Pocket Museum: Ancient Rome
By: Virginia Campbell
4.44
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Pocket Museum: Ancient Rome brings together nearly 200 of the finest and most significant artifacts…
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1. A Passage to India
By: E.M. Forster , Pankaj Mishra , Oliver Stallybrass
3.68
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, th… read more
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"Adventures do occur, but not punctually."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"There are different ways of evil and I prefer mine to yours."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"A friendliness, as of dwarfs shaking hands, was in the air..."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
2. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
3. The Early History of Rome (The History of Rome, #1-5)
By: Livy , Aubrey de Sélincourt , Robert Maxwell Ogilvie , None
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first … read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
4. 四月は君の嘘 1 (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, #1)
By: None , Naoshi Arakawa
4.12
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
A los 11 anos, Kosei es un virtuoso del piano. Pero cuando su madre muere tras una larga enfermedad… read more
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5. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
By: Giulia Enders , Jill Enders
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A cheeky up-close and personal guide to the secrets and science of our digestive system. For too lo… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
By: Robert M. Pirsig
3.78
Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more
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- travel
"This forest silence improves anyone."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"The more you read, the more you calm down."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
7. The Secret History
By: Procopius
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Having dutifully written the official war history of Justinian's reign, Procopius turned round and … read more
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8. I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
By: Jerold J. Kreisman , Hal Straus
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
"AM I LOSING MY MIND?" People with Borderline Personality Disorder experience such violent and frig… read more
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9. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
By: Emily Tesh
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias,… read more
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"he felt himself for a moment as the stump of a rotten old tree, putting up thin green shoots at strange new angles."-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
"He knew it the same way the woodsman knew it, because he knew trees: but he also knew it with the knowledge of the Wild Man of Greenhallow, who felt every slow green beat of the forest's heart."-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
"He planted his feet a shoulders width apart in the ground. After a moment he closed his eyes. Here was the wood. Slow and green he felt the life of it, the life that had been his life as well these f…"-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
11. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
12. Victory City
By: Salman Rushdie
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more
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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
13. Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
By: Andrea Lawlor
3.87
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
It’s 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with pol… read more
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"Inside Paul something tight released: a rusted nut turned finally around its old bolt. White sheets were thrown off moldering couches with a fanfare of dust and sunlight."-Andrea Lawlor, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
"It was June, and like everyone else Paul made himself extremely busy going to queer art openings and queer punk shows and queer spoken word showcases and queer evenings of performance art. He was exh…"-Andrea Lawlor, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
14. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
By: Matthew Gabriele
3.65
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
15. Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing
By: Qing Li
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Shinrin = Forest Yoku = Bathing Shinrin-Yoku or forest bathing is the practice of spending time … read more
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- nonfiction
"Children who have fun in nature will become adults to care for and protect it. If we let our children play outside now, they will become the green architects of the future…"-Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing
"In the end, it is our children’s relationship with the natural world that determines its future. If we let our children go into the forest, they will become adults who will protect it."-Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing
"Czy zwróciłeś kiedyś uwagę, jak przyjemnie chodzi się boso po piasku, trawie albo ziemi?Nie bierze się to tylko z ulgi po zdjęciu sztywnych butów albo zrzuceniu wysokich obcasów. Kiedy dotykasz podło…"-Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing
"Wszyscy znamy cudowny zapach lasu po ulewie. Kiedy długo nie pada, w glebie i na skałach gromadzą się olejki roślinne. To jeden ze sposobów roślin na przetrwanie okresów suszy. Podczas deszczu woda u…"-Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing
16. Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13)
By: E.C.R. Lorac
3.74
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels—but his early promise did … read more
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17. Pocket Museum: Vikings
By: Steven Ashby
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An informative introduction to Viking history that also provides an impressive collection of artifa… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
18. History of the World Map by Map (DK History Map by Map)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.56
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Explore the history of the world in unprecedented detail with this ultimate guide to history throug… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Pocket Museum: Ancient Rome
By: Virginia Campbell
4.44
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Pocket Museum: Ancient Rome brings together nearly 200 of the finest and most significant artifacts… read more
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- travel
- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
20. Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece
By: David Michael Smith
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The numerous treasures of ancient Greece are scattered all over the world, impossible to view in th… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
21. Pocket Museum: Ancient Egypt
By: Campbell Price
4.43
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A detailed exploration of 200 Ancient Egyptian objects from museums around the world, gathered here… read more
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