Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast and the Nature of Beer
By: Pete Brown
4.11
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink on the planet, but few who enjoy it know much about how it…
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1. Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.20
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zo… read more
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"But . . ."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
"Fuck me,' I said out loud, 'I'm in fairyland."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
"The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I've got a big stick."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
"There's nothing quite like Latin for disguising the fact that you're making it up as you go along."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
2. Victoria
By: Daisy Goodwin
3.93
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
“They think I am still a little girl who is not capable of being a Queen.”Lord Melbourne turned to … read more
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"To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown."-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria
"Emma shook her head. “There are some things that a woman always keeps to herself."-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria
"In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of."-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria
"I was so happy … before.’ ‘I find that happiness can always be recollected in tranquillity, Ma’am,’ said Melbourne. Victoria put her hands down and looked up at him, her pale blue eyes searching his …"-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria
3. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
4. Main Street
By: Sinclair Lewis
3.78
Format: 454 pages, Paperback
With Commentary by E. M. Forster, Dorothy Parker, H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, Rebecca West, Sherw… read more
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"So kindly,"-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
"in a world of groceries and sermons"-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
"Whatever she might become she would never be static."-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
"They had something to do. They could escape from themselves."-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
5. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
By: Various , Joe Layden , Rob Reiner , Cary Elwes
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-p… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.16
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil; an … read more
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"Fuck me,' I said to Toby. 'We're living in Isengard."-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
"In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold."-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
"This book is dedicated to all the people who get up and do something about it, whatever “it"-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
"I had found the upper limit of my courage. Fortunately for me, there is no known lower limit to human stupidity."-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
7. A Walk in the Woods
By: Bill Bryson
3.20
Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Subtitle: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail stretches from Geor… read more
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8. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
By: Julian Sancton
4.27
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
9. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
10. The Devil and the Dark Water
By: Stuart Turton
3.84
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samu… read more
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"Anger makes good men stubborn and stubborn men petty."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
"You’re as dense as the mountains you were carved out of."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
"Courage isn't an absence of fear, it's the light we find when fear is all there is."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
"Marriage is an inconvenient convenience. It’s the shackle we accept for our safety."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
11. This Other Eden
By: Paul Harding
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more
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12. Shrines of Gaiety
By: Kate Atkinson
3.85
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more
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"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety
"His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already."-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety
13. My Friends
By: Hisham Matar
4.34
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return , a luminous novel of friendship, family, and … read more
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"A vast distance exists between a protester and his slogan; the entire history of politics exists in that gap."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"For a writer, exile is prison, a severing from the source, and so, courageous or not, he dies in front of our eyes."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"She was older and all the more beautiful, had the weary tiredness of one who, in surrendering to her life, was ennobled by it."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"I walked off feeling an emptiness well up inside me. It seemed, for all the emptiness that it was, a presence. It made me want to run away, dive deeper into myself, into that cold desolation, to the …"-Hisham Matar, My Friends
14. Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast and the Nature of Beer
By: Pete Brown
4.11
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink on the planet, but few who enjoy it know much about how it… read more
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- history
- travel
- beer
- food
- nonfiction
- business
- science
15. Pie Fidelity: In Defence of British Food
By: Pete Brown
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
\In Britain, we have always had an awkward relationship with food. We've been told for so long that… read more
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- history
- food
- nonfiction
