The Museum: From its Origins to the 21st Century
By: Owen Hopkins
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Visited by millions around the world every year, discover the untold story of The Museum, one of ma…
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1. 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
2. Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)
By: Gail Carriger
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six… read more
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3. The New York Trilogy
By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more
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4. Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
By: Gail Carriger
3.66
Format: 162 pages, Hardcover
It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife… read more
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5. The Wandering Earth
By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None
3.73
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more
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6. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
3.90
Format: 216 pages,
If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more
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7. Poison or Protect (Delightfully Deadly, #1)
By: Gail Carriger
3.81
Format: 75 pages, ebook
Can one gentle Highland soldier woo Victorian London's most scandalous lady assassin, or will they … read more
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8. Shakespeare's Sonnets
By: William Shakespeare , Katherine Duncan-Jones
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
T.S. Eliot once wrote that, "Shakespeare gives the greatest width of human passion," and it is this… read more
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9. Waistcoats & Weaponry (Finishing School, #3)
By: Gail Carriger
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Hardcover
Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style--with a steel-bladed fan secreted … read more
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10. Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4)
By: Gail Carriger
3.69
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
If one must flirt...flirt with danger. Lessons in the art of espionage aboard Mademoiselle Geraldin… read more
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11. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
12. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
13. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
14. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
15. The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more
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"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
16. The Years
By: Annie Ernaux
4.17
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
17. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Defy or Defend (Delightfully Deadly, #2)
By: Gail Carriger
4.24
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
A vampire hive descending into madness. A beautiful spy with a sparkly plan. The bodyguard who must… read more
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"She might recommend blowing up Big Ben and replacing it with a spun sugar poodle and Professor Meeld-Forrison would merely say, "-Gail Carriger, Defy or Defend (Delightfully Deadly, #2)
"Desperately Dimity mentioned badminton. I mean to say, who doesn’t have opinions on badminton? Everyone has opinions on badminton."-Gail Carriger, Defy or Defend (Delightfully Deadly, #2)
19. Ambush or Adore (Delightfully Deadly, #3)
By: Gail Carriger
4.17
Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition
London’s best and most covert spy tries to escape the man who has always adored her. INTELLIGENC… read more
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20. The Twittering Machine
By: Richard Seymour
4.00
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
A brilliant probe into the political and psychological effects of our changing relationship with so… read more
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- nonfiction
"The Luddites were also excellent trolls. They were, like the movement that was massacred at Peterloo a few years later, a prototypical class insurrection: but they carried it off with tremendous elan…"-Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine
"Addiction occurs through choices, but somehow it also happens behind our backs. No one consciously sets out to devote themselves to the machine, to become its addict. Its veto power over all other po…"-Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine
21. The Museum: From its Origins to the 21st Century
By: Owen Hopkins
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Visited by millions around the world every year, discover the untold story of The Museum, one of ma… read more
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- history
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