Being Human: How Our Biology Shaped World History
By: Lewis Dartnell
4.02
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Being Human is history made flesh. Our biology will change how you see the world. 'Illuminating'…
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1. The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
By: Dan Ariely
3.93
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality ret… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips."-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
"[..] we human beings are ready and willing to steal something that does not explicitly reference monetary value - that is, something that lacks the face of a dead president."-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
"By the time [people] finish entering all the data onto the form, it is too late. The cheating is done and over with, and no one will say, 'Oh, I need to sign this thing, let me go back and give hones…"-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
"Moreover, grandmothers of students who aren't doing so well in class are at even higher risk - students who are failing are fifty times more likely to lose a grandmother compared with non-failing stu…"-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
2. Done: The Secret Deals that are Changing Our World
By: Jacques Peretti
4.16
Format: 384 pages,
What if the way we understand our world is wrong? What if it isn't politicians and events that shap… read more
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3. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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4. 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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- nonfiction
- history
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"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
5. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
6. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. 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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- history
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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
8. The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
By: Steven Novella
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe," a high-tech roadma… read more
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- history
- science
9. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more
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- science
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
10. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.00
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Attila, just like every other nomadic conqueror, appreciated the skills of the clever craftsmen and engineers of rival sedentary, bureaucratic empires."-Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
11. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain
By: Julian T. Jackson
4.17
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more
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12. Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know
By: Greg Jenner
4.11
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino… read more
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- history
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13. Being Human: How Our Biology Shaped World History
By: Lewis Dartnell
4.02
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Being Human is history made flesh. Our biology will change how you see the world. 'Illuminating'… read more
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- history
- biography
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- popular science
- science
14. Bitch: On the Female of the Species
By: Lucy Cooke
4.45
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more
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- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- science
15. The Planets
By: Brian Cox
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile… read more
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16. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
By: Sarah Rees Brennan
3.96
Format: 435 pages, Paperback
A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more
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"Is my mother right?"-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
17. Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions
By: Rupal Patel
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
'A well-written treat' Professor David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics'An enjoyable … read more
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- history
18. The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin
By: Patrick Barkham
4.13
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of beloved author, Roger DeakinRoger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterl… read more
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- biography
19. The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murderers, Cults and Influencers
By: Andrew Gold
4.08
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
From the host of award-winning podcast On the Edge with Andrew Gold comes The Psychology of Secrets… read more
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20. After Eden: A Short History of the World
By: John Charles Chasteen
3.82
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
To solve the problems of the twenty-first century, historian John Charles Chasteen argues that we m… read more
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