What Does Rain Smell Like?
By: Simon King
3.52
Format: 352 pages, hardcover
Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology change the track of a hurricane? What's the weath…
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1. Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It
By: Ken Alibek , Stephen Handelman
4.10
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Anthrax. Smallpox. Incurable and horrifying Ebola-related fevers. For two decades, while a fearful … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
2. The Death of Artemio Cruz
By: Carlos Fuentes , Alfred J. MacAdam
3.86
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
Hailed as a masterpiece since its publication in 1962, The Death of Artemio Cruz is Carlos Fuentes'… read more
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"Nunca escucharás las palabras de los otros. Tendrás que vivirlas."-Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz
"Vivir es traicionar a tu Dios; cada acto de la vida, cada acto que nos afirma como seres vivos, exige que se violen los mandamientos de tu Dios"-Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz
"To live is to betray your God. Every act in life, every act that affirms us as living beings, requires that the commandments of your God be broken."-Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz
"¿A poco no somos los meros chingones? ¿Sabes? Escoge siempre a tus amigos entre los grandes chingones, porque con ellos no hay quien te chingue a ti."-Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz
3. Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Mighty battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy) The… read more
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- audiobook
"Er wollte sagen: Wie könnt ihr so nett und gleichzeitig so dumm sein?"-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"So funktioniert die Geschichte leider nicht. Erst das Blut, dann der Verstand."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"Und jetzt sink auf die Knie, wenn du nicht auf andere Weise kleiner werden willst."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"Der Mann schien für seine Freunde mindestens ebenso gefährlich zu sein wie für seine Feinde."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
4. As Old as Time (A Twisted Tale, #3)
By: Liz Braswell
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast? Belle is a lot of things: smart, resourceful, restless. Sh… read more
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5. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
By: Antony Beevor
4.32
Format: 494 pages, Paperback
The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Sellout
By: Paul Beatty
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Sellout is the first book by an American author to win the UK's prestigious Man Booker Prize. A… read more
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7. Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future
By: Doug Macdougall
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes--geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly… read more
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8. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
By: Edwin A. Abbott , Banesh Hoffmann
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertai… read more
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9. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
By: Anna Funder
4.20
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more
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"People were crazy with pain and secrets."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
10. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
11. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
12. Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
By: Dennis Duncan
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. Bu… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"[Citing "Alice in Wonderland"] the White Knight insists on singing Alice a song which he introduces as follows: 'The name of the song is called "Haddocks' Eyes".' 'Oh, that's the name of the song, is…"-Dennis Duncan, Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
13. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
14. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
By: Adam Kay
3.91
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.04
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more
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- audiobook
16. Święto ognia
By: Jakub Małecki
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Wiedziałem, że prędzej czy później spotka mnie jakaś krzywda, a skoro tak, pragnąłem, by skrzywdził… read more
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17. The City of Mist (Cemetery of Forgotten Books)
By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
3.97
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Return to the mythical Barcelona library known as the Cemetery of Forgotten Books in this posthumou… read more
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"En un instante infinito la lluvia quedó suspendida en el aire, un millón de lágrimas de cristal flotando en el vacío, y vi al ángel besarla en la frente, sus labios marcando su piel como hierro cande…"-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The City of Mist (Cemetery of Forgotten Books)
"Era entonces cuando la gran silueta oscura aparecía a la puerta de la casa, un gran ángel con rostro de mármol que me miraba y sonreía como un lobo, desplegando sus alas negras sobre Blanca y envolvi…"-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The City of Mist (Cemetery of Forgotten Books)
"Siempre he envidiado la capacidad de olvidar que tienen algunas personas par alas cuales el pasado es como una muda de temporada o unos zapatos viejos a los que basta condenar en el fondo de un armar…"-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The City of Mist (Cemetery of Forgotten Books)
"Siempre he envidiado la capacidad de olvidar que tienen algunas personas para las cuales el pasado es como una muda de temporada o unos zapatos viejos a los que basta condenar en el fondo de un armar…"-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The City of Mist (Cemetery of Forgotten Books)
18. No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.01
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection… read more
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- audiobook
"Cats have no guilt and very little shame."-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
"It's so much easier to blame the grownups than to be one."-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
"The daily hummingbird assaults existence with improbability."-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
"The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
19. The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
By: Bianca Marais
3.62
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist-gone-wrong. A looming threat. Five octogenarian w… read more
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"Age's sole purpose is to gift us more years in which to experience the minefield that is living. Along with that, it grants us the perspective to know that by the end of it all, it doesn't matter a d…"-Bianca Marais, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
20. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- nonfiction
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21. Tell Me an Ending
By: Jo Harkin
3.64
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
What if you didn't have to live with your worst memories? Across the world, thousands of people … read more
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"Where does the human regret live? Police stations, hospitals. Courtrooms. Hotel bedrooms- bedrooms in general. They should advertise on pillowcases."-Jo Harkin, Tell Me an Ending
22. You Don't Want to Know: The grisly, jaw-dropping and most macabre moments from history, nature and beyond
By: James Felton
3.71
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Ever wondered why the chainsaw was invented?* How authorities dealt with a beached whale back in ye… read more
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- audiobook
23. Water: A Biography
By: Giulio Boccaletti
3.68
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory history--spanning continents and millennia--of how the distribution of water has shape… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The apex of Egypt's Middle Kingdom had redefined the powerful hydraulic nation. The catastrophe that marked the end of this period of prosperity and regional integration appears to have been a climat…"-Giulio Boccaletti, Water: A Biography
24. Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
By: Seirian Sumner
3.91
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, au… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
25. The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn
By: Steve Richards
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and ProspectWas Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Heal… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. What Is Your Problem?
By: Jack Dee
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Jack Dee has been very busy during lockdown and would like to update everybody on what he's been up… read more
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- audiobook
27. My Family: The Memoir
By: David Baddiel
4.41
Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition
A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idio… read more
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- audiobook
28. When Money Talks: A History of Coins and Numismatics
By: Frank L. Holt
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Coinage--it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else w… read more
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29. What Does Rain Smell Like?
By: Simon King
3.52
Format: 352 pages, hardcover
Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology change the track of a hurricane? What's the weath… read more
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30. The Heartbeat Library
By: Laura Imai Messina
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Nel sud-ovest del Giappone, in una pozza di mare condivisa da due province, Kagawa e Okayama, nuota… read more
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