Age of the Gladiators: Savagery & Spectacle in Ancient Rome
By: Rupert Matthews
3.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The great spectacles of ancient Rome have become proverbial for their cruelty, bloodlust & glory. I…
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1. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet
3.83
Format: 518 pages, Paperback
Alternate covers can be found here and here. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty t… read more
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"Bless thy simplicity, Tess"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"One thing he certainly was— sincere."-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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"Tess was carried along the wings of the hours"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
2. The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
By: Brent Weeks
4.15
Format: 645 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks... For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and … read more
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"Your Majesty,"-Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
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". “Let me make this real simple,"-Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
"Relationships are ropes, love is a noose"-Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
3. Albertine disparue (À la recherche du temps perdu, #6)
By: Marcel Proust
3.40
Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Albertine disparueest le dernier volume revu et remanie par Proust avant sa mort. Prevu d'abord sou… read more
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4. Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940
By: George Chauncey
3.84
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gay New Yorkbrilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet… read more
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5. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
6. The Colour Out of Space
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.03
Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback
'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more
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"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space
"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space
7. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
By: John U. Bacon
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of th… read more
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8. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
By: Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman
4.15
Format: 32 pages,
Miyamoto Musashi fue el mas celebre de los guerreros (samurais) japoneses. En este texto presenta s… read more
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9. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
By: Robert Graves
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more
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10. Time Regained (In Search of Lost Time, #7)
By: Marcel Proust , Terence Kilmartin , D.J. Enright , Andreas Mayor
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The final volume of In Search of Lost Time chronicles the years of World War I, when, as M. de Char… read more
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11. The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
By: None
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
The McCarthy era is generally considered the worst period of political repression in recent America… read more
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12. The Art of Always Being Right
By: Arthur Schopenhauer
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip through the net when faced with awkward questio… read more
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13. Doctor Faustus
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods
3.44
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now rendered into English by acclaimed … read more
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14. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more
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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
15. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)
By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more
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16. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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17. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
By: Robert Graves , Seneca , Suetonius
4.30
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Robert Graves begins anew the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emperor in spite of himself. … read more
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18. The Whisperer in Darkness
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Ar… read more
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19. Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
By: Terry Goodkind
4.12
Format: 836 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in … read more
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"Bags!"-Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
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"I wish people had half the honor of dragons."-Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
"We all can be no more, or less, than who we are."-Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
20. Empire (The Golden Age #2)
By: Conn Iggulden
4.39
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
IN CONN IGGULDEN'S LATEST GOLDEN AGE EPIC, JOIN PERICLES, THE LION OF ATHENS, ON A JOURNEY TO SECUR… read more
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21. The Lion (The Golden Age #1)
By: Conn Iggulden
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Ancient Greece, 5th century BC The age of myths and legends has given way to the world of men. I… read more
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22. Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.42
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
An oath of loyalty. Two warring kings. A destiny he didn’t choose… England is in turmoil as Vi… read more
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"I remember Ravn, the blind poet and father to Ragnar, often telling me that courage was like a horn of ale. “We begin with a full horn, boy,"-Bernard Cornwell, Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)
23. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)
By: David McCloskey
4.30
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more
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24. Protector (Athenian #2)
By: Conn Iggulden
4.40
Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition
TWO LEGENDARY BATTLES. ONE FEARLESS WARRIOR . . . ________ Themistocles stands as the battle-s… read more
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25. Diva
By: Daisy Goodwin
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair … read more
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26. The Gates of Athens
By: Conn Iggulden
4.27
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
490 B.C. Two great empires are about to go to war . . . The momentous struggle between Athens… read more
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27. The Cracked Mirror
By: Chris Brookmyre
4.07
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more
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28. Age of the Gladiators: Savagery & Spectacle in Ancient Rome
By: Rupert Matthews
3.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The great spectacles of ancient Rome have become proverbial for their cruelty, bloodlust & glory. I… read more
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29. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
By: Dan Jones
4.61
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more
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30. Barrowbeck
By: Andrew Michael Hurley
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
For centuries, the inhabitants of Barrowbeck, a remote valley on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, h… read more
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31. The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4)
By: Chris Hammer
4.36
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven.Nell Buchanan … read more
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