The Age of Light
By: Whitney Scharer
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She went to Paris to start over, to make art instead of being made into it. A captivating debut …
Want to Read $ 11.99"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and making a picture of it. It's about being somewhere at the exact right moment and deciding it's a moment when no one else might think it's anything."-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and making a picture of it. It's about being somewhere at the exact right moment and deciding it's a moment when no one else might think it's anything."-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and making a picture of it. It's about being somewhere at the exact right moment and deciding it's a moment when no one else might think it's anything. He nods. "I like that."-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and making a picture of it. It's about being somewhere at the exact right moment and deciding it's a moment when no one else might think it's anything. He nods. "I like that."-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
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1. Holly Would Dream
By: Karen Quinn
3.48
Format: 419 pages, Paperback
Holly Ross often wishes she lived in a simpler time, when the clothes were glamorous, the men debon… read more
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2. Trauma
By: Michael Palmer , Daniel Palmer , Michael Palmer
3.75
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Dr. Carrie Bryant's four years as a neurosurgical resident at White Memorial Hospital have earned h… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
3. Lee Miller: A Woman's War
By: Hilary Roberts
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The first in-depth look at Lee Miller's perspective on women in the Second World War, as seen throu… read more
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- world war ii
- art
4. The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
3.58
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, the captivating history of Paris's… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
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"There is a truism in the world of architecture that design creates culture."-Tilar J. Mazzeo, The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
"It was the heart of any true moment of decadence: the knowledge that an epoque is already slipping from us, inexorably, even in the moment of its glory."-Tilar J. Mazzeo, The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
5. Lacy Eye
By: Jessica Treadway
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Hanna Schutt never suspected that her younger daughter's happiness would lead to her husband's deat… read more
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- fiction
6. Villa America
By: Liza Klaussmann
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling novel set in the Cap D'Antibes based on the real-life inspirations for Fitzgerald's Tend… read more
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- literary fiction
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- adult
7. The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
By: Anthony M. Amore
4.17
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution h… read more
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- art
- audiobook
8. Cooking with Fernet Branca (Gerald Samper, #1)
By: James Hamilton-Paterson
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gerald Samper, an effete English snob, has his own private hilltop in Tuscany, where he whiles away… read more
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- fiction
9. Almost Famous Women: Stories
By: Megan Mayhew Bergman
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From "a top-notch emerging writer with a crisp and often poetic voice and wily, intelligent humor" … read more
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10. Luncheon of the Boating Party
By: Susan Vreeland
3.64
Format: 288 pages,
Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoi… read more
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11. Senso
By: Camillo Boito , None
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Dans son carnet secret, la comtesse Livia se souvient. De sa rencontre a Venise, alors qu'elle etai… read more
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12. Leaving Lucy Pear
By: Anna Solomon
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
A big, heartrending novel about the entangled lives of two women in 1920s New England, both mothers… read more
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13. The English Wife
By: Lauren Willig
4.65
Format: None pages,
From the New York Timesbestselling author, Lauren Willig, comes this scandalous New York Gilded Age… read more
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14. Jacqueline in Paris
By: Ann Mah
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier… read more
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- adult
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15. Finding Margaret Fuller
By: Allison Pataki
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more
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16. The Age of Light
By: Whitney Scharer
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She went to Paris to start over, to make art instead of being made into it. A captivating debut … read more
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- audiobook
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and m…"-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and m…"-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
17. The Circus Train
By: Amita Parikh
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic… read more
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- romance
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- audiobook
"There were some things that only a mother could fix."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"There are few things that can't be fixed by a good night's sleep."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"Sometimes the people who love us most hold us back because they want to protect us."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"If you have a setback, you rest. Then one day, probably sooner than you think, you wake up, ready to try again."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
18. Trash: A Poor White Journey
By: Cedar Monroe
3.73
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Human beings are not trash, and the system that enables humans to imagine each other as such needs … read more
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19. The Golden Hour
By: Beatriz Williams
3.77
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives and A Certain Age creates a dazzling epic… read more
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"She loved too much. She staked everything on people she loved. When they were gone, it destroyed her."-Beatriz Williams, The Golden Hour
"I must confess, it puzzles me. You Americans went to such trouble to rid yourself of our quaint little monarchy." "Oh we like to gossip about them, all right. Just not to let them rule over us and al…"-Beatriz Williams, The Golden Hour
20. The Borgia Confessions
By: Alyssa Palombo
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
'Under Palombo’s skillful hand, the entangled world of the Borgias comes vividly to life, exposing … read more
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21. Atomic Love
By: Jennie Fields
3.63
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Love. Desire. Betrayal. Her choice could save a nation. Chicago, 1950. Rosalind Porter has alwa… read more
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22. The Paris Hours
By: Alex George
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
One day in the City of Lights. One night in search of lost time. Paris between the wars teems w… read more
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"They call my country the land of the free, but I was born poor and black, and there wasn't much free about that ."-Alex George, The Paris Hours
"He remembered his mother once telling him that there were more than three hundred types of cheese made in France. Soured had solemnly replied that one day he would go there and try every one. There w…"-Alex George, The Paris Hours
"The women would not be looking at him like this if he were carrying lilies, reflects Jean-Paul. Flowers have there own silent vocabulary. There are blooms for love, for friendship, for sorrow, and fo…"-Alex George, The Paris Hours
"This man's music has become part of Souren's mornings, as essential as the sun rising over the rooftops of the city. The familiar melody offers him a moment of quiet grace, and this gives him strengt…"-Alex George, The Paris Hours
23. Honey
By: Isabel Banta
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more
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- literary fiction
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- adult
- audiobook
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"-Isabel Banta, Honey
"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."-Isabel Banta, Honey
"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."-Isabel Banta, Honey
"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."-Isabel Banta, Honey
24. House of Gold
By: Natasha Solomons
3.79
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House at Tyneford, an epic family saga about a he… read more
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"A wise man can make a mistake, but only a fool fails to correct it."-Natasha Solomons, House of Gold
25. Sibilė
By: Lina Dirmotė
3.85
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
Kartą gyveno tokia Ingrida Eleonora Drungilaitė, paprasta nedidelės šalies pilietė, patirianti mote… read more
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26. Next of Kin (Annie McIntyre, #3)
By: Samantha Jayne Allen
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of Pay Dirt Road comes Samantha Jayne Allen's mesmeriz… read more
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27. The Debutante
By: Kathleen Tessaro
3.42
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
Can the secrets of one woman's past change another woman's future? Cate is a gifted young artist wh… read more
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28. The Ventriloquists
By: E.R. Ramzipoor
3.68
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
“[A] remarkable saga.... Engrossing.” —Booklist, starred reviewIn this triumphant debut inspired by… read more
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29. The Wright Sister
By: Patty Dann
3.10
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
An epistolary novel of historical fiction that imagines the life of Katharine Wright and her relati… read more
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30. Mylimi kaulai
By: Kotryna Zylė
4.55
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
„Mums į šonus įsirėžusios skalbinių virvelės, tėvas nugara atsirėmęs į karsto dangtį, pagalvoju, ka… read more
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31. The Distance Home
By: Paula Saunders
3.34
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A family saga set in the American West, about sibling rivalry, dark secrets, and a young girl's str… read more
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