Phyllis
Phyllis

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Cover 2

The Marriage Question

The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life
  • Clare Carlisle
00 reads
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Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket Bomb, and the Model Town of Pullman
Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket Bomb, and the Model Town of Pullman
  • Carl Smith
00 reads
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Born round
Born round
  • Frank Bruni
3.674 reads
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Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark
  • Morris Dickstein
00 reads
#1
Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales
Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales
  • Doreen Cunningham
32 reads
#1
Love That Story
Love That Story
  • Jonathan Van Ness
3.67 reads
#1
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England
  • Amanda Vickery
42 reads
#1
Sketchbook Challenge: 100 Prompts for Everyday Drawing
Sketchbook Challenge: 100 Prompts for Everyday Drawing
  • Susan Yeates
00 reads
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Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
  • Studs Terkel
3.8614 reads
#1
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
  • Ed Yong
4.45102 reads
#1
Stay True
Stay True
  • Hua Hsu
4.186 reads
#1
Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
  • Emily Monosson
3.754 reads
#1
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American Sirens

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
  • Kevin Hazzard
51 read
#1
American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide
American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide
    00 reads
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    You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
    You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
    • Susannah Gora
    2.52 reads
    #1
    Egg: A Dozen Ovatures
    Egg: A Dozen Ovatures
    • Lizzie Stark
    00 reads
    #1
    The Zimmermann Telegram
    The Zimmermann Telegram
    • Barbara W. Tuchman
    3.255 reads
    #1
    The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America
    The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America
    • James L. Swanson
    00 reads
    #1
    The Selfish Gene
    The Selfish Gene
    • Richard Dawkins
    4.22223 reads
    #1
    Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
    Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
    • Matthew B. Crawford
    3.3838 reads
    #1
    The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
    The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
    • Allison Hoover Bartlett
    3.3727 reads
    #1
    You Are Here
    You Are Here
    • Colin Ellard
    01 read
    #1
    Yours ever
    Yours ever
    • Thomas Mallon
    00 reads
    #1
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
    • Oliver Sacks
    3.9288 reads
    #1
    The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
    The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
    • John Wesley Powell
    00 reads
    #1
    Dogtown
    Dogtown
    • Elyssa East
    00 reads
    #1
    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
    • Joseph J. Ellis
    3.8345 reads
    #1
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
    • Dee Brown
    4.0589 reads
    #1
    The Dangerous World of Butterflies: The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists
    The Dangerous World of Butterflies: The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists
    • Peter Laufer
    41 read
    #1
    Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910
    Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910
    • Jeffrey H. Jackson
    01 read
    #1
    An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
    An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
    • Oliver Sacks
    4.0637 reads
    #1
    The media relations department of Hizbollah wishes you a happy birthday
    The media relations department of Hizbollah wishes you a happy birthday
    • Neil MacFarquhar
    3.52 reads
    #1
    Cover 6

    The Pattern in the Carpet

    The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
    • Margaret Drabble
    00 reads
    #1
    Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes using Native American Ingredients
    Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes using Native American Ingredients
    • Lois Ellen Frank
    00 reads
    #1
    Cover 4

    Weekends at Bellevue

    Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych E.R.
    • Julie Holland
    3.26 reads
    #1
    Allergies
    Allergies
    • Peter J. D'Adamo
    00 reads
    #1
    The department of mad scientists
    The department of mad scientists
    • Michael P. Belfiore
    00 reads
    #1
    When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
    When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
    • Pema Chödrön
    4.2476 reads
    #1
    The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
    The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
    • Wes Moore
    3.529 reads
    #1
    Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
    Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
    • Joshua Foer
    3.84185 reads
    #1
    A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
    A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
    • Stacy Schiff
    32 reads
    #1
    The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
    The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
    • Lara Love Hardin
    4.4422 reads
    #1
    Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    • Rebecca Skloot
    4.18397 reads
    #1
    Kristin Lavransdatter
    Kristin Lavransdatter
    • Sigrid Undset
    • Tiina Nunnally (Translator)
    3.9115 reads
    #1
    Cro-Magnon : how the Ice Age gave birth to the first modern humans
    Cro-Magnon : how the Ice Age gave birth to the first modern humans
    • Brian M. Fagan
    3.333 reads
    #1
    The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
    The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
    • Sam Kean
    3.9683 reads
    #1
    The most powerful idea in the world
    The most powerful idea in the world
    • William Rosen
    43 reads
    #1
    A Novel Bookstore
    A Novel Bookstore
    • Laurence Cossé
    • Alison Anderson (Translator)
    3.336 reads
    #1
    Cover 4

    Food Inc.

