The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong
By: David Orr
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A cultural "biography" of Robert Frost's beloved poem, arguably the most popular piece of literatur…
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1. Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
By: Peter Korn
3.54
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
In this moving account, we follow Korn's search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
2. Travels with Charley: In Search of America
By: John Steinbeck
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
An intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers, in… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- biography
3. Blue Highways
By: William Least Heat-Moon
3.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highwaysis an unforgettable journey along … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
4. The Red Notebook
By: Antoine Laurain , Emily Boyce , Jane Aitken
3.79
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's… read more
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5. The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong
By: David Orr
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A cultural "biography" of Robert Frost's beloved poem, arguably the most popular piece of literatur… read more
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- poetry
- biography
- literature
- nonfiction
- criticism
- essays
- literary criticism
6. A Month in the Country
By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd
3.76
Format: None pages,
In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more
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7. Lunch Poems
By: Frank O'Hara
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
Important poems by the late New York poet published in The New American Poetry, Evergreen Review, F… read more
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- poetry
8. The Nick Adams Stories
By: Ernest Hemingway
4.50
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
The Nick Adams Stories show a memorable character growing from child to adolescent to soldier, vete… read more
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9. Dog Songs
By: None , Mary Oliver
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Mary Oliver's Dog Songsis a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood th… read more
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10. The Paris Review Interviews, II: Wisdom from the World's Literary Masters
By: Stephen King , James Thurber , John Gardner , William Faulkner , James Baldwin , Gabriel García Márquez , Alice Munro , Isaac Bashevis Singer , Eudora Welty , Toni Morrison , Robert Lowell , Graham Greene , Harold Bloom , Peter Carey , Orhan Pamuk , Philip Gourevitch , Philip Larkin , The Paris Review , William Gaddis
4.67
Format: 107 pages,
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11. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.13
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, under… read more
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- nonfiction
"The next day, my birthday, was one of the most charmed of my life."-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
"For pilgrims walking...every footfall is doubled, landing at once on the actual road and also on the path of faith."-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
"The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells."-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
"Wherever my grandfather had gone in his remarkable life, he had walked. He had been a diplomat and a mountaineer who spent fifty years traveling the world, and in every posting he had sought out high…"-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
12. Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police #1)
By: Martin Walker
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoit Courreges, a po… read more
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13. Life on Mars
By: Tracy K. Smith
4.45
Format: 122 pages,
You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your crib.… read more
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14. The Tiger Rising
By: Kate DiCamillo
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in pap… read more
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15. Apology
By: Plato , James J. Helm
4.20
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."-Plato, Apology
"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."-Plato, Apology
"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."-Plato, Apology
"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."-Plato, Apology
16. Empire Falls
By: Richard Russo
3.57
Format: 10 pages, Paperback
Richard Russo--from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Man--has demonstrated a p… read more
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17. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
18. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
19. The Tradition
By: Jericho Brown
4.24
Format: 77 pages, Paperback
Jericho Brown’s daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at … read more
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- poetry
"The opposite of rape is understanding."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"Nobody in this nation feels safe, and I'm still a reason why."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"There is the happiness you have And the happiness you deserve."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"We few left who listen to the radio leave Ourselves available to surprise."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
20. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
21. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
By: Rachel Aviv
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
22. The Narrowboat Summer
By: Anne Youngson
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Meet Me at the Museum, a charming novel of second chances, about three women, on… read more
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"Det där gillade jag inte", sa hon. "Tror du att dom sålde droger?" "Nej", sa Sally. "Jag tror att dom väntade på att växa upp och bli helt vanliga." "Jaså, verkligen?" sa Eve. "Dom såg inte ut som om…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
"På skärmen tog matchen slut och åskådarna troppade av. Det blev tyst i puben och Sally fick den där sköna och avslappnade känslan - som ofta kom över henne på allmänna platser - av att vara levande o…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
"Tror du att det är där vi befinner oss? På gränsen mellan ordning och kaos?" "Det tror jag. Vi har både avvisat delar av det som var vår världsordning och vi försöker få rätsida på utkanten av det ok…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
"Sally sa: "Jag har inte varit tvungen att gå på så många möten, men när jag har gjort det har jag alltid väntat på att dom ska ta slut så att jag kan gå iväg och ta itu med nåt annat. Även om det int…"-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer
23. Goldenrod: Poems
By: Maggie Smith
3.94
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning poet and bestselling author of Keep Moving and Good Bones, a stunning poetry… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
"I am offering the only thing I have. I am holding out my hand, feeding myself to the hungry future."-Maggie Smith, Goldenrod: Poems
24. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
4.23
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountabi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Designed for instant impact and encouraging feelings of omnipotence, Twitter is the perfect tool for an impulsive, attention-addicted strongman."-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
"Many strongmen, past and present, have used populist rhetoric that defines their nations as bound by faith, race, and ethnicity rather than by legal rights. For authoritarians, only some people are "…"-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
25. Apropos of Nothing
By: Woody Allen
4.02
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The Long-Awaited, Enormously Entertaining Memoir by One of the Great Artists of Our Time—Now a New … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"I always took to anything that required solitude...it kept me from having to deal with other humans who, for no explainable reason, I didn't like nor trust."-Woody Allen, Apropos of Nothing
26. Whale Day: And Other Poems
By: Billy Collins
4.08
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
A collection of all-new poetry from former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Billy Collins's thir… read more
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- literature
- poetry
- nonfiction
"But having sailed some time ago Into the quiet cardigan harbour of my life,"-Billy Collins, Whale Day: And Other Poems
27. Dead as Doornails
By: Anthony Cronin
4.29
Format: 203 pages, Paperback
Dead as Doornails, first published in 1976, brings back into print a true classic of Irish memoir. … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
28. Rebel With A Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
By: Ellen Jovin
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Mary Norris and Benjamin Dreyer, an unconventional guide to the English language drawn … read more
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- nonfiction
29. American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home
By: Steven Kurutz
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
“I can confidently say this will be one of my favorite books of 2024.” —Stephen King, bestselling a… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
By: Gary Rogowski
3.85
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
"Gary Rogowski leads us gently but surely upon the path to a type of success we may not have previo… read more
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- nonfiction
31. At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life
By: Fenton Johnson
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A profound meditation on accepting, and celebrating, one’s solitude. Whether seeking more time for … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- essays
"To choose to be alone is to bait the trap, to create a space the demons cannot resist entering. And that's the good news; the demons that enter can be named, written about, and tamed through the mira…"-Fenton Johnson, At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life
"The artist or writer does not impose harmony on reality but—with sufficient reverence and diligence and selflessness and solitude—uncovers the harmony that is always there but that we conceal from ou…"-Fenton Johnson, At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life
