The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Discover Hemingway’s biography through the eyes of a fellow author and journalist. New York Times b…
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1. The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)
By: Ellis Peters
4.53
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The year is 1143; once again Brother Cadfael is forced to leave the tranquility of his herb garden … read more
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2. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
3. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
By: Rinker Buck
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's "The Oregon Trail" is a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
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4. Provinces of Night
By: William Gay
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
The year is 1952, and E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - … read more
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5. Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, … read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Cybernetic Tea Shop
By: Meredith Katz
3.90
Format: 205 pages, ebook
Clara Gutierrez is a highly-skilled technician specializing in the popular 'Raise' AI companions. H… read more
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7. The House Without a Key (Charlie Chan, #1)
By: Earl Derr Biggers
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is the classic novel in which Charlie Chan makes his debut as Inspector of the Honolulu Police… read more
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8. Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
By: Laura Cumming
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming “combines first-rate art history with deeply felt m… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"It is such a long journey out, this one, from where we came; this life, our life, the journey between the first and last shores."-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"We see pictures in time and place. We cannot see them otherwise. They are fragments of our lives, moments of existence that may be as unremarkable as rain or as startling as a clap of thunder. Whatev…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"I cannot get enough of Dutch art. You can turn to this other world -- and it is a picture world as no other, a whole society visualised through time and place, seasons and generations, moment by mome…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"Fabritius is thirty-two, and I was the same age when I first wrote about his self-portrait. He and I remain the same age whenever we meet. He is dead, I am still alive, so the existential maths [sic]…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
9. James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
By: James Patterson
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
How did a boy from small-town New York become one of the world's most successful writers? · On t… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Here’s the best I’ve come up with about recovering from the death of somebody we love. It goes like this. When we were little, maybe one or so, we learn how to walk. Somehow we figure out how to get …"-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
"When she was free, the whale didn’t rush out to sea. Instead, she swam around and around her rescuers in joyous circles. The whale came up to each and every diver one at a time. She nudged them, push…"-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
"Okay, now. In the spirit of open minds — try to walk in somebody else's shoes at least once a day. Maybe even twice a day. What's it like for your poor teachers to have to put up with you rowdy, ill-…"-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
10. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
By: Ari Shapiro
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"We'd drive west to the fog of the coast. In Oregon, nobody calls it the beach, maybe to discourage false hopes of warm and sun."-Ari Shapiro, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
11. A Dangerous Business
By: Jane Smiley
3.17
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author of A Thousand Acres: a mystery set … read more
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12. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
13. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
By: Andrew McCarthy
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and ac… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
15. Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
By: Ada Calhoun
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A staggering memoir from New York Times bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relation… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
16. Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
By: William Alexander
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on the surprisingly twisty journe… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
17. Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
By: Luke Russert
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In Look for Me There , Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his jou… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"We work our way back through the crowd. A few steps behind, holding Dad’s hand, I keep my eyes affixed to the back of his white polo shirt. The outline of his wallet is visible through his back pants…"-Luke Russert, Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
18. The Lioness of Boston
By: Emily Franklin
3.72
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A deeply evocative novel of the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an… read more
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"Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth."-Emily Franklin, The Lioness of Boston
19. Father and Son: A Memoir
By: Jonathan Raban
3.72
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A poignant memoir of love, trauma, and recovery after a life-changing stroke, twinned to a powerful… read more
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- biography
- memoir
20. The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Discover Hemingway’s biography through the eyes of a fellow author and journalist. New York Times b… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
21. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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- history
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
