The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
By: Nicholas Shrady
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
A riveting history of how the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake shook the religious and intellectual fo…
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1. War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
By: Chris Hedges
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
As a veteran war correspondent, Chris Hedges has survived ambushes in Central America, imprisonment… read more
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"There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege."-Chris Hedges, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
"The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living."-Chris Hedges, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
"Where else, but from the industrialized world, did the suicide hijackers learn that the huge explosions and death above a city skyline are a peculiar and effective form of communication? They have ma…"-Chris Hedges, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
"Until there is a common vocabulary and a shared historical memory, there is no peace in any society, only an absence of war... The search for a common narrative must, at times, be forced upon a socie…"-Chris Hedges, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
2. Of Love and Shadows
By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Beautiful and headstrong, Irene Beltrán works as a magazine journalist—a profession that belies her… read more
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"Compartieron una alegre relación y no la llamaron amor."-Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows
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"...era apenas la suma de dos soledades y de muchas ausencias."-Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows
"La nostalgia desgasta y aniquila, es el vicio de los desterrados."-Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows
3. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
By: Jane Jacobs
4.30
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more
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"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
4. Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-45
By: Neill Lochery
3.63
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Lisbon had a pivotal role in the history of World War II, though not a gun was fired there. The onl… read more
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5. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Heart of His People
By: Dean Merrill , Jim Cymbala
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Brooklyn Tabernacle pastor discusses how he built up a broken-down church to a membership of si… read more
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6. D. Maria II - Tudo por um Reino
By: Isabel Stilwell
3.83
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Com apenas 7 anos, Maria da Gloria torna-se rainha de Portugal. Um pais do outro lado do oceano que… read more
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7. 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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8. The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
By: Nicholas Shrady
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
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9. Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
By: Barbara Ehrenreich
3.96
Format: 256 pages,
Best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich presents a fascinating ex… read more
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10. The Return of Martin Guerre
By: Natalie Zemon Davis
4.11
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered i… read more
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11. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
By: Benedict Anderson
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many stud… read more
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12. Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
By: Roger Crowley
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration i… read more
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13. Extinction
By: Douglas Preston
4.14
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, … read more
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"If something can be done, it will be done-no matter how dangerous."-Douglas Preston, Extinction
"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan, in Extinction by Douglas Preston"-Douglas Preston, Extinction
"You actually think we want to be like you? You Sapiens, with your bleak and apocalyptic history? What a grim and self-loathing species you are! Look at what you worship as progress. The agricultural …"-Douglas Preston, Extinction
14. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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15. A Noite em que o Verão Acabou
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4.18
Format: 672 pages, Paperback
14 de Setembro de 1998. O dia em que Chatlam, uma pequena vila americana, acordou em choque com o h… read more
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16. Red Rabbit
By: Alex Grecian
4.18
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
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17. Reading Genesis
By: Marilynne Robinson
4.10
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book… read more
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4.18
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
A vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her. The end of t… read more
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19. Queen Of The Sea: A History Of Lisbon
By: Barry Hatton
3.96
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Lisbon’s charm is legendary, but its vibrant 2,000-year history is not widely known, from its Roman… read more
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20. The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages
By: François-Xavier Fauvelle
3.65
Format: 280 pages, ebook
A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Isla… read more
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21. Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs
By: Josh Hawley
3.10
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Nationally best-selling author ( The Tyranny of Big Tech ), constitutional lawyer, and U.S. senator… read more
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