Alice Paul: Claiming Power
By: J.D. Zahniser
4.21
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
Alice Paul redirected the course of American political history. Raised by Quaker parents in Moorest…
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1. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
By: Sy Montgomery
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery… read more
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- nonfiction
2. Camino Island
By: John Grisham
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Hardcover
A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University's Firest… read more
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3. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
By: Mackenzi Lee
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Henry "Monty" Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The f… read more
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4. Eisenhower in War and Peace
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.06
Format: 976 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
"The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
"Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
"Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
5. A Room with a View
By: E.M. Forster
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly,… read more
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6. Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
By: Ida B. Wells-Barnett , None , None
3.82
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. This engaging … read more
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7. A Scatter of Light
By: Malinda Lo
3.87
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful coming-of-queer-age … read more
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"This is what I’ve learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you. Some people will never understand that, but you need to surround yourself with people wh…"-Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light
8. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
By: Tina Brown
4.03
Format: 571 pages, Hardcover
The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
9. 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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10. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
11. The Lioness
By: Chris Bohjalian
3.72
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting … read more
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"We all look forward, but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday."-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
"Too often you couldn't mine the recollections that might keep you sane, but instead held close the memories that someday would kill you."-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
"We all look forward- at least, I suppose, until you get to be my age - but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday. And it was only yesterday, wasn't it? Was…"-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
12. The Library Book
By: Susan Orlean
3.89
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the mo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"You read and read and read and read," she said, "and then what?"-Susan Orlean, The Library Book
"German poet Heinrich Heine [warned], 'There where one burns books, one in the end burns men."-Susan Orlean, The Library Book
"Writing a book, just like building a library, is an act of sheer defiance. It is a declaration that you believe in the persistence of memory."-Susan Orlean, The Library Book
"The water dumped on the fire was now as much a problem as a solution. The librarians always worried more about floods than fire, and now they had both."-Susan Orlean, The Library Book
13. All Boys Aren’t Blue
By: George M. Johnson
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
"History has an interesting way of painting."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
14. Dead Silence
By: S.A. Barnes
3.80
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her … read more
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"Silence has a different quality to it when you're the only one left alive. It's thicker. Heavier somehow."-S.A. Barnes, Dead Silence
15. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
By: Elie Mystal
4.59
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
According to commentator and lawyer Elie Mystal, Republicans are wrong when they tell you the First… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
16. Song of the Forever Rains (Mousai, #1)
By: E.J. Mellow
3.94
Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning author of the Dreamland series comes a new dark romantic fantasy about a you… read more
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"He had given her his light and remained in the dark."-E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains (Mousai, #1)
"none were as devoted as those whose secrets you held safe."-E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains (Mousai, #1)
"I will stop your nightmares. For I will be the final storm to rock this keep."-E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains (Mousai, #1)
"The monster was so large that its matted fur scratched along the rocky walls as it approached, its head forced to duck down. The best comparison was to a giant dirt matted canine, except it had as ma…"-E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains (Mousai, #1)
17. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
By: Whoopi Goldberg
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
18. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
19. Long Island Compromise
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more
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20. I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
By: Cody Daigle-Orians
4.47
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do I know if I'm actually sexual? How do I come out as asexual? What kinds of relationship ca… read more
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- nonfiction
"Our culture weaponizes wanting or not wanting sex across many different identities and experiences as a way to marginalize them. It's not exclusive to asexuality."-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"When confronted with someone who breaks the norm, some people find it easier to call that person's experience a fiction instead of altering their understanding of the world to include something new."-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"Anyone who asserts they're owed your disclosure is also working from the assumption that they're also owed your sexuality. And you owe no one either of those things. They're yours to share with someo…"-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"Unlike allosexual people who make the assumption that everyone should want and enjoy sex as much as they do, sex-averse and sex-repulsed ace folks are making choices about their own bodies and their …"-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
21. Alice Paul: Claiming Power
By: J.D. Zahniser
4.21
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
Alice Paul redirected the course of American political history. Raised by Quaker parents in Moorest… read more
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- history
- biography
- feminism
- womens studies
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens rights
- activism
