7 Best biography books like Amazons of Black Sparta : The Women Warriors of Dahomey by Stanley B. Alpern

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Amazons of Black Sparta : The Women Warriors of Dahomey

By: Stanley B. Alpern

3.66

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

History is rife with tales of fighting women. More often than not, these stories prove more legend …

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1. We the Animals

By: Justin Torres

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In this award-winning, groundbreaking debut, Justin Torres plunges us into the chaotic heart of one… read more

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"We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed."

-Justin Torres, We the Animals

"This is your heritage,' he said, as if from this dance we could know about his own childhood, about the flavor and grit of tenement buildings in Spanish Harlem, and projects in Red Hook, and dance ha…"

-Justin Torres, We the Animals

"Always more, always hungrily scratching for more. But there were times, quiet moments, when our mother was sleeping, when she hadn’t slept in two days, and any noise, any stair creak, any shut door, …"

-Justin Torres, We the Animals

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2. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X

4.36

Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"We all like chicken"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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3. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

By: Niall Ferguson , Dambisa Moyo

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from… read more

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  • africa
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. The Word for World is Forest

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.36

Format: 189 pages, ebook

Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahit… read more

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5. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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6. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

By: Gabor Maté

4.49

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treat… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Passion creates, addiction consumes."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

"Compassionate curiosity directed toward the self leads to the truth of things."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

"There is a quality or drive innate in human beings that the Austrian psychiatrist Victor Frankl called our “search for meaning."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

"It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

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7. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

By: Loung Ung

4.34

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means."

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. "

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"No one knows how precious you are. You are a diamond in the rough and with a little polishing, you will shine,"

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside me now. The Angkar has taught me to hate so deeply that I now know I have the power to des…"

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

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8. Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

By: Eleanor H. Porter

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Pollyanna's eternal optimism has made her one of the most beloved characters in American literature… read more

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"Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live."

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

"„ în loc de a scoate la iveală greșelile unui om, vorbește-i de calitățile sale încearcă să-l scoți din făgașul obiceiurilor lui rele, deșteaptă eul său cel mai bun, adevăratul său eu care poate îndr…"

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

"I was growlin' one day 'cause I was so bent up and crooked; an'what do ye s'pose the little thing said? ... She said I could be glad, anyhow, that I didn't have ter stoop so far ter do my weedin' - '…"

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

"Oh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times [in th…"

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

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9. Tales from the Perilous Realm

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.03

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

'Four classic tales from the author of The Hobbit The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is calle… read more

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"God is the Lord, of angels, and of men... and of elves. Legend and History have met and fused"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

"Bet visą tą laiką Makaliukas Klajūnas laukė pasirodant paštininkės Klyksnės su naujienomis iš žemės (net maži šuniukai žino, kad tai dažniausiai žmogžudystės ir futbolo rungtynių rezultatai, bet kart…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

"He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling,…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

"Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific veracity. On the con…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

10. The Underground Girls of Kabul

By: Jenny Nordberg

3.95

Format: None pages,

An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what… read more

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11. Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more

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12. The Echo Wife

By: Sarah Gailey

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, r… read more

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"I became an alone-thing, more than I had ever been before."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

"No one would look at the seams that held me together and guess that they were scars."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

"He was relieved to have told me. He transmuted his guilt into my anger and now I was the one who had to carry it and he had the audacity to be relieved."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

"I'll be taking you out for coffee later this week, and you can give me all the details. In the meantime, I'll commence hating him just a little , in case I need material to seed hating him a lot."

-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

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13. God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

By: Frank Herbert

3.88

Format: 587 pages, Paperback

Book four in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the … read more

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"But you invite ..."

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"In the wrong hands,"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"Only fools prefer the past!"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"For what do you hunger, Lord?"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

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14. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

By: Adam Hochschild

4.18

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • world history
  • nonfiction
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

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15. Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

By: Lea Ypi

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi, Albania’s Soviet-style socialism held the promise of a preordai… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"In March, they said we were all victims. They accepted us. In August, they looked at us as if we were some kinds of menace, like we were about to eat their children."

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

"Todavía hoy asocio todos nuestros esfuerzos por enterarnos de lo que pasaba en el mundo exterior al nombre de Dajti, la apartada cordillera que rodeaba nuestra capital y dominaba su paisaje como si l…"

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

"In the past, one would have been arrested for wanting to leave. Now that nobody was stopping us from emigrating, we were no longer welcome on the other side. The only thing that had changed was the c…"

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

"[...]Many of those friends were self-declared socialists - Wester socialists, that is. They spoke about Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Trotsky, Salvador Allende or Ernesto 'Che' Guevara as secular saints. It o…"

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

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16. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

4.32

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • anthropology
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17. Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. —Teek saying The great city of Tova… read more

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"He had only wanted to be seen for a moment. Recognized as a man, not a god."

