Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
By: Claire Tomalin
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
For a decade, beginning in 1660, an ambitious young London civil servant kept an astonishingly cand…
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1. How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.02
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love… read more
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- biography memoir
"It is epokhe all the way."-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
"As history has repeatedly suggested, nothing is more effective for demolishing traditional legal protections than the combined claims that a crime is uniquely dangerous, and that those behind it have…"-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
"Some might question whether there is still any need for an essayist such as Montaigne. Twenty-first century people, in the developed world, are already individualistic to excess, as well as entwined …"-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
"The trick is to maintain a kind of naïve amazement at each instant of experience - but, as Montaigne learned, one of the best techniques for doing this is to write about everything. Simply describing…"-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
2. Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
By: Judith Flanders
4.18
Format: 499 pages, Paperback
Nineteenth-century Britain was then the world's most prosperous nation, yet Victorians would bury m… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- british literature
3. The Wives of Henry VIII
By: Antonia Fraser
4.11
Format: 482 pages, Paperback
In a sweeping narrative, Fraser traces the cultural, familial and political roots of each of Henry'… read more
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- history
- biography
- british literature
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory,…"-Antonia Fraser, The Wives of Henry VIII
4. Dance of the Happy Shades
By: Alice Munro
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Alice Munro's territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these dazzli… read more
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"I went around the house to the back door thinking, I have been to a dance and a boy has walked me home and kissed me. It was all true. My life was possible."-Alice Munro, Dance of the Happy Shades
5. Mary Queen of Scots
By: Antonia Fraser
3.99
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic & controv… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
"Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive."-Antonia Fraser, Mary Queen of Scots
"It is often said that a secure childhood makes the best foundation for a happy life. In marked contrast to her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart enjoyed an exceptionally cosseted youth. It is left …"-Antonia Fraser, Mary Queen of Scots
6. The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse
By: Patricia MacLachlan , Hadley Hooper
4.05
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would you… read more
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- history
- biography
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- biography memoir
7. Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
By: James Gleick
3.74
Format: 410 pages,
An illuminating portrayal of Richard Feynman--a giant of twentieth century physics--from his childh… read more
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- history
- biography
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- biography memoir
8. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
By: Nancy Milford
3.61
Format: 192 pages,
Thomas Hardy once said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edn… read more
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- history
- biography
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- biography memoir
9. Odessa Stories
By: Isaac Babel , Boris Dralyuk
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In the original Odessa Stories collection published in 1931, Babel describes the life of the fictio… read more
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10. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
By: Brent Schlender , Rick Tetzeli
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times BestsellerThere have been many books--on a large and small scale--about Steve Job… read more
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- biography
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11. On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
By: Vladimir Radunsky , Jennifer Berne
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
12. Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
By: Claire Tomalin
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
For a decade, beginning in 1660, an ambitious young London civil servant kept an astonishingly cand… read more
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- history
- biography
- 17th century
- british literature
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
13. A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.21
Format: 160 pages,
A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent … read more
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14. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
By: S.C. Gwynne
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thri… read more
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15. Me: Stories of My Life
By: Katharine Hepburn
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Admired and beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner Kathari… read more
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16. Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
By: Ray Monk
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a … read more
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17. The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time, #6)
By: Anthony Powell
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over … read more
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- historical
- british literature
18. The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection
By: Samuel Pepys , Robert Latham
2.83
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events -- the Restoration,… read more
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19. Virginia Woolf
By: Hermione Lee
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
"A majestic literary biography, a truly new, surprisingly fresh portrait. -- Newsday A New York Tim… read more
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20. Profiles in Courage
By: Caroline Kennedy , Robert F. Kennedy , John F. Kennedy
3.92
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline K… read more
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- history
- biography
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- nonfiction
"To be courageous, these stories make clear, requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place and circumstance."-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
"You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know E…"-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
"If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housi…"-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
21. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
By: Neal Gabler
4.47
Format: None pages,
From Neal Gabler, the definitive portrait of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century… read more
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22. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
By: Steven Lomazow
4.33
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more
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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
23. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
By: Claudia Clark
4.28
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
24. "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
By: Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
4.31
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
A GREAT MAN AND HIS UNHERALDED ASSISTANT For some 50 years, Paul Sochaczewski has been on the tr… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"The “facts"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"A key element in everyone’s hero’s journey is the “decision point,"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"Wallace would not have been as successful as he was without Ali’s support."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
25. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
By: Anne Michaud
4.29
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
26. Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
By: Harold Phifer
4.29
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
For more than fifty years, Harold Phifer's childhood living conditions remained a secret, even from… read more
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"If a man was around when Aunt Kathy came by, she would berate him and throw him out. I even saw her toss guys out at gunpoint. She’d threaten them and say, “I will shoot you until I can’t see you!"-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
"Thanksgiving is no time for amateur hour in the kitchen, but we were subjected to this Gong Show on a yearly basis. Aunt Kathy went knee deep in her preparations where others would have surrendered."-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
"Before she climbed into the car, I kindly let her know my back seats were very hard and very cold. Dead Eye Red responded, “Son, when I was your age, I would sit on a seat like this and smoke would a…"-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
"The teacher pulled out a pile of papers. They were Bennie’s tests and homework assignments. Mrs. Lewis said, “Ma’am, here is the proof that Bennie isn’t up to a fourth grade level. He has an F on sev…"-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
27. Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
By: Karen Hinton
4.27
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
“A vivid, clear-eyed glimpse into American politics from a woman who grew up in the hinterlands of … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"I don’t remember anything about the accident that changed my life. All I knew was what seemed like an endless, foggy dream."-Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
"…I was finding that reporting the news wasn't enough. I wanted to be more than just a paid observer. I wanted to be in the fight. I got my chance."-Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
"We…realized that no matter who won the race, we were girls, and we were from Soso, Mississippi, population 434, which meant we were destined to be last in pretty much everything else."-Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
"The last few weeks of that summer, Janice lost interest in our conversations…. Her mind was taking her to other places, as though she was listening to a song or watching a movie or reading a book we …"-Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
28. Killing Time (The Time Police, #5)
By: Jodi Taylor
4.56
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
A ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night... Two members of Team 236 are trapped on… read more
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- historical
29. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Sarah Ogilvie
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more
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- historical
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
30. Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island
By: Ian Cobain
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
31. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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- history
