The Last Vermeer: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
By: Jonathan Lopez
3.77
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
Now a major motion picture starring Guy Pearce, The Last Vermeer* is a revelatory biography of the …
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1. Daisy Miller
By: Henry James
3.37
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
It was in Rome during the autumn of 1877; a friend then living there but settled now in a South les… read more
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"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That is not the deepest thing; there is something deeper."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne's impulse to go straightway to see her."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma"-Henry James, Daisy Miller
2. The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
By: Lynn H. Nicholas
3.92
Format: 498 pages, Paperback
The story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
3. Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year
By: Steve Turner
4.26
Format: 464 pages, ebook
A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose gr… read more
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- art
- biography
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
4. The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
By: Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson
3.72
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
Second in the Kurt Wallander series. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team… read more
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- crime
"one must occasionally stand the world on its head in order to put it on its feet."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
"Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
"He was religious, but had refrained from allowing his religious ideals to be obscured by a god."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
"He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
5. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
By: Erik Larson
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
6. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
By: Robert M. Edsel , Bret Witter
3.80
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were method… read more
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- art history
- biography
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- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"The skilled observer, not the machine, was the essence of conservation."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
"Here, Mortimer Wheeler thought, is power. And a reminder of our mortality."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
"But he had sold his soul, and that is something you can never repurchase at any price."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
"I think we got some work done, back at the start, because nobody knew us, nobody bothered us - and we had no money."-Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
7. Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
By: Paul French
3.85
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Peking in 1937 is a heady mix of privilege and scandal, opulence and opium dens, rumors and superst… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
8. The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
By: Rose George
4.01
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage—and enterta… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The right way to do any social work is to work until you're not needed anymore."-Rose George, The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
9. Miracle in the Andes
By: Nando Parrado , Vince Rause
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence. Nando P… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
10. My Mother's Secret
By: J.L. Witterick
3.79
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
A novel based on a true story, a mother and daughter risk their lives to provide shelter to two fam… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
11. The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
By: Edward Dolnick
3.50
Format: None pages,
Tijdens de Duitse bezetting van Nederland heeft Han van Meegeren fortuin gemaakt met het vervalsen … read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- true crime
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- crime
12. Tobacco Road (Brown Thrasher Books)
By: Lewis Nordan , Erskine Caldwell
4.38
Format: None pages,
Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Roadwas f… read more
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13. Rule Britannia
By: Daphne du Maurier
3.16
Format: 315 pages, ebook
"A diverse and engrossing cast of characters...provocative, diverting." --Chicago Tribune Emma wake… read more
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14. The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
By: Jonathan Lopez
3.92
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of … read more
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15. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do
By: Tom Vanderbilt
3.81
Format: 234 pages,
Would you be surprised that road rage can be good for society? Or that most crashes happen on sunny… read more
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16. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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17. Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
By: Noah Charney
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian's list of the ten most important paintings … read more
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18. Why the Dutch are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands
By: Ben Coates
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The first book to offer an in depth look at hidden Holland and the fascinating people that live the… read more
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19. North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
By: Cea Sunrise Person
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Sex, drugs, and . . . bug stew? In the vein of The Glass Castleand Wild,Cea Sunrise Person's compel… read more
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20. Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
By: Steve Olson
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiou… read more
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21. Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures
By: John Shiffman , Robert K. Wittman
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Wall Street Journal called him "a living legend." The London Times dubbed him "the most famous … read more
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22. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
By: None
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Boser cracks the cold case of the art world's greatest unsolved mystery." --Vanity Fair "The True … read more
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23. Van Gogh: The Life
By: Steven Naifeh
4.18
Format: 976 pages, Kindle Edition
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize–winning bio… read more
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- art
- art history
- biography
- history
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Me pregunto por qué los brillantes puntitos del cielo no nos resultan tan asequibles como los puntos negros que llenan el mapa de Francia. Cogemos un tren para ir de Tarascón a Ruán, pero para llegar…"-Steven Naifeh, Van Gogh: The Life
24. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
By: Virginia Postrel
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- historical
- history
25. The Fraud
By: Zadie Smith
3.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary first historical novel from bestselling author of White Teeth Zadie Smith It i… read more
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- historical
"Eliza had long understood her cousin to be beyond the reach of editorial intervention."-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"What possesses people? Unhappiness, always. Happiness is otherwise occupied. It has an object on which to focus. It has daisies, it has snowdrifts. Unhappiness opens up the void, which then requires …"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"I know this country well. Well enough to understand that justice takes time, and that the freedoms of a minority are rarely self-evident to the majority. What is perfectly selfevident to God is – unf…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"God preserve me from novel-writing, thought Mrs Touchet. God preserve me from that tragic indulgence, that useless vanity, that blindness! In a cold dormitory, two hundred miles away, three heartbrok…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
26. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
By: Edward Humes
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
27. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child
By: Kim Cross
4.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
- history
- true crime
28. Gebied 19
By: Esther Gerritsen
3.35
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
De dag na zijn bruiloft wordt Tomas alleen wakker. Zijn vrouw is nergens te bekennen, terwijl haar … read more
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29. Wandering through Life: A Memoir
By: Donna Leon
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Theinternationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells herown adventurous life… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
30. The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire
By: Stephen R. Bown
4.14
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay C… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
31. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
