Precious: The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time
By: Helen Molesworth
4.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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1. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
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2. 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
3. The Mirror (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #2)
By: Nora Roberts
4.25
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts continues the hauntingly spectacular Lost Bride T… read more
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4. Hunted
By: Abir Mukherjee
3.90
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A breakout thriller from an “enthralling” and award-winning writer: can two parents find their lost… read more
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5. Nero (The Nero Trilogy, #1)
By: Conn Iggulden
4.29
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
TYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED. ANCIENT ROME, AD 37 It begins with a man’s hand curled aro… read more
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6. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)
By: Mai Mochizuki
3.67
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more
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7. The Road to the Country
By: Chigozie Obioma
3.92
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, heart-racing, mystical novel about a university student in Lagos trying to save his bro… read more
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"It has always seemed to him that the world was full of things; that even in one’s loneliest moments, there was often a crowd. But the things one loved remained invisible, hidden amongst the multitude…"-Chigozie Obioma, The Road to the Country
8. The Instrumentalist
By: Harriet Constable
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.… read more
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9. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp
By: Michelle Moran
4.30
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more
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10. The Sunflower House
By: Adriana Allegri
4.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run bab… read more
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11. Rare Singles
By: Benjamin Myers
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more
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12. Bright I Burn
By: Molly Aitken
3.61
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. When a young Alice Kytel… read more
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13. Like Mother, Like Mother
By: Susan Rieger
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secr… read more
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14. The Mesmerist
By: Caroline Woods
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Before hypnotism, there was mesmerism. In 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial cr… read more
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15. Songs for the Brokenhearted
By: Ayelet Tsabari
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better li… read more
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16. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
By: John Grisham
4.49
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Cent… read more
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17. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
By: C.M. Waggoner
3.70
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afo… read more
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18. A Winter Wish
By: Emily Stone
3.64
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Th… read more
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19. A Christmas Duet
By: Debbie Macomber
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A solo holiday trip inspires one woman to rediscover her passion—and remember that, sometimes, duet… read more
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20. Precious: The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time
By: Helen Molesworth
4.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
THE COMPS: Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel (HB TCM: 32K) The Secret Li… read more
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21. City of Secrets (Detective Margaret Nolan, #4)
By: P.J. Tracy
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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22. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family
By: Olivia Williams
3.61
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more
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23. Betrayal at Blackthorn Park (Evelyne Redfern, #2)
By: Julia Kelly
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia Kelly is kn… read more
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24. Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom
By: Michael Seth Starr
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The first comprehensive biography of the legendary comedy giant who transcended every medium, defie… read more
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25. Candle & Crow (Ink & Sigil, #3)
By: Kevin Hearne
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes the final book in the… read more
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26. The Three Lives of Cate Kay
By: Kate Fagan
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel a… read more
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27. Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson
By: Paul French
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the … read more
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28. A Forty Year Kiss
By: Nickolas Butler
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of Shotgun Lovesongs comes an exquisitely written, small-town … read more
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29. Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
By: Glory Edim
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help … read more
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30. How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty
By: Bonny Reichert
4.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A moving culinary memoir about the relationship between food and family—sustenance and survival—fro… read more
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