The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
By: Peter Frankopan
4.25
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explore…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Those whose minds were open, curious and generous were based in the east, and certainly not in Europe."-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
"Those whose minds were open, curious and generous were based in the east, and certainly not in Europe."-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
"The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale."-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
"The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale."-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
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1. Blood Brothers
By: Willy Russell
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
A Liverpudlian West Side Story: twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot af… read more
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2. The Lost Words
By: Robert Macfarlane , Jackie Morris
2.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From Acorn to Weasel: a gorgeous, hand-illustrated, large-format spellbook celebrating the magic an… read more
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- nonfiction
- childrens
3. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
By: Christopher Clark
3.79
Format: None pages,
On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
4. The Door in the Wall
By: Marguerite de Angeli
4.88
Format: 242 pages,
The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more
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- childrens
5. The Travels
By: Ronald E. Latham , Marco Polo , Ronald Latham
3.15
Format: None pages,
So much has been written on the subject of the celebrated Venetian traveller of the middle ages Mar… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
6. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
By: Charles C. Mann
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Over 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. They developed different … read more
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- history
- economics
- nonfiction
7. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
By: Fumio Sasaki , None
3.89
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he's just a regular guy who was stressed at w… read more
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8. A Single Shard
By: Linda Sue Park
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more
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9. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
By: Khairun Nisak , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Aku menemukan sebuah buku di rumah sakit. Judulnya Cerita Teman si Sakit. Pemiliknya adalah Yamauch… read more
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10. Travels with Herodotus
By: Ryszard Kapuściński , Klara Glowczewska
3.90
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the master of literary reportage whose acclaimed books include Shah of Shahs, The Emperor,and … read more
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11. Fine Print (Creative Minds Biography) (Creative Minds Biography
By: None
3.91
Format: 318 pages,
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12. The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching, #5)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.25
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A shivering of worlds. Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense i… read more
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13. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
14. How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
By: Sy Montgomery
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals-… read more
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- nonfiction
"Knowing someone who belongs to another species can enlarge your soul in surprising ways."-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"I am still learning how to be a good creature. Though I try earnestly, I often fail. But I am having a great life trying..."-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"I often wish I could go back in time and tell my young, anxious self that my dreams weren't in vain and my sorrows weren't permanent. I can't do that, but I can do something better. I can tell you th…"-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"Even in the wake of tragedy, we could not have felt more amazed had we been visited by an angel that Christmas morning. When the angel met the shepherds in Bethlehem, the shepherds "were sore afraid.…"-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
15. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
By: Daniel Nayeri
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more
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- childrens
"He had betrayed God and wanted to hide from him, the way children hide, sitting in the open and covering their eyes."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in …"-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
16. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
By: Crystal Wilkinson
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
17. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
18. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
19. Glorious Exploits
By: Ferdia Lennon
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more
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"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
20. Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth)
By: Linda Coombs
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Until now, you've only heard one side of the the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columb… read more
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21. The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
By: Peter Frankopan
4.25
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explore… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- childrens
"Those whose minds were open, curious and generous were based in the east, and certainly not in Europe."-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
"The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale."-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
"The great irony, was that although Europe experienced a glorious golden age, producing flourishing art and literature and leaps of scientific endeavour, it was forged by violence."-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
"After plans had been drawn up by British intelligence to sabotage ships bringing {Jewish] refugees to Palestine - and pin blame on an apparently powerful but non-existent Arab organization - the Brit…"-Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads Illustrated Ed.
