In Search of the Present: 1990 Nobel Lecture
By: Octavio Paz
4.25
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
The speech delivered by Paz in acceptance of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature, in which he discu…
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1. The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic: The Parallel Lives of People as Plants: Keeping the Seeds Alive
By: Martin Prechtel
4.60
Format: 476 pages, Hardcover
Martín Prechtel’s experiences growing up on a Pueblo Indian reservation, his years of apprenticing … read more
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"Humans are amazing ritual animals, and it must be understood that the Tzutujil, nor any other real intact people, do not 'practice' rituals. Just as a bear must turn over stumps searching for beetles…"-Martin Prechtel, The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic: The Parallel Lives of People as Plants: Keeping the Seeds Alive
"Turn that worthless lawn into a beautiful garden of food whose seeds are stories sown, whose foods are living origins. Grow a garden on the flat roof of your apartment building, raise bees on the roo…"-Martin Prechtel, The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic: The Parallel Lives of People as Plants: Keeping the Seeds Alive
2. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
3. No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
By: Glenn Greenwald
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
No Place to Hide is a groundbreaking look at the NSA surveillance scandal, from the reporter who br… read more
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4. City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)
By: Michael Connelly
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Trade Paperback
Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old murder case - with an explosive ending that leave al… read more
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5. Eugénie Grandet
By: Honoré de Balzac , Sylvia Raphael , Christopher Prendergast
3.79
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Who is going to marry Eugenie Grandet?" This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabi… read more
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"Misery begets equality."-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
"[...] ironia este însușirea fundamentală a providenței"-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
"این نقطه اشتراک زن ها و فرشته هاست. رنج بشریت مال آن هاست."-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
"Bilgisi arttıktan sonra, erdem de günah kadar hesap yapar."-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
6. Honeymoon
By: Patrick Modiano
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2014 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE! Modiano, winner of the Prix Goncourt, constructs "a h… read more
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7. Gospel of St. Matthew
By: Rudolf Steiner
4.03
Format: 480 pages,
The four Gospels, Steiner says, are meant to supplement one another to form a comprehensive picture… read more
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8. The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
By: Michael Connelly
4.12
Format: 439 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he e… read more
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"You don’t like what you see out your window, you put up a wall."-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
"Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?"-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
"All his life Bosch had lived and worked in society’s institutions. But he hope he had escaped institutional thinking, that he made his own decisions."-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
"one of the crazies moved into the cone of light beneath a streetlight. It was a black man, high-stepping and making jerking movements with his arms. He made a crisp turn and began moving back into th…"-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
9. Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Katherine Silver , None , Martin Hadis , Martín Arias
5.00
Format: 398 pages, Hardcover
In English at last, Borges's erudite and entertaining lectures on English literature from Beowulf t… read more
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10. Double Indemnity
By: James M. Cain
4.06
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, o… read more
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"I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman."-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of …"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"There's a shark. Following the ship.' I tried not to look, but couldn't help it. I saw a flash of dirty white down in the green. We walked back to the deck chairs. Walter, we'll have to wait. Till th…"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
11. The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)
By: Michael Connelly
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this classic from a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author, Detective Harry Bosch thought he'd s… read more
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12. Holy Science
By: None
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This extraordinary treatise explores parallel passages from the Bible and the Hindu scriptures to r… read more
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13. Adán en Edén
By: Carlos Fuentes
3.85
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Adan Gorozpe ha pasado de pobreton estudiante a poderoso mandamas gracias a un afortunado braguetaz… read more
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14. A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Terry McCaleb, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #9)
By: Michael Connelly
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Kindle
Terry McCaleb, the retired FBI agent who starred in the bestseller "Blood Work," is asked by the LA… read more
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15. Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #15; Mickey Haller, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #20)
By: Michael Connelly
3.94
Format: 450 pages, Hardcover
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of hi… read more
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16. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
By: Roland Barthes , Richard Howard
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucidawas first published in 1979. Commenting on artists s… read more
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17. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
By: Bill Browder
4.36
Format: 39 pages, Hardcover
A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder o… read more
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18. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)
By: Laurie R. King
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. H… read more
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19. Another Country
By: James Baldwin
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more
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20. Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)
By: Michael Connelly
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When B-grade L.A. movie producer Tony Aliso is found stuffed into the trunk of his Rolls Royce, all… read more
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21. Maigret in Vichy
By: Georges Simenon , Eileen Ellenbogen
3.59
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Paris has taken its toll and Maigret is sent to Vichy for the cure, but the Inspector finds it diff… read more
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22. Great Expectations
By: Charles Dickens
3.79
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to a… read more
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"We need never be ashamed of our tears."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"You are in every line I have ever read."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"It is the most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
23. A Little History of Philosophy
By: Nigel Warburton
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the… read more
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24. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
By: Catherine Belton
4.18
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more
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25. The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
By: Agatha Christie
3.87
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-s… read more
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"Two people rarely see the same thing."-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
"Again you have the sentiment and not the logic!"-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
"[...] She is not for you, that one! Take it from Papa Poirot!"-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
"Mon ami, двоє людей рідко можуть похвалитись, що бачать однакові речі"-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
26. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.57
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
A lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of ni… read more
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"We all have a animal double, Englishman."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
"She wishes to take flight. If she had wings she’d have reached the horizon."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
"He was thirty-five years old and couldn’t remember who he’d wanted to be at twenty. He’d lost himself long ago."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
"Her father had been entirely indifferent to such structured learning. Schools leave you without ambition, he said."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
27. To Kill a Troubadour (Bruno, Chief of Police, #15)
By: Martin Walker
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
When a musician’s new song hits a political nerve, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Spanish na… read more
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28. README.txt
By: Chelsea Manning
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, revealing memoir from one of the most important activists of our time. While workin… read more
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"With enough grief, adrenaline, and fear we can all become amoral- even malevolent."-Chelsea Manning, README.txt
29. The Awkward Black Man
By: Walter Mosley
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Walter Mosley, a brilliant collection of stories featuring unlikely heroe… read more
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"I always keep thinkin' that maybe I could find a place where you nevah have to get mad, and then I'd be cool. My daddy told me before he died that that place was called Dead ."-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man
"I found out a lot about my father as he regaled my wife. He'd learned how to be a potter in a small village in Bolivia. There, working on a kick-wheel in a shack the size of an outhouse, he started t…"-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man
30. The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages
By: François-Xavier Fauvelle
3.65
Format: 280 pages, ebook
A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Isla… read more
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31. In Search of the Present: 1990 Nobel Lecture
By: Octavio Paz
4.25
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
The speech delivered by Paz in acceptance of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature, in which he discu… read more
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