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What do readers say about In a Sunburned Country?
funny and smarthumorous, conversational stylehumorous travel memoirhis trip across australiaEvery time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. This time in Australia.
His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned ... Read more about In a Sunburned Country
FLYING INTO AUSTRALIA, I realized with a sigh that I had forgotten again who their prime minister is. I am forever doing this with the Australian prime minister—committing the name to memory, forgetti...
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What do readers say about At Home?
entertaining and informativedescriptive and satirical humorour modern agegentle sense of humourFrom one of the most beloved authors of our time-more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone-a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.
"Houses aren't refuges from history. They are whe... Read more about At Home
In the autumn of 1850, in Hyde Park in London, there arose a most extraordinary structure: a giant iron-and-glass greenhouse covering nineteen acres of ground and containing within its airy vastness e...
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What do readers say about A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World?
someone kidnaps somebody's doghopeful and uplifting novelfirst rate storytellingthe importance of connectionA "suspenseful, atmospheric tale. . .punctured by a gut-punch twist" (Entertainment Weekly), A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World is a story of survival, courage and hope amid the ruins of our world.
My name's Griz. I've never been to school, I'... Read more about A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
When we were hunters and gatherers and walked out of Africa and began to spread across the world, they came with us. They guarded our fires as we slept and they helped us bring down prey in the long d...
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What do readers say about The Wind in the Willows?
part novel part episodicclassic of children’s literaturea secondary paperback copyvery instructive storyThe much-loved classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river and in the Wild Wood, there are high jinks on the... Read more about The Wind in the Willows
1859 Kenneth Grahame is born on March 8 to Bessie Ingles Grahame and James Cunningham Grahame; the upper-middleclass family lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Darwin’s The Origin of Species and Charles Dic...
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What do readers say about The Nature Fix?
nonfictionhow nature positively affects humans & whywhy being in nature makes us feel goodthe effect nature has on our mental healthAn intrepid investigation into nature's restorative benefits by a prize-winning author.
For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tr... Read more about The Nature Fix
When I pictured shinrin yoku, “forest bathing,” I conjured Sleeping Beauty in her corpse phase, surrounded by primordial trees, twittering birds and shafts of sunlight. You just knew she was somehow t...
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What do readers say about All Our Wrong Todays?
breezy, fast-paced plottinga time-travel storyscifi/time travel/alternate realitya time travel book"Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor."-Entertainment Weekly
"[An] amazing debut novel….Dazzling and complex….Fearlessly funny storytelling."-The Washington Post
"Instantly engaging….A timeless, if mind-bending, story about the journeys we take, ... Read more about All Our Wrong Todays
That means nothing to you, obviously, because you live here, in the crappy world we do have. But it never should’ve turned out like this. And it’s all my fault—well, me and to a lesser extent my fathe...
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What do readers say about The House in the Cerulean Sea?
a witty, charming fablea truly heartwarming fantasya delightloneliness, identity, familyA magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his da... Read more about The House in the Cerulean Sea
That was an understatement. He watched in rapt wonder as an eleven-year-old girl named Daisy levitated blocks of wood high above her head. The blocks spun in slow, concentric circles. Daisy frowned in...
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What do readers say about A Man Called Ove?
rule based thinkingsadness and humorquirky, heartfelt, and humourousgrief and lossMORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD
"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll feel new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life." -People
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon-the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his... Read more about A Man Called Ove
He drives a Saab. He’s the kind of man who points at people he doesn’t like the look of, as if they were burglars and his forefinger a policeman’s flashlight. He stands at the counter of a shop where ...
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What do readers say about The Midnight Library?
unique story plotentertaining and instructivecontemporary fiction novelvery simplistic and straightforwardThe New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year
"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."-The ... Read more about The Midnight Library
Mrs Elm made her first move. A knight hopping over the neat row of white pawns. ‘Of course, you’re going to be worried about the exams. But you could be anything you want to be, Nora. Think of all tha...
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What do readers say about The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet?
fun and well-writtena found family space operaa crew of a spaceshipit is totally character drivenNational Bestseller!
The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series!
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far re... Read more about The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Living in space was anything but quiet. Grounders never expected that. For anyone who had grown up planetside, it took some time to get used to the clicks and hums of a ship, the ever-present ambiance...
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