Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers
By: Claudia Kalb
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yo-Yo Ma’s ear for music emerged not long after he learned to walk. By the age of seven, he was per…
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1. What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life
By: Jane Scovell , Tim Conway , Carol Burnett
3.81
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Six-time Emmy award-winning funny man Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnet… read more
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2. Little Men (Little Women, #2)
By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller
3.50
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- science
4. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
5. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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- audiobook
6. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant
By: Margareta Magnusson
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declu… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. La suma de los días
By: Isabel Allende
3.43
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Una obra al tiempo emotiva y escrita en el tono ironico y apasionado que caracteriza a la autora, e… read more
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9. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
By: Kara Swisher
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more
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- science
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
By: James Patterson
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
How did a boy from small-town New York become one of the world's most successful writers? · On t… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Here’s the best I’ve come up with about recovering from the death of somebody we love. It goes like this. When we were little, maybe one or so, we learn how to walk. Somehow we figure out how to get …"-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
"When she was free, the whale didn’t rush out to sea. Instead, she swam around and around her rescuers in joyous circles. The whale came up to each and every diver one at a time. She nudged them, push…"-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
"Okay, now. In the spirit of open minds — try to walk in somebody else's shoes at least once a day. Maybe even twice a day. What's it like for your poor teachers to have to put up with you rowdy, ill-…"-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
11. The Sea Wolves (Isaac Bell #13)
By: Jack Du Brul
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
An old nemesis. A secret technology. The outcome of a Great War at stake... Summer, 1914. As New… read more
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- audiobook
12. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
13. The American Girl
By: Rachael English
4.17
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyf… read more
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14. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
By: Nina Totenberg
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal succes… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.94
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
16. Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully
By: Julie McFadden
4.50
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
What if we didn’t consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embr… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
17. The Red Address Book
By: Sofia Lundberg
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Follows 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through h… read more
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- audiobook
"Nitko nije umro od nekoliko ožiljaka. Bolje ih je imati na koži nego na duši."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
"Meni je mjesto bilo među knjigama, ondje sam se osjećala sigurnom i zaštićenom."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
"On je bio velik čovjek, moj otac. Ne fizički. Uopće ne. ali njegove su misli bile vrlo velike, prevelike za život koji je vodio."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
"Ljudi, koji silno pate za zavičajem, mijenjaju se. Oni zatvaraju oči pred drugim stvarima i gube sposobnost zamjećivanja lijepog."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
18. The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness
By: Jonas Salzgeber
4.18
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”– Epictetus, Stoic philoso… read more
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- psychology
- audiobook
19. Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
By: Maggie Smith
3.89
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Marie Claire’s The 2020 Books You Should Pre-Order Now The Washington Post’s What to Read in 2020 B… read more
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"Do not be ashamed of the intensity of your emotion. That's your humanity. Grief can be feral, wild, frightening. Give it a safe place to live."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
"Everything is temporary. You can't keep a white-knuckled hold on what you love or on what has hurt you. Loosen your grip on your grief today, if only a bit."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
"Stop calling your heart broken; your heart works just fine. If you are feeling--love, anger, gratitude, grief--it is because your heart is doing its work. Let it."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
"It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don't want you to change or grow. Grow anyway--there is no alternative."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
20. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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- audiobook
21. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
By: Monica Potts
3.88
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed journalist tries to understand how she escaped her small-town in Arkansas while her br… read more
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- biography
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"When I was little, I thought that when people were drunk they were drunk forever. Later, I learned that this is not true. Even later, I learned that sometimes it is."-Monica Potts, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
22. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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23. Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives
By: Mary Laura Philpott
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of I Miss You When I Blink comes a poignant and powerful memoir that ta… read more
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24. What If This Were Enough?: Essays
By: Heather Havrilesky
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
By the author of the New York Times Love and Relationships bestseller How to Be a Person in the Wor… read more
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- psychology
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25. The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
By: Elizabeth White
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands o… read more
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"People are not fully defined by either the best or the worst of their actions"-Elizabeth White, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
26. The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
By: Elizabeth Rush
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Risi… read more
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- history
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"It occurred to me... I ought to treat Antarctica not as a desolate outpost at the end of the earth but as a place where life begins."-Elizabeth Rush, The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
27. By Way of Sorrow (Erin McCabe Mysteries #1)
By: Robyn Gigl
3.86
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a fresh and riveting thriller debut, Robyn Gigl introduces Erin McCabe, a New Jersey criminal de… read more
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28. Great Second Acts: In Praise of Older Women
By: Marlene Wagman-Geller
3.84
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Empowering biographies of older women in history Antony said of Cleopatra, Age cannot wither her, … read more
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29. Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers
By: Claudia Kalb
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Yo-Yo Ma’s ear for music emerged not long after he learned to walk. By the age of seven, he was per… read more
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- inspirational
- psychology
- nonfiction
- education
- science
30. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more
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