Figuring
By: Maria Popova
4.34
Format: 578 pages, Hardcover
Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the i…
Want to Read $ 14.99"History is not what happened, but what survives the shipwrecks of judgment and chance."-Maria Popova, Figuring
"History is not what happened, but what survives the shipwrecks of judgment and chance."-Maria Popova, Figuring
"We can no more claim all credit for our achievement than deflect all blame for our impediments."-Maria Popova, Figuring
"We can no more claim all credit for our achievement than deflect all blame for our impediments."-Maria Popova, Figuring
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1. BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
By: Janna Levin
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious fe… read more
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- science
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"An idea sparked in the 1960s, a thought experiment, an amusing haiku, is now a thing of metal and glass."-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
"Joe’s scientific life is defined by these significant near misses… He was Shackleton many times, almost the first: almost the first to see the big bang, almost the first to patent the laser, almost t…"-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
"Somewhere in the universe two black holes collide — as heavy as stars, as small as cities, literally black (the complete absence of light) holes (empty hollows). Tethered by gravity, in their final s…"-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
"In the far future, which promises to be vastly longer than our past (like a googolplex of years to our future versus 13.8 billion years to our past), all of the stars in the universe will have run ou…"-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
2. Aurora Leigh
By: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
3.74
Format: 361 pages, Paperback
This verse-novel tells the story of a female writer, balancing work and love. It is and based on El… read more
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- poetry
- feminism
"Italy/Is one thing, England one."-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
"Good aims not always make good books."-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
"The world of books is still the world."-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
"Witch, scholar, poet, dreamer, and the rest..."-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
3. Where the Bird Sings Best
By: Alejandro Jodorowsky , Alfred J. MacAdam
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
There has never been an artist like the polymathic Chilean director, author, and mystic Alejandro J… read more
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4. Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads
By: Luke Sullivan
4.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this second edition of the irreverent, celebrated Hey Whipple, Squeeze This, master copywriter L… read more
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- nonfiction
5. In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
By: Catherynne M. Valente
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Book of Wonders for Grown-Up Readers Every once in a great while a book comes along that reminds … read more
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6. The Sea Around Us
By: Rachel Carson , Ann H. Zwinger
3.79
Format: 704 pages,
The Sea Around Usis one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural worl… read more
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7. The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation
By: Stephen W. Porges
2.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This book compiles, for the first time, Stephen W. Porges's decades of research. A leading expert i… read more
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8. The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
By: Jane Hirshfield , Izumi Shikibu , Mariko Aratani , Ono no Komachi
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
These translated poems were written by two ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and… read more
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9. Memoirs of a Beatnik
By: Diane di Prima
4.43
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
Long regarded as an underground classic for its gritty and unabashedly erotic portrayal of the Beat… read more
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10. Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
By: Noah Strycker
4.00
Format: 131 pages, Hardcover
Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first pe… read more
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11. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
12. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
By: Shrayana Bhattacharya
4.29
Format: 384 pages, None
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
13. Modern Poetry: Poems
By: Diane Seuss
4.53
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Diane Seuss’s signature voice―audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its … read more
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- poetry
14. Figuring
By: Maria Popova
4.34
Format: 578 pages, Hardcover
Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the i… read more
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- audiobook
- poetry
- biography
- history
- lgbt
- feminism
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- science
"History is not what happened, but what survives the shipwrecks of judgment and chance."-Maria Popova, Figuring
"We can no more claim all credit for our achievement than deflect all blame for our impediments."-Maria Popova, Figuring
"Nobody knows what goes on between two hearts including, more often than not, the people in whose chests they beat."-Maria Popova, Figuring
"Life is infinitely more interesting when considered for the questions it raises rather than for the answers it bestows."-Maria Popova, Figuring
15. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
By: Katie Holten
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Inspiring. . . . insights that are scientific, intimate and surprising. . . . … read more
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- science
16. Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir
By: Ai Weiwei
3.74
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
17. Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships
By: Jessica Fern
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring cons… read more
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- lgbt
18. The Skin and Its Girl
By: Sarah Cypher
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping… read more
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- lgbt
"But I tell you, I recognize myself by death's mark, and for a time I imagined almost every day that it were different, that I could be anything other than impossibly blue."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"But what was death to me, when it was my first act in life? Death looked like the house of the body opening, returning to a wider place: that place of confusion and strange beauty."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"I had the first inkling that some kinds of splendor were invisible to others. Were not wrong. And the solitude of this knowledge was wide and comfortable, a sort of imaginary palace."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"Do you know what it's like to be bewitched? Your mind bends. Your entire life shrinks to the size of a small room. The imagination is a fever. You can't stand it. Nobody can stand it-that's the point…"-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
19. Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space
By: Kevin Peter Hand
4.14
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
20. A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
By: B.J. Miller
4.30
Format: 576 pages, Audiobook
“A gentle, knowledgeable guide to a fate we all share” (The Washington Post): the first and only al… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
21. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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- audiobook
