Tango Lessons
By: Meghan Flaherty
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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1. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
By: Pema Chödrön
4.28
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more
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- nonfiction
"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
2. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.25
Format: 387 pages, Paperback
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more
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"... “Dangerous!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Freedom is never very safe."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Who do you think is lying to us?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
3. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
By: Mary Roach
3.00
Format: 282 pages,
Grunttackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries--panic, exhaustion… read more
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4. The Weight of Ink
By: Rachel Kadish
4.15
Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept… read more
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"Never underestimate the passion of a lonely mind."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"My grandmother," Ester said, "wished not to trap her love into taking her. She said a heart is a free thing, and once enslaved will mutiny...."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"Then it was only right that she do as her spirit told her, and let the struggle itself answer the question of which was the stronger: her will or her womanly nature."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"A woman such as I is a rocky cliff against which a man tests himself before retreating to safe pastures. I cannot fault any such man as takes what ease the world offers him."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
5. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By: Michael Pollan
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described… read more
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6. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
7. Geekerella
By: Ashley Poston
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Anything can happen once upon a con... When geek girl Elle Wittimer sees a cosplay contest sponsore… read more
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8. Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
By: Gretchen Rubin
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
9. The President Is Missing
By: Bill Clinton
3.85
Format: 513 pages, Kindle Edition
President Bill Clinton and bestselling novelist James Patterson have written a spellbinding thrille… read more
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"The media knows what sells—conflict and division. It’s also quick and easy. All too often anger works better than answers; resentment better than reason; emotion trumps evidence. A sanctimonious, sne…"-Bill Clinton, The President Is Missing
10. The Christmas Spirit
By: Debbie Macomber
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Two lifelong friends decide to trade places the week before Christmas and end up finding love along… read more
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11. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
By: Deya Muniz
4.40
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more
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12. The Hero of This Book
By: Elizabeth McCracken
3.77
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A taut, groundbreaking new novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken, abo… read more
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- biography memoir
"As for me, I don't think writing is that hard, as long as you're comfortable with failure on every single level."-Elizabeth McCracken, The Hero of This Book
"My mother's favorite cats were male and nervous and needed her. "Come to Mommy," my mother would say to one of them. "Yes, I love you, too." "You are not that cat's mother," I said, sitting on the so…"-Elizabeth McCracken, The Hero of This Book
"I've always hated the notion, in life or in fiction, that the human personality is a puzzle to be solved, that we are a single flashback away from understanding why this person is cruel to her childr…"-Elizabeth McCracken, The Hero of This Book
13. So Shall You Reap
By: Donna Leon
4.07
Format: 262 pages, ebook
In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more
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"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap
"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap
14. The Narrowboat Summer
By: Anne Youngson
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Meet Me at the Museum, a charming novel of second chances, about three women, on… read more
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"Det där gillade jag inte", sa hon. "Tror du att dom sålde droger?" "Nej", sa Sally. "Jag tror att dom väntade på att växa upp och bli helt vanliga." "Jaså, verkligen?" sa Eve. "Dom såg inte ut som om…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
"På skärmen tog matchen slut och åskådarna troppade av. Det blev tyst i puben och Sally fick den där sköna och avslappnade känslan - som ofta kom över henne på allmänna platser - av att vara levande o…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
"Tror du att det är där vi befinner oss? På gränsen mellan ordning och kaos?" "Det tror jag. Vi har både avvisat delar av det som var vår världsordning och vi försöker få rätsida på utkanten av det ok…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
"Sally sa: "Jag har inte varit tvungen att gå på så många möten, men när jag har gjort det har jag alltid väntat på att dom ska ta slut så att jag kan gå iväg och ta itu med nåt annat. Även om det int…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
15. The Trees
By: Percival Everett
4.06
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive in Money, Mississippi… read more
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"Unknown Male is a name,"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"Goddamnit, I hate murder more than just about anything,"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"You should know I consider police shootings to be lynchings"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"People should know, understand that not all Thursdays are the same."-Percival Everett, The Trees
16. The White Book
By: Han Kang
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more
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"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."-Han Kang, The White Book
"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."-Han Kang, The White Book
"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."-Han Kang, The White Book
"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"-Han Kang, The White Book
17. Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
By: Lindy West
3.90
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched** New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy… read more
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- nonfiction
"We’re going to make a fortune with this place,"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
"Which, to be clear, I support. I was twenty-one in 2003, and tasteless shit isn’t just IN my blood, IT IS MY BLOOD. I crave excess!"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
"From this point on, Edward is just constantly staring at Bella around corners and peeking at her from under manholes and disguising himself as a potted plant so he can watch her pee. Heads up: your c…"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
"Chris Tucker gives Jackie Chan his LAPD ID and tells him to pretend to be LAPD if anything goes sideways in the Foo Chow restaurant. Jackie Chan looks at the ID with Chris Tucker’s picture on it and …"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
18. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
By: Elinor Cleghorn
4.11
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas ab… read more
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- nonfiction
"For centuries, medicine has claimed that women are defined by their bodies and biology. But we have never been respected as reliable narrators of what happens to our bodies. We are denied agency beca…"-Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
19. Sharks in the Time of Saviors
By: Kawai Strong Washburn
3.83
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboar… read more
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"Big destiny is a thing you get drunk on."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
"Hope can be a god as well. It's something that can be prayed to."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
"Everyone's always 'just joking,' right? Except when they're not."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
"Sometimes I don't know if the fight finds me or I find the fight. Especially with my family."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
20. The Lightning Tree (The NI Revolution Trilogy, #1)
By: Lene Fogelberg
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Nature finally rises against humanity. Flora Reed discovers a lifeless body in her front yard t… read more
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21. Tango Lessons
By: Meghan Flaherty
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut memoir about a young woman learning to dance tango, bec… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
