The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts
By: Christian Heck
4.73
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
As the 587 colorful images in this magnificent volume reveal, animals were a constant — and delight…
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1. Tomie
By: Junji Ito , Naomi Kokubo
3.40
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. Sh… read more
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2. The Plague
By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert
4.02
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more
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"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."-Albert Camus, The Plague
3. Horus Rising
By: Dan Abnett
2.83
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the imperium of man is at its height. His dream… read more
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4. De Profundis
By: Oscar Wilde , Richard Ellmann
4.03
Format: 246 pages,
De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his i… read more
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- nonfiction
5. If Beale Street Could Talk
By: James Baldwin
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the fa… read more
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6. The Woman in Black
By: Susan Hill , John Lawrence
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really litera… read more
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7. As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more
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8. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
By: Ian Mortimer
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more
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"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
9. At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Nymphs, and Other Troublesome Things
By: Diane Purkiss
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
At the Bottom of the Garden is a history of fairies from the ancient world to the present. Steeped … read more
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10. The Guest Cat
By: Takashi Hiraide , Eric Selland
2.60
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the ac… read more
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11. White Fang
By: Jack London , K.A. Applegate
4.02
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
White Fang is part dog and part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In his lonely world, he … read more
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"He was a silent fury who no torment could tame."-Jack London, White Fang
"Các sự vật không phải bao giờ cũng đúng như vẻ bề ngoài."-Jack London, White Fang
"Dark spruce frowned on either side of the frozen waterway."-Jack London, White Fang
"Got to take a gamble. The only way to find out is to find out."-Jack London, White Fang
12. The Essex Serpent
By: Sarah Perry
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890's, and enlivened by the debates on scienti… read more
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13. Black Paradox
By: Junji Ito
3.89
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
"I SAW IT. A DAZZLING WORLD ...YES, ANOTHER WORLD." "I'M SURE I SAW A WORLD THAT WAS NOT THIS ON… read more
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14. Nothing But Blackened Teeth
By: Cassandra Khaw
2.66
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more
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"Every religion is a one-way relationship."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
15. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By: Steve Brusatte
4.20
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more
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- nonfiction
"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
16. The Liminal Zone (Junji Ito)
By: Junji Ito
3.98
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small t… read more
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17. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.11
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more
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- nonfiction
"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
18. Goth: A History
By: Lol Tolhurst
3.68
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Following his memoir Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more
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19. Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
By: Kentaro Miura
4.60
Format: 689 pages, Hardcover
Have you got the Guts? Kentaro Miura's Berserk has outraged, horrified, and delighted manga and ani… read more
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"It's your life. Do what you want with it."-Kentaro Miura, Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
"Ambition comes with a price attached. Of course, that price comes too high if you die for nothing. The reward for ambition too great... is self-destruction!"-Kentaro Miura, Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
20. Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
By: Jack Hartnell
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell … read more
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21. Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction (David Suzuki Institute)
By: Britt Wray
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker and Science News What happens when you tr… read more
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22. Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages
By: Olivia Swarthout
3.85
Format: 203 pages, ebook
Live, laugh love and die in the Middle Ages with Weird Medieval Guys!Explore what your medieval lif… read more
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23. Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
By: Bill Wasik
3.94
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the… read more
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24. The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts
By: Christian Heck
4.73
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
As the 587 colorful images in this magnificent volume reveal, animals were a constant — and delight… read more
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- history
