Endangered Phrases: Intriguing Idioms Dangerously Close to Extinction
By: Steven D. Price
3.49
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
“Person to person” (and “station to station”), “bar sinister,” “the weed of crime bears bitter frui…
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1. Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
By: Jim Butcher
4.13
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files l… read more
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"Tavi eventually came to the conclusion that he was sulking."-Jim Butcher, Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
"Nein", zischte Kitai. "Ich bin ein Welpe. Bis Sie einen Bund schließen, sind alle Maratkinder Welpen."-Jim Butcher, Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
"Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you"-Jim Butcher, Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
"Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion - to move it from an indefensible point and to attack the opponent. ~ Lord Aquitainus Atti…"-Jim Butcher, Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
2. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
By: Raymond Chandler
4.19
Format: 379 pages, Paperback
Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more
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"To say goodbye is to die a little."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
3. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Roger Garland
3.81
Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
This adventure book tells of Tom's encounters with the River-woman's beautiful daughter, Old Man Wi… read more
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"Para siempre un mensajero, Un viajero demorado, Errante como una pluma, Un marinero guiado por el viento."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
"There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
"There was a merry passenger, a messenger, a mariner: he built a gilded gondola to wander in, and had in her a load of yellow oranges and porridge for his provender; he perfumed her with marjoram and …"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
4. 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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5. The Songs Of Distant Earth
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.39
Format: None pages, Paperback
Just a few islands in a planetwide ocean, Thalassa was a veritable paradise - home to one of the sm… read more
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6. The Time Traders (Time Traders/ Ross Murdock, #1)
By: Andre Norton , Mark Nelson
3.80
Format: 242 pages, Audiobook
DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY OF TIMEIntelligence agents have uncovered something which seems beyond belief… read more
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7. The Woman in Black
By: Susan Hill , John Lawrence
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really litera… read more
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8. The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp through Civilization's Best Bits
By: Erik Sass , Steve Wiegand
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"An irreverent romp through history's best bits," The Mental Floss History of the World is an amazi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- reference
9. The Weary Blues
By: Langston Hughes
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful new edition of this beloved poet's first collection, originally published in 1926 when … read more
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10. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
By: Mary Wollstonecraft , Miriam Brody , Bebi Fernández
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
11. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more
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12. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York
By: Paul Gallico
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mrs Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London chatlady who cheerfully cleans the houses of the rich. One… read more
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13. Voodoo Planet (Solar Queen, #3)
By: Andre Norton
3.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The story is described as a "duel of the cosmic magicians." It involves two witch doctors who conju… read more
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14. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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15. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
By: Jeff Speck
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it d… read more
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16. Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.17
Format: 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780553213188 Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, … read more
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"…but youth yearned to youth."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"We belong to the race that knows Joseph"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"Death grows friendlier as we grow older."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"It takes all kinds of people to make a world."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
17. Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #6)
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.88
Format: None pages,
Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on… read more
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18. Paradise Lost
By: John Milton , John Leonard
3.84
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more
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"What hath night to do with sleep?"-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Solitude sometimes is best society."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
19. Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
By: John Cleese
3.88
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is … read more
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- writing
"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
" But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives? Why Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly importan…"-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
20. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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- history
21. Everything Is OK
By: Debbie Tung
4.31
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant col… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Delicates (Sheets, #2)
By: Brenna Thummler
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Following the events of the bestselling graphic novel Sheets, Delicates brings Brenna Thummler’s be… read more
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"Everyone has ghosts. I think we all need to learn that there's no shame in letting them out."-Brenna Thummler, Delicates (Sheets, #2)
"Humans are delicate too. The teensiest mistake can ruin them, even if you do everything else right. Just because mistakes seem small and insignificant doesn’t mean they are."-Brenna Thummler, Delicates (Sheets, #2)
23. The Grave Singer (Shepard & Gray #2)
By: Victor Methos
4.23
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife comes an intense tale of revenge as Solomon Shepard … read more
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24. Spenser: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
By: Robert B. Parker
3.85
Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition
The Boston PI agrees to an interview in this entertaining blend of short story and biographical pro… read more
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25. A Question a Day Keeps the Boredom Away (Trivia and Quizzes)
By: Nayden Kostov
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
This book provides you with fun and challenging questions, whether you want to quiz yourself or you… read more
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- history
- reference
26. Endangered Phrases: Intriguing Idioms Dangerously Close to Extinction
By: Steven D. Price
3.49
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
“Person to person” (and “station to station”), “bar sinister,” “the weed of crime bears bitter frui… read more
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- writing
- reference
27. Jack Taylor: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
By: Ken Bruen
4.10
Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition
A portrait of the PI from the Shamus Award winner who created “They don’t come much tougher than K… read more
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28. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
