The Wizard and the Prophet
By: Charles C. Mann
4.23
Format: 640 pages, Audio CD
From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493--an incisive portrait of the two littl…
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1. The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
By: Thomas Hager
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions … read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- technology
"I would call that field of play--the place in which humans test their natural limits and often break them--science."-Thomas Hager, The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
2. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
By: Naomi Oreskes , Erik M. Conway
4.17
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, en… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- sustainability
- nonfiction
- economics
- environment
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"An all purpose expert is an oxymoron"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"The industry had realized you could create the impression of controversy simply by asking questions"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"After the Cold War, most scientists were relieved to be freed of the burdens of secrecy and misrepresentation, but Seitz, Singer, and Nierenberg continued to act as if the Cold War had not ended."-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"...and that greater use of pesticides was the key to wiping out world hunger (although most social scientist disagree, pointing out that there is plenty of food in the world; the problem we face is o…"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
3. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
By: James Gleick
4.03
Format: 527 pages, Hardcover
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonis… read more
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- science
- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"At the end of 2006, people concerned with the “Cat"-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
"Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too."-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
"Before Newton the English word gravity denoted a mood—seriousness, solemnity…."-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
"Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace."-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
4. The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World
By: Oliver Morton
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The risks of global warming are pressing and potentially vast. The difficulty of doing without foss… read more
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5. Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
By: Emily Monosson
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi―and how to avert further loss ac… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
6. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
By: Benjamin E. Park
4.21
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
7. 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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"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
8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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- science
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
9. 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
- history
- technology
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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?
10. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
By: Rebecca Boyle
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
11. Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
By: Jefferson R. Cowie
4.50
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppres… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"His body "was the corporeal archive of his pugnacious soul. The bullet [from a duel] caused him 'violent pain' on a regular basis, with bouts of blood gurgling into his mouth as well as probable pois…"-Jefferson R. Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
12. The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
By: Simon Winchester
4.14
Format: 416 pages, ebook
The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industr… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- technology
"From a book talk in Palo Alto for "The Perfectionists"; He pulled out his new iphone and told us that its Apple-designed chipset has 8 billion[!] transistors, and that someone at Intel told him that …"-Simon Winchester, The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
13. Hoe migratie echt werkt
By: Hein de Haas
4.43
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more
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14. Empire of Ants: The Hidden World and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors
By: Susanne Foitzik
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Beneath our feet, a fascinating drama unfolds: Ants are waging war and staging rebellions, growing … read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
15. The Wizard and the Prophet
By: Charles C. Mann
4.23
Format: 640 pages, Audio CD
From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493--an incisive portrait of the two littl… read more
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- economics
- environment
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- technology
16. The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change
By: Geoff Dembicki
4.06
Format: None pages, ebook
Burning fossil fuels will cause catastrophic global warming: this is what top American oil executiv… read more
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- history
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- environment
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17. Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
By: Eric A. Posner
3.97
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to bring about fairness and prosperity for all Many bl… read more
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- economics
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- technology
"Most people live in urban settings and interact with others over telecommunications networks, implying their well-being is closely tied to and influenced by others around them. In such large-scale, c…"-Eric A. Posner, Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
18. Mount Chicago
By: Adam Levin
3.89
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the absur… read more
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19. The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
By: John Tresch
3.75
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Finalist for the 2022 Edgar AwardAn innovative biog… read more
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- audiobook
20. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
By: Nicola Twilley
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific my… read more
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21. Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
By: Austin Frerick
4.20
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyo… read more
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