Make Do and Mend: Keeping Family and Home Afloat on War Rations
By: Jill Norman
4.12
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
With the nation's industrial output concentrated on the war effort and a clothes ration in place by…
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1. The Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery
4.02
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more
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"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
2. Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
By: Jodi Taylor
3.88
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
"History is just one damned thing after another." Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Ma… read more
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- historical
"Your primary survival strategy will always be running away."-Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
"He had fallen for Cal like a sperm-whale failing to clear the Grand Canyon on a bicycle."-Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
"The eyes of the world are fixed on Mars at the moment, sir. Everywhere I look the arts are being shunted aside for technology. It's not necessarily a bad thing but, maybe in some small way, this coul…"-Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
By: Marie Kondō , Cathy Hirano
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clo… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more
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- historical
5. Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hercule Poirot, #38)
By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser , David Suchet
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Audio CD
The unabridged tales in this Mystery Mastersaudiobook include all the ones in the print book first … read more
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6. Redwall (Redwall, #1)
By: Brian Jacques
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. R… read more
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"I am that is, my sword shall wield for me."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
"All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
"Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean...."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
"Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it."-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)
7. At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #11)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: 377 pages, Paperback
An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out! When Miss Marple comes up … read more
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- british literature
8. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
By: Nicholas Carr
3.28
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Mont… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meet Laura Ingalls . . . . . . the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. P… read more
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- historical
10. A Mothers Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul
By: Holly Pierlot
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
How to bring peace to your home. Create your own Mother's Rule of Life, a pattern for living that c… read more
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11. A Little Princess
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , Nancy Bond
4.03
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary … read more
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12. If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
By: Lucy Worsley
4.50
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, covering the architec… read more
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13. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
By: Jung Chang
3.68
Format: 113 pages,
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and th… read more
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14. Middlemarch
By: Michel Faber , George Eliot
4.02
Format: 912 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"People are almost always better than their neighbours think they are" George Eliot’s most ambit… read more
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- british literature
"After all, the true seeing is within."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I shall do everything it becomes me to do."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I protest against any absolute conclusion."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?"-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
15. Pet
By: Catherine Chidgey
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more
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16. The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.88
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic wr… read more
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- british literature
"Why are Georgette Heyer's covers so naff? When you think of all the exciting things that happen - abductions, false identities, wild horseback chases - the front of the book nearly always shows a wom…"-Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)
17. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
By: India Holton
3.67
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming h… read more
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- historical
"I love a horizon. . .That feeling of longing, of mystery and distant magic, pulls always on my soul. I suppose that's where my mother must be. Roaming through the afterlight, stealing heaven. . ."-India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
"I needed a book in case of emergencies." "You mean like being attacked by foul-mouthed highwaymen?" "No, I mean those moments when nothing important is happening, such as during travel. After supper.…"-India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
"You're fully ruined now," he murmureed, smiling wryly. "No," she breathed. "I was rurined the moment I laid eyes on you. Uttterly ruined for everything else, evermore." "Told you so." "Fiend." She fr…"-India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
"It landed on Cecilia's hat, which exploded in a puff of smoke and feathers. Everyone stared at it. "Oh dear," Constantinopla said after a shocked moment. "What will you do, Cecilia? You're now expose…"-India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
18. There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
By: Fiona Hill
4.13
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity ha… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
By: Carlo M. Cipolla
3.86
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan"A classic" --Simon Kuper, Finan… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"احتمالية أن يكون شخص ما غبيا، مستقلة عن أي سمة أخرى يتصف بها هذا الشخص"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"The Second law of human stupidity: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"If you lose we will be equals and stay friends forever, and if you win you'll take my precious blue flower as a prize and we stay friends forever. How lucky you are!"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
20. à Paris
By: Jeanne Damas
3.93
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
It-girl au demi-million de followers, Jeanne Damas est considérée comme l’incarnation de La Parisie… read more
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21. Spuds, Spam and Eating for Victory
By: Katherine Knight
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on th… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. The Walking Cat: A Cat's-Eye-View of the Zombie Apocalypse Vols. 1-3
By: Tomo Kitaoka
4.26
Format: 558 pages, Kindle Edition
Zombies roam the earth and civilization as we know it is dead. When Jin, a young man trying to surv… read more
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23. The Wartime Bookshop
By: Lesley Eames
4.47
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a brand-new nostalgic and heart-warming WWII series, perfect for fans of Donna Douglas… read more
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- historical
24. Simplexity
By: Kiley Reid
3.56
Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition
A twenty-eight-year-old entry-level worker at a design firm navigates the microaggressive corporate… read more
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25. An Edited Life: Simple Steps to Streamlining Your Life, at Work and at Home
By: Anna Newton
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Declutter every aspect of your life -- from your wardrobe to your phone-- with this realistic guide… read more
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26. Make Do and Mend: Keeping Family and Home Afloat on War Rations
By: Jill Norman
4.12
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
With the nation's industrial output concentrated on the war effort and a clothes ration in place by… read more
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- british literature
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- womens
