Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion
By: J.H. Elliott
3.70
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independen…
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1. Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.11
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
One thing that constantly disrupts the peace of life at Blandings is the constant incursion of impo… read more
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"... обнадеждена безнадеждност..."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
"Всяко нещо струва толкова, за колкото може да се купи."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
"... да се прокрадва крадешком и да се мотае мотешком..."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
"Госпожица Уилоуби не обичаше провинцията. Намираше я за провинциална."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
2. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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- european history
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
3. Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags
By: Tim Marshall
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel? For thousands of years … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
4. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
By: Colin Woodard
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. The Pier Falls: And Other Stories
By: Mark Haddon
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Hardcover
Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the N… read more
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6. Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
3.33
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more
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7. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
8. The Battle for the Falklands
By: Max Hastings , Simon Jenkins
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on t… read more
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9. 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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- 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
10. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
By: Stephen Greenblatt
4.34
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work… read more
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11. Homage to Catalonia
By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more
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12. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
By: T.E. Lawrence
3.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
In his classic book, T.E. Lawrence--forever known as Lawrence of Arabia--recounts his role in the o… read more
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13. Baumgartner
By: Paul Auster
3.78
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more
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"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
14. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
15. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
16. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
17. Carcoma
By: Layla Martínez
4.17
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida e… read more
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- spain
"Solo había tenido un hombre, pero ya había sido suficiente. Cuando una está sola y es pobre no puede permitirse aprender la misma lección dos veces, esto también lo sabemos bien en esta casa."-Layla Martínez, Carcoma
18. Sacrificios humanos
By: María Fernanda Ampuero
4.09
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
María Fernanda Ampuero se ha convertido en una de las voces indispensables de la literatura latinoa… read more
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19. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
20. Anéantir
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.84
Format: 734 pages, Hardcover
Ce roman de Michel Houellebecq nous projette à la fin du second mandat du président à travers un ré… read more
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"La prise de vues donnait une étrange impression de neutralité."-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
"Les chrétiens ont du mal en général, avec l’absurde, ça n’entre pas vraiment dans leurs catégories."-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
"Certains lundis de la toute fin novembre, ou du début de décembre, surtout lorsqu'on est célibataire, on a la sensation d'être dans le couloir de la mort. Les vacances d'été sont depuis longtemps oub…"-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
21. No te veré morir
By: Antonio Muñoz Molina
3.58
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Durante su juventud, Gabriel Aristu y Adriana Zuber protagonizaron una apasionada historia de amor … read more
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22. La educación física
By: Rosario Villajos
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
«El jurado del Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023 ha destacado La educación física , novela ganadora por … read more
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- spain
23. La città dei vivi
By: Nicola Lagioia
4.20
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
Nel marzo 2016, in un anonimo appartamento della periferia romana, due ragazzi di buona famiglia di… read more
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"Ci sono le città dei vivi, popolate da morti. E poi ci sono le città dei morti, le uniche dove la vita abbia ancora un senso."-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi
"Distruggere il più debole. Oppure indebolire il più forte per poi distruggerlo. L'aggressione come garanzia per la sopravvivenza. Colpire per sottrarsi alla paura di essere colpiti. Sentirsi impotent…"-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi
"«A questo punto mi pare evidente che il problema siamo noi, – fece uno degli scrittori, – intendo noi romani, la classe dirigente è lo specchio del nostro marciume, tutto è marcio, anche i turisti. I…"-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi
24. The God Desire
By: David Baddiel
3.69
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more
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"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
25. Le Grand Monde
By: Pierre Lemaitre
4.10
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
La famille Pelletier Trois histoires d’amour, un lanceur d’alerte, une adolescente égarée, deux pr… read more
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26. Une sortie honorable
By: Éric Vuillard
3.80
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
La guerre d'Indochine est l'une des plus longues guerres modernes. Pourtant, dans nos manuels scola… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
27. El libro del Génesis: Liberado
By: Anonymous
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Después del enorme éxito de crítica y ventas de Odisea Liberada, primer título de la colección, lle… read more
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28. Het grote wereldtoneel
By: Philipp Blom
3.67
Format: 144 pages, ebook
We leven in de best mogelijke wereld: we hebben nog nooit zo lang vrede gekend, we waren nooit eerd… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
29. Rússia, l'escenari més gran del món
By: Manel Alías
4.16
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
«M'han atrapat històries "grans" —la cursa espacial, la geopolítica, els herois de guerra, els refe… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion
By: J.H. Elliott
3.70
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independen… read more
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- politics
- spain
- nonfiction
- european history
- scotland
31. Qatar. La perla del Golfo
By: Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio
4.25
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
En las últimas décadas, Qatar, un pequeño país del golfo Arábigo, ha conseguido salir de su anonima… read more
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