Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
By: Sarah Parcak
3.72
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of Archaeological Institute of America's Felicia A. Holton Book Award • Winner of the Phi Be…
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1. Jerusalem: The Biography
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.07
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from Kin… read more
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"Necessity is very often the mother of romance."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"Names were changed, traditions muddled, but all that matters in Jerusalem is what is believed to be true."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"In 312, Manichaeanism and Mithraism were no less popular than Christianity. Constantine could just as easily have chosen one of these - and Europe might today be Mithraistic or Manichaean."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"What the fanatical Jewish conservatives regarded as heathen pollution, cosmopolitans saw as civilization. This was the start of a new pattern in Jerusalem: the more sacred she became, the more divide…"-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
2. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
By: Mary Roach
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh … read more
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- space
- science
3. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
By: None
4.34
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyn's attempt to compile a literary-historical record of the vast… read more
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4. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (VALIS Trilogy, #3)
By: Philip K. Dick
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, the final novel in the trilogy that also includes Valisand Th… read more
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5. A Maze of Death
By: Philip K. Dick
3.66
Format: 162 pages,
Delmak-O is a dangerous planet. Though there are only fourteen citizens, no one can trust anyone el… read more
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6. number9dream
By: David Mitchell
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
David Mitchell follows his eerily precocious, globe-striding first novel, Ghostwritten, with a work… read more
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7. Of Books and Bagpipes (Scottish Bookshop Mystery, #2)
By: Paige Shelton
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Hardcover
Delaney Nichols has settled so comfortably into her new life in Edinburgh that she truly feels it's… read more
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8. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
By: Maria Konnikova
3.94
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Hol… read more
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9. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
By: Lynne Olson
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against the international ca… read more
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- nonfiction
- archaeology
- audiobook
"He demonstrated a feminism very unusual for his time by encouraging her in all her undertakings and helping her overcome the obstacles that arose with her projects,"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"Above all, she talked about the great debt she owned her parents for encouraging her to do what she wanted and for providing her with unstinting support, not to mention stellar education, that enable…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"My parents were humanists,“ Desroches later told an interviewer. “They taught me humanist values such as respect for one another, for your neighbors, for people in general, respect for civilizations.…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
10. Murder, She Knit (A Knit & Nibble Mystery, #1)
By: Peggy Ehrhart
3.76
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
Since her only daughter left for college, widow Pamela Paterson has kept busy as associate editor o… read more
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11. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- audiobook
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
12. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
By: Bianca Bosker
4.16
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
- audiobook
"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
13. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
By: Annalee Newitz
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why … read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- nonfiction
- archaeology
- anthropology
"Often it is in the most squalid and filthiest of places that we can uncover profound truths about a society that considers itself civilized."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"There was no giant sign proclaiming the end of life as they'd known it; instead, there was a mounting pile of annoyances and disappointments."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"City leaders pour resources into beautiful spectacles for political reasons, rather than providing good roads, functioning sewers, relatively safe marketplaces, and other basic amenities of urban lif…"-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
14. 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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- history
- nonfiction
- space
- science
15. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
By: Salman Khan
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more
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- audiobook
16. Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
By: H.W. Brands
4.24
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the Am… read more
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- audiobook
17. How to Find a Princess (Runaway Royals, #2)
By: Alyssa Cole
3.51
Format: 367 pages, Mass Market Paperback
New York Times and USA Today bestseller Alyssa Cole’s second Runaway Royals novel is a queer Anasta… read more
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18. Mazebook
By: Jeff Lemire
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a myster… read more
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19. Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
By: Eric Barker
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
AN INSTANT USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER From the author of the Wall Street Journal … read more
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- audiobook
"To Aristotle, friends “are disposed toward each other as they are disposed to themselves: a friend is another self."-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
"Edith Wharton in the 1800s? “There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not as a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one’s self."-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
"Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman found that when you survey people in the moment, their happiness levels are highest while with friends... To be fair, research by Beverley Fair shows that we're the…"-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
"Without institutional obligations, the upkeep of friendships require must be very deliberate... However, the weakness of friendship is also the source of its immeasurable strength. Why do true friend…"-Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
20. Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
By: Jacob Mchangama
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Audiobook
A global history of free speech, from the ancient world to today Hailed as the “first freedom,” fr… read more
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- history
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"Lost in the incessant focus on the darker sides of free speech—real, perceived, and exaggerated—are the profound benefits of free and open discourse, from the toppling of absolutist rulers to the cro…"-Jacob Mchangama, Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
21. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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- audiobook
22. Like, Comment, Subscribe: How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
By: Mark Bergen
3.74
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, deeply reported account of YouTube, the company that upended media, culture, indust… read more
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- audiobook
23. The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors
By: Maurice Isserman
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line … read more
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24. The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
By: James Romm
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” ( Booklist ) deep dive into the last deca… read more
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- history
25. Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943
By: Max Hastings
4.15
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF’s 6… read more
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26. 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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- history
- nonfiction
- space
- science
27. The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
By: Tore Skeie
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English reframes the st… read more
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- history
- audiobook
28. Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
By: Sarah Parcak
3.72
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of Archaeological Institute of America's Felicia A. Holton Book Award • Winner of the Phi Be… read more
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- history
- memoir
- travel
- egypt
- anthropology
- nonfiction
- space
- archaeology
- audiobook
29. If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
By: Justin Gregg
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“A dazzling, delightful read on what animal cognition can teach us about our own mental shortcoming… read more
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- history
- science
- audiobook
30. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
By: Ray Kurzweil
3.93
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more
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