A Call to Farms: Reconnecting to Nature, Food, and Community in a Modern World
By: Jennifer Grayson
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Our industrial food system is failing—hope lies with a new generation of farmers. Within the decad…
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1. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
By: Tracy Kidder
4.19
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned… read more
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- nonfiction
"Doctors are notorious for taking peculiar views of their own bodies. They tend to develop hypochondria in medical school and, once they get over it, if they do, tend to think they're invulnerable."-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
"WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separate…"-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
"Paul is the model of what should be done. He's not a model for how it has to be done. Let's celebrate him. Let's make sure people are inspired by him. But we can't say anybody should or could be just…"-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
"The parents of some fellow students in the gifted and talented class owned a bookstore, and when he was about eleven they gave him a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. He read i…"-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By: Mark Twain , E.W. Kemble , John Seelye , Guy Cardwell
3.83
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down t… read more
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"งั้นก็เอาละ เราจะลงนรก..."-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"Confound it, it's foolish, Tom"-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"He had a dream and it shot him."-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"Tom Sawyer said I was a numskull."-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3. The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
By: Pearl S. Buck
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble W… read more
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4. One Second After (After, #1)
By: William R. Forstchen
3.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbest-selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too t… read more
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5. The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
By: None , None
4.67
Format: 46 pages,
It sounds too good to be true. You can save money and the world, inoculate yourself against many of… read more
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6. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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- nonfiction
7. At First Spite (Harlot's Bay, #1)
By: Olivia Dade
3.81
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author Olivia Dade welcomes you to Harlot's Bay in this delightfully sexy rom-com about… read more
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8. This Is Your Mind on Plants
By: Michael Pollan
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs--opium, caffeine, … read more
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- food
- nonfiction
"[Taloma] offered prayers for us and for our troubled country and world. She invoked the spirit of the cactus in teaching us how to heal ourselves and how, once healed, we could better help to heal ot…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
"The war on drugs is in truth a war on some drugs, their enemy status the result of historical accident, cultural prejudice, and institutional imperative. The taxonomy on behalf of which this war is b…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
"How can you possibly expect to write anything when you can't concentrate? That's pretty much all writers do: take the blooming multiplicity of the world and our experience of it, literally concentrat…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
"There's a parable here somewhere, about the difference between journalism and history. What might appear to be "the story" in the present moment may actually be a distraction from it, a shiny object …"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
9. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- nonfiction
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
10. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- nonfiction
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
11. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)
By: Jacqueline Winspear
4.46
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more
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"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)
12. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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- nonfiction
"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
13. A Short Walk Through a Wide World
By: Douglas Westerbeke
3.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more
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14. Midnight
By: Amy McCulloch
3.37
Format: None pages, ebook
When she's gifted a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic cruise, Olivia has never been anywhere so spectacu… read more
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15. Laziness Does Not Exist
By: Devon Price
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human … read more
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- nonfiction
"If someone's behavior makes no sense to us, passing judgment on it feels very natural."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"This tendency to blame people for their own pain is comforting, in a twisted way: it allows us to close up our hearts and ignore the suffering of others."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"We live in a world where hard work is rewarded and having needs and limitations is seen as a source of shame. It's no wonder so many of us are constantly overexerting ourselves, saying yes out of fea…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"If you're entitled to moments of rest, of imperfection, of laziness and sloth, then so are homeless people, and people with depression, and people who are addicted to drugs. If your life has value no…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
16. Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next
By: Bradley Onishi
4.33
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
Watching the eerie footage of the January 6 insurrection, Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left… read more
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- nonfiction
17. The Magic All Around
By: Jennifer Moorman
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Sometimes a family treasure hunt unfurls new paths in life. The Russell family members all seem to … read more
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18. The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more
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19. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
By: Johann Hari
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more
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- food
- nonfiction
20. What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health
By: David R. Montgomery
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Are you really what you eat? David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé take us far beyond the well-worn ad… read more
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- food
- nonfiction
21. Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild, #1)
By: Ruby Dixon
4.21
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The special first edition hardcover will include a gorgeous, shimmering jacket with effects, brilli… read more
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22. The Nature of Disappearing
By: Kimi Cunningham Grant
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her … read more
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"All of them skated through life making choices that could be swept away and tidied up with incomprehensible ease simply because of who they were."-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing
"This is the moment Emlyn will play over and over in her mind. The moment where her life swivels from its course and heads in an entirely different direction. Life is full of these moments. Little poi…"-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing
23. The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
By: Sy Montgomery
4.14
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are cap… read more
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- nonfiction
24. Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World
By: Eliza Reid
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Canadian first lady of Iceland pens a book about why this tiny nation is leading the charge in … read more
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- nonfiction
25. A Sorceress Comes to Call
By: T. Kingfisher
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more
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26. Worst Case Scenario
By: T.J. Newman
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internation… read more
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27. Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
By: Austin Frerick
4.20
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyo… read more
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- food
- nonfiction
28. Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World
By: Edward Humes
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An investigative narrative that dives into the waste embedded in our daily lives—and shows how indi… read more
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- nonfiction
29. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.68
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more
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- nonfiction
30. A Call to Farms: Reconnecting to Nature, Food, and Community in a Modern World
By: Jennifer Grayson
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Our industrial food system is failing—hope lies with a new generation of farmers. Within the decad… read more
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- nonfiction
31. The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night
By: Steven Banbury
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A spooky yet heartwarming adventure about one girl's journey into the land of the undead, and the u… read more
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