A Concise History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present
By: Michael J. Seth
4.30
Format: 612 pages, ebook
Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neo…
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1. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
By: Sudhir Venkatesh
4.07
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside capture… read more
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2. The Arabian Nights
By: Anonymous , Richard Francis Burton , A.S. Byatt
4.03
Format: 1049 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most fa… read more
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"Experience shapes perception."-Anonymous, The Arabian Nights
"It is amazing what women in love will do"-Anonymous, The Arabian Nights
"If you need a hug, give it to someone else."-Anonymous, The Arabian Nights
"Glory be to Him who changes others and remains Himself unchanged!"-Anonymous, The Arabian Nights
3. The Song of Roland
By: Unknown , Dorothy L. Sayers
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spa… read more
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4. The Making of Modern Japan
By: Marius B. Jansen
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japan… read more
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- history
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5. Human Acts
By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer… read more
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6. Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
By: C.S. Pacat
4.43
Format: 385 pages, ebook
Damianos of Akielos has returned. His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince L… read more
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"You see?"-C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
"Laurent said, ‘Hello, lover."-C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
"I know who you are, Damianos,’ said Laurent."-C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
"You were right about Kastor,' Damen said. It was all he said."-C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
7. The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology
By: Abdal Hakim Murad
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology… read more
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8. 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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9. Please Look After Mom
By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Chi-Young Kim , None
4.62
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
An international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's n… read more
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10. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
11. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
12. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
By: Adam Hochschild
4.18
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more
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"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
13. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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- nonfiction
14. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By: Steve Brusatte
4.20
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more
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- nonfiction
"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
15. Life Ceremony
By: Sayaka Murata
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more
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"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
16. The Waiting
By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
4.43
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The story begins with a mother's confession... sisters permanently separated by a border during the… read more
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17. Grass
By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
4.52
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
This true story of a Korean comfort woman documents how the atrocity of war devastates women’s live… read more
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"Frágiles ramas que tiemblan en las postrimerías del largo invierno. Dentro albergan la energía de una vida nueva que pronto brotará y abrirá grietas en la corteza La tierra despertará de su hibernaci…"-Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass
18. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
By: Alexander Mikaberidze
4.34
Format: 936 pages, Hardcover
Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely assoc… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Interior Chinatown
By: Charles Yu
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles … read more
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"LOVE STORY FOR A GENERIC ASIAN MAN???"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"As everyone knows, water hates poor people."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"If she could move freely between worlds, why can't you?"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"IDK, I never represented someone for self-imprisonment before."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
20. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-Reum
4.02
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more
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"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
21. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.21
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more
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- nonfiction
"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
22. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By: Barbara Demick
4.45
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more
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"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
23. When Gracie Met the Grump
By: Mariana Zapata
4.07
Format: 570 pages, Paperback
Of all the things that could have landed in her yard… it had to be him. For most people, finding… read more
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"I don’t know where this marshmallow filling inside you is coming from, but I’m all about it"-Mariana Zapata, When Gracie Met the Grump
"I know this is probably hell for you, but you can count to three hundred and then push me off"-Mariana Zapata, When Gracie Met the Grump
"People think doing the right thing is easy, but it’s not. The right thing is hardly ever convenient."-Mariana Zapata, When Gracie Met the Grump
"If you can’t worry about losing something you find precious, it probably isn’t all that valuable to you in the first place."-Mariana Zapata, When Gracie Met the Grump
24. The White Book
By: Han Kang
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more
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"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."-Han Kang, The White Book
"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."-Han Kang, The White Book
"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."-Han Kang, The White Book
"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"-Han Kang, The White Book
25. Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
By: Xiran Jay Zhao
4.06
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots t… read more
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"So what am I supposed to do?" "Your worst, of course."-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
"Besides, don’t you know basic geometry, Strategist Sima?"-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
"But a mother who has failed me so thoroughly is no mother of mine."-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
"You don't think girls are afraid?" "Girls... know how to sacrifice."-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
26. Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
By: H.W. Brands
4.13
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen… read more
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- nonfiction
27. Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
By: Randolph M. Nesse
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A founder of the field of evolutionary medicine uses his decades of experience as a psychiatrist to… read more
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- nonfiction
"Like fever and pain, anxiety and low mood are useful normal responses to some situations."-Randolph M. Nesse, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
"Selection shaped our brains and bodies to maximize reproduction at enormous costs to human happiness."-Randolph M. Nesse, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
"The body is not shaped for maximum health or longevity; it is shaped for maximum transmission of its genes."-Randolph M. Nesse, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
"Eating disorders are not caused by abnormal genes; they are caused by normal genes interacting with abnormal environments."-Randolph M. Nesse, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
28. A Concise History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present
By: Michael J. Seth
4.30
Format: 612 pages, ebook
Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neo… read more
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