Coco Chanel: An Illustrated Biography
By: Zena Alkayat
3.95
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's signature style and revolutionary approach to design changed women's fash…
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1. Serious Concerns
By: Wendy Cope
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A collection of poems featuring works by Cope such as "Bloody Men", "Men and their Boring Arguments… read more
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- nonfiction
"Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion."-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
"The day he moved out was terrible – That evening she went through hell. His absence wasn’t a problem But the corkscrew had gone as well."-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
"At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange it made me so happy, As ordin…"-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
"Bloody men are like bloody buses — You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You’r…"-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
2. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
By: Pema Chödrön
4.28
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more
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- nonfiction
"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
3. The Velveteen Rabbit
By: Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson
4.30
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and ex… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"...because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
4. The Broken Wings
By: Kahlil Gibran , None
4.11
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
This is the exquisitely tender story of love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental … read more
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5. A Small Place
By: Jamaica Kincaid
4.02
Format: None pages,
Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Placemagnifies our vision of one small place with Swifti… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.02
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's … read more
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"I want to suffer so that I may love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
"How anxiously I yearned for those I had forsake"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
"how anxiously I yearned for those I had forsaken."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
"أصبحت فجأة لا أغضب من الناس، بل ما عدت ألاحظ وجودهم."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
7. Love & Misadventure
By: Lang Leav
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lang Leav is a poet and internationally exhibiting artist. Awarded a coveted Churchill Fellowship, … read more
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8. Boys in the Trees: A Memoir
By: Carly Simon
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
The Instant #1 New York TimesBestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! "Intelligent a… read more
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9. Flawed (Flawed, #1)
By: Cecelia Ahern
4.11
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
You will be punished… Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, … read more
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"I told you I'd find you."-Cecelia Ahern, Flawed (Flawed, #1)
"I can't be afraid of someone whose human side I see and know."-Cecelia Ahern, Flawed (Flawed, #1)
"I was jealous of your perfection. And now I’m jealous that you’re Flawed."-Cecelia Ahern, Flawed (Flawed, #1)
"Power. It's all about that, don't you forget. People want money or power."-Cecelia Ahern, Flawed (Flawed, #1)
10. Fangs
By: Sarah Andersen
4.24
Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition
A love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah's Scri… read more
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- graphic novels
"– In all my years, I really haven't slept with many people. I kinda have trust issues. – Why's that? – My „first"-Sarah Andersen, Fangs
11. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
By: Grant Snider
3.74
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more
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- art
- graphic novels
- nonfiction
"A book closed is just a block of paper."-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
12. The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
By: Renée Nault
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us. Offred is a Handmaid in… read more
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- graphic novels
13. Mr Salary
By: Sally Rooney
3.78
Format: 33 pages, Paperback
My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him cl… read more
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"My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all."-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
"He watched me at first but then looked away. "Would it be a major bereavement for you if I died?" I said. "The most major one I can think of, yeah." "Nobody else would grieve."-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
"Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river, ignoring the real living bodies all around m…"-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
"Nothing inside my body was trying to kill me. Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river…"-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
14. Teen Titans: Raven (Teen Titans, #1)
By: Kami Garcia
4.01
Format: 171 pages, ebook
When a tragic accident takes the life of seventeen-year-old Raven Roth’s foster mom—and Raven’s mem… read more
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- graphic novels
"You don't have to share the same parents to be sisters, Just the same heart."-Kami Garcia, Teen Titans: Raven (Teen Titans, #1)
"Strength doesn't come from your memories, it comes from you heart .And the heart never forgets."-Kami Garcia, Teen Titans: Raven (Teen Titans, #1)
"Strength doesn’t come from your memories. It comes from your heart. And the heart never forgets."-Kami Garcia, Teen Titans: Raven (Teen Titans, #1)
15. The Houseguest and Other Stories
By: Amparo Dávila
3.65
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller Like those of Kafka,… read more
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"The daily exercise of suffering gives one the gaze of an abandoned dog and the colour of a ghost. - Fragment of a Diary [July to August] "-Amparo Dávila, The Houseguest and Other Stories
16. The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
By: Amanda Lovelace
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, … read more
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- nonfiction
" -call us alexandria "-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
"Confiança não é egocentrismo"-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
"Fuck the idea of staying calm."-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
"i am the girl with the arsonist heart"-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
17. Maybe This Time
By: Jill Mansell
3.97
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 3 BESTSELLER!Heartwarming and joyful - the brand new romantic comedy from the … read more
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"Sometimes you could meet a complete stranger and just know you really liked them."-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time
"For every wizened female tortoise there's a male tortoise who thinks she's irresistible."-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time
"... the worst culprits were the ones who were secretly battling with their own feelings."-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time
"Grief made you selfish; engulfed as you were in your own pain, it was hard to remember the others were suffering too."-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time
18. Flowerheart
By: Catherine Bakewell
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poiso… read more
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"The goal was not to subdue one's anger or shame, but rather to embrace it. Control was not the objective; freedom was. (Chapter 16, page 220)"-Catherine Bakewell, Flowerheart
19. The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac: The official magical companion to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books
By: J.K. Rowling
4.30
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The only official companion to the seven spellbinding novels about the Boy Who Lived, fully illustr… read more
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- art
- graphic novels
- childrens
20. We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
By: Kliph Nesteroff
4.07
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and Esquire From Kliph Nesteroff, “the human encyclopedia of comedy” … read more
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- history
21. Coco Chanel: An Illustrated Biography
By: Zena Alkayat
3.95
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's signature style and revolutionary approach to design changed women's fash… read more
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- history
- biography
- childrens
- graphic novels
- picture books
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- france
- fashion
