Rome: Art & Architecture
By: Marco Bussagli
4.18
Format: 626 pages, Paperback
Roma aeterna, the "Eternal City" ndash; for hundreds of years its unparalleled grandeur and beauty …
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1. A Pale View of Hills
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.79
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: This a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780571225378. In his highly acclaim… read more
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"Sisters are supposed to be people you’re close to, aren’t they. You may not like them much, but you’re still close to them."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"It doesn’t matter how old someone is, it’s what they’ve experienced that counts. People can get to be a hundred and not experience a thing."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"I’ve come to appreciate cooking over the years. It’s an art, I’m convinced of it, just as noble as painting or poetry. It’s not appreciated simply because the product disappears so quickly"-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"The Americans, they never understood the way things were in Japan. Not for one moment have they understood. Their ways may be fine for Americans, but in Japan things are different, very different."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
2. Mansfield Park
By: Jane Austen
3.87
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more
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"I was quiet, but I was not blind."-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
3. On Chesil Beach
By: Ian McEwan
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. It is… read more
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4. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
By: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm , Joseph Campbell , James Stern , Padraic Colum , Josef Scharl , Margaret Raine Hunt
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been pa… read more
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5. The Glass Bead Game
By: Theodore Ziolkowski , Hermann Hesse , Richard Winston , Clara Winston
4.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, 'The Gla… read more
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6. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
By: Meik Wiking
3.41
Format: None pages,
Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That's down to one thing: hygge. 'Hy… read more
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7. Scar Tissue
By: Larry Sloman , Anthony Kiedis
3.00
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, the New York Timesbestseller by one of rock's most provocative figures Scar Tissu… read more
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8. The Day of the Jackal
By: Frederick Forsyth
4.27
Format: 358 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. The Jackal. A tall, blond… read more
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"It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad."-Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal
9. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
10. The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
By: Hilary Mantel
4.39
Format: 759 pages, Paperback
With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with … read more
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"Everybody wants something, if only for the pain to stop."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"It was not by a serpent, but by paper and ink that evil came into the world."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
11. Norse Mythology
By: Neil Gaiman
4.10
Format: 301 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780393356182 Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient … read more
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"Ragnarok is coming."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
"And the game begins anew."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
"Rebirth always follows death."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
"Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
12. Ten Steps to Nanette
By: Hannah Gadsby
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared tha… read more
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- nonfiction
"Nanette is basically Eat Pray Love for autistic queer folk."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"So, I will just share it here, because I truly believe that the only universal “body"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"It really is something when you can make collecting and organising objects boring to a young kid with autism spectrum disorder (but that’s exactly what Stamp Explorer managed to do)."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"And I needed my audience to trust me because I needed my audience to feel safe, and I needed my audience to feel safe so that I could take that safety away and not give it back. Why? Because that is …"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
13. The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3)
By: Graeme Simsion
4.04
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
I was standing on one leg shucking oysters when the problems began… Don and Rosie are back in Me… read more
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"Lack of coolness can be pretty cool."-Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3)
"Humans instinctively trust personal experience over research"-Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3)
"I had learned that people with irrational beliefs in one domain could be sensible and reliable in others."-Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3)
"I had learned, reluctantly and over many years, that rational argument seldom overcame irrational resistance."-Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3)
14. Slade House
By: David Mitchell
3.81
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British p… read more
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"Coffee’s the elixir of life."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"In racy Victorian novels, beware of young widows."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"It takes more than holding hands and singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"Truth has this habit of changing after the fact, don't you find?"-David Mitchell, Slade House
15. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
By: Stephen Fry
4.35
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
16. Mazebook
By: Jeff Lemire
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a myster… read more
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17. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
By: Stephen Fry
4.32
Format: 415 pages, Paperback
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
18. The Doors of Eden
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.87
Format: 609 pages, ebook
Lee’s best friend went missing on Bodmin Moor, four years ago. She and Mal were chasing rumours of … read more
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19. Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People (and Not Lose Your Mind)
By: Thomas Erikson
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Part of the bestselling Surrounded by Idiots series! Internationally bestselling author Thomas Eri… read more
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20. Sea of Stars, Vol. 1: Lost in the Wild Heavens
By: Jason Aaron
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Being a space-trucker sounds like a cool job, but the reality is can be boring as hell. So when rec… read more
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21. Rome: Art & Architecture
By: Marco Bussagli
4.18
Format: 626 pages, Paperback
Roma aeterna, the "Eternal City" ndash; for hundreds of years its unparalleled grandeur and beauty … read more
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- italy
- art
- art history
- architecture
- history
- travel
- nonfiction
- reference
- archaeology
