The King Over the Water: A Complete History of the Jacobites
By: Desmond Seward
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Spanning more than a century and involving almost every European country at one time or another (as…
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1. Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
By: Raymond Chandler
4.10
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at… read more
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"She was a cute as a washtub."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
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"The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
2. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
By: Charles Dickens , David Paroissien
3.66
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers si… read more
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"For certain, neither of them sees a happy Present, as the gate opens and closes, and one goes in, and the other goes away."-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
"But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female celibacy, and was guilty of other glaring pious frauds."-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
"He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to t…"-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
"I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carryin…"-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
3. The Dime Museum Murders
By: Daniel Stashower
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In 1897, New York City teems with hustlers and freshly made millionaires, fine artists and con arti… read more
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"Toleration is good for all or it is good for none."-Daniel Stashower, The Dime Museum Murders
4. St. Francis of Assisi
By: G.K. Chesterton , Joseph F. Girzone
3.94
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Francis of Assisi is, after Mary of Nazareth, perhaps the greatest saint in the Christian calendar,… read more
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"The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The modern mind is hard to please; and it generally calls the way of Godfrey ferocious and the way of Francis fanatical. That is, it calls any moral method unpractical, when it has just called any pr…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"I beseech you, little brothers, that you be as wise as brother Daisy and brother dandelion; for never do they lie awake thinking of tomorrow, yet they have gold crowns like kings and emperors or like…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
5. Calum's Road
By: Roger Hutchinson
3.66
Format: None pages,
Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. He tended the Rona… read more
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6. Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric
By: Veronica Buckley
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and, in the candlelight, mistakenly declared… read more
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7. A Time Of Dread (Of Blood and Bone, #1)
By: John Gwynne
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Ben-Elim, a fierce race of warrior-angels, burst into the Banished Lands over a hundred and thi… read more
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8. The Quiet American
By: Graham Greene , Robert Stone
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man… read more
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9. A History of Scotland
By: Geoffrey Parker , None , None
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
A history that is equally entertaining and enlightening, illustrating all of the changes of power a… read more
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10. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more
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11. Holy Disorders (Gervase Fen, #2)
By: Edmund Crispin
5.00
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Oxford don and part-time detective Gervase Fen is in the town of Tolnbridge where he is happily bou… read more
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12. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
4.00
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more
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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
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"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
13. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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14. A Curious History of Sex
By: Kate Lister
4.17
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throug… read more
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"Vulvas aren’t dainty. They can eat a penis and push out a baby."-Kate Lister, A Curious History of Sex
15. The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)
By: Mark Lawrence
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more
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16. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
By: Catherine Belton
4.18
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more
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17. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
18. Blood & Sugar
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
3.93
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded… read more
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19. Manhunt: How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield to Justice
By: Colin Sutton
4.24
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN CLUNES What does it take to catch one of Britain's most feared… read more
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20. Circles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites
By: Katy Soar
4.08
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
In the wood the grey stone rose from the grass, and she cried out and ran back in panicked terror. … read more
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21. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
By: Martyn Rady
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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22. How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It (The Siege, #2)
By: K.J. Parker
4.11
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
This is the story of how the City was saved, by Notker the professional liar, written down because … read more
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"She drank her wine, looking at me over the rim of her glass. It's a mannerism that has made her very popular with men over the years, and I guess it's like the violin: you have to keep practicing eve…"-K.J. Parker, How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It (The Siege, #2)
23. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
By: K.J. Parker
4.08
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
This is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Grea… read more
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"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it."-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
"My guess is, they couldn't sleep, and they had the kind of generous nature that reckons insomnia isn't something you hoard all for yourself, you share it with your friends and loved ones."-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
"My belief is, either you understand things or you understand people. Nobody can do both. Frankly, I’m happier with things. I understand stuff like tensile strength, shearing force, ductility, work ha…"-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
24. Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
By: Richard Snow
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy—a little-known event… read more
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25. The Gathering Storm (Jacobite Chronicles #3)
By: Julia Brannan
4.45
Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition
THE THIRD INSTALMENT IN THE GRIPPING SERIES THAT FOLLOWS THE EXCITING LIVES OF BETH AND ALEX MACGRE… read more
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26. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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27. The Library: A Fragile History
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 518 pages, Hardcover
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, des… read more
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"In 1748, the Earl of Chesterfield passed on some useful advice to his son: 'Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors a…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
"Mudie's insistence on the three-volume format was undoubtedly responsible for the verbosity of many nineteenth-century novels, as authors went to extraordinary efforts to pad their texts to the requi…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
28. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
By: Eleanor Janega
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more
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29. The Dead of Winter: Ten Classic Tales for Chilling Nights (Vintage Murders)
By: Various
3.34
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
Not everything that goes bump in the night brings gifts ...As the nights draw in, the veil between … read more
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30. The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, 1600 - 1900
By: T.M. Devine
4.07
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
'A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to read it' Andrew Marr, Sunday Tim… read more
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"It was noted of Smailholm in Roxburghshire, for instance, that many young men from the parish had joined the army and navy during the American War of Independence and never came back home."-T.M. Devine, The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, 1600 - 1900
31. The King Over the Water: A Complete History of the Jacobites
By: Desmond Seward
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Spanning more than a century and involving almost every European country at one time or another (as… read more
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