In Solitary Witness
By: Gordon C. Zahn
4.09
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Looks at the life of Franz Jèagerstèatter, an Austrian farmer who was imprisoned and eventually exe…
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1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By: Edward Albee
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more
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"Honey: I know these people ..."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2. La salvación de lo bello
By: Byung-Chul Han
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Lo pulido, lo liso, lo impecable, son la sena de identidad de nuestra epoca. Son lo que tienen en c… read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
By: John M. Gottman , Nan Silver
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to ob… read more
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- nonfiction
4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
5. The Game of Silence
By: Louise Erdrich
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island … read more
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6. The Children of Men
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages,
In the year 2021, the world is a bleak place where all human males have become sterile, and no chil… read more
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7. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
By: C.S. Lewis
4.19
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Lifeis a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion… read more
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8. Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison
By: Robert A. Krieg , None
3.37
Format: 414 pages,
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9. The Burnout Society
By: Byung-Chul Han
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more
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10. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
By: Anne Lamott
4.41
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow comes her long-awaited collection of … read more
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11. All Quiet on the Western Front
By: Erich Maria Remarque , A.W. Wheen
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is the testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World W… read more
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12. Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help
By: Robert D. Lupton
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has u… read more
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13. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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- nonfiction
"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
14. Everything Sad Is Untrue
By: Daniel Nayeri
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more
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- biography memoir
"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
15. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
16. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
17. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
By: Sonia Purnell
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War … read more
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- history
- biography
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
18. The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross
By: Brian Zahnd
4.53
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
The cross is the heart of Scripture Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and pro… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
19. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- faith
- nonfiction
- religion
- history
20. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.94
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
By: Maggie Haberman
4.09
Format: 597 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
22. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
23. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
24. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
By: Daniel James Brown
4.49
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
25. Works of Mercy
By: Sally Thomas
4.45
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Kirsty Sain, aging housekeeper for the newly arrived young priest, assumes that despite this person… read more
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26. Code Name Hélène
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.41
Format: 451 pages, Hardcover
Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code… read more
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- world war ii
"I am the same but different, and I greet this new reflection with a nod of acceptance. There is metal in my spine and there are fractures in my soul. I resemble Garrow now. I have been changed by war."-Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène
27. Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs
By: Steve Cuss
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
You Can Learn to Handle the Onslaught of Internal and External Pressures Does anxiety get in the wa… read more
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28. Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
By: Corban Addison
4.46
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can … read more
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- history
29. The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice
By: Wendell Berry
4.03
Format: 513 pages, Paperback
Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continue… read more
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- history
30. Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age
By: Jay Y. Kim
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction―Christian Living Outreach Resource of the Year The digital… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
31. In Solitary Witness
By: Gordon C. Zahn
4.09
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Looks at the life of Franz Jèagerstèatter, an Austrian farmer who was imprisoned and eventually exe… read more
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- history
- biography
- faith
- military history
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- catholic
