At Home by Bill Bryson
“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.”
Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian …
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barffalo rated A Walk in the Woods: 3 stars
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Bill Bryson and Stephen Katz, #2)
The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America—majestic mountains, silent …
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
E-book extra: Neil Gaiman's "Writing and the Imagination."In the tranquil fields and meadows of long-ago England, there is a small …
barffalo rated The Passion: 5 stars
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
"Winterson is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides." — Vanity Fair First published …
barffalo rated A Short History of Nearly Everything: 4 stars
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas …
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)
One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure.
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks …
barffalo rated Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: 5 stars
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Staff
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development …
barffalo rated When we rise: 4 stars
When we rise by Cleve Jones
Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were …
barffalo rated Kitchen Confidential: 5 stars
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying …
barffalo rated The Phantom Tollbooth: 5 stars
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got …
barffalo rated The Year of Magical Thinking: 5 stars
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
"this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you …
barffalo rated When Things Fall Apart: 5 stars
barffalo rated Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow: 4 stars
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, #1-8)
Supergirl returns to DC’s comics this summer to headline her first new series in years: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, a …
barffalo rated Assassin's Quest: 4 stars
Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderlings, #3)
From an extraordinary new voice in fantasy comes the stunning conclusion to the Farseer trilogy, as FitzChivalry confronts his destiny …