Scotland: History of a Nation
By: David Ross
3.27
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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1. Men Explain Things to Me
By: Rebecca Solnit
3.83
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wro… read more
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- nonfiction
"...the Men Who Knew came out of the woodwork."-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
"By now you’ve noticed that Woolf says “I don’t know"-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
"Were revolutions ever really that we thought them to be?"-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
"You can use the power of words to bury meaning or to excavate it."-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
2. The Highland Clans
By: Alistair Moffat
3.88
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The Highland clans of Scotland are famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- scotland
3. My Brief History
By: Stephen Hawking
4.48
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries … read more
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- nonfiction
4. Inversions (Culture, #6)
By: Iain M. Banks
3.30
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
On a backwards world with six moons, an alert spy reports on the doings of one Dr. Vosill, who has … read more
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- cultural
5. The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
By: Ernesto Che Guevara , Aleida Guevara March
4.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
The young Che Guevara's lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
6. The God Delusion
By: Richard Dawkins
3.90
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
A preeminent scientist - and the world's most prominent atheist - asserts the irrationality of beli… read more
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- nonfiction
"Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism."-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"نؤمن بنظريةالتطور لان الادلة تدعمها وسنرفضها بين ليلة وضحاها عندما تظهر ادلة تنفيها"-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"لا تلقن اطفالك بل علمهم طريقة التفكير المستقلة وكيفية التاكد من الادلة وكيف يمكنهم مخالفتك فى الرأي"-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
"As J. B. S. Haldane said when asked what evidence might contradict evolution, 'Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian."-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
7. Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
By: Iain M. Banks
4.16
Format: 411 pages, Paperback
Special Circumstances had always been the Contact section's moral espionage weapon, the very cuttin… read more
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- cultural
"They also,"-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
"Do you want to work with us?"-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
"Can I cuddle up with you when you sleep?"-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
"I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk."-Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
8. The Queen and I
By: Sue Townsend
4.21
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Queen and I is the brilliantly funny novel by Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole series. T… read more
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9. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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10. Some Prefer Nettles
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
4.05
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating: whilst seeking passion and fulfilment in the a… read more
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11. The Setting Sun
By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
The post-war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the s… read more
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12. The Witchwood Crown (The Last King of Osten Ard, #1)
By: Tad Williams
3.67
Format: None pages,
New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams' ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an e… read more
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13. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.34
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more
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14. poyums
By: Len Pennie
4.58
Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition
And I have done more than just simply get by So much more than escape or survive Through the galv… read more
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- nonfiction
- scotland
15. Men Who Hate Women
By: Laura Bates
4.34
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more
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- nonfiction
"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
16. Misogynation
By: Laura Bates
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Laura Bates, pioneering feminist, activist and bestselling author, has given voice to hundreds of t… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
By: Jo Nesbø
4.20
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more
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"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
18. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
19. A Terrible Kindness
By: Jo Browning Wroe
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
When we go through something impossible, someone, or something, will help us, if we let them . . . … read more
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20. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.01
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more
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21. The Shortest History of Germany
By: James Hawes
3.72
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
Read in an afternoon. Remember for a lifetime. In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, … read more
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- history
"Anyone who thinks of the Germans as a naturally bellicose people should recall that Prussia-Germany was the only one of the continental powers in the run-up to 1914 whose elite seriously feared that …"-James Hawes, The Shortest History of Germany
22. Über Menschen
By: Juli Zeh
4.06
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Dora ist mit ihrer kleinen Hündin aufs Land gezogen. Sie brauchte dringend einen Tapetenwechsel, me… read more
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"Aus dem Nachbargarten schallen fröhliche Stimmen herüber. Dora geht zur Mauer und steigt auf den Stuhl. Ein Fußballspiel ist in vollem Gang. Gote gegen Franzi und Jochen. Die Taktik der Mädchen-Hund-…"-Juli Zeh, Über Menschen
23. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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- history
24. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more
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25. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)
By: Nghi Vo
4.03
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more
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26. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
By: Stephen Fry
4.35
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more
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- history
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
27. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
By: Simon Winchester
3.79
Format: 464 pages, ebook
The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property—o… read more
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- history
28. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
By: Stephen Fry
4.32
Format: 415 pages, Paperback
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more
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- history
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
29. Confidence (Anna and Fin, #2)
By: Denise Mina
3.19
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. A brand new escapist thriller from the award-… read more
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30. Four Seasons in Japan
By: Nick Bradley
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more
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"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
31. Scotland: History of a Nation
By: David Ross
3.27
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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