Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
By: Nicholas Shakespeare
4.09
Format: 839 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
By: Ian Fleming
3.64
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
"Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It’d take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with … read more
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"Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt veļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
2. You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
By: Ian Fleming
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Ian Fleming’s twelfth James Bond novel. The tragic end to James Bond’s last mission – courtesy o… read more
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"You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
"I've found that one must try and teach people that there's no top limit to disaster-that, so long as breath remains in your body, you've got accept the miseries of life. They will often seem infinite…"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
"007: Be an angle, Penny, and ring down to Mary and tell her she's got to get out of whatever she's doing tonight. I'm taking her out to dinner. Scotts. Tell her we'll have our first roast grouse of t…"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
"He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in [Bond], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken the normal human being. He knew how a desperate situation would bring out tho…"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)
By: Ian Fleming
3.97
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Description: A Lancia Spyder with its hood down tore past him, cut in cheekily across his bonnet an… read more
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"The World Is Not Enough"-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)
"When the odds are hopeless, when all seems to be lost, then is the time to be calm, to make a show of authority – at least of indifference"-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)
"She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me."-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)
4. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
By: Ian Fleming
3.63
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more
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"Don't lose faith in your stars."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
5. From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
By: Ian Fleming
3.91
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Ian Fleming’s fifth James Bond novel. James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintell… read more
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"Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it."-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
"Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room."-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
"The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead."-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
"Follow your fate, and be satisfied with it, and be glad not to be a second-hand motor salesman, or a yellow-press journalist, pickled in gin and nicotine, or a cripple - or dead."-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
6. The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13)
By: Ian Fleming
3.97
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The Man with the Golden Gun is the 13th novel written by Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional Briti… read more
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7. The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10)
By: Ian Fleming
4.10
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
'He was about six feet tall, slim and fit. The eyes in the lean , slightly tanned face were a very … read more
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8. For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)
By: Ian Fleming
3.66
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: this entry relates to the collection of short stories under the title of "For You… read more
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"I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone,…"-Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)
9. Goldfinger (James Bond, #7)
By: Ian Fleming
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his… read more
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10. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
By: Ian Fleming
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more
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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
11. Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
By: Ian Fleming
3.80
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
‘For several minutes he stood speechless, his eyes dazzled by the terrible beauty of the greatest w… read more
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"Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
12. Doctor No (James Bond, #6)
By: Ian Fleming
3.85
Format: None pages,
James Bond travels to the Caribbean to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a secret service… read more
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13. The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time, #6)
By: Anthony Powell
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over … read more
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- literature
14. Thunderball (James Bond, #9)
By: Ian Fleming
4.34
Format: 168 pages,
"The girl looked him up and down. He had dark, rather cruel good looks and very clear, blue-grey ey… read more
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15. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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- literature
16. Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
By: Nicholas Shakespeare
4.09
Format: 839 pages, Kindle Edition
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biograp… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- books about books
17. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
18. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
19. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
20. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.04
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more
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- history
21. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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- biography
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22. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
23. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more
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- history
"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
24. Enlightenment
By: Sarah Perry
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
25. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir
By: Michael McDonald
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more
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26. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By: Bettany Hughes
4.02
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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- history
27. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
By: Joshua Robinson
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
28. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World
By: David L. Roll
4.44
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more
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- biography
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29. How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
By: Peter Pomerantsev
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propa… read more
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30. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower
By: Michel Paradis
4.46
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more
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31. American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873
By: Alan Taylor
4.45
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize winner’s masterful history of the Civil War and its reverberations across the cont… read more
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