The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
By: Adam Kucharski
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From ideas and infections to financial crises and "fake news," why the science of outbreaks is the …
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1. Touch
By: Claire North
3.82
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
Kepler had never meant to die this way — viciously beaten to death by a stinking vagrant in a dark … read more
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"Have you ever or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage, or in terrorist activities, or genocide? I think we can put a big yes down for all of the above."-Claire North, Touch
"Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage, or in terrorist activities, or in genocide? I think we can put a big yes down for all of the above."-Claire North, Touch
"You say 'love' too easily, Kepler." "No, not rally - please don't call me that. The idea that love has to be a blazing romantic thing of monogamous stability is innately ludicrous. You loved your par…"-Claire North, Touch
2. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
By: David Quammen
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
"Science writing as detective story at its best." --Jennifer Ouellette, Scientific American A New Y… read more
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3. The Dragon Waiting
By: John M. Ford
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
alt cover for ISBN 9780575073784 The Wars of the Roses have put Edward IV on the throne of England,… read more
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4. The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
By: Joseph Henrich
3.91
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, ofte… read more
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5. The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
By: Sonia Shah
3.46
Format: 103 pages,
In recent years, malaria has emerged as a cause celebre for voguish philanthropists. Bill Gates, Bo… read more
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6. The Last Season
By: Eric Blehm
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
To pick up The Last Seasonis to lose oneself in a mesmerizing story about a place few could survive… read more
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7. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
By: Leonard Mlodinow
3.48
Format: None pages,
In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us … read more
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8. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
By: Bernard DeVoto , Wallace Stegner
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
John Wesley Powell fought in the Civil War and it cost him an arm. But it didn't stop him from expl… read more
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9. The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
By: Steven W. Thrasher
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful an… read more
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10. How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
By: Tim Harford
4.12
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
When was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whet… read more
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11. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
12. 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
13. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
By: Dan Ariely
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and profession… read more
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"A higher level of income inequality in our community can fray our sense of social trust."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"How can science - which is slow and methodical, providing only an occasional breakthrough - compete with creative minds unfettered by facts?"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"Would you enthusiastically recommend that a friend purchase something you'd never tested yourself? Probably not. But you may be unwittingly doing this with information every day."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels…"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
14. Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers
By: Emma Smith
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside the rosy nostalgic glow for child… read more
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15. The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
By: Adam Kucharski
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From ideas and infections to financial crises and "fake news," why the science of outbreaks is the … read more
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16. Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.11
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
A chilling account of more than half a century of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the “defin… read more
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17. A Woman of Firsts: The Midwife Who Built a Hospital and Changed the World
By: Edna Adan Ismail
4.56
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastatin… read more
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18. The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks
By: Ben Cohen
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at… read more
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19. The People Vs Tech: How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It)
By: Jamie Bartlett
3.91
Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition
The internet was meant to set us free.Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But hav… read more
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20. Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
By: Zoe Chance
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Rediscover the superpower that makes good things happen, from the professor behind Yale School of M… read more
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"As you release your fear of hearing no, you gain the freedom to ask for things. Pg 58"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
"No matter how often I see it happens, I'm still surprised by the lengths to which strangers will go to be helpful just to because they are asked Pg 59"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
"Framing is how spellcasting works in the real world. Just by describing something or giving it a name, you called it into being. Well chosen frame can determine what’s relevant, what’s important, or …"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
"Framing is magical stuff. It determines people’s experiences and even shapes how they think. An effective frame can be so sticky that it becomes hard to see things from a different perspective. Once …"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
21. Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes
By: Clive Oppenheimer
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind. … read more
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