Grave (Object Lessons)
By: Allison C. Meier
4.00
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary …
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1. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
By: Steven Johnson
3.89
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcol… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"New ideas need old buildings."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It is a great testimony to the connectedness of life on earth that the fates of the largest and the tiniest life should be so closely dependent on each other."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"When the next great epidemic does come, maps will be as crucial as vaccines in our fight against the disease. But again, the scale of the observation will have broadened considerably: from a neighbor…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It’s true enough that the Victorians were grappling with heady issues like utilitarianism and class consciousness. But the finest minds of the era were also devoted to an equally pressing question: W…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
2. Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
By: Lisa Morton
3.37
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed as witches, demons, animals, cele… read more
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3. Episode Thirteen
By: Craig DiLouie
3.53
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more
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4. Mister Lullaby
By: J.H. Markert
3.60
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
From J. H. Markert, the author Peter Farris calls the "clear heir to Stephen King," Mister Lullaby … read more
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5. Faking a Murderer
By: Kathy Reichs
4.01
Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition
An original short story from iconic thriller collection Match Up, featuring international bestselle… read more
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6. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
7. The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story
By: Kate Summerscale
3.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
London, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, an ordinary young housewife has become the eye in a storm… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
8. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By: Douglas Preston
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
9. Wild Place
By: Christian White
3.83
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
In the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic suburb of Camp Hill in Australia.… read more
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10. Ghost Music
By: An Yu
3.51
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative note… read more
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"What brought me a touch of comfort was knowing not that my husband was there, asleep on the other side of the wall, but that there was a stranger, across the street, still awake and listening to the …"-An Yu, Ghost Music
11. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- death
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
12. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
By: Barbara Butcher
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more
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- nonfiction
- death
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
13. May Day (Murder by Month Romcom Mystery #1)
By: Jess Lourey
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Minneapolitan Mira James has been taking it easy since college graduation--too easy. Due to a dead-… read more
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"The woman rolled her eyes so loud I could hear it."-Jess Lourey, May Day (Murder by Month Romcom Mystery #1)
"~like most entitled folks, she was immune to negative body language. It really was hard to shame the ignorant."-Jess Lourey, May Day (Murder by Month Romcom Mystery #1)
14. Lost in the Garden
By: Adam S. Leslie
3.73
Format: 446 pages, Paperback
"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more
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15. Her Little Flowers
By: Shannon Morgan
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Francine Thwaite has lived all her fifty-five years in her family’s ancestral home, a rambling Eliz… read more
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16. Bitch: On the Female of the Species
By: Lucy Cooke
4.45
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
17. Glorious Exploits
By: Ferdia Lennon
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more
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"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
18. Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror
By: Lincoln Michel
3.38
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
A collection of horror-inspired flash fiction, featuring over 40 new stories from literary, horror,… read more
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19. Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness
By: Allyson Shaw
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Ashes & Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages an… read more
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- nonfiction
20. Grave (Object Lessons)
By: Allison C. Meier
4.00
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary … read more
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