    Food Inc.
    • Karl Weber
    3.86 reads
    #1
    The Power of Now
    The Power of Now
    • Eckhart Tolle
    3.73182 reads
    #1
    The Shallows
    The Shallows
    • Nicholas Carr
    3.7687 reads
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    The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
    The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
    • Deborah Blum
    4.0453 reads
    #1
    This book is overdue!
    This book is overdue!
    • Marilyn Johnson
    3.611 reads
    #1
    The intimate lives of the founding fathers
    The intimate lives of the founding fathers
    • Fleming, Thomas J.
    00 reads
    #1
    Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity
    Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity
    • Amy Brady
    01 read
    #1
    Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing
    Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing
    • Catherine J. Golden
    00 reads
    #1
    The Yamas & Niyamas
    The Yamas & Niyamas
    • Deborah Adele
    55 reads
    #1
    Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
    Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
    • Eric Jay Dolin
    42 reads
    #1
    Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
    Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
    • James L. Swanson
    41 read
    #1
    Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
    Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
    • Michel Foucault
    • Alan Sheridan (Translator)
    4.1451 reads
    #1
    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
    • Isabel Wilkerson
    4.46104 reads
    #1
    Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women Who Gave America The Joy of Cooking
    Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women Who Gave America The Joy of Cooking
    • Anne Mendelson
    42 reads
    #1
    I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman
    I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman
    • Nora Ephron
    3.3569 reads
    #1
    The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
    The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
    • Erving Goffman
    • Sven Bergström
    4.1412 reads
    #1
    Bossypants
    Bossypants
      3.83700 reads
      #1
      The Illustrated Insectopedia
      The Illustrated Insectopedia
      • Hugh Raffles
      21 read
      #1
      Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw
      Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw
      • Tom Nolan
      00 reads
      #1
      The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea
      The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea
      • Philip Hoare
      46 reads
      #1
      The Ninth
      The Ninth
      • Harvey Sachs
      3.53 reads
      #1
      Four fish : the future of the last wild food
      Four fish : the future of the last wild food
      • Paul Greenberg
      3.889 reads
      #1
      At Home: A Short History of Private Life
      At Home: A Short History of Private Life
      • Bill Bryson
      3.97141 reads
      #1
      Travels in Siberia
      Travels in Siberia
      • Ian Frazier
      3.8513 reads
      #1
      The Hidden Reality
      The Hidden Reality
      • Brian Greene
      4.0925 reads
      #1
      Wind, Sand and Stars
      Wind, Sand and Stars
      • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
      4.3328 reads
      #1
      The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
      The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
      • Andrew Pettegree
      01 read
      #1
      Incognito
      Incognito
      • David Eagleman
      • Catarina F. Almeida (Translator)
      3.8941 reads
      #1
      The Moral Lives of Animals
      The Moral Lives of Animals
      • Dale Peterson
      44 reads
      #1
      In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
      In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
      • Erik Larson
      3.7164 reads
      #1
      Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
      Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
      • Dan Baum
      52 reads
      #1
      Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change
      Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change
      • James Kenney
      00 reads
      #1
      The Captured
      The Captured
      • Scott Zesch
      01 read
      #1
      The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City-and Determined the Future of Cities
      The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City-and Determined the Future of Cities
      • Joe Flood
      00 reads
      #1
      Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia
      Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia
      • Richard Francis
      00 reads
      #1
      The Fry Chronicles
      The Fry Chronicles
      • Stephen Fry
      3.4836 reads
      #1
      Why We Get Fat
      Why We Get Fat
      • Gary Taubes
      4.1843 reads
      #1
      Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
      Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
      • Tony Horwitz
      4.148 reads
      #1
      All the President's Men
      All the President's Men
      • Carl Bernstein
      • Bob Woodward
      3.8655 reads
      #1
      Around My French Table
      Around My French Table
      • Dorie Greenspan
      44 reads
      #1
      Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
      Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
      • Patton Oswalt
      3.2325 reads
      #1
      The Mind's Eye
      The Mind's Eye
      • Oliver Sacks
      420 reads
      #1
      Monkey Girl
      Monkey Girl
      • Edward Humes
      42 reads
      #1
      At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka: A Cookbook
      At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka: A Cookbook
      • Madhur Jaffrey
      00 reads
      #1
      Cleopatra: A Life
      Cleopatra: A Life
      • Stacy Schiff
      3.5848 reads
      #1
      Up From Slavery
      Up From Slavery
      • Booker T. Washington
      3.9423 reads
      #1
      Uncommon Grounds
      Uncommon Grounds
      • Mark Pendergrast
      2.755 reads
      #1
      The Coke Machine
      The Coke Machine
      • Michael Blanding
      00 reads
      #1
      The Hard Way Around: the Passages of Joshua Slocum
      The Hard Way Around: the Passages of Joshua Slocum
      • Geoffrey Wolff
      32 reads
      #1
      In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories About the Food You Love
      In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories About the Food You Love
      • Melissa Clark
      31 read
      #1
      Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
      Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
      • Sherry Turkle
      3.2513 reads
      #1
      Cover 7

      Silly Novels by Lady Novelists

      Silly Novels by Lady Novelists
      • George Eliot
      00 reads