The Hero's Body: A Memoir
By: William Giraldi
3.73
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi’s father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash w…
Want to Read $ 9.99"To go peacefully in my sleep: that's the understandable wish of many, and I don't dispute the peaceful part. But to die and not be aware of it, not digest what's happening to you, not experience it, not glimpse the narrowed glare of the Reaper? That seems to me a stupendous deprivation and injustice. Next to being born, dying is the most important thing that ever happens to you."-William Giraldi, The Hero's Body: A Memoir
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1. The Colorado Kid
By: Stephen King
3.38
Format: 178 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. On… read more
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"Sometimes loving eyes don't see what they don't want to see."-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid
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2. The Keeper of Lost Things
By: Ruth Hogan
4.20
Format: None pages, ebook
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3. Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #37)
By: Agatha Christie
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Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. Sully: My Search for What Really Matters
By: Jeffrey Zaslow , Chesley B. Sullenberger III
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks--the inspirational autobiography… read more
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5. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
By: Nick Flynn
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. As a… read more
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6. Under the Volcano
By: Malcolm Lowry
3.77
Format: 423 pages, Paperback
Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise… read more
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"Even almost bad poetry is better than life"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
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"The dead. Do they sleep? Why should they, when we cannot?"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
7. The Kiss
By: Kathryn Harrison
4.00
Format: 201 pages,
We meet at airports. We meet in cities where we've never been before. We meet where no one will rec… read more
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8. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
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By: Haruki Murakami
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more
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"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
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"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
10. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
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3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
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11. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence
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3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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12. Filthy Animals
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3.64
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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13. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
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4.38
Format: 320 pages, ebook
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Owner… read more
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14. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
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"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
15. Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.76
Format: 800 pages, ebook
The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy, providing a look at the darker si… read more
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16. Hurdy Gurdy
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3.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
It is the year of our Lord 1349 and it is the season of the Plague. Novice friar Brother Diggory… read more
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17. The History of Bones: A Memoir
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4.20
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
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18. Homecoming
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3.66
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19. The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want
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3.54
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20. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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21. The Hero's Body: A Memoir
By: William Giraldi
3.73
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi’s father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash w… read more
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- biography
- memoir
"To go peacefully in my sleep: that's the understandable wish of many, and I don't dispute the peaceful part. But to die and not be aware of it, not digest what's happening to you, not experience it, …"-William Giraldi, The Hero's Body: A Memoir
