Handel In London
By: Jane Glover
3.73
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
A rich and evocative account of the life and work of one of the world's favorite composers―from the…
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1. The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
By: Robert Lacey , Danny Danziger
3.87
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World… read more
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"of all the varieties of modern pollution, noise is the most insidious"-Robert Lacey, The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
2. The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
By: Shaun Bythell
3.72
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100… read more
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"the immersive capacity of a good novel to transport you into a different world is unique to the written word."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"...people still cling to the notion that first editions are somehow imbued with a magical and financial value."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"A less than friendly email this morning... [from a booksop customer] After lunch I went to my parents' house to get my shotgun and shoot a kindle (broken screen, bought on eBay for £10)"-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
3. The Kitchen God's Wife
By: Amy Tan
3.73
Format: 238 pages,
Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she b… read more
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4. 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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5. Cranford
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant thin… read more
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- british literature
6. Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
By: Haruki Murakami , Seiji Ozawa
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclai… read more
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7. Waiting for Sunrise
By: William Boyd
3.72
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Vienna. 1913. It is a fine day in August when Lysander Rief, a young English actor, walks through t… read more
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8. Venice
By: Jan Morris
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written about the city. … read more
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- nonfiction
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9. The Ambassadors
By: Henry James , Harry Levin
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Graham Greene and E.M. Forster marvelled at it, but F.R. Leavis considered it to be 'not only not o… read more
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10. Lab Girl
By: Hope Jahren
3.81
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers,… read more
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11. Handel
By: Christopher Hogwood
2.83
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
A look back at the original Handel, providing a portrait of his life and music that blends the evid… read more
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12. Lord Jim
By: Joseph Conrad
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Haunted by the memory of a moment of lost nerve during a disastrous voyage, Jim submits to condemna… read more
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14. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
15. Instructions for a Heatwave
By: Maggie O'Farrell
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Hardcover
Sophisticated, intelligent, impossible to put down, Maggie O'Farrell's beguiling novels blend richl… read more
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16. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
By: Timothy Garton Ash
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more
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17. The Romantic
By: William Boyd
4.15
Format: 451 pages, Paperback
Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more
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18. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
By: Lorrie Moore
3.31
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
Lorrie Moore's first novel since A Gate at the Stairs--a daring, meditative exploration of love and… read more
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"I've become. An object of dismay. I guess."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
"Do I jar you?" he asks with his sly charm. "No," I say. “I am braced at every turn for disenchantment."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
19. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
By: Richard Coles
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more
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20. After Sappho
By: Selby Wynn Schwartz
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
What did we want? To begin with, we wanted what half the population had got by just being born. … read more
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"The death of a child makes a barbaric sound, even in print."-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
"But some of us have always seen the modern world as a sea meant to drown us."-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
"We were going to be sappho, but how did Sappho begin to become herself? P.40"-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
"There is always this risk, in life, that we have our parts in a tragedy and we do not know it."-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
21. The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9)
By: John Banville
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Booker Prize winner and “Irish master” (The New Yorker) John Banville’s most ambitious crime novel … read more
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22. 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
23. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
3.92
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more
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"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
24. Close Knit
By: Jenny Colgan
3.98
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
Follow Gertie MacIntyre from knitting circle to air stewardess in this glorious and romantic summer… read more
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25. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Sarah Ogilvie
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more
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"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
26. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future
By: Franklin Foer
3.87
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, wi… read more
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27. About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
By: David Rooney
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of… read more
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28. The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
By: Seb Falk
3.68
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through t… read more
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29. The Great Passion
By: James Runcie
3.88
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the s… read more
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30. The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music
By: Stephen Walsh
4.07
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
"**A New Yorker "Best Book of the Year"** "An excellent work of history."— The Wall Street Journ… read more
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31. Handel In London
By: Jane Glover
3.73
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
A rich and evocative account of the life and work of one of the world's favorite composers―from the… read more
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