Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
By: Anthony Bourdain
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Kitchen Confidential comes this true, thrilling tale of pursuit thr…
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1. How Doctors Think
By: Jerome Groopman
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. I… read more
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2. Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
By: Anthony Bourdain
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Kitchen Confidential comes this true, thrilling tale of pursuit thr… read more
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- history
- biography
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- historical
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3. The Lady from Zagreb (Bernard Gunther, #10)
By: Philip Kerr
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A beautiful actress, a rising star of the giant German film company UFA, now controlled by the Prop… read more
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4. Missing May
By: Cynthia Rylant
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award joins Sc… read more
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5. The Covent Garden Ladies: Pimp General Jack & The Extraordinary Story of Harris' List
By: Hallie Rubenhold
2.00
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
The Covent Garden Ladiestells the story of Samuel Derrick, Jack Harris, and Charlotte Hayes, whose … read more
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6. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession
By: David Grann
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more
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7. Narrative of Sojourner Truth
By: Sojourner Truth , None
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
One of the most famous and admired African-American women in U.S. history, Sojourner Truth sang, pr… read more
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8. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
By: Michael Pollan
3.73
Format: 192 pages,
In his articles and in bestselling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has establish… read more
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9. The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
By: Amy Stewart
3.44
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley.… read more
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10. Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
By: Gregg Olsen
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, came to a sanitorium in the fore… read more
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11. Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno
By: Marjorie M. Liu
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The truth about the death of Maika’s mother has been revealed, and Maika has come undone. As her al… read more
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"Remind me why we are here?!!"-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno
"Even in Hell…there are no absolutes."-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno
"May your death be everlasting, halfwolf."-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno
"Does your mouth hold a blade or a tongue?"-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno
12. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
By: Tom Vitale
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more
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- food
- biography
13. Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
By: Mandy Matney
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local … read more
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14. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America
By: Harry N. MacLean
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
15. Evidence of Things Seen
By: Sarah Weinman
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more
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- history
16. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
By: Laurie Woolever
4.21
Format: 442 pages, Hardcover
An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew … read more
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17. Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
By: Helen Rosner
3.99
Format: 138 pages, ebook
The New York Times Bestseller The brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full di… read more
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18. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
By: Zora Neale Hurston
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem Renaissance tales now available t… read more
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"I am striving desperately for a toe-hold on the world."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
"People value monuments above men, and signs above works."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
"A woman robbed of her love is more terrible than an army with banners."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
"The heart of man is an ever empty abyss into which the whole world shall fall and be swallowed up."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
19. The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
By: Anita Hannig
4.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of ou… read more
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20. Gather
By: Kenneth M. Cadow
4.43
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more
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21. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
By: Chantha Nguon
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more
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"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
