5 must-read cooking books like Beard on Pasta (James Beard Library of Great American Cooking) by James Beard

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Beard on Pasta (James Beard Library of Great American Cooking)

By: James Beard

4.24

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Classic pasta dishes from America’s 1st and most beloved master chef Whether you’re entertaining…

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1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more

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"A couple of ounces ruled your life."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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2. The Moon Is Down

By: John Steinbeck

3.93

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Taken by surprise, a small coastal town is overrun by an invading army with little resistance. The … read more

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"The fool supply was controlled..."

-John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down

"We have taken on a job, haven’t we?"

-John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down

"The flies have conquered the flypaper."

-John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down

"...rose like cream to the top of milk."

-John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down

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3. The Elementals

By: Michael McDowell

4.01

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching… read more

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"Savage mothers eat their children!"

-Michael McDowell, The Elementals

"There's no point in advertising a circus when everybody hates the clown."

-Michael McDowell, The Elementals

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4. Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1)

By: Edward Eager , N.M. Bodecker

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Four children wish on a Half Magiccoin that gets their mother Alison half-way home, rescued by Mr S… read more

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5. Lady Chatterley’s Lover

By: D.H. Lawrence

3.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lawrence's frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of its ce… read more

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"We fucked a flame into being."

-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover

"She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte."

-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover

"It's terrible, once you've got a man into your blood!" she said."

-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover

"A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it."

-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover

6. Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

By: Ruth Reichl

3.00

Format: 1118 pages,

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life, giving voice to the universal unarticula… read more

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7. The Witch in the Wood (The Once and Future King, #2)

By: T.H. White

3.98

Format: 240 pages,

The Queen of Air and Darkness, is the second book in his epic work, The Once and Future King. It co… read more

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8. Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more

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9. Death Comes for the Archbishop

By: Willa Cather

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more

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10. Modigliani Scandal

By: Ken Follett

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In the modern art world of intrigue and competition, rumours had long flourished about the existenc… read more

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11. The Shipping News

By: Annie Proulx

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Paperback

When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just desserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his an… read more

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12. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Limited edition volume. Contents: Frame story that follows Miles' time on Earth in Brothers in Arms… read more

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13. Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

By: John Updike

3.58

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—… read more

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"You were never in Texas,"

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"The only way to get somewhere, you know, is to figure out where you’re going before you go there."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

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14. Of Darkness and Light (The Bound and the Broken, #2)

By: Ryan Cahill

4.46

Format: 828 pages, Kindle Edition

Heroes will rise. Nations will fall. Behind the towering walls of Belduar, Calen Bryer and his c… read more

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15. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.64

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, televisi… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
"You know, I'll tell you honestly: if you like food and you haven't come here to eat, you're really missing the fucking boat. This is world-class food; this is world-class wine; this is world-class ch…"

-Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

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16. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s

By: B. Dylan Hollis

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • reference
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17. Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

By: Peggy Orenstein

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, sp… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The beauty was just mind-boggling for this English girl...It was like being in your own national park, but without the signs telling you what you're supposed to think."

-Peggy Orenstein, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

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18. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

By: Crystal Wilkinson

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more

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20. The Armchair James Beard

By: John Ferrone

4.07

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

A timeless and insightful volume of essays—with more than 130 recipes—by the master of American cui… read more

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  • cooking
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21. Beard on Pasta (James Beard Library of Great American Cooking)

By: James Beard

4.24

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Classic pasta dishes from America’s 1st and most beloved master chef Whether you’re entertaining… read more

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6 Top nonfiction books like Beard on Pasta (James Beard Library of Great American Cooking) by James Beard

Transform Your Habits

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

Anthony Bourdain

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s

B. Dylan Hollis

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

Peggy Orenstein

3.89

Transform Your Habits

A Book of Days

Patti Smith

4.26

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8 must-read history books like Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

James Patterson

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

Karen Valby

4.31

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