Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization
By: Paul Kindstedt
4.19
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the …
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1. Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
By: Mike Dash
3.66
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of… read more
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"...the disease killed eight thousand...between its first appearance in October 1635 and its eventual disappearance in July 1637...The appalling impact of the plague had two significant consequences. …"-Mike Dash, Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
2. Salt: A World History
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.11
Format: None pages,
From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfict… read more
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- nonfiction
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3. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Butter: A Rich History
By: Elaine Khosrova
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
It's a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock star. Ubiquitous in the world's mo… read more
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5. Parnassus on Wheels
By: Christopher Morley
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
"I warn you," said the funny-looking little man with the red beard, "I'm here to sell this caravan … read more
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6. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have … read more
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7. Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization
By: Paul Kindstedt
4.19
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the … read more
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- cooking
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- nonfiction
- microhistory
- food writing
8. The Friday Night Knitting Club (Friday Night Knitting Club, #1)
By: Kate Jacobs
4.11
Format: 15 pages, Hardcover
Once a week, an eclectic group of women comes together at a New York City yarn shop to work on thei… read more
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9. H is for Hawk
By: Helen Macdonald
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writ… read more
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10. Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
By: Bee Wilson , None
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen. I… read more
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11. The Science of Cheese
By: None
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In an engaging tour of the science and history of cheese, Michael Tunick explores the art of cheese… read more
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12. Provenance (Imperial Radch)
By: Ann Leckie
3.84
Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition
Though she knows her brother holds her mother's favor, Ingray is determined to at least be consider… read more
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"Diplomat does not mean nice,"-Ann Leckie, Provenance (Imperial Radch)
13. Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America's Most Iconic Cheese
By: Gordon Edgar
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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14. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
15. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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16. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
17. Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2)
By: Sonali Dev
3.80
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
From the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors comes another , clever, deeply layered, and … read more
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"You deserve to do what’s best for you."-Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2)
"Ah, fresh young love! It was like the smell of cumin roasting in butter: you couldn't hide it for anything."-Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2)
"You have no idea how badly I wish you could see my life. Understand it. See me ." "Across the thousands of miles you've always put between us?"-Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2)
"Happiness seeps into me when you're around, Rico. Without invitation, without notice, joy finds me. Being around you is being alive, it's breathing, it's home."-Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2)
18. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
19. Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2)
By: Tirzah Price
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Three of Jane Austen’s classic novels receive a murder mystery makeover in this romantic and thrill… read more
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"Science is not just a subject to be studied, but a way of life to be lived. —Elinor Dashwood"-Tirzah Price, Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2)
"In every mystery, there is a truth waiting to be uncovered, and it is our duty to find it. —Marianne Dashwood"-Tirzah Price, Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2)
20. The Shadow King
By: Maaza Mengiste
3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Ethiopia. 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to … read more
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"He holds no importance except what memory allows."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"What is lost is gone, my child, what is lost makes room for something else."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"what is forged into memory tucks itself into bone and muscle. It will always be there and it will follow us to the grave."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
21. Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
By: Emily Lynn Paulson
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She signed up for the sisterhood, free cars, and the promise of a successful business of her own. I… read more
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22. The English Understand Wool
By: Helen DeWitt
4.10
Format: 69 pages, Hardcover
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23. Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4)
By: Ada Palmer
4.33
Format: 586 pages, Hardcover
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"Even MASON froze a moment. “Bridger built a satellite that built a robot capable of blasting missiles halfway to the Moon?"-Ada Palmer, Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4)
"Conflict's resurgence does not require us to accept war's thesis and call war's deaths justice just because we wear the words and uniforms of a past which assented to this."-Ada Palmer, Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4)
"We discussed what we want from you now,...you who had power and used it to burn the world. You burned a lot. You didn't just burn trees and cities and each other. You burned our admiration for the go…"-Ada Palmer, Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4)
24. Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
By: Austin Kleon
4.27
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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"To be on brand is to be 100% certain of who you are and what you do, and certainly, in art and in life, is not only completely overrated, it is also a roadblock to discovery. Uncertainty is the very …"-Austin Kleon, Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
25. Manslaughter Park (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #3)
By: Tirzah Price
3.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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26. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
By: Crystal Wilkinson
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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27. Rationality
By: Steven Pinker
3.85
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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"If contemporary humans seem irrational, don't blame the hunter-gatherers."-Steven Pinker, Rationality
"The press is an availability machine. It serves up anecdotes which feed our impression of what's common in a way that is guaranteed to mislead."-Steven Pinker, Rationality
"Disagreement is necessary in deliberations among mortals. As the saying goes, the more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right."-Steven Pinker, Rationality
28. One-Star Romance
By: Laura Hankin
3.72
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A struggling writer is forced to walk down the aisle at her best friend’s wedding with the man who … read more
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"I mean... There have been moments when I read something in a book that feels like it was written just for me. Like the author reached inside my brain, took all the thoughts I didn't know how to expre…"-Laura Hankin, One-Star Romance
29. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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