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)

"But perhaps unforgivable acts are what is required to save this city. I tried kindness, again and again, and I failed."

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)

"Duty is a fine thing for those whose shoulders are stooped to the yoke, but it smothers those born to the wing. —Exhortations for a Happy Life"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)

"Some have called me a fool for seeking to master the wild magics. But they have called me a fool only once, and the plaints of the dead matter not. —From The Manual of the Dreamwalkers, by Seuq, a sp…"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)

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18. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

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"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

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19. Mrs. Wiggins (Lexington, Alabama #1)

By: Mary Monroe

4.20

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the Deep South Depression-era town of her … read more

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20. The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

By: S.A. Chakraborty

4.30

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author S. A. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compi… read more

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21. Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World

By: Theresa MacPhail

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cuttin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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22. Night of the Living Rez

By: Morgan Talty

3.91

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

How do the living come back to life?  Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more

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"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."

-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez

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23. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

By: Emma Southon

4.22

Format: 285 pages, None

They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more

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  • feminism
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. Strange Beasts of China

By: Yan Ge

3.80

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful nov… read more

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"All we have are stories."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"Never cry, or your tears will water your sorrow and it'll grow."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"We were city people, after all, and didn't ask too many questions."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"People should leave when their story is over,' he said. 'Don't you know that?"

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

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25. Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

By: Victoria Aveyard

3.97

Format: 578 pages, Hardcover

The fate of the world rests on a blade's edge. Fighting beside her band of unlikely companions, … read more

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"I'd rather cut a man's throat than hold his hand."

-Victoria Aveyard, Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

"Real power. Erida felt it flowing through her veins now, as if drawn from the throne beneath her and the crown on her brow. It was more seductive than anything and anyone the Queen had ever know. She…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

"No, not love. They will never love us." She shook her head at the court, despairing of the Madrentines as any good daughter of Galland would. Her voice dropped, her eyes flicking over Taristan again.…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

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26. Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of the Lynch family. Niall and Mór escaped their homeland for a new start, an… read more

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"Dudifer, you are saddest dude I have ever met."

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

"Whoa, whoa, whoa' said Hennessy. 'Pump the brakes, as the Pope would say"

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

"On the seventh day, the Lynch brothers discovered they were friends once more."

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

"Love had changed the situation. Niall didn't yet love the strange, dangerous child, but he loved Declan, and Declan loved Ronan. So Ronan lived."

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

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27. Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3)

By: Victoria Aveyard

4.19

Format: 625 pages, Hardcover

A dark fate descends. A shattered alliance must rise. The Companions are torn apart and the real… read more

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"As in Gidastern, something came over Andry Trelland. Before he knew it, her gloved hand was at his mouth, his lips brushing over her knuckles. She did not pull away, only staring, holding his gaze. F…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3)

"All these months, Sigil was a wall behind her, someone to lean on, as close to a trustworthy friend as Sorasa had. After almost losing her in Gidastern, farewell felt like salt in a still-bleeding wo…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3)

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28. Pulling the Wings Off Angels

By: K.J. Parker

3.70

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Long ago, a wealthy man stole an angel and hid her in a chapel, where she remains imprisoned to thi… read more

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"There's nothing quite like the scriptures for killing faith stone dead. Actually reading them and thinking about what they said evaporated my belief like spit on a hot stove."

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"Mercy isn't fair, it means someone getting away with what he did because the Boss feels sorry for him. Justice is fair. Justice puts people in prison. Mercy lets them out again. Of course mercy isn't…"

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"That's the thing about belief, you can't make yourself do it. It's like falling asleep or being in love. You can lie there all night desperately wanting to go to sleep, and the more you want the more…"

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"He's perfect, so He must be like us and not a bit like them across the border. He thinks like us, obviously; He likes what we like and hates what we hate, and here's Scripture (recorded, translated, …"

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

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29. Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence

By: Rachel Sherman

3.62

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their own wealth and place in society Fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Other Rivers: A Chinese Education

By: Peter Hessler

4.56

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and revelatory eyewitness account of two generations of students in China’s heartland, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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31. Amazons of Black Sparta : The Women Warriors of Dahomey

By: Stanley B. Alpern

3.66

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

History is rife with tales of fighting women. More often than not, these stories prove more legend … read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • world history
  • benin
  • feminism
  • gender
  • womens studies
  • nonfiction
  • anthropology

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