Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
By: Theresa MacPhail
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cuttin…
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1. Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
By: Emily Monosson
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi―and how to avert further loss ac… read more
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2. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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3. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
4. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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5. Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices
By: Noah Whiteman
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—… read more
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6. Ten Birds That Changed the World
By: Stephen Moss
3.97
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them… read more
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7. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
By: Jeff Goodell
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more
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8. Muscle: The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement
By: Roy A. Meals
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining illustrated deep dive into muscle, from the discovery of human anatomy to the lates… read more
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9. Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
By: Theresa MacPhail
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cuttin… read more
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10. The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial
By: David Lipsky
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parr… read more
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11. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
By: Philip Plait
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more
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12. The Experience Machine
By: Andy Clark
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worldsFor as long as … read more
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13. The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls
By: Miriam Darlington
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One minute I was sipping my tea by the window. There was nothing but the palest edge of grey light … read more
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14. Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas
By: Karen Pinchin
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
**THE INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the… read more
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15. A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
By: Caroline Crampton
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definit… read more
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"If I have to inhabit a fragile meat vessel that could disintegrate at any moment, at least don't make me think about it all the time."-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
"I wonder if the hypochondriac him or herself is a metaphor, a condensed node of ideas about illness crushed together into one individual. I am pressed between these layers of meaning like a flower pr…"-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
"Fairy tales and folklore are full of this moment: a potion to be swallowed that will transform or destroy a life....When life is especially difficult or hard, the notion that just a single action cou…"-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
"Illness is a story we tell about ourselves. The narrative is the connective tissue that joins together the symptoms and perceptions and makes sense of them. It's how impenetrable concepts like death …"-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
16. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
By: Shefali Luthra
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more
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17. You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
By: Marcia A. Zug
3.75
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage,… read more
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"The social and cultural preference for marriage has obvious negative effects for single people, but it also harms the married. A desire to retain marriage's preferential status is on of the most cite…"-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
"As marriage became "proof" of black respectability, this induced many freedmen and women to marry, but it also encouraged the black community to exert pressure on those who resisted..."The colored pe…"-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
"Black men had fewer opportunities to become wealthy and were specifically encourages, often by the US government, to look to marriage, rather than wealth, as a source of social status. The government…"-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
18. A Brief History of the Female Body: An Evolutionary Look at How and Why the Female Form Came to Be
By: Deena Emera
4.08
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
From breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause― A Brief History of the Female Body… read more
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19. Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net
By: Jessica Calarco
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the cau… read more
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20. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
By: Ferris Jabr
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more
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21. Yellowstone: The Official Dutton Ranch Family Cookbook: Delicious Homestyle Recipes from Character and Real-Life Chef Gabriel "Gator" Guilbeau
By: Gabriel "Gator" Guilbeau
4.31
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Re-create recipes with The Official Dutton Ranch Family Cookbo… read more
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