The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography
By: Zoran Nikolić
3.39
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Man…
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1. Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.18
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. He thought he'd come to the mountain kingd… read more
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"Bein’ human means judgin’ all the time,"-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
"Do you understand what’s going on here?"-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
"Everywhere I look, I see something holy."-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
"Hah! The leopard does not change his shorts, my girl!"-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
2. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
By: Peter Handke , None
3.18
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
The first of Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty … read more
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3. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
By: Steve Martin
3.88
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concer… read more
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"I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"...teaching is, after all, a form of show business."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"How many people have never raised their hand before?"-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
4. Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages
By: Daniel Nettle , Suzanne Romaine
3.93
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near ext… read more
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- history
- linguistics
- nonfiction
- language
5. Monsieur Ibrahim and The Flowers of the Qur'an
By: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt , Patricia Benecke , Patrick Driver
4.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old M… read more
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6. The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
By: Mark Forsyth
4.48
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between word… read more
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- history
- linguistics
- nonfiction
- language
7. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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8. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.84
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more
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"But if you were investigating a crime,"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
9. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
By: Peter C. Brown , Henry L. Roediger III , Mark A. McDaniel
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we … read more
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- nonfiction
10. Discourse on Colonialism
By: Robin D.G. Kelley , Aimé Césaire , Joan Pinkham
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Cesaire's essay stands as an important document in the development of third world consciousness--a… read more
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11. The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.29
Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click here. "Another world is… read more
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"Crivens!"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
"That'll do"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
"Witches are naturally nosy,"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
"(...) or there will be a reckoning!"-Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
12. A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
WE SEE YOU. NOW WE ARE YOU. No real witch would casually step out of their body, leaving it empt… read more
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"It's still magic even if you know how it's done."-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
"It's an unfair world, Child. Be glad you have friends."-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
"If you're too afraid of going astray you won't go anywhere"-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
"This book had two authors, and they were both the same person."-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
13. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
By: Huw Lemmey
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
14. The Secret Lives of Color
By: Kassia St. Clair
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hu… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Van Gogh's sunflowers, it seems, are wilting, just like their real-life counterparts did."-Kassia St. Clair, The Secret Lives of Color
15. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.33
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more
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"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
16. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
By: Ian Urbina
4.36
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Slavery is a harsh reality thatmour better angels would like to think ended two centuries ago, when many countries passed laws against such bondage withing their borders. But this sort of bondage is …"-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
"This fantasy that it is possible to fish sustainably, legally, and using workers with contracts, making a living wage, and still deliver a five-ounce can of skipjack tuna for $2.50 that ends up on th…"-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
17. Burial of Ghosts
By: Ann Cleeves
3.66
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning stand alone novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of the astounding Sh… read more
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18. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
19. Silver Nitrate
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.61
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more
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20. The Good, the Bad and the History (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #14)
By: Jodi Taylor
4.65
Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition
St Mary's is under investigation. Their director has been shot and Max is Number One Suspect. Can t… read more
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21. The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)
By: Genevieve Cogman
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
In this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep in… read more
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"Stories are like that. They’ll wait for you until you can come back to them."-Genevieve Cogman, The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)
22. The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.89
Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition
An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan’s master of crime. Amid the rubb… read more
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23. Ascension
By: Nicholas Binge
3.58
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of t… read more
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"There’s something that runs deeper than that – biological instinct, perhaps, that won’t let you go through with mutilating yourself."-Nicholas Binge, Ascension
"People like to think empathy means being able to imagine how you'd feel in a certain situation,' she said, head tilted, holding my gaze. 'But it really doesn't. It means being able to imagine how the…"-Nicholas Binge, Ascension
24. Hotel Balkán
By: Miroslava Kuľková
4.26
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Každá balkánska krajina má svoj hotel Balkán – cudzinu aj domov, v ktorom sme dočasne, a predsa je … read more
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25. In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony
By: Darren Byler
4.29
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
How China built a network of surveillance to detain over a million people and produce a system of c… read more
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- nonfiction
26. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
By: Hana Videen
4.26
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more
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- linguistics
- nonfiction
- language
"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
27. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
By: Stanislas Dehaene
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and … read more
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"Yann LeCun's strategy provides a good example of a much more general notion: the exploitation of innate knowledge. Convolutional neural networks learn better and faster than other types of neural net…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
"Our brain is therefore not simply passively subjected to sensory inputs. From the get-go, it already possesses a set of abstract hypotheses, an accumulated wisdom that emerged through the sift of Dar…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
"The moral here is that nature and nurture should not be opposed. Pure learning, in the absence of any innate constraints, simply does not exist. Any learning algorithm contains, in one way or another…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
28. Rýchlokurz geniality
By: Ľudovít Ódor
4.49
Format: 655 pages, Hardcover
42 otázok a odpovedí, ktoré vám pomôžu pochopiť dnešný svet Na prahu ďalšej technologickej revo… read more
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29. The End of Nightwork
By: Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Pol suffers from a very rare hormonal disorder that ages him erratically; when he was thirteen, his… read more
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30. History of the World in 100 Animals
By: Simon Barnes
4.08
Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition
'So, so good! ... More gems than a pirate's chest ... science, art, history, culture - it's epic an… read more
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31. The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography
By: Zoran Nikolić
3.39
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Man… read more
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- linguistics
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- language
