The Nature of Summer
By: Jim Crumley
4.13
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In the endless light of summer days, and the magical gloaming of the wee small hours, nature in Jim…
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1. Shakespeare: The World as Stage
By: Bill Bryson
3.81
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more
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- nonfiction
"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
2. The Children of Jocasta
By: Natalie Haynes
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents... Jocasta is just… read more
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3. The Thin Man
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more
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4. Cassandra at the Wedding
By: Deborah Eisenberg , Dorothy Baker
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-wracked, miserable. At t… read more
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5. Cove
By: Cynan Jones
4.02
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Out at sea, in a sudden storm, a man is struck by lightning. When he wakes, injured and adrift on a… read more
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6. Winter in Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #2)
By: Miss Read
3.70
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
In the follow-up to Thrush Green, the arrival of a stranger in the village stirs ripples of specula… read more
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7. Miss Mole
By: E.H. Young
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Miss Mole is set between the wars and is the story of Hannah Mole, a fortyish spinster who ekes out… read more
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"Without actually making that confession, her mind went on to imagine what a real love might have been. But such loves do not come in the way of the Miss Moles of this world, and now she was nearly fo…"-E.H. Young, Miss Mole
8. The Uncommon Reader
By: Alan Bennett
3.74
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster traveling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen… read more
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"Книгите подпалват въображението."-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader
"Archbishop. Why do I never read the lesson?"-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader
"At eighty, things do not occur; they recur."-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader
"A book is a device to ignite the imagination."-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader
9. Canto yo y la montaña baila
By: Irene Solà
4.24
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Primero llegan la tormenta y el rayo y la muerte de Domènec, el campesino poeta. Luego, Dolceta, qu… read more
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"La eternidad, cosa ligera. Cosa diaria, cosa pequeña."-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
"Em diu coses boniques que no entenc però sí que entenc"-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
"Quan arribés a casa s'hauria de fer escalfar aigua per rentar-se el fred i la plutja"-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
"S'hi està bé aquí sota. S'hi està bé, en aquest bosc. En aquest tros de terra. En aquest tros de món."-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
10. Death of a Bookseller
By: Bernard J. Farmer
3.55
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print since 1956 An honest policeman, Se… read more
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"Jack, I'm going to tell you a story. A runner took a book to a famous dealer and said: 'I've got something rare here.' 'Yes,' replied the dealer, 'but customers who want it are rarer.' Then my book i…"-Bernard J. Farmer, Death of a Bookseller
11. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By: Katherine May
3.86
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"The problem with “everything"-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
12. The Dry Heart
By: Natalia Ginzburg
4.00
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: “I shot him between the eyes.”… read more
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"I absorbed his every word and tried to see if there was any love in it."-Natalia Ginzburg, The Dry Heart
13. Ghost Wall
By: Sarah Moss
3.73
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie an… read more
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"It was bright again, as if England had forgotten how to rain"-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"Lights blind you; there's a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"Haven't you been listening, people don't bother to hurt what they don't love. To sacrifice it."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"I knew better than to challenge him; even the word 'Negro' was already some concession to my ideas because he preferred to use a more offensive term and wait, chin raised, for a reaction."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
14. The Pavilion in the Clouds
By: Alexander McCall Smith
3.95
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above… read more
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- scotland
15. The Book of Fire
By: Christy Lefteri
3.83
Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition
In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches ch… read more
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16. Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3)
By: Shaun Bythell
4.11
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of she… read more
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- nonfiction
- scotland
17. Summerwater
By: Sarah Moss
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
No dia mais longo do verão, a chuva cai fortemente sobre uma pequena aldeia rural nas Terras Altas … read more
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18. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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- scotland
19. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
By: Yukito Ayatsuji
3.62
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more
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"A cold death mask worn by a living man."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
20. Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible
By: Simon Barnes
3.92
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
We're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost … read more
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- nature
"We’re not just losing the wild world. We’re forgetting it. We’re no longer noticing it. We’ve lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing. We’re beginning to think it’s not really …"-Simon Barnes, Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible
21. Tea Is So Intoxicating
By: Mary Essex
3.51
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
“I shall turn this into a tea-house, with lunches if requested, and shall serve pleasant meals in t… read more
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22. The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter
By: Nigel Slater
3.99
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
From the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new b… read more
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- nonfiction
23. The Stubborn Light of Things: A Nature Diary
By: Melissa Harrison
4.21
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
A nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit podcaster Melissa Harrison, followi… read more
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- nature
24. By Rowan and Yew
By: Melissa Harrison
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
As autumn arrives, Moss, Sorrel, Burnet and Dormer decide to return home to Ash Row to unravel a ri… read more
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"Look, we all want to be brave, don't we?' said Moss. 'Well, this is how we do it: we keep on trying, even if we don't know if it's working, or how things will turn out. That's what courage means."-Melissa Harrison, By Rowan and Yew
25. Nightwalking: Four Journeys Into Britain After Dark
By: John Lewis-Stempel
4.02
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
At night, the normal rules of Nature do not apply. In the night-wood I have met a badger coming the… read more
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"You look at the dark and the dark looks at you."-John Lewis-Stempel, Nightwalking: Four Journeys Into Britain After Dark
26. Nature Tales for Winter Nights
By: Nancy Campbell
3.22
Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition
___ From the author of Fifty Words for Snow comes a treasure trove of nature tales from storyteller… read more
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27. The Hedgehog Diaries
By: Sarah Sands
3.54
Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition
A beautifully written story about the end of life, in which hedgehogs become a metaphor for hopeIt … read more
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28. The Wood at Midwinter
By: Susanna Clarke
3.73
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr… read more
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29. Ginger Pig Christmas Cook Book
By: Tim Wilson
3.38
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
'This puppy's not just for Christmas...it's also the kind of book to reach for on any winter's even… read more
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30. The Nature of Summer
By: Jim Crumley
4.13
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In the endless light of summer days, and the magical gloaming of the wee small hours, nature in Jim… read more
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- scotland
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