Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood
By: Carissa Halton
4.07
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"Ma'am, you sound like a very reasonable person. Can I advise you to just move?" Carissa Halton and…
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1. The Pocket Pema Chodron
By: Pema Chödrön
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Here is a treasury of 108 short selections from the best-selling books of Pema Chödrön, the beloved… read more
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- nonfiction
"Don’t let life harden your heart."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
"LIFE is a good teacher and a good friend."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
"The essence of life is that it’s challenging."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
"Meditation is a totally nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation."-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron
2. A Passage to India
By: E.M. Forster , Pankaj Mishra , Oliver Stallybrass
3.68
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, th… read more
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"Adventures do occur, but not punctually."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"There are different ways of evil and I prefer mine to yours."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"A friendliness, as of dwarfs shaking hands, was in the air..."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
3. What She Left Behind
By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of THE PLUM TREE merges the past and present into … read more
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4. A Dead Djinn in Cairo
By: P. Djèlí Clark
3.66
Format: 341 pages, ebook
Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantm… read more
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5. The Loner
By: None
0.00
Format: None pages,
The boy with no name doesn't remember his past; all he knows is that he has to survive, and that me… read more
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6. Sweetness in the Belly
By: Camilla Gibb
4.61
Format: 313 pages,
Like Brick Laneand The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb's widely praised new novel is a poignant and inten… read more
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7. The Secret History
By: Procopius
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Having dutifully written the official war history of Justinian's reign, Procopius turned round and … read more
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8. Big
By: Vashti Harrison
4.66
Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition
This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more
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9. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
By: Ari Shapiro
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
"We'd drive west to the fog of the coast. In Oregon, nobody calls it the beach, maybe to discourage false hopes of warm and sun."-Ari Shapiro, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
10. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
By: Shubnum Khan
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more
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"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
11. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan
By: Katie Porter
4.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
12. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)
By: Helene Tursten
3.76
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation prob… read more
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"Maud placed two small cartons of rollmops in the basket of her wheeled walker, followed by a larger pack of herring salad. They were soon joined by a Stilton cheese in a blue porcelain pot, a mature …"-Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)
13. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
14. Study for Obedience
By: Sarah Bernstein
3.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young w… read more
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"I try always to be good."-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"How, I wondered, might a person, a people, take root, roots and rootlessness, the preservation of what little remains of the past, such were thoughts that blew through me on any given morning, standi…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"In taking a side, I thought uneasily, perhaps I ought to take the long view, the survival of the species as a whole. That was my problem, I thought, I was always thinking at the level of the individu…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"I had hoped that here in the country I would experience the turn of the seasons differently, with less apprehension, I might come to see the form and plan of the world. Not to frame it within systems…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
15. Five Little Indians
By: Michelle Good
4.48
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential sch… read more
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16. Loved and Missed
By: Susie Boyt
4.30
Format: None pages, None
Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, … read more
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"I wanted it to be true so much it was true. Sometimes in life you have to let your heart and bones off the hook of yourself."-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"I thought of him as a long-lost relation. A sailor coming into port- agitated, sweat on his brow- who needed somewhere calm to lay his head. He was good company. And it was hard for me to feel I was …"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"You ever wish that you’d . . . ’ I waited for more, but her question politely disintegrated. But then, although no more words were forthcoming, she tilted her head slightly and suddenly what she’d as…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"Jean’s capacity to bounce back in life always impressed me. The way she held herself in high regard. It was a form of personal, almost bodily optimism, you could say. Integrity that went deep and was…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
17. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
18. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
19. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
20. The Sleeping Car Porter
By: Suzette Mayr
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more
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"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
21. Sober On A Drunk Planet: Giving Up Alcohol (Quit lit, #1)
By: Sean Alexander
3.97
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
The Unexpected Shortcut to Finding Happiness, Health and Financial Freedom What are the most min… read more
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- nonfiction
22. A Great Country
By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more
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23. Letters Across the Sea
By: Genevieve Graham
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish … read more
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24. Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation
By: Sarah Cooper
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this hilariously revealing debut memoir, comedian Sarah Cooper charts her rise from lip-synching… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
25. Out of the Shadows: A Memoir
By: Timea E. Nagy
4.61
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
An unforgettable story of an ordinary woman in astonishing circumstances who defies the odds.Timea … read more
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- memoir
- canada
26. Glorious Frazzled Beings
By: Angelique LaLonde
3.13
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Home is where we love, suffer, and learn. Some homes we chose, others are inflicted upon us, and st… read more
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27. The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar
By: Michael Hingston
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Chapbooks in slipcase
This is the special edition slipcase of the calendar. For the standard edition slipcase please go h… read more
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28. Teach Happier This School Year: 40 Weeks of Inspiration and Reflection
By: Suzanne Dailey
4.04
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
Being happy both at home and at work means we're not just cheerier, but more clear-eyed and effecti… read more
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29. Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood
By: Carissa Halton
4.07
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"Ma'am, you sound like a very reasonable person. Can I advise you to just move?" Carissa Halton and… read more
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- memoir
- canada
- essays
30. Nest City: How Citizens Serve Cities and Cities Serve Citizens
By: Beth Sanders
4.18
Format: 283 pages, Paperback
In Nest City, Beth Sanders argues that our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning o… read more
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- nonfiction
31. Fostering Wellness in the Workplace: A Handbook for Libraries
By: Bobbi L. Newman
3.38
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Whether you're an administrator or library leader concerned about the health and well-being of your… read more
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