Tales of the Sea: Traditional Stories of Magic and Adventure from around the World (Traditional Tales)
By: Maggie Chiang
3.71
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Let this collection of seafaring folktales sweep you away with gorgeous illustrations and captivati…
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1. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
By: Lynne Truss
3.87
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in e-mail and now "txt msgs", we have made … read more
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"The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
"Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
"I hear there are now Knightsbridge clinics offering semicolonic irrigation – but for many it may be too late."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
"...punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
2. So You've Been Publicly Shamed
By: Jon Ronson
3.93
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile pub… read more
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"The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"...all violence being a person’s attempt to replace shame with self-esteem."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"[W]e need to think twice about raining down vengeance and anger as our default position."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"A wronged person is still a wronged person even if they're an unfashionable wronged person."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
3. One Piece, Volume 13: It's All Right!
By: Eiichiro Oda
4.36
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
No sooner have Luffy and crew escaped the bounty hunters of Whisky Peak than they become the target… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
4. The Unexpected Guest
By: Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog near the South Wales coast, and makes his wa… read more
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- fiction
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
By: Akira Himekawa
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
6. Till We Have Faces
By: C.S. Lewis
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more
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- mythology
- fantasy
- fiction
7. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.84
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more
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- fiction
"But if you were investigating a crime,"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
8. You Have to Fucking Eat
By: Owen Brozman , Adam Mansbach
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the international bestseller Go the Fuck to Sleepcomes a long-awaited sequel abo… read more
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- fiction
9. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
By: Neil Gaiman
4.02
Format: 365 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In this, G… read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- fantasy
- anthologies
"As we write we summon little demons."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"He was the boy with the book. Always and forever."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"It was love, I knew, and it tasted like champagne in my mind."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
" Love will be an impulse that will inspire and ruin in equal measure."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
10. The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics
By: John Pollack
4.31
Format: 256 pages,
The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their… read more
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11. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
By: Vicki Myron , Bret Witter
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for … read more
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12. Lavinia
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.66
Format: 384 pages,
In a richly imagined, beautiful new novel, an acclaimed writer gives an epic heroine her voice. In … read more
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13. Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall (Tumtum and Nutmeg #1-3)
By: Nick Price , Emily Bearn
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
Deep inside the broom cupboard of Rose Cottage, two mice live in great style. Tumtum and Nutmeg lea… read more
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14. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
By: Dava Sobel , Neil Armstrong
3.72
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorni… read more
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15. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
By: Seanan McGuire
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
16. Glitterland (Spires, #1)
By: Alexis Hall
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In the past, the universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand. In the past, I am bri… read more
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- fiction
"...I would have told a thousand lies to have him, and a thousand more to keep him."-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
"I’m not here because I’m broken. I’m here because I’m whole. Difficult, potentially undeserving, but whole. And I don’t need you, I just want you. I want you"-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
"I half imagined I could taste the silver on his nails, as sharp as glitter in my mouth. Maybe when he touched me, colour would spill from his hands like heat."-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
"I felt him move and turned my head to deflect his kiss so that it landed on the side of my jaw instead of my mouth. It shimmered there briefly like some iridescent, impossible butterfly."-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
17. An American Sunrise
By: Joy Harjo
4.28
Format: 116 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the Un… read more
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"Gather strength, pull it in Be right where you are."-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
"The songs of the guardians of silence are the most powerful—"-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
"History will always find you, and wrap you In its thousand arms."-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
" We will keep going despite dark Or a madman in a white house dream. "-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
18. Blackwater
By: Jeannette Arroyo
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Riverdale meets Stranger Things in this debut queer YA graphic novel, developed from a hit webcomic… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
19. 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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- short stories
"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
20. Go the F**k to Sleep
By: Adam Mansbach
4.28
Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition
A laugh-out-loud, adults-only bedtime story for parents familiar with the age-old struggle of putti… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"All the kids from daycare are in dreamland. The froggie has made his last leap. Hell no you can't go to the bathroom. You know where you can go? The f**k to sleep."-Adam Mansbach, Go the F**k to Sleep
21. People From My Neighbourhood
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.53
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interl… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
"Even the smallest hole is enough to send a balloon spiraling to the ground. The falsification of memory is like that. All it takes is one individual who remembers the truth, said Romi, for the whole …"-Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood
22. The Glutton
By: A.K. Blakemore
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy tur… read more
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- fiction
23. The Poison Season
By: Mara Rutherford
3.68
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they're never heard from a… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
24. The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
By: Lisa Perrin
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most in… read more
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25. The Witchwood Knot (Victorian Faerie Tales, #1)
By: Olivia Atwater
4.16
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
Olivia Atwater returns to the world of Half a Soul. Dive into The Witchwood Knot, and enjoy a dark … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
26. Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History
By: Erika Owen
3.67
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
Discover 50 fascinating tales of female pirates, fraudsters, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers,… read more
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- short stories
27. The Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Creatures
By: D.K. Publishing
4.34
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Meet your favourite monsters, fairies, heroes, and tricksters from all around the world! Enter the… read more
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- folklore
- fantasy
- mythology
28. How To Argue With A Cat
By: Jay Heinrichs
3.40
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
If you can persuade a cat ... you can persuade anyone. This is the essential guide to getting your … read more
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29. Fuck, Now There Are Two of You (Go the Fuck to Sleep #3) (Go the F to Sleep)
By: Adam Mansbach
3.82
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
The third installment in Adam Mansbach’s international best-selling Go the Fuck to Sleep series add… read more
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- fiction
30. Tales of the Sea: Traditional Stories of Magic and Adventure from around the World (Traditional Tales)
By: Maggie Chiang
3.71
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Let this collection of seafaring folktales sweep you away with gorgeous illustrations and captivati… read more
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- fairy tales
- anthologies
- folklore
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
31. The Enchanted Obelisk (Clockwork Calico Book 2)
By: Lana Axe
4.11
Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition
A new exhibit featuring Egyptian artifacts uncovered by renowned Egyptologist Carter Porchester has… read more
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