12 must-read space books like Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space by Martin Elvis

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Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space

By: Martin Elvis

4.13

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A unique, wide-ranging examination of asteroid exploration and our future in space   Human travel i…

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1. Skotten i köpenhamn : Ett reportage om Lars Vilks, extremism och yttrandefrihetens gränser

By: Niklas Orrenius

3.90

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Strzaly w Kopenhadze read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. Secrets in the Cellar

By: John Glatt

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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  • space
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

4. Memories of Ice (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)

By: Steven Erikson

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The ravaged continent of Genabackis is a terrifying new empire, the Pannion Domin, that devours all… read more

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5. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

By: Peter Godfrey-Smith

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more

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6. Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach

By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

4.44

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza dr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. Pienen hauen pyydystys

By: Juhani Karila

4.35

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Elina Ylijaako palaa kotiseudulleen Itä-Lappiin saattamaan loppuun sen, mikä on pantu alulle vuosia… read more

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"- Tiiäkkö sinä että sulla on peijooni takapenkillä. - Tiedän. - Ei sitte mittään."

-Juhani Karila, Pienen hauen pyydystys

"Néha úgy tűnik nekem, hogy a világ nem süllyed bele a tengerbe, nem is sivatagosodik el, csak egyszerűen elmocsarasodik. A mezőket elnyelik a mocsarak. Az útjelzőket, a körforgalmakat, a felhőkarcoló…"

-Juhani Karila, Pienen hauen pyydystys

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8. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

By: Kelly Weinersmith

4.06

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

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9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • science
"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

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10. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Everything we now know about the universe-from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxi… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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12. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

By: Susan Casey

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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13. Wszyscy tak jeżdżą

By: Bartosz Józefiak

4.20

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Samochód to wolność. Za pomocą samochodu pokazujemy, na co nas stać. Polacy od lat przodują w liczb… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • space
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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15. Co pożera wszechświat? I inne zagadki kosmosu

By: Paul C.W. Davies

4.02

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Czy przestrzeń ma prędkość, a czas - kształt? Czy możliwa jest podróż w czasie i powstawanie czegoś… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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16. Ogród

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.42

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Pajęcze lilie, gekon przyklejony do szyby, mąż na rodzinnym spacerze w zoo, piskorze w nieczynnej s… read more

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17. Squid Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods

By: Danna Staaf

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before there were mammals on land, there were dinosaurs. And before there were fish in the sea, the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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18. Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space

By: Martin Elvis

4.13

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A unique, wide-ranging examination of asteroid exploration and our future in space   Human travel i… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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19. When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach

By: Ashlee Vance

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A momentous look at the private companies building a revolu… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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20. How to Die in Space

By: Paul M. Sutter

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

So you've fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, huh? You want to witne… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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21. AI Ethics

By: Mark Coeckelbergh

3.69

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

An accessible synthesis of ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence that moves beyond hype … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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22. The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

By: Emily M. Levesque

4.14

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

The story of the people who see beyond the stars Humans from the earliest civilizations were spe… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
"Why do we study the universe? Why do we look at the sky and ask questions, build telescopes, travel to the very limits of our planet to answer them? Why do we stargaze? We don't know exactly why, but…"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

"In a community that so deeply values the planet we're on, the summits we visit, and the human curiosity we bring to the skies, I have to hope we can find a way to respect and share our own humanity, …"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

"An astoundingly perfect black void sat where the sun had been, surrounded by a jagged white nimbus of light that nearly brought me to tears. This was the solar corona, the hot outer edges of the sun'…"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

"Dinner on Kitt Peak wrapped up in time for everyone to head outside and watch the sunset together before scattering to the telescope, a time-honored tradition of astronomers everywhere. If asked, we …"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

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23. 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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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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24. Wyobraź to sobie! Psychologiczna opowieść o bujaniu w obłokach

By: Łukasz Jach

2.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Z tej książki dowiesz się: • Jak wielu ludzi snuje fantazje o morderstwach? • Do czego dzieciom… read more

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25. The Planets

By: Andrew Cohen

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listin… read more

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  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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26. The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts

By: Russell A. Poldrack

3.90

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

A revealing insider’s account of the power―and limitations―of functional MRI The ability to read m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond by Christopher Wanjek

27. Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond

By: Christopher Wanjek

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Telegraph Best Book of the Year A wry and compelling take on the who, how, and why of near-futur… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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28. Wyobrażone życie. Wyprawa na egzoplanety w poszukiwaniu inteligentnych istot pozaziemskich, stworzeń lodu i zwierząt supergrawitacyjnych

By: James Trefil

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fascynująca naukowa opowieść o możliwych formach życia pozaziemskiego na egzoplanetach. Czy zast… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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29. Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: Mass Murderers and Spree Killers

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

2.75

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

A natural subject for the UK's bestselling true-crime author: a study of people who randomly kill l… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice

By: Gillen D'Arcy Wood

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to … read more

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  • science

24 best-selling nonfiction books like Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space by Martin Elvis

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Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach

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