The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds
By: Pete Fromm
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Indian Creek Chronicles and winner of 5 PNBA Awards, Fromm's memoir is his explo…
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1. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
By: Hisham Matar
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hisham Matar, a memoir of his… read more
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- biography
- memoir
"What do you do when you cannot leave and cannot return?"-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"The past, like a severed limb, tried to fix itself onto the body of the present."-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"Those who would later lament Seif and his father's (Qaddafi) regime are like a man who looks at the ashes and says, "I much prefer the fire"-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest."-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
2. Deep Winter
By: Samuel W. Gailey
3.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Alice Sebold and Scott Smith, a dark, gripping debut novel of literary suspense about a… read more
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3. Tout est brisé
By: William Boyle
3.73
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Tout semble brise dans la vie d'Erica. Seule avec son vieux pere tyrannique tout juste sorti de l'h… read more
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4. Just So Stories
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His Hump. The B… read more
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5. Life Expectancy
By: Dean Koontz
3.57
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. As a violent storm rag… read more
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6. Legends of the Fall
By: Jim Harrison
4.12
Format: 29 pages,
'Legends of the Fall, an epic tale of three brothers and their lives of passion, madness, explorati… read more
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7. The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds
By: Pete Fromm
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Indian Creek Chronicles and winner of 5 PNBA Awards, Fromm's memoir is his explo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- environment
- nature
8. Into the Forest
By: Jean Hegland
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the near-future, Into the Forestis a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relations… read more
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9. Braving it: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild
By: James Campbell
0.00
Format: 126 pages,
The powerful and affirming story of a father's journey with his teenage daughter to the far reaches… read more
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10. Gilded Needles
By: Michael McDowell
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Paperback
Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunke… read more
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11. Triste tigre
By: Neige Sinno
4.23
Format: 283 pages, Paperback
J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre
12. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders
By: Kathryn Miles
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
13. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- nature
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
14. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
By: Robert Leckie
4.22
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more
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- biography
- memoir
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
15. La route
By: Manu Larcenet
4.49
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
L'apocalypse a eu lieu. Le monde est dévasté, couvert de cendres et de cadavres. Parmi les survivan… read more
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16. La petite menteuse
By: Pascale Robert-Diard
3.47
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
A quinze ans, Lisa est une adolescente en vrac, à la spontanéité déroutante. Elle a eu des seins av… read more
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17. On the Savage Side
By: Tiffany McDaniel
4.06
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Six women--mothers, daughters, sisters--gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the … read more
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18. Un colpo al cuore
By: Piergiorgio Pulixi
4.24
Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition
"Occhio per occhio, dente per dente" è la regola del serial killer che ha deciso di riparare i tort… read more
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19. Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea
By: Bill François
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
If we were able to listen under water, what would we hear? What would we learn? How would it change… read more
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- environment
- nature
"When school ends, everyone must relearn in their own way"-Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea
"By being aware of our place and role in the ecosystem, we preserve it."-Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea
"Don't try to exchange words, only to share that which transcends words."-Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea
"A human being is nothing more than a very large community, on every level."-Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea
20. Lonesome Dove, Épisode 2
By: Larry McMurtry
4.76
Format: 585 pages, Paperback
La première partie de Lonesome Dove nous a entraînés à la suite d’Augustus McCrae et Woodrox Call, … read more
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