Extinct Languages
By: Johannes Friedrich
3.49
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
A noted linguist examines extinct languages, from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the mysteries of as-yet u…
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1. Doctor Zhivago
By: Boris Pasternak , John Bayley , Manya Harari , Max Hayward
4.01
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family … read more
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"Only the superfluous is sordid"-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"Only the familiar transformed by genius is truly great."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"And the strong are dominated by the weak and the ignoble."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
2. The Map That Changed the World
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
3. A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval … read more
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4. The Ministry of Fear
By: Graham Greene , Alan Furst
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to … read more
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5. Jailbird
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jailbirdtakes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in… read more
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6. Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
By: Michelle Moran
2.00
Format: None pages,
The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire... but who was this woman who became … read more
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7. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
By: Ed Yong
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ma… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"The brutal contract of natural selection ensures that if one partner is unnecessary, it gets dumped."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"As palaeontologist Andrew Knoll once said, "Animals might be evolution's icing, but bacteria are really the cake."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
8. The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.04
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Professor Charles Grimaud was explaining to some friends the natural causes behind an ancient super… read more
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9. The Real Frank Zappa Book
By: Frank Zappa , Peter Occhiogrosso
2.96
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
The legendary Frank Zappa, one of the most influential, innovative and controversial musical artist… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Coriolanus
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.30
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
Shakespeare's last tragedy explores the career and death of a brilliant and arrogant Roman general.… read more
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11. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
By: José Saramago
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Unknown Binding
This is a skeptic' s journey into the meaning of God and of human existence. At once an ironic rend… read more
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12. City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
By: Tad Williams
3.93
Format: 780 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher in the South Africa of tomorrow, realizes something is wrong on the netwo… read more
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"Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead."-Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
"Welcome to the Information Jungle."-Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
"Im Schlamm fing es an, wie so vieles."-Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
"...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce."-Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
13. Talking God (Leaphorn & Chee, #9)
By: Tony Hillerman
4.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
A grave robber and a corpse reunite Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee. As … read more
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14. The Tuesday Night Club: A Short Story
By: Agatha Christie
4.08
Format: 96 pages,
Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems After a supper of canned lobster … read more
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15. Mountain of Black Glass (Otherland, #3)
By: Tad Williams
3.34
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
"The Grail Brotherhood has built the most powerful, sophisticated simulation network imaginable. At… read more
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16. The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin… read more
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17. The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
By: Thor Hanson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2016 PNBA Book Award A finalist for the 2016 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in… read more
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18. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.21
Format: 539 pages, Hardcover
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of… read more
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19. River of Blue Fire (Otherland, #2)
By: Tad Williams
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Otherland. In many ways it is humankind's most stunning achievement: a private, multidimensional un… read more
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20. A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.06
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway investigates a heart-stopping an old university friend and fel… read more
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"You need a break, a complete rest, recharge your batteries.' Recharge your batteries. What the hell does that mean? Nelson prides himself on not needing batteries. He's an old-fashioned, wind-up mode…"-Elly Griffiths, A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)
21. Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
By: Brian Klaas
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A look at what power is, who gets it, and what happens when they do, based on over 500 interviews w… read more
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- history
22. Alien Clay
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more
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23. Little Siberia
By: Antti Tuomainen
3.66
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finlan… read more
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24. The Last Goddess
By: Kateřina Tučková
4.02
Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman delves into science and superstition, fear and persecution, and the hope and courage of bel… read more
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"Human faith in whatever, provided it is strong and unshakeable faith, is tremendously powerful."-Kateřina Tučková, The Last Goddess
"Víš jak se jim uleví, když hned na prahu věří, že mám zvláštní moc? A čemu se vzájemně vyhneme s těmi, co by se přede mnou hlídali říct na plnou hubu, co mají za potíž? Říká se, že víra uzdravuje. A …"-Kateřina Tučková, The Last Goddess
25. 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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"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
26. William Blake vs the World
By: John Higgs
4.17
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
Poet, artist, visionary and author of the unofficial English national anthem 'Jerusalem', William B… read more
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- history
27. Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany
By: Catherine Kleier
4.18
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
In Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany, Dr. Catherine Kleier invites us to open our eyes to th… read more
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- reference
28. The Weimar Republic: A Captivating Guide to the History of Germany Between the End of World War I and Rise of the Nazi Era (Exploring Germany’s Past)
By: Captivating History
4.14
Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition
Have you ever wondered how a man like Adolf Hitler could have come into power?How he legally became… read more
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- nonfiction
29. How to Survive in Ancient Greece
By: Robert Garland
3.65
Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition
What would it be like if you were transported back to Athens 420 BCE? This time-traveler’s guide is… read more
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30. 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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- history
"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.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
31. Extinct Languages
By: Johannes Friedrich
3.49
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
A noted linguist examines extinct languages, from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the mysteries of as-yet u… read more
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- linguistics
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- language
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