Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong
By: Gary Giddins
3.94
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
Gary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" ( Esquire ). Louis Armstrong h…
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1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
By: Michael Lewis
4.30
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top … read more
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- nonfiction
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"Time is a variable continuum."-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
"It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight,"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
"Long Beach Savings was the first existing bank to adopt what was called the “originate and sell"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
"When you’re a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off,"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
2. Las batallas en el desierto
By: José Emilio Pacheco
4.13
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
A novella depicts the harsh reality of life in urban Mexico and the tragedy of childhood innocence … read more
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"Enamorarse sabiendo que todo está perdido y no hay ninguna esperanza."-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto
"Querer a alguien no es pecado, el amor está bien, lo único demoníaco es el odio."-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto
"We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others."-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto
"Qué estupidez meterme en un lío que pude haber evitado con sólo resistirme a mi imbécil declaración de amor.Todo pasó como pasan los discos en la sinfonola."-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto
3. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more
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4. Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
By: Peter Guralnick
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to b… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
5. David Copperfield
By: Charles Dickens , Jeremy Tambling
4.03
Format: 882 pages, Paperback
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impov… read more
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"Trifles make the sum of life. "-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
"the sight of me is good for sore eyes"-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
"Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him."-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
"My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do to-day"-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
6. Act One
By: Woody Allen , Moss Hart
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Dramatic Story that Capitvated a Generation With this new edition, the classic best-selling aut… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
7. Hong Kong
By: Jan Morris
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting cit… read more
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- nonfiction
8. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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9. A Month in the Country
By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd
3.76
Format: None pages,
In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more
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10. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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11. Born to Run
By: Bruce Springsteen
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The e… read more
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12. The Lost Daughter
By: Elena Ferrante
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Elena Ferrante will blow you away."-Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones From the author of Th… read more
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13. A Little Thing Called Life: From Elvis's Graceland to Bruce Jenner's Caitlyn & Songs in Between
By: Linda Thompson
3.78
Format: None pages, ebook
Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her … read more
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14. Postcards from the Boys
By: Ringo Starr
4.00
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Whenever John, Paul, or George went on a trip, they would send Ringo a postcard. Now, for the first… read more
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15. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
By: Stephen Greenblatt
4.34
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work… read more
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16. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
17. Me
By: Elton John
4.33
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, whic… read more
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"It was insanity, but it sounded romantic."-Elton John, Me
"You can work as hard as you like, and plan as carefully as you want, but there are moments when it’s just about a hunch, about trusting your instincts, or about fate."-Elton John, Me
18. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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19. The Philosophy of Modern Song
By: Bob Dylan
3.80
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more
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"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song
20. The Friend
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.77
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her do… read more
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"I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"I know this is all moronically anthropomorphic, but sometimes that is the form love takes."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"There's a certain type of person who, having read this far, is anxiously wondering: Does something bad happen to the dog?"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
21. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
By: Michael Lewis
4.34
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the … read more
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22. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
23. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.60
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
A stirring meditation on Black performance in America from the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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- nonfiction
"When someone loves loudly, with everything they have in them, the withholding of that loud love, even briefly, feels impossible to endure."-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
"If I am going to be afraid, I might as well do it honest. Arm in arm with everyone I love, adorned in blood and bruises, singing jokes on our way to the grave."-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
"I have wanted to die enough times in my life to understand the idea that wanting to die is not a foolish thing... I don't mean to prop up the idea of wanting an exit, but for me, not to imagine it as…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
"Of the many things America loves to pat itself on the back about, one of the things is an obsession with exploration, or the desire to seek places beyond the places you are from or the places you hav…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
24. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
By: Walter Isaacson
4.29
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a pape… read more
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"The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"Does empathy depend on believing that but for the grace of God, or the randomness of the natural lottery, we could have been born with a different set of endowments?"-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"She felt at home in the lab. It was a quiet temple for individual persistence and contemplation. She could be creative and independent as she pursued a path toward her own discoveries."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
25. Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"
By: James Lapine
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in… read more
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26. The Vanishing of Margaret Small
By: Neil Alexander
4.22
Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition
Meet Margaret Small: 75, plain spoken and a Cilla Black super fan. Shortly after the death of her i… read more
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27. Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan (American Music Series)
By: Alex Pappademas
4.46
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan. Steely Dan’s songs are exercises in … read more
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28. The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
By: Alexandra Robbins
4.19
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
The hit national bestseller - a New York Times Spring Nonfiction Pick, USA Today "Hottest New Book… read more
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"Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours."-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
"Teachers deserve to helm every committee determining school operations rather than policymakers who proclaim what should happen in the classroom despite never having taught in one."-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
"Teachers deserve a safe working environment in which violence is not tolerated from students, parents, or staff, and educators can report it and other transgressions without fear of retaliation."-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
"By the fall of 2021, schools across the country had lost a staggering number of teachers, paraeducators, substitutes, bus drivers, and other staff who quit, retired early, got sick, or died because o…"-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
29. 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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30. Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll
By: Lenny Kaye
3.83
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
“We have performed side-by-side on the global stage through half a century…. In Lightning Striking… read more
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31. Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong
By: Gary Giddins
3.94
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
Gary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" ( Esquire ). Louis Armstrong h… read more
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