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
"«No se muere de haber nacido, ni de haber vivido, ni de vejez. Se muere de "algo"»."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
"When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
"Sorumlusu olmadığım halde, benim olan, hiçbir zaman da bağışlatamayacağım bir günahın, umutsuzluk içinde, cezasını çekiyordum."-Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death
8. Every Note Played
By: Lisa Genova
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From neuroscientist and New York Timesbestselling author of Still Alice comes a powerful and heartb… read more
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9. The Jewish State
By: Theodor Herzl
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
"It depends on the Jews themselves whether this political pamphlet remains for the present a politi… read more
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10. The Secret Book of Kings
By: Yochi Brandes
4.31
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Stories are deadlier than swords. Swords kill only those who stand before them, stories decide who … read more
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11. Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity
By: John Howe , Marc Augé
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorw… read more
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12. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
By: Michael Kandel , Jan Kott , Tadeusz Borowski , None
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Paperback
Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz… read more
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13. Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
By: None
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
"Superb." --Steven Pinker "In Talking Back, Talking Black, John McWhorter, the maestro at communica… read more
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14. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
By: Sylvie Simmons
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Leonard Cohen, one of the most important and influential artists of our era, is a man of powerful e… read more
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15. The Aleppo Codex: The True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible
By: Matti Friedman
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A true-life thriller about the journey of one of the world's most precious manuscripts--the 10th ce… read more
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16. Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.13
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The concluding volume of the Border trilogy. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award… read more
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"When the Papayuna is pining you need to call home."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"She looks like her face caught fire and they beat it out with a rake"-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Maybe it's like Mac says. Ever man winds up with the horse that suits him."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Each man is the bard of his own existence. This is how he is joined to the world."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
17. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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18. The Last Days of John Lennon
By: James Patterson
3.88
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Discover one of the greatest true crime stories in music history, as only James Patterson can tell … read more
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19. Shy
By: Max Porter
3.63
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’… read more
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"He could learn to speak this language: night-end."-Max Porter, Shy
"He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad."-Max Porter, Shy
"Shy said It's our music, coming out of our shit towns, it's not from Staten Island or Seattle or Detroit, it's from Walsall and Watford. Shaun and his mate Andy burst out laughing and Andy did a sque…"-Max Porter, Shy
"He smells of pond. Everything smells of pond. He feels like he could sniff his way into individual microbes, earthy worming growgreen liquid stink, newts and shoots, silty, fruity, and as he walks he…"-Max Porter, Shy
20. The Promise
By: Damon Galgut
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
The Promise , winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, charts the crash and burn of a white South African f… read more
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"A smile quickly cut his face and then healed up."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
"Give him a taboo and he feels the need to break it."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
"Children still, on the verge of not being children any more."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
"Her own voice sounds echoey, as if somebody else is speaking."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
21. 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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22. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By: Lucinda Williams
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more
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- nonfiction
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23. How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal w… read more
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- nonfiction
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"To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
"When I'm on stage, my experience often goes something like this: Blankness . . . bliss . . . blankness . . . twinkle of awareness that rocking has been achieved . . . bliss . . . Voice of Observing E…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
24. Grey Bees
By: Andrey Kurkov
4.07
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
49-year-old safety inspector-turned-beekeeper Sergey Sergeich, wants little more than to help his b… read more
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25. The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)
By: John Connolly
3.91
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . . Phoebe, an eight-year-old… read more
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"They were books speaking to other books, which was what books did, because no book was ever created in isolation, and literature was a long, ongoing conversation between stories."-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)
"To do nothing in the face of another's misfortune is to be no better than those who might have caused it to begin with, and the measure of the best of us is that we can correctly measure our own inco…"-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)
"Raging against it, or despairing, would not change anything. The past does not imprison us. We may offer ourselves up as its captives, but equally, we can choose to open the cell door and walk free. …"-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)
"You have to love not one dog, but all dogs," he would explain to Ceres. "You only have them for a short time, you see. To them it's a lifetime, while for you it's never long enough. So you love each …"-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)
26. On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
By: Danya Ruttenberg
4.46
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal trans… read more
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"Before we even understand what repentance is, we’re instructed to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused."-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
"[W]e all know that sometimes people mean well but cause harm nonetheless—out of ignorance, out of carelessness, out of deeply ingrained ways of thinking they haven't examined, out of an emotional rea…"-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
27. If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir
By: Ilana Kurshan
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
At the age of 27, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the wor… read more
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28. Saltblood
By: Francesca De Tores
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mot… read more
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29. Rough Trade
By: Katrina Carrasco
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Washington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad, and with a buyers’ mark… read more
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30. Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius
By: Harry Freedman
4.05
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Harry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmis… read more
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31. Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 (Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series)
By: Michael Posner
4.21
Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition
The second volume of the extraordinary life of the great music and literary icon Leonard Cohen, in … read more
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