A Dish of Orts
By: George MacDonald
4.38
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
1895 Original Printing. Strictly original re-print on a Heidelberg press by Johannesen Printing and…
Want to Read $ 0.99"The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
"The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
"Indeed, a man is rather being thought than thinking, when a new thought arises in his mind."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
"Indeed, a man is rather being thought than thinking, when a new thought arises in his mind."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
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1. Agnes Grey
By: Anne Brontë , Angeline Goreau
3.71
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition can be found here. Drawing heavily from personal experience, Anne Bro… read more
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- classics
"Dakle,"-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"No one cares for the exterior."-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"But, God knows best, I concluded."-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"If you require perfection, you never will"-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
2. Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.25
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiff… read more
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"...Roland de Chumsfanleigh (it wasn't his fault)."-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
"Mrs. Earwig said the village women know what to do,"-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
"Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese."-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
"Your own brain ought to have the decency to be on your side!"-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
3. A Lantern in Her Hand
By: Bess Streeter Aldrich
4.18
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 45 minutes Part of: Bison Book (4 titles) Perfect for fans of … read more
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"You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of an ideal before you. You see it first in your mind and then you set about to try to make it like the ideal. If you want a garden,-why, I guess you've …"-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand
"What makes it smell so sweet?" they wanted to know. "Because everything,--every little wild plum-blossom, every little tiny crocus and anemone and violet and every tree-bud and grass-blade is working…"-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand
"Abbie would stop in her work and utter a prayer for him,—and, sent as it were from the bow of a mother's watchful care, bound by the cord of a mother's love, the little winged arrow on its flight mus…"-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand
"Far into the evening they sat around the old coal burner talking and laughing, with tears not far behind the laughter - the state legislator and the banker, the artist, the singer, and the college te…"-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand
4. Mistress Masham's Repose
By: T.H. White , Fritz Eichenberg
3.95
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
"She first, a square opening, about eight inches wide, in the lowest step...finally she saw that t… read more
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- classics
5. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
By: Thomas Cahill
3.81
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne - the "dark ages" - learning, scholarship, and cul… read more
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- nonfiction
"Each one of us will die, naked and alone, on some battlefield not of our own choosing."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
"Like the Jews before them, the Irish enshrined literacy as their central religious act."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
"By the mid-seventeenth century, the visible image has assumed far greater reality than the invisible thought."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
"Well, they may not be civilized, but they certainly are confident—and this confidence is one of the open-handed pleasures of early Irish literature."-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
6. Tartuffe
By: Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere's day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. … read more
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- classics
7. Poetics
By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
- literary criticism
8. The Everlasting Man
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.16
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G… read more
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- classics
- theology
- christianity
- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
9. Undine
By: Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , None , Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Most artistic of all the continental weird tales is the German classic Undine (1814), by Friedrich… read more
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10. The Graveyard Book
By: Neil Gaiman , Dave McKean
4.16
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly n… read more
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"Leave no path untaken."-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
"You are almost never cool to your children."-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
"Wherever you go, you take yourself wih you."-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
"Wherever you go, you take yourself with you."-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
11. Once on a Time
By: A.A. Milne
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"This is an odd book" or so states the author in 1917 for his first introduction. A fairytale with … read more
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12. Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.17
Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable Lond… read more
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"How do you do?"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"Bredon shuddered. “I think this is an awfully immoral job of ours. I do, really. Think how we spoil the digestions of the public."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"It's a curious thing, but people cannot resist anonymous letters. It's like free sample offers. They appeal to all one's lower instincts."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"The interview with the cat had been particularly full of appeal. The animal was, it seemed, an illustrious rat-catcher, with many famous deeds to her credit. Not only that, but she had been the first…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
13. The First Men in the Moon
By: H.G. Wells , China Miéville , Patrick Parrinder , None
4.00
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chanc… read more
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14. As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more
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15. Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.40
Format: 96 pages,
Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiance died in the manner prescr… read more
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16. The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.27
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more
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17. The Educated Imagination (Midland Books: No. 8)
By: Northrop Frye
3.18
Format: 159 pages,
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18. The Prelude
By: William Wordsworth
3.63
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
This book is the first to present Wordsworth's greatest poem in all three of its separate forms. It… read more
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19. Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None
3.92
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more
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20. The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.29
Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click here. "Another world is… read more
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"Crivens!"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
"That'll do"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
"Witches are naturally nosy,"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
"(...) or there will be a reckoning!"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
21. Ivanhoe
By: Walter Scott
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Ivanhoe(1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his fi… read more
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22. I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.36
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
It starts with whispers. Then someone picks up a stone. Finally, the fires begin. When peo… read more
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"And you know what? Books live. The pages remember!"-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things."-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
"Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze."-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
"Everybody needs a witch, but sometimes they just don't know it."-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
23. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
By: Gustave Doré , Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major… read more
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24. Far from the Madding Crowd
By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
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25. Howards End
By: E.M. Forster
3.96
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
A már életében klasszikusnak számító angol írónak ez volt a negyedik, a kritikusok szerint a legjob… read more
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"So never give in,"-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Tulips were a tray of jewels."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Love and Truth, their warfare seems eternal."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
26. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
By: Cindy Rollins
4.75
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more
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- nonfiction
"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
27. Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.11
Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition
The second Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Have His Carcase. Harr… read more
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"I always have a quotation for everything--it saves original thinking."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
"Novelists and police-inspectors do not always see eye to eye as regards publicity."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
"A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
"In the mood of relaxation and confidence that follows on being parboiled, it was easy enough to pump Mrs Weldon. A little diplomacy was needed, so as not to betray the ulterior object of the inquiry,…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
28. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
29. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
30. Reading for the Love of God
By: Jessica Hooten Wilson
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
What if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but a spiritual … read more
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- nonfiction
- theology
"We read because without books our world shrinks our empathy thins and our liberty wanes. We read for the same reason that people have read and shared poems or stories for thousands of years, because …"-Jessica Hooten Wilson, Reading for the Love of God
31. A Dish of Orts
By: George MacDonald
4.38
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
1895 Original Printing. Strictly original re-print on a Heidelberg press by Johannesen Printing and… read more
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- nonfiction
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- literary criticism
"The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
"Indeed, a man is rather being thought than thinking, when a new thought arises in his mind."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
"All words, then, belonging to the inner world of the mind, are of the imagination, are originally poetic words."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
"If we speak of direct means for the culture of the imagination, the whole is comprised in two words--food and exercise."-George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts
