The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
By: John Tresch
3.75
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Finalist for the 2022 Edgar AwardAn innovative biog…
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1. The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
By: Daniel Stashower
3.69
Format: None pages,
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the … read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
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2. The Contract With God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue (The Contract With God Trilogy, #1-3)
By: Will Eisner
3.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Will Eisner (1917-2005) saw himself as "a graphic witness reporting on life, death, heartbreak, and… read more
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3. The Children of Noisy Village
By: Astrid Lindgren , Ilon Wikland , Florence Lamborn
4.54
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Noisy Village! Go crayfishing in the summer at Nocken, "dipping in the pot" at Christmas… read more
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4. The King in Yellow
By: Robert W. Chambers
3.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more
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"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
5. Dodger
By: Terry Pratchett
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
A storm.Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately … read more
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6. The Fifth Heart
By: Dan Simmons
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Drood, a historical mystery in which Sherlock Holmes and Henry James team up to… read more
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7. Flukt
By: Carl Frode Tiller
4.24
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
Det er julaftan. Elisabet og Sakarias har vore ved grava, sett lys, børsta snø av steinen - så køyr… read more
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8. The First Bright Thing
By: J.R. Dawson
3.60
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?Ringmaster — Rin, to those who… read more
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"My love,"-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
"I love you,"-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
"Family finds us, even if we’re born in different places to different homes."-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
"What is the absence of love called? It’s not hate. It’s not even apathy. The word lives in the anticipation of waiting for someone who will never come home."-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
9. The City Inside
By: Samit Basu
3.31
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”Joey is a Reali… read more
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"They're on display. Indi's making sure her body catches the light as it changes colour off his smartatt reads, always a spectacular angle, never missing a beat, turning and placing his partner in an …"-Samit Basu, The City Inside
10. All the Living and the Dead
By: Hayley Campbell
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more
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"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead
11. Love in Winter Wonderland
By: Abiola Bello
3.72
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A YA Christmas love story set in a London Black-owned bookshop. Charming, handsome Trey Anderso… read more
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12. Damsel
By: Evelyn Skye
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A damsel in distress takes on the dragon herself in this epic twist on classic fantasy—a groundbrea… read more
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13. The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation
By: Cory Doctorow
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A detailed disassembly manual for people who want to dismantle Big Tech When the tech platforms … read more
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14. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Mark Dawidziak
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my… read more
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- audiobook
"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's trou…"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
15. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
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- audiobook
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
16. What Kind of Mother
By: Clay McLeod Chapman
3.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced to return to her hometown of Bran… read more
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17. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
By: Cherie Dimaline
3.53
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-n… read more
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18. The Secret History of Bigfoot
By: John O’Connor
3.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more
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19. The Wizard and the Prophet
By: Charles C. Mann
4.23
Format: 640 pages, Audio CD
From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493--an incisive portrait of the two littl… read more
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20. Abundance
By: Jakob Guanzon
3.85
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction A wrenching debut about the causes and effects … read more
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21. Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
By: Elizabeth Rush
4.18
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD A CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018 A GUARDIAN, NPR's … read more
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22. Ciężar skóry
By: Małgorzata Rejmer
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Ciało, trauma, magia. Codzienna groza życia i marzenia o wolności. Autorka głośnych reportaży o Bał… read more
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23. In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy
By: Frédéric Martel
3.83
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling account of corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Vatican. … read more
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24. Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
By: Jennifer Wright
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“This is the story of one of the boldest women in American history: a self-made millionaire, a cele… read more
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25. There Are No Accidents
By: Jessie Singer
4.33
Format: None pages, None
A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define al… read more
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"It is an act of love to demand accountability for the dead. And it takes rage to prevent the same accidents from happening again."-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents
"Blame and the punishment that follows may satisfy the thirst for vengeance. But we cannot punish and learn at the same time. Punishment keeps in place the belief that the system is safe and the human…"-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents
26. Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
By: Rachel Monroe
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A provocative and original investigation of our cultural fascination with crime, linking four arche… read more
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"Sometimes women’s attraction to true crime is dismissed as trashy and voyeuristic (because women are vapid!). Sometimes it is unquestioningly celebrated as feminist (because if women like something, …"-Rachel Monroe, Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
27. Niebezpieczna obsesja (Czaplińska i Maciejka, #3)
By: Małgorzata Rogala
3.67
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Stawscy spełniają swoje marzenie: kupują dom na warszawskiej Ochocie, by nie tylko w nim zamieszkać… read more
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28. Oszukana
By: Karolina Wójciak
4.05
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
Krystyna to pisarka, autorka bestsellerów, szanowana kobieta, matka i wdowa. Ceni elegancję, dobre … read more
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29. Na cienkim lodzie
By: M.B. Mann
3.75
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
Czy zemsta będzie słodka, gdy w grę zacznie wchodzić miłość? Holly Hegan przez lata była obiekte… read more
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30. Czas rumianku (Saga o ludziach ziemi, #2)
By: Anna Fryczkowska
4.51
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Fascynujące losy rodziny, która potrafiła ocalić miłość i godność. Drugi tom wzruszającej sagi rozg… read more
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31. The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
By: John Tresch
3.75
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Finalist for the 2022 Edgar AwardAn innovative biog… read more
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