Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance
By: Elise Vernon Pearlstine
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating exploration of the natural history of scent and human perceptions of fragrance from t…
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1. Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
By: Sam Kean
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
- science
"Don’t damn people to hell, damn them to Venus."-Sam Kean, Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
2. The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
By: Mark Schatzker
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
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4. The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession
By: Chandler Burr
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Emperor of Scenttells of the scientific maverick Luca Turin, a connoisseur and something of an … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
5. The Perfume Collector
By: Kathleen Tessaro
4.40
Format: None pages,
A remarkable novel about secrets, desire, memory, passion, and possibility. Newlywed Grace Monroe d… read more
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6. In a Sunburned Country
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
By: Novella Carpenter
3.47
Format: None pages,
"One of New York Times Top 10 Books of 2009" (Dwight Garner) "Captivating... By turns edgy, moving,… read more
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- nonfiction
8. Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness
By: Suzy Favor Hamilton , Sarah Tomlinson
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about h… read more
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- nonfiction
9. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
By: Slavomir Rawicz
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia th… read more
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10. Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume
By: None
3.69
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Let Scent and Subversiontake you for a whiff on the wild side of 20th century perfume. Perfume has … read more
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11. Perfumes: The Guide
By: Luca Turin , Tania Sanchez
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez… read more
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12. The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
By: Amy Stewart
3.44
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley.… read more
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13. Journey to Ixtlan
By: Carlos Castaneda
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
In Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time a… read more
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14. I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist
By: Rebecca Paley , Betty Halbreich
4.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Eighty-six-year-old Betty Halbreich is a true original. A tough broad who could have stepped straig… read more
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15. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
By: Scott Jurek
4.22
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
16. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
- science
17. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
By: Glynnis MacNicol
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more
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- nonfiction
18. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
19. Evermore (Everless, #2)
By: Sara Holland
3.53
Format: 368 pages, ebook
The highly anticipated sequel to New York Times bestseller, Everless! Jules Ember was raised he… read more
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"But that doesn't mean the past has to repeat itself. We have to believe that we can change the future. Otherwise, what's the point of anything?"-Sara Holland, Evermore (Everless, #2)
20. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
By: Sy Montgomery
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgome… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
21. Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
By: Victoria Finlay
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth –how we make it, use it an… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
22. 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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- history
- nature
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23. Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance
By: Elise Vernon Pearlstine
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating exploration of the natural history of scent and human perceptions of fragrance from t… read more
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- history
- natural history
- nonfiction
- microhistory
- nature
- science
24. In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents
By: Dominique Roques
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
In this intoxicating concoction of history, travelogue, and memoir, one of the perfume industry's l… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
- science
"El perfume nos tranquiliza primero hablándonos de nosotros y después nos cautiva hablándonos de él mismo."-Dominique Roques, In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents
25. Infused: Adventures In Tea
By: Henrietta Lovell
4.08
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
Henrietta Lovell is best known as "The Rare Tea Lady". She is on a mission to revolutionize the way… read more
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- history
26. Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
By: Emily H. Wilson
4.06
Format: 474 pages, Paperback
The fates of a young goddess, a warrior, and a mortal soldier collide in this enthralling and lyric… read more
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"No one at all sees Death, No one at all sees the face of Death, No one at all hears the voice of Death, Death so savage, who hacks men down."-Emily H. Wilson, Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
27. Twilight Territory
By: Andrew X. Pham
3.64
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping first novel of love, war, and resistance in post–World War II Japanese-occupied Vietnam,… read more
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28. Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life
By: Theresa Levitt
3.84
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A story of alchemy in Bohemian Paris, where two scientific outcasts discovered a fundamental distin… read more
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- history
- science
29. Revelations in Air: A Guidebook to Smell
By: Jude Stewart
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, strange, and startlingly beautiful exploration of smell, the least understood of … read more
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- science
30. The Museum of Scent: Exploring the Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance
By: Mandy Aftel
4.36
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Breathe in the natural and cultural history of scent with this richly illustrated book inspired by … read more
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31. The Essence - Discovering the World of Scent, Perfume & Fragrance
By: Gestalten
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Scents are linked to our most cherished memories. A fleeting smell in the street-a person's perfume… read more
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