Darkness: A Cultural History
By: Nina Edwards
3.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Darkness divides and enlivens opinion. Some are afraid of the dark, or at least prefer to avoid it,…
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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
By: David Foster Wallace
4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more
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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
2. Salt: A World History
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.11
Format: None pages,
From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfict… read more
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3. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
By: Clive Barker , Neil Gaiman , Steve Parkhouse , Chris Bachalo , Michael Zulli , Mike Dringenberg , Malcolm Jones III , Todd Klein
4.43
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
A being who has existed since the beginning of the universe, Dream of the Endless rules over the re… read more
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"And Desire smiles, and forgets, for Desire is a creature of the moment."-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
"For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel."-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
"Chantal is having a relationship with a sentence. Just one of those things. A chance meeting that grew into something important for the both of them."-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
"Fictions are merely frozen dreams, linked images with some semblance of structure. They are not to be trusted, no more than the people who create them."-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
4. Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution
By: Andrew Boyd
3.50
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
An invaluable activist resource, Beautiful Troubleassembles the best ideas of 10 groundbreaking org… read more
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5. Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
By: Thomas L. Friedman
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers In his m… read more
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6. A History of the World in 6 Glasses
By: Tom Standage
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standa… read more
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7. Tower of Glass
By: Robert Silverberg
5.00
Format: 646 pages, Paperback
Simeon Krug has a vision--and the vast wealth necessary to turn dream into reality. What he wishes … read more
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8. Ask the Dust (Arturo Bandini, #3)
By: Charles Bukowski , John Fante
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ask the Dustis the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for … read more
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9. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
By: A. Roger Ekirch
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Bringing light to the shadows of history through a "rich weave of citation and archival evidence" (… read more
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10. Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
By: C.S. Pacat
4.16
Format: 464 pages, ebook
The ancient world of magic is no more. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great batt… read more
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"Kindness is never a mistake. Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
"Kindness is never a mistake," said the Elder Steward. "Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
"I’m here to follow you.' His eyes were bright, his lips smiling, his hair gold in the shifting light from the fire. Will said, 'Of course you are."-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
"When the past is forgotten, then it can return. Only those who remember have the chance to stave it off. For the dark is never truly gone; it only waits for the world to forget, so that it may rise a…"-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
11. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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12. The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
By: Peter Wohlleben
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The final book in The Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The H… read more
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"The more we acknowledge that even the smallest disturbance can lead to unpredictable changes, the stronger the arguments for protecting larger areas of the environment."-Peter Wohlleben, The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
"A whole generation of trees, including many that are deciduous, is standing by to form a solid foundation for the old-growth forest of the future, which means that bark beetles are more than just fun…"-Peter Wohlleben, The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
13. Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends
By: Alberto Manguel
3.76
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of… read more
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"She thinks, The boy has issues. He’s no longer a surly, grumpy, malicious adolescent, rude to his elders, “fat, and scant of breath."-Alberto Manguel, Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends
"A biologia diz-nos que descendemos de criaturas de carne e osso, mas, no fundo, sabemos bem que somos filhos e filhas de fantasmas de papel e tinta."-Alberto Manguel, Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends
14. The Great Regression
By: Heinrich Geiselberger
3.88
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
We are living through a period of dramatic political change – Brexit, the election of Trump, the ri… read more
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15. Darkness: A Cultural History
By: Nina Edwards
3.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Darkness divides and enlivens opinion. Some are afraid of the dark, or at least prefer to avoid it,… read more
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16. Insomnia: A Cultural History
By: Eluned Summers-Bremner
3.27
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
In today’s media-saturated and hyperconnected society, increasing numbers of people are finding it … read more
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