The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina
By: David S. Cecelski
4.49
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of…
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1. Stranger in a Strange Land
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.92
Format: 525 pages, Paperback
NAME: Valentine Michael Smith ANCESTRY: Human ORIGIN: Mars Valentine Michael Smith is a human … read more
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"Secrecy begets tyranny."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"He's an honest politician--he stays bought."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
2. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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3. Sweetland
By: Michael Crummey
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Galore comes another unforgettable novel. By turns da… read more
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4. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
By: Gabrielle Zevin
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transfor… read more
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5. Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924
By: Huda Shaarawi , None
2.82
Format: 3 pages, Hardcover
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6. Peace Like a River
By: Leif Enger
4.09
Format: 315 pages,
Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. L… read more
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7. The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing
By: Marjolijn De Jager , Darina Al-Joundi , Mohamed Kacimi
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
Raised on Charles Baudelaire, A Clockwork Orange, and fine Bordeaux in 1970s Lebanon, Darina Al-Jou… read more
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8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
9. Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.74
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a … read more
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"I'm an entrepreneur." "Entrepreneur?" Pepper said the last part like manure. "That's just a hustler who pays taxes."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
10. The Magician
By: Colm Tóibín
4.02
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
Colm Tóibín’s new novel opens in a provincial German city at the turn of the twentieth century, whe… read more
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"...it is a grubby business writing novels. Composers can think about God and the ineffable. We have to imagine the buttons on a coat. [Thomas Mann, to Alma Mahler Werfel]"-Colm Tóibín, The Magician
"The Nazis, he realized, were not like the poets of the Munich Revolution. They were street fighters who had taken power without losing their sway over the streets. They managed to be both government …"-Colm Tóibín, The Magician
"He [Thomas Mann] remembered this Beethoven quartet [his op. 132] as being sad, sometimes mournful. What was surprising now was that, while the undertone was melancholy, the way the instruments stoppe…"-Colm Tóibín, The Magician
11. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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12. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.37
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam … read more
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13. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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14. While Justice Sleeps (Avery Keene, #1)
By: Stacey Abrams
3.96
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U… read more
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"Why American history? Other nations have achieved greatness with less hubris and narcissism." "Agreed. But America is a contradictory and precocious country, sir. We have, in a very short period of t…"-Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps (Avery Keene, #1)
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3.84
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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16. Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait
By: Bathsheba Demuth
4.30
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Salué comme un événement scientifique, primé à neuf reprises, ce livre magistral est la toute premi… read more
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17. The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina
By: David S. Cecelski
4.49
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of… read more
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