5 Top nonfiction books like Nelyginant šiaurė magnetą: pašnekesiai su Ellen Hinsey by Tomas Venclova

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Nelyginant šiaurė magnetą: pašnekesiai su Ellen Hinsey

By: Tomas Venclova

4.59

Format: 534 pages, Hardcover

„Nelyginant šiaurė magnet“ - pirma išsami rašytojo, vieno iškiliausių ir įtakingiausių pasaulyje ši…

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1. La promesse de l'aube

By: Romain Gary

4.24

Format: 456 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's note: Older cover of ISBN 2070363732. – Tu seras un héros, tu seras général, Gabriel… read more

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"... văn chương là nơi nương tựa cuối cùng trên cõi đời cho những ai không biết náu mình vào đâu nữa"

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

"Kartais man atrodo, kad gyvenu jau tik iš mandagumo, ir jeigu dar leidžiu plakti savo širdžiai, tai tik todėl, kad visada mėgau gyvūnus."

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

"... hạnh phúc là cái gì đó có thể đạt tới, chỉ cần tìm thấy thiên hướng sâu xa trong mình rồi hết lòng với những gì mình thích, hoàn toàn quên cả bản thân."

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

"At the darkest moments of the war, in the thick of the battle, I always faced peril with a feeling of invincibility. Nothing could happen to me because I was her happy ending."

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

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2. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.95

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more

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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

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3. Walden

By: Henry David Thoreau

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Walden, or, Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David T… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Corrections

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.84

Format: 653 pages, Paperback

"The Corrections" is a grandly entertaining novel for the new century - a comic, tragic masterpiece… read more

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"To be so vigorous and healthy and yet so nothing. "

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"His problem consisted of a burning wish not to have done the things he'd done."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"The shame and disorder in his house were like the shame and disorder in his head."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

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5. The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff

3.88

Format: 704 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking ph… read more

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"This is pity,"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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6. Purity

By: Jonathan Franzen , Lucie Mikolajková

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A magnum opus for our morally complex times from the author of Freedom Young Pip Tyler doesn't know… read more

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7. Freedom

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.78

Format: 562 pages, Hardcover

Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifiers, the hands-on paren… read more

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"Success at sports is the province of the almost empty head."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Du skal bare huske at det ikke er en perfekt krig i en perfekt verden."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"[Patty's] Copernican wish to the be sun around which all things revolved"

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

8. The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

By: Olivia Laing

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

An expertly crafted work of reportage, memoir and biography on the subject of loneliness told throu… read more

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9. The Sheltering Sky

By: Paul Bowles

3.89

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans appr… read more

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"When I was young"

-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky

"The soul is the weariest part of the body."

-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky

"She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze."

-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky

"La humanidad es todos salvo uno mismo. Entonces, ¿Qué interés puede tener para nadie?"

-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky

10. Pakalnučių metai

By: Jurga Ivanauskaitė

4.24

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It was her first book of short stories - Pakalnuciu metai (The Year of the Lilies of the Valley)- p… read more

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11. Soumission

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.65

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more

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"It’s submission,"

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"There is no Israel for me."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"I was about as political as a bath towel."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

12. 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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13. My Own Words

By: Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Mary Hartnett , Wendy W. Williams

4.24

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, en… read more

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14. Lygiosios trunka akimirką

By: Icchokas Meras

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

,,Lygiosios trunka akimirka"vaizduoja karo metu Vilniaus geta, taciau autoriui rupi ne istorine aut… read more

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15. Karo nuotaka: iš nemylimos dukros – į Švedijos karalienę

By: Ilona Skujaitė

4.07

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

Jauniausios Žygimanto Augusto sesers Kotrynos Jogailaitės gyvenimo ir meilės istorija. Tikra istor… read more

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16. Moneta & labirintas

By: Mantas Adomėnas

3.95

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

2018-ieji, Nižnedvinskas, Šiaurės Rusija. Lietuvos saugumo Giliosios geopolitikos skyriaus žvalgybi… read more

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17. Anglų kalbos žodynas

By: Akvilina Cicėnaitė

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

„Mano širdis buvo kompasas, kuris rodė kryptį į šiaurę." - Akvilina Cicėnaitė Moteris ir jos vyr… read more

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18. Baltieji prieš juoduosius

By: Danutė Kalinauskaitė

4.12

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Danutė Kalinauskaitė – pripažinimo sulaukusi prozininkė, laimėjusi ne vieną literatūrinį apdovanoji… read more

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19. A Frozen Woman

By: Annie Ernaux

4.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A Frozen Woman charts Ernaux's teenage awakening, a… read more

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"Old equals plain equals lonely."

-Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

"So, what are you up to, where are you going on your vacation, that's a cute dress--no one knows what to talk about with an unmarried girl. Whereas a husband, children, an apartment, a washing machine…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

"Menstruation, making love, that had to come, but getting married? Everything that I've just experienced seems like all those things that are neither deliberately willed nor firmly rejected, and are t…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

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20. Devotion

By: Hannah Kent

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Prussia, 1836. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on… read more

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"Dying is unlike living. The smooth running of time is for the beating heart only. The dead stutter. The hands on my clock do not turn to numbers but to each other."

-Hannah Kent, Devotion

"Thea, in all incarnations, wherever my soul has resided, I have loved you, am loving you, will love you. If the earth one day burns out its charge, you will find me in the ash. if the sea dries, find…"

-Hannah Kent, Devotion

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21. Tiems, kurie neskaito

By: Benas Lastauskas

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Knygos veikėjai Ofisinis, Rūtelė, Edgaras, Tautvydas ir Arina gyvena tarp aukštų didmiesčio daugiab… read more

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22. Tyll

By: Daniel Kehlmann

3.94

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

Tyll, der neue Roman des Erfolgsautors Daniel Kehlmann – er veröffentlichte u.a. Die Vermessung der… read more

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"What should he do if word went around that in his throne room hung a magic picture that only the highborn could see, but he couldn't? Of course there was no picture there, it had been one of the fool…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

"Die Liebe zu den Kindern - besser, man kämpft gegen sie an. Man kommt ja auch nicht einem Hund zu nahe; sogar wenn er freundlich aussieht, kann er zuschnappen. Stets muss man einen Abstand lassen zwi…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

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23. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

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24. Pranešėjas ir Prezidentas

By: Birutė Davidonytė

4.39

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Artėjant 2019-ųjų prezidento rinkimams Valstybės saugumo departamento žvalgybos pareigūnas gauna ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. 1940: Paskutinė Lietuvos vasara

By: Norbertas Černiauskas

4.37

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

1940 m. birželį Lietuvos žmonės planavo derlių, atostogas, išleistuves ir savo ateitį. Vasaros sava… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Moneta & labirintas II

By: Mantas Adomėnas

4.11

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Romane „Moneta & labirintas II“ Lietuvos saugumo Giliosios geopolitikos skyriaus žvalgybininkas Tom… read more

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Cover of La Tragédie de l'orque (La Trilogie baryonique #1) by Pierre Raufast

27. La Tragédie de l'orque (La Trilogie baryonique #1)

By: Pierre Raufast

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

2173. L'humanité se remet progressivement de la grande migration climatique qui a décimé sa populat… read more

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28. Nelyginant šiaurė magnetą: pašnekesiai su Ellen Hinsey

By: Tomas Venclova

4.59

Format: 534 pages, Hardcover

„Nelyginant šiaurė magnet“ - pirma išsami rašytojo, vieno iškiliausių ir įtakingiausių pasaulyje ši… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk

29. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more

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"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

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30. Irena Veisaitė. Gyvenimas turėtų būti skaidrus

By: Aurimas Švedas

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

„Patirtys, apie kurias aš Jums ką tik papasakojau, leido man suvokti, kad gyventi irgi yra menas, k… read more

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31. Kolekcionierius

By: Saulius Tomas Kondrotas

4.00

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

„Kolekcionierius" – pirmas bandymas į vieną knygą sudėti visus S. T. Kondroto trumposios prozos kūr… read more

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