The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles Deville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire
By: Robin Quinn
3.53
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Charles Deville Wells has two loves in his life: a beautiful French mistress, Jeannette, and his su…
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1. The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France
By: Eric Jager
3.97
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
The gripping true story of the “duel to end all duels” in medieval France as a resolute knight defe… read more
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- history
2. Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
All Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in M… read more
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"Wittles is up' said Killick"-Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
"What are bashed neeps?" "Neeps hackit with balmagowry."-Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
"That is not the Dryad. It has three masts.' 'There is no concealing anything from the Doctor,' said Jack, and turning directly to him he went on, 'Give you joy of our prize: we took her in the night.…"-Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
"Certainly he had heard of Homer, and had indeed looked into Mr Pope’s version of his tale; but for aught he could make out, the fellow was no seaman. Admittedly Ulysses had no chronometer, and probab…"-Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
3. The Maltese Falcon
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more
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4. A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation
By: Tal McThenia , Margaret Dunbar Cutright
4.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Case for Solomontells the spellbinding story of one of the most celebrated kidnapping cases in Am… read more
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- history
5. The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
"O'Brian is one author who can put a spark of character into the sawdust of time, and The Ionian Mi… read more
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"Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham. Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large."-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
"I do not like to sound discontented neither,' said Pullings, 'nor to crab any ship I belong to; but between you and me, Doctor, between you and me, she is more what we call a floating coffin than a s…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
"Having taken proper notice of the complexity of the machine [...] the infinity of ropes and cords, the sails, the varying forces that act upon them, and the skill required to manage the whole, direct…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
"Oh well,' said Jack: and then, 'Did you ever meet Bach?' 'Which Bach?' 'London Bach.' 'Not I.' 'I did. He wrote some pieces for my uncle Fisher, and his young man copied them out fair. But they were …"-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
6. Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.41
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a master… read more
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"You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack."-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
"They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones. On the poop ab…"-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
7. 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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"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)
8. The Hustler
By: Walter Tevis
4.40
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
When it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the first--and the best--novel written about b… read more
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9. 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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"(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)
10. Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.60
Format: None pages,
Ursula K. LeGuin follows her classic trilogy from Earthsea with a magical tale that won the 1991 Ne… read more
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11. The Far Side of the World
By: Patrick O'Brian
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
The war of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own hea… read more
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12. And Away...
By: Bob Mortimer
4.33
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more
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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."-Bob Mortimer, And Away...
13. Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt
By: Daniel Barbarisi
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A full-throttle, first-person account of the treasure hunt created by eccentric millionaire art dea… read more
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14. Slade House
By: David Mitchell
3.81
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British p… read more
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"Coffee’s the elixir of life."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"In racy Victorian novels, beware of young widows."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"It takes more than holding hands and singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"Truth has this habit of changing after the fact, don't you find?"-David Mitchell, Slade House
15. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
By: Uri Kaufman
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more
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16. The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade
By: Gary Goodman
3.82
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gar… read more
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"Okay, so I know I’m not the last bookseller. People still sell books. But I’m one of the last of a certain kind of bookseller. The kind that for six hundred years rooted around basements, book bins, …"-Gary Goodman, The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade
17. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles Deville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire
By: Robin Quinn
3.53
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Charles Deville Wells has two loves in his life: a beautiful French mistress, Jeannette, and his su… read more
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