The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
By: Vince Beiser
4.05
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial r…
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1. Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
By: David Owen
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado … read more
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- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
2. The Wheel on the School
By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,… read more
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"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
3. The Obituary (Jefferson Morgan Mysteries Book 2)
By: Ron Franscell
3.68
Format: None pages,
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4. Leonardo and the Last Supper
By: Ross King
3.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history's most inf… read more
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5. Persona Non Grata (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3)
By: Ruth Downie
3.92
Format: 358 pages,
The third novel in the acclaimed Gaius Petreius Ruso series by the New York Times bestselling Ruth … read more
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6. The Deadline
By: Ron Franscell
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Neeley Gilmartin, imprisoned in 1948 for the murder of a little girl, is let out of prison in 1996 … read more
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7. Henry David Thoreau: A Life
By: None
3.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and th… read more
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8. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- economics
- environment
- business
- technology
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
9. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
10. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
11. 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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- nature
- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
12. Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity
By: Amy Brady
3.91
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
The unexpected and unexplored ways that ice has transformed a nation--from the foods Americans eat,… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- environment
- nonfiction
- microhistory
- business
- science
13. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
14. Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
By: Alexandra Lange
3.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- microhistory
- business
- audiobook
"These early successes were a boon to developers, who could now confidently double their shopping area and add the final technological breakthrough that made a mall a mall: air-conditioning."-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
"People often tell me that they get lost in malls. Malls are a habitat. Some of us are natives. If you grew up hiking, you know to look for blazes. If you grew up with malls, you know to look for the …"-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
15. The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
By: Vince Beiser
4.05
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial r… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- science
- history
- environment
- nonfiction
- economics
- microhistory
- business
- technology
16. These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
By: Gretchen Morgenson
3.70
Format: 400 pages, ebook
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling financial jour… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- economics
- business
- audiobook
17. The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans
By: Laura Trethewey
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—and… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
18. City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways
By: Megan Kimble
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening investigation into how our ever-expanding urban highways accelerated inequality and … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
By: Ernest Scheyder
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed Reuters reporter Ernest Scheyder reveals the trillion-dollar battle for the resources to … read more
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- audiobook
- science
- nonfiction
- economics
- environment
- business
- technology
20. Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
By: Linda Geddes
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Our biology is set up to work in partnership with the sun. Little wonder then that humans have long… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"Today, two thirds of Europeans and 80 percent of Americans are unable to see the Milky Way from their homes."-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
"In the 140 years since Edison's invention, electric lighting has spread far and wide, transforming the way we live our lives. And it continues to grow every brighter: a recent study of satellite imag…"-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
"When overweight and obese women were put on a weight-loss diet for three months, those who consumed most of their calories at breakfast lost two and a half times more weight than those who had a ligh…"-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
"Being out in the sun, we are starting to understand, can lower blood pressure, calm our immune system and even alter our mood. Even without such knowledge, most of us are instinctively drawn to sunli…"-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
21. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
