The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
By: Amanda Little
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution, an environmental journalist and profes…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Most of us generate more planet-warming emissions from eating than we do from driving or flying. Food production now accounts for about a fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions annually, which means agriculture contributes more than any other sector, including energy and transportation to climate change"-Amanda Little, The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
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1. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
By: David Fromkin
4.21
Format: 635 pages, Paperback
The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Reginald Wingate… wrote that “Moslems in general have hitherto regarded the Hejaz revolt, and our share in it, with suspicion or dislike"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Clayton and his colleagues believed French colonial administration to be incapable of allowing a country to retain its own character. What the French termed their “civilizing mission"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"[T]he sheer magnitude of Britain’s commitment and loss at Gallipoli made it seem vital years later that she should play a major role in the postwar Middle East to give some sort of meaning to so grea…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Fear of Russian expansionism was at the heart of the Porte’s policy. The Turkish ambassador told Deedes that if the Allies won the war, they would cause or allow the Ottoman Empire to be partitioned,…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
2. All's Faire in Middle School
By: Victoria Jamieson
3.90
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
The author of Roller Girlis back with a graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your … read more
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3. The World Without Us
By: Alan Weisman
4.09
Format: 296 pages,
A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers… read more
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- nature
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
4. Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
By: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
"Rest is such a valuable book. If work is our national religion, Pang is the philosopher reintegrat… read more
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- nonfiction
- health
5. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
By: Ryan Holiday
0.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow … read more
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6. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
By: Nina Teicholz
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that every… read more
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7. The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
By: Thor Hanson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2016 PNBA Book Award A finalist for the 2016 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in… read more
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8. A Burst of Light
By: Audre Lorde
3.96
Format: None pages, Paperback
Black freedom fighter's strength and signifying words. Essays. 1989 Before Columbus Foundation Amer… read more
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9. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
10. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
11. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
By: Michael Pollan
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee coll… read more
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- nature
- science
- food
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
"Memory is the enemy of wonder"-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"For great many species today, “fitness"-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory."-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins."-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
12. Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
By: Thor Hanson
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
- Треть нашего рациона состоит из «пчелозависимых» продуктов.- Гималайские виды шмелей способны лет… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
"In the past, people around the world heard the buzzing of bees as voices of the departed, a murmured conveyance from the spirit world. This belief traces back to the cultures of Egypt and Greece, amo…"-Thor Hanson, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
13. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
14. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
By: Jocko Willink
4.38
Format: 320 pages, ebook
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Owner… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
By: Annie Murphy Paul
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. The Dawn of Language: Axes, Lies, Midwifery and How We Came to Talk
By: Sverker Johansson
3.95
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistic… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"I discovered something that was more exciting than physics: language."-Sverker Johansson, The Dawn of Language: Axes, Lies, Midwifery and How We Came to Talk
"It is possible, in principle, that language suddenly appeared fully formed during human evolution without any gradual or intermediate forms. That notion, a linguistic Big Bang, has been championed by…"-Sverker Johansson, The Dawn of Language: Axes, Lies, Midwifery and How We Came to Talk
17. The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
By: Maria Konnikova
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Notable Book “The tale of how Konnikova followed … read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. A House Between Earth and the Moon
By: Rebecca Scherm
3.45
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left b… read more
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- climate change
- audiobook
19. How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free
By: Alexandra Elle
4.24
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
Beloved wellness author and teacher Alexandra Elle shares this practical and empowering guide to se… read more
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- health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer
By: Charles Graeber
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Nurse comes an empowering and accessible sto… read more
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- science
- health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change
By: Bee Wilson
4.06
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
An award-winning food writer takes us on a global tour of what the world eats - and shows us how we… read more
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- audiobook
- health
- food
- nonfiction
- science
