Okinawa: The History of an Island People
By: George H. Kerr
3.96
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
"The first full—lenght monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language…a sta…
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1. Watchmen
By: Alan Moore , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons
4.38
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes pla… read more
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"Never despair. Never surrender."-Alan Moore, Watchmen
"It doesn’t matter how “successful"-Alan Moore, Watchmen
"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."-Alan Moore, Watchmen
"The superman exists and he's American."-Alan Moore, Watchmen
2. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
By: David Abulafia
3.96
Format: 783 pages, Hardcover
For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilizat… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
3. Solaris
By: Stanisław Lem
3.99
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem. When K… read more
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"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"I was still a prisoner in my nightmares, and every morning the play began again."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
4. Das Kapital
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Botchan
By: Natsume Sōseki , Joel Cohn
3.64
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Like The Catcher in the Rye or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Botchan, a hilarious tale about … read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
"الواقع أن البشر هم أقل ما يمكن الاعتماد عليه في هذا العالم."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Age should never meddle with such a matter. Mind your own business."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Really, there’s nothing in the world as undependable as human beings."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Ketika manusia bebas memutuskan untuk menghormatimu, hadiah yang kaumiliki lebih mahal nilainya daripada apapun."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
6. His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
By: Naomi Novik
4.06
Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride migh… read more
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- historical
"I am sure I could not have liked any French captain half so much as you"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on."-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"I am beginning to feel the need of a glass of wine to fortify myself against this conversation."-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
7. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
By: Dan Simmons
4.27
Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more
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"You have to live to really know things, my love"-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
8. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonizatio… read more
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9. Our Land Was a Forest: An Ainu Memoir
By: Mikiso Hane , Mark Selden , None , Kyoko Selden
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Paperback
This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaid… read more
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10. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
11. The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)
By: Megan E. O'Keefe
4.11
Format: 491 pages, Paperback
When a spy is stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, she must first figure out how to sur… read more
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12. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson
4.30
Format: 546 pages, ebook
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
13. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
14. Witch King
By: Martha Wells
3.71
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more
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"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."-Martha Wells, Witch King
15. A House with Good Bones
By: T. Kingfisher
3.69
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more
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"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
16. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
By: Martha Wells
4.31
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more
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"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
17. The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)
By: Megan E. O'Keefe
4.21
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the D… read more
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"A woman in possession of a bomb is in want of a reason to use it." "Oh god help us, she's been reading old shit again." Kuma said. "Hanging up now," Naira said. "Tell me if anything blows up that's n…"-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)
18. The Hacienda
By: Isabel Cañas
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the… read more
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- historical
"Colonialism carved the landscapes of our homes with ghosts, It left gaping wounds that still weep"-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda
"Of course he did not question. Men do not trouble themselves with women's bodies, save when they can be of use to serve or to sate them."-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda
"Instead, he described the way the sun set in the valley of Apan: first rich golden, deepening to amber, and then, with a swift, sure strike, night overtook the sun like the extinguishing of a candle.…"-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda
19. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
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- history
20. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.24
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more
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21. Okinawa: The History of an Island People
By: George H. Kerr
3.96
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
"The first full—lenght monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language…a sta… read more
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