Figures In A Landscape: People and Places
By: Paul Theroux
3.81
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape r…
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1. The Hundred Secret Senses
By: Amy Tan
4.00
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
The Hundred Secret Senses is an exultant novel about China and America, love and loyalty, the ident… read more
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- literature
"too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow."-Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses
"Kwan saw what she believed. I saw what I didn't want to believe."-Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses
"But to pretend that all was right with the world, I first had to know what was wrong."-Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses
"Too much happiness, said the man who returned, always overflows into tears of sorrow."-Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses
2. The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef
By: Marco Pierre White , James Steen
3.97
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
What do Mario Batali and Gordon Ramsay have in common? They survived tours of duty in the kitchen … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you."-Marco Pierre White, The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef
3. Our Man in Havana
By: Graham Greene
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more
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- literature
4. Falconer
By: John Cheever
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Stunning and brutally powerful, Falconertells the story of a man named Farragut, his crime and puni… read more
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- literature
- american
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- travel
- nonfiction
- biography
6. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II
By: None , Leon Trotsky , Thomas P. Whitney , Georgi Plekhanov
4.60
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
It is a question if any work of literature in our era other than The Divine Comedyis commensurate w… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
7. The Go-Between
By: Colm Tóibín , L.P. Hartley
3.99
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
L.P. Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence The Go-Between is edited with … read more
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- literature
"You flew too near the sun and you were scorched."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"To see things as they really were--what an empoverishment!"-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"With the opening of the door, and the installation of electric light in the cupboard, the skeletons had crumbled into dust."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
8. The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.41
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
An essential of the truly gripping book for the narrative addict is the creation of a whole, solidl… read more
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- literature
- audiobook
"At one time Stephen had been marooned on a bare rock in the South Atlantic, and his only drink was the warm rainwater that remained in the guano-filled hollows. It had been more disagreeable than Mrs…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
"...looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this is coming it pretty high: your brute is eating my hat.' 'So he is, too,' said Dr. Maturin. 'But do not be perturbed, Jac…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
"You are a reasonably civil, complaisant creature on dry land,' said Stephen, 'but the moment you are afloat you become pragmatical and absolute, a bashaw - do this, do that, gluppit the prawling stra…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
"Stephen Maturin sipped his scalding coffee, the right Mocha berry, brought back from Arabia Felix in the pilgrim dhows, and considered. He was naturally a reserved and even a secretive man: his illeg…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
9. The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
By: Alan Booth
3.50
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
ALAN BOOTH'S CLASSIC OF MODERN TRAVEL WRITING Traveling only along small back roads, Alan Booth tra… read more
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10. Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations
By: None
3.99
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Oliver Le Carrer brings us a fascinating history and armchair journey to the world's most dangerous… read more
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11. The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.40
Format: 382 pages, Paperback
"Vividly detailed 19th-century settings and dramatic tension punctuated with flashes of wry humor m… read more
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- literature
- audiobook
"(She) threw Stephen a quick, apologetic glance and ran into the house. She might be in a strange hurry of spirits, but she moved with the perfect, unconscious grace that had always touched him, and h…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
12. The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin… read more
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13. Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America
By: Jonathan Raban
4.62
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
In 1782 an immigrant with the high-toned name J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur--"Heartbreak" in Eng… read more
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14. Eight Feet in the Andes
By: Dervla Murphy
4.16
Format: 200 pages,
The eight feet belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel and Juana, an elegant mul… read more
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15. Sabbath's Theater
By: Philip Roth
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Sabbath's Theateris a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero… read more
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16. The Island of the Colorblind
By: Oliver Sacks
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hatand An Anthropologist on Marsc… read more
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17. The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
By: James Rebanks
4.18
Format: 578 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James … read more
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18. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
By: Erika Fatland
4.28
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
19. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
By: Rebecca Renner
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
20. Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)
By: Dan Jones
4.16
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The epic sequel to Essex Dogs, continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of nov… read more
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- audiobook
21. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
22. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
By: Cheuk Kwan
3.57
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brough… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
23. Almost Brown
By: Charlotte Gill
3.67
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning writer retraces her dysfunctional, biracial, globe-trotting family's journey as sh… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
24. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
By: Pico Iyer
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time" (Brain Pickings): a journey throu… read more
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- memoir
- travel
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
26. The Boy with a Bird in His Chest
By: Emme Lund
3.74
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums w… read more
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"Soon his denial of Gail was somewhat of a comfort to him, a shawl he could wear out in the world. He grew easier while eating dinner with a plate on his lap next to the fire pit, easier on his hikes …"-Emme Lund, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest
27. Deer Season (Flyover Fiction)
By: Erin Flanagan
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
It’s the opening weekend of deer season in Gunthrum, Nebraska, in 1985, and Alma Costagan’s intelle… read more
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28. Postcards from Surfers
By: Helen Garner
3.56
Format: 106 pages, Paperback
Eleven stories deal with fathers and sons, a mysterious visitor, a little girl who learns about suf… read more
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- essays
29. Fatal Charms: And Other Tales of Today
By: Dominick Dunne
3.91
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
Dominick Dunne has met them all--stars and slugs, criminals and victims, the innocent and the hideo… read more
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- essays
30. Figures In A Landscape: People and Places
By: Paul Theroux
3.81
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape r… read more
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- africa
- american
- biography
- memoir
- literature
- travel
- nonfiction
- essays
- 21st century
- audiobook
31. Tibetan Foothold
By: Dervla Murphy
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In July 1963 Dervla Murphy arrived in a sweltering Delhi by bicycle. Deciding that the heat preclud… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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