The Time Bike
10 best books like The Time Bike (Jane Langton): Life Among the Savages, Charlotte Gray, Knights of the Kitchen Table, Books, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, The Science of Interstellar, Resistance, Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions, Practicing History: Selected Essays, The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story
| Author | Shirley Jackson |
| ISBN | 0140267670 |
Shirley Jackson, author of the classic short story The Lottery, was known for her terse, haunting prose. But the writer possessed another side, one which is delightfully exposed in this hilariously charming memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont. Fans of Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Cheaper...
| Author | Sebastian Faulks |
| ISBN | 0375704558 |
From the bestselling author of Birdsong comes Charlotte Gray, the remarkable story of a young Scottish woman who becomes caught up in the effort to liberate Occupied France from the Nazis while pursuing a perilous mission of her own.
In blacked-out, wartime London, Charlotte Gray develops...
| Author | Jon Scieszka |
| ISBN | 0142400432 |
Magician Uncle Joe's birthday present entitled "The Book" swirls green mist and grants pal Fred's wish to "see knights and all that stuff for real", sending Sir Joe the Magnificent, Sir Fred the Awesome, and Sir Sam the Unusual to King Arthur's castle opposing the Black Knight, grossly smelly giant...
| Author | Larry McMurtry |
| ISBN | 1416583343 |
This is another book that I wanted to love, but it disappointed me. It started off promising enough, with McMurtry waxing nostalgic about the books he read as a kid in the 1940s and 50s, but it quickly devolved into bland stories of name-dropping in the bookseller business and listing how many thousands...
| Author | Joanne Fluke |
| ISBN | 0758202954 |
With the eighth installment of the Hannah Swensen series, Cherry Cheesecake Murder delivers strong. I was very excited by the story, characters and forward motion in this book.
The introduction of Ross as a new suitor for Hannah could have gone the wrong direction, but Ross combines the great...
The Science of Interstellar
| Author | Kip S. Thorne |
| ISBN | 0393351378 |
A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne.
Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar...
| Author | Jennifer A. Nielsen |
Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference. Using forged...
Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions
| Author | Alberto Manguel |
| ISBN | 0300219334 |
A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries
In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France’s Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom...
Practicing History: Selected Essays
| Author | Barbara W. Tuchman |
| ISBN | 0345911016 |
I'm somewhat new to Tuchman, having read only The Guns of August and this 1981 compilation of essays and speeches ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s. By far the most interesting pieces are in the first section, "The Craft," where she discusses her habits of research and writing. Among her pointers:...
The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story
| Author | Mary Downing Hahn |
| ISBN | 1328850927 |
Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl imprisoned for more than a century, the terrifying events that put her there, and a friendship that crosses the boundary between past and present.
A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules's...
Hilda and the Great Parade
Meet Hilda: explorer, adventurer, avid sketchbook-keeper and friend to every creature in the valley! Hilda and her mum have settled into their new home in the city of Trolberg, and our heroine is trying to fit into this new and very different way of life. Though she's made a new friend, the city is vast...
| Author | Rosemary Kingston |
| ISBN | 0786197013 |
This wonderful collection incorporates the most timeless tales from the best sources of fairy tales: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Antoine Galland, translator of The Thousand and One Nights. They are sure to delight audiences of all ages. Tales in this collection...
A Little History of Science
| Author | William Bynum |
| ISBN | 0300136595 |
Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein...
Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (with a Little Help from My Dad)
| Author | Danielle Town |
| ISBN | 0062672657 |
New York Times bestseller!
A 12-Month Plan to Financial Freedom
"A terrifically informative and thoughtful book." - Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project and The Four Tendencies
In this essential handbook—a blend of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The...
Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend
| Author | Mark Collins Jenkins |
| ISBN | 1426206070 |
Mark Jenkins’s engrossing history draws on the latest science, anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From...
| Author | Kate Kingsbury |
| ISBN | 1683310098 |
Melanie West is getting her life back on track after a messy divorce when her grandmother, Liza Harris, asks her to open a B&B with her. Together, Liza and Melanie purchase a purportedly haunted mansion on the Oregon coast and jump right into clearing out the cobwebs. But while attempting to remove...
| Author | James Hayman |
| ISBN | 0062661337 |
From New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed McCabe and Savage series comes an electrifying new thriller of taut and twisted suspense.On a freezing December night, Hannah Reindel leaps to her death from an old railway bridge into the rushing waters of the river below. Yet the real cause of...
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
| Author | Adam J. Silverstein |
| ISBN | 0199545723 |
Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike. Opening with...