"But in most places, the new global diet has involved a narrowing down of what people eat. Our world contains around seven thousand edible crops, yet 95 per cent of what we eat comes from just thirty …"-Bee Wilson, The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change
"Then I realised the very question I was asking was wrong. The whole point is that in the 1960s, there was no such thing as an average eater across most countries, just lots of specific and wildly div…"-Bee Wilson, The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change
"A survey of more than three hundred international policymakers found that 90 per cent of them still believed that personal motivation – aka willpower – was a very strong cause of obesity.6 This is ab…"-Bee Wilson, The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change
"It is only now that we can, following Khoury, speak of a Global Standard Eater, because it is only now that humans have come to eat in such startlingly similar ways. Perhaps the biggest change is in …"-Bee Wilson, The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change
22. Heart: A History
By: Sandeep Jauhar
4.07
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
The heart lies at the centre of every facet of our existence. It’s so bound up with our deepest fee… read more
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- science
- health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"For even if the heart is not the seat of the emotions, it is highly responsive to them."-Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: A History
"Continuous blood flow is antithetical to the way that humans, pulsatile beings, evolved. Though continuous flow can keep us alive, it alters ours physiology in idiosyncratic and unpredictable ways."-Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: A History
"In many ways, the heart does resemble a house. It is divided into multiple chambers, separated by doors. The walls have a characteristic texture. The house is old, designed over many millennia. Hidde…"-Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: A History
"Traditional" Japanese immigrants had coronary disease rates in line with their homeland counterparts. "Westernised" immigrants had a prevalence that was at least 3 times higher. "Retention of Japanes…"-Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: A History
23. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
By: Raj Patel
3.84
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and these are the seven things that have made our world a… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
"If Capitalism is a disease, then it's one that eats your flesh - and then profits from selling your bones for fertilizer, and then invests that profit to reap the cane harvest, and then sells that ha…"-Raj Patel, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
"If Capitalism is a disease, then it's one that eats your flesh -- and then profits from selling your bones for fertilizer, and then invests that profit to reap the cane harvest, and then sells that h…"-Raj Patel, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
"What happens next is unpredictable at one level and entirely predictable at another. Regardless of what humans decide to do, the twenty-first century will be a time of "abrupt and irreversible" chang…"-Raj Patel, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
"The frontier works only through connection, fixing its failures by siphoning life from elsewhere. A frontier is a site where crises encourage new strategies for profit. Frontiers are frontiers becaus…"-Raj Patel, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
24. The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
By: Amanda Little
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution, an environmental journalist and profes… read more
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- science
- health
- politics
- sustainability
- nonfiction
- food
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
"Most of us generate more planet-warming emissions from eating than we do from driving or flying. Food production now accounts for about a fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions annually, which means…"-Amanda Little, The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
25. Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World
By: Paul Shapiro
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Paul Shapiro gives you a “captivating” (John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market) front-row se… read more
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- science
- health
- sustainability
- nonfiction
- food
- environment
- audiobook
26. Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
By: Scott Harrison
4.45
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us a… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
27. The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations
By: David Pilling
4.07
Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition
A provocative critique of the pieties and fallacies of our obsession with economic growth We live i… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
28. Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
By: Dimitris Xygalatas
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A pioneering anthropologist takes readers on a journey through the rich tapestry of human ritual—s… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Costly rituals help communities grow stronger, and this can have major implications for their long-term survival and prosperity."-Dimitris Xygalatas, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
"Ceremony is a primordial part of human nature, one that helps us connect, find meaning and discover who we are: we are the ritual species."-Dimitris Xygalatas, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
"We spontaneously engage in ritualized behaviors when we face stressful and uncertain situations, and we intuitively expect those ritualized actions to have an effect."-Dimitris Xygalatas, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
"The logic behind these initiations provides an efficient solution to a pressing cooperation dilemma: in order for a group to survive, it must rely on the loyalty of its members."-Dimitris Xygalatas, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
29. Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
4.50
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
Before she was an NYT bestselling author, adrienne was known for her work as a facilitator, mediato… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
30. Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
By: Aomawa Shields
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
31. Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business
By: Julie Battilana
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Discover how to gain (and keep) power in any situation with this “remarkably insightful read on wha… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
