Swim: Why We Love the Water
By: Lynn Sherr
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Swimis a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It's an inquiry into why we sw…
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1. The Art of Power
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"Power is good for one thing to increase our happiness and the happiness of others. Being peaceful… read more
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- nonfiction
"It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power
"Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power
"Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power
"The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them. Try to purify, subdue your own mind. That is the teaching of all buddhas."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power
2. Your Money or Your Life
By: Vicki Robin , Joe Dominguez
4.53
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
In times like these, it's more important than ever to know the difference between making a living a… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop
By: Nick Offerman
4.31
Format: None pages,
After two New York Timesbestsellers, Nick Offerman returns with the subject for which he's known be… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
4. Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
By: Lynne Cox , None
4.75
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, with photos and maps added especially for this new edition, here is the acclaimed… read more
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- sports
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5. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
By: Nicholas Carr
3.28
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Mont… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Swim: Why We Love the Water
By: Lynn Sherr
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Swimis a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It's an inquiry into why we sw… read more
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- history
- memoir
- health
- nonfiction
- womens
- sports
- nature
7. Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories
By: Kamila Shamsie , Andrew Martin , Jeanette Winterson , Mark Haddon , Andrew Michael Hurley , Max Porter , Sarah Perry , Stuart Evers , Kate Clanchy , None
4.08
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histo… read more
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8. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
By: Bill Dedman , Paul Clark Newell Jr.
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed in 2009 a grand home for sale, unoccupie… read more
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9. The Swimmers
By: Julie Otsuka
3.67
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the award winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine, a tour de… read more
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"Above ground, many of us are ungainly and awkward, slowing down with the years.... Down below, at the pool, we are restored to old youthful selves. Grey hairs vanish beneath dark blue swim caps. Brow…"-Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers
"The pool is their sanctuary, their refuge, the one place on earth they can go to escape from their pain, for it is only down below in the waters that their symptoms begin to abate. "The moment I see …"-Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers
10. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
By: Esmé Weijun Wang
4.14
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with … read more
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- memoir
- health
"In the language of cancer, people describe a thing that “invades"-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
"The psychiatric hierarchy decrees who can and cannot be high-functioning and “gifted."-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
"Someday, we'll be able to trace all mental illnesses to autoimmune disorders. But we're not there yet."-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
"The line between insanity and mysticism is thin; the line between reality and unreality is thin. Liminality as a spiritual concept is all about the porousness of boundaries."-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
11. Why We Swim
By: Bonnie Tsui
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming—and on human behavior itself. … read more
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- sports
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12. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
By: Amy Schneider
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
13. Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You
By: Brad Stulberg
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory book on rethinking change, creating a rugged and flexible mindset … read more
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- nonfiction
14. Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks, #1)
By: Kerry Winfrey
3.51
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Can a romcom-obsessed romantic finally experience the meet-cute she always dreamed of or will reali… read more
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"I try not to judge people who face situations I’ve never faced"-Kerry Winfrey, Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks, #1)
"Truly, is there anything more romantic than Tom Hanks on a boat?"-Kerry Winfrey, Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks, #1)
"The things that suck still suck, but they're allowed to be happy. And maybe it means so much more that they're happy, knowing that they still carry that sadness with them."-Kerry Winfrey, Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks, #1)
"Sure, it's absolutely ridiculous to turn down a real-life guy because of a movie star, like saving myself for one of the Jonas Brothers in junior high, but it's how I feel."-Kerry Winfrey, Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks, #1)
15. The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
By: Lisa Damour
4.47
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ in… read more
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16. The Centre
By: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
3.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who atten… read more
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17. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
By: Olivia Ford
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more
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"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
18. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
By: Erin Carlson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more
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- sports
- history
19. Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers (Volume 1) (Hidden Languages)
By: Jessica Roux
4.54
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A charming, gorgeously illustrated botanical encyclopedia for your favorite romantic, local witch, … read more
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- history
- nature
20. The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
By: C.J. Hauser
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
CJ Hauser expands on her viral essay sensation, "The Crane Wife," in a brilliant collection of essa… read more
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- memoir
"What were you told had to happen in a story for it to feel complete?"-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
"The Story rules are coming from inside the house. And the house always wins."-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
"How do we talk about the loss of a thing for which their is no word? The lack of a word implies that it was never anything. It was never real."-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
"I'm starting to think that living a dramatic, story-worthy life and happiness are, at worst, mutually exclusive, and, at best, giving each other a run for their money."-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
21. Miss Iceland
By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Iceland in the 1960s. Hekla is a budding female novelist who was born in the remote district of Dal… read more
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"Dalla mia coscienza alle tue labbra c'è un oceano insormontabile."-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland
"It’s better than anything either Laxness or Thórberger Thordarson write. We might be talking about a new Nobel Prize winner, Hekla."-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland
"Calculo mentalmente. Si cada día trabajo nueve horas y duermo siete, me quedan ocho para escribir y leer. Si quiero escribir de noche, nadie me lo impedirá. Igual que nadie me animará a hacerlo. Nadi…"-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland
