One Small Candle: The Pilgrims' First Year in America
By: Thomas Fleming
4.13
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
This vivid, deeply moving book begins in London in 1620 as Pilgrim representatives sign a contract …
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1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.91
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more
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- historical
- american
"Liberty! -- Electric word!"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2. Thoughts in Solitude
By: Thomas Merton
4.03
Format: 129 pages, Paperback
Thoughtful and eloquent, as timely (or timeless) now as when it was originally published in 1956, T… read more
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- nonfiction
"Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything."-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
"If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit."-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
"Words stand between silence and silence: between the silence of things and the silence of our own being. Between the silence of the world and the silence of God. When we have really met and known the…"-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am followin…"-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
3. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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- american
"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
4. Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
By: Barry Unsworth
4.12
Format: 630 pages, Paperback
Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with… read more
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- historical
"Only way to live here is day by day, same as anywhere."-Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
"The successful cannot be unhappy -- it was a contradiction in terms."-Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
"Doubt is the ally of hope, not its enemy, and together they made all the blessing he had."-Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
"Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way"-Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
5. Shakespeare: The World as Stage
By: Bill Bryson
3.81
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
6. Mystic River
By: Dennis Lehane
4.17
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange… read more
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"We all die alone...... I could have helped her with the dying."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
"She was his wife, mother, best friend, sister, lover, and priest."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
"Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
"I’m just saying there are threads, okay? Threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
7. Shane
By: Jack Schaefer , Wendell Minor
3.94
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
A stranger rode out of the heart of the great glowing West, into the small Wyoming valley in the su… read more
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- historical
- american
"What a man knows isn't important. Its what he is that counts."-Jack Schaefer, Shane
"A gun is just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool, a shovel - or an axe or a saddle or a stove or anything. Think of it always that way. A gun is as good - and as bad - as the man who …"-Jack Schaefer, Shane
"With us he spoke freely enough. We were, in some subtle way, his folks. Though we had taken him in, you had the feeling that he had adopted us. But with others he was reserved; courteous and soft-spo…"-Jack Schaefer, Shane
"I would think of him most vividly in that single flashing instant when he whirled to shoot Fletcher on the balcony at Grafton’s saloon. I would see again the power and grace of coordinate force beaut…"-Jack Schaefer, Shane
8. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
9. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald , Patrick O'Donnell
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
This collection contains all 19 stories from Fitzgerald's first two published collections - Flapper… read more
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- american
10. The Art of Loving
By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more
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- nonfiction
11. The Sound and the Fury
By: William Faulkner
3.86
Format: 366 pages, Paperback
The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more
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- american
"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
12. Augustus
By: John Williams
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustusi… read more
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13. Boone: A Biography
By: Robert Morgan
3.74
Format: 646 pages, Hardcover
The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America--its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its de… read more
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14. The All of It
By: Jeannette Haien
4.67
Format: None pages,
Jeannette Haien's award-winning first novel relates the seemingly simple tale of a parishioner conf… read more
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15. A Night to Remember
By: Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick
3.67
Format: 208 pages,
The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition w… read more
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16. The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3)
By: Barry Eisler
4.03
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
A fast-paced, page-turning novel of betrayal, vengeance, and depraved secrets in high places from t… read more
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"Do all the people who know me know me better than I know myself?"-Barry Eisler, The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3)
17. The Southern Criminal (Joe Hennessy Legal Thriller #2)
By: Peter O'Mahoney
4.42
Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition
Justice is a deadly game… When one of South Carolina’s most powerful lawyers is charged with the… read more
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18. The Storyteller of Casablanca
By: Fiona Valpy
4.40
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
In this evocative tale from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift, a strange new city off… read more
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- historical
19. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
By: Anderson Cooper
3.82
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestsell… read more
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- historical
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
20. Lethal Defense (Nate Shepherd, #1)
By: Michael Stagg
4.47
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
A client savagely kills a man to protect a friend. A lawyer with secrets must prove it was justifie… read more
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21. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
By: Ron Howard
4.27
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
22. A Christmas Memory
By: Richard Paul Evans
4.58
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few mont… read more
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23. The Night Portrait
By: Laura Morelli
3.97
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
An exciting, dual-timeline historical novel about the creation of one of Leonardo da Vinci's most f… read more
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- historical
"I have come to accept that war is inevitable. Beauty is fleeting. Only love and art endure."-Laura Morelli, The Night Portrait
24. The Haunting of Brynn Wilder
By: Wendy Webb
3.85
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to rese… read more
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25. Blind Conviction (Nate Shepherd, #3)
By: Michael Stagg
4.47
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
A vicious attack leaves a woman near death. The evidence points to one man. Only Nate Shepherd stan… read more
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26. Tips for Living
By: Renee Shafransky
3.78
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
On the day Nora discovered that her husband, Hugh, had gotten another woman pregnant, she made a vo… read more
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"Here's a tip, kiddo. A tip for living. This world is rough, and it's going to keep throwing things at you. Don't let them break your heart."-Renee Shafransky, Tips for Living
27. The Girl Behind the Gates
By: Brenda Davies
4.52
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure in the certainty of a bright, happ… read more
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- historical
28. The Note
By: Carly Schabowski
4.49
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
A heartbreaking World War Two tale, The Note is about lost loves and long-buried secrets, desperate… read more
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29. The Day the World Ended: The Mount Pelée Disaster: May 7, 1902
By: Gordon Thomas
4.09
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
The spectacular story of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the Western Hemisphere: the 1… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
30. Fatal Intrusion (Sanchez & Heron, #1)
By: Jeffery Deaver
4.32
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
As a wave of murders grips Southern California, an unlikely pair must untangle the mysterious patte… read more
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31. One Small Candle: The Pilgrims' First Year in America
By: Thomas Fleming
4.13
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
This vivid, deeply moving book begins in London in 1620 as Pilgrim representatives sign a contract … read more
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- american
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
