Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death (Classic Civilisations Book 4)
By: Peter Jones
3.16
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jo…
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1. A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)
By: John Le Carré
3.88
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, other… read more
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"When the truth finally catches up to you, don't be a hero and run."-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)
"شما همه مریض هستید. شما جاسوس‌ها. شماها درمان درد نیستید، خود مرض هستید. هنرمندان ارضای خودتان هستید. بازی‌تان هم برای ارضای خودتان است. ولی پیش خودتان خیال می‌کنید بزرگ‌ترین عقلای کوفتی جهان شماهایی…"-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)
"خب، بالاخره وقت حساب پس دادن است. بالاخره وقتش رسیده برای سوال‌های سخت جواب‌های سرراست بگیرم. سوالاتی مثل جورج، آیا تو آگاهانه انسانیت را در من سرکوب کردی، یا من هم جزء عوارض جانبی بودم؟ یا مثل انسان…"-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)
2. Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History
By: Simon Winder
3.61
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A unique exploration of German culture, from sausage advertisements to Wagner Sitting on a bench at… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. Conversations of Socrates
By: Xenophon , Robin Waterfield , Hugh Tredennick
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him … read more
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- classics
- history
- philosophy
- ancient history
- nonfiction
4. The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black
By: E.B. Hudspeth
3.57
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages--… read more
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5. Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
By: Charles R. Cross
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. The Long Valley
By: John Steinbeck
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This classic collection of short stories serves as the ideal introduction to Steinbeck's work. Set … read more
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7. Them: Adventures with Extremists
By: Jon Ronson
4.27
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industryand So Yo… read more
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8. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
By: Neil Gaiman
4.02
Format: 365 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In this, G… read more
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"As we write we summon little demons."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"He was the boy with the book. Always and forever."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"It was love, I knew, and it tasted like champagne in my mind."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
" Love will be an impulse that will inspire and ruin in equal measure."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
9. If Not Now, When?
By: Primo Levi , William Weaver
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, … read more
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10. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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11. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
By: Anna Funder
4.20
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"People were crazy with pain and secrets."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
12. Starve Acre
By: Andrew Michael Hurley
3.71
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more
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"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre
"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre
13. 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most po… read more
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- classics
- history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
"Every time Titus comes to Rome, he feels his sinuses cringe in horror."-Philip Matyszak, 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
14. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
By: Joe Vallese
4.18
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
15. In the Garden of Spite
By: Camilla Bruce
3.89
Format: 468 pages, Hardcover
Belle Sorensen loves men. She loves them to death . . . Early in life Belle Sorensen discovers … read more
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- historical
"I made a silent pact with the house in those nights, that beautiful old whorehouse with suicide in its walls, as damaged and bruised as myself. If it kept me, I would keep it, and we would be like si…"-Camilla Bruce, In the Garden of Spite
16. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (The Princeton History of the Ancient World)
By: Kyle Harper
4.21
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental rete… read more
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- classics
- history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
17. Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome
By: Philip Matyszak
4.02
Format: 208 pages, ebook
In the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit a… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
18. Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death (Classic Civilisations Book 4)
By: Peter Jones
3.16
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jo… read more
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- classics
- history
- classical studies
- historical
- death
- philosophy
- ancient history
- nonfiction
19. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)
By: Nathan Ballingrud
4.18
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more
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20. One-Armed Jack
By: Sarah Bax Horton
3.64
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This highly revelatory book, based on original research and completely new analysis, presents a com… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery
By: Lainie Anderson
4.05
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
Summer, Adelaide, 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistres… read more
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