The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960
By: John Taylor Williams
3.11
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An intimate portrait of a legendary generation of artists, writers, activists, and dreamers who cre…
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1. The Flamethrowers
By: Rachel Kushner
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The year is 1975 and Reno--so-called because of the place of her birth--has come to New York intent… read more
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- art
2. Arcadia
By: Lauren Groff
4.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the fields and forests of western New York State in the late 1960s, several dozen idealists set … read more
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3. Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
By: Jill Lepore
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians-a revelatory portrait of Benjamin F… read more
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4. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.88
Format: 461 pages, Hardcover
HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more
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- history
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"W"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
5. Blackbird House
By: Alice Hoffman
3.86
Format: None pages, Paperback
Through these interconnected narratives more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms u… read more
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6. The Boston Girl
By: Anita Diamant
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgetta… read more
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7. Rough Sleepers
By: Tracy Kidder
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story o… read more
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8. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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9. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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10. Ten Birds That Changed the World
By: Stephen Moss
3.97
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them… read more
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11. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
12. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
By: Tommy Tomlinson
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more
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13. A Beautiful Rival: A Novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden
By: Gill Paul
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In this stunning new novel, bestselling author Gill Paul reveals the unknown history of cosmetic ti… read more
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14. Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
By: Reid Mitenbuler
4.32
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greates… read more
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15. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
By: Marion Gibson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more
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"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
16. The Lioness of Boston
By: Emily Franklin
3.72
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A deeply evocative novel of the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an… read more
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"Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth."-Emily Franklin, The Lioness of Boston
17. Around the World in 80 Books
By: David Damrosch
3.63
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works … read more
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18. Upper Bohemia: A Memoir
By: Hayden Herrera
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poignant coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdro… read more
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19. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
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20. The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960
By: John Taylor Williams
3.11
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An intimate portrait of a legendary generation of artists, writers, activists, and dreamers who cre… read more
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21. Errand into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham
By: Deborah Jowitt
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary dance critic Deborah Jowitt, Errand into the Maze is the definitive biography of… read more
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