25 must-read nonfiction books like How the Earth Works by Michael E. Wysession

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How the Earth Works

By: Michael E. Wysession

4.24

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you…

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1. The Foundations of Western Civilization

By: Thomas F.X. Noble

4.16

Format: 44 pages, Audio CD

Forty-eight thirty minute lectures explore the essential contours of the human experience in what h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. Critical Business Skills for Success

By: None , None , None , None , None , Thomas J. Goldsby

4.09

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Everyone wants to know: What does it take to reach success in business--the kind of success that la… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

By: Shashi Tharoor

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Redefining Reality:The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science by Steven Gimbel

4. Redefining Reality:The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

By: Steven Gimbel

3.66

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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5. The Dead Sea Scrolls

By: Gary A. Rendsburg

4.06

Format: None pages,

The discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls in the caves of Qumran could be considered the most remarkabl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. Biology: The Science of Life

By: None

3.90

Format: 205 pages,

Six part series taught by Professor Stephen Nowicki of Duke University. Each part contains six audi… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook

7. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

By: Jason Schreier

4.75

Format: None pages,

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8. World War I: The "Great War"

By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

4.23

Format: None pages, Unbound

18 CDs Running Time: 18hrs 45min read more

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9. The Story of Human Language

By: None

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Audiobook

"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more

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10. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

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11. 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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  • geography
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"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

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12. The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

By: Brian Christian

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Curiosity bred competence."

-Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

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13. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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14. Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet

By: John McWhorter

3.99

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The ubiquity of the written word in our everyday lives can make it easy to forget how recent the de… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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15. The World of Byzantium

By: Kenneth W. Harl

4.05

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Byzantium is too-often considered merely the "Eastern rump" of the old Roman Empire, a curious and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships by Michael S. Sorensen

16. I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships

By: Michael S. Sorensen

4.17

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

+ 2018 IPA Book Award Winner+ 2018 Readers' Favorite Award WinnerWhat if making one tweak to your d… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Language Families of the World

By: John McWhorter

4.43

Format: 16 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 15 hours and 54 minutes Language, in its seemingly infinite varieties, tells u… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
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18. The Life and Times of Prince Albert

By: Patrick Allitt

3.73

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

How did Prince Albert, an obscure German prince, leave an indelible mark on the British monarchy? … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod

19. A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

By: Ben Garrod

3.93

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 42 minutes Most children go through a dinosaur phase. Learning all… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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20. Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations

By: Brian M. Fagan

3.81

Format: 18 pages, Audible Audio

Where do we come from? How did our ancestors settle this planet? How did the great historic civiliz… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
Cover of Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal by Kyler Shumway

21. Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal

By: Kyler Shumway

3.77

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

We’ve all been told, at one point or another, to "just be yourself." Whether you are starting schoo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
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22. How the Earth Works

By: Michael E. Wysession

4.24

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • geology
  • nonfiction
  • geography
  • physics
  • nature
  • audiobook
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23. Villain's Vignettes: Volume 1 (Villains' Code)

By: Drew Hayes

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

A town of magic and danger, where what one dons becomes who they are. A desperate priestess in a… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine by Thomas Hager

24. Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

By: Thomas Hager

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a cataly… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
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25. Understanding Complexity

By: Scott E. Page

4.15

Format: 155 pages, None

Recent years have seen the introduction of concepts from the new and exciting field of complexity s… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • audiobook
"Only through understanding do we have any hope of harnessing the enormous potential that the world possesses."

-Scott E. Page, Understanding Complexity

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26. Creation Stories of the Ancient World

By: Joseph Lam

3.90

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

Length: 4 hours and 57 minutes Creation stories, found within many ancient cultures, are traditi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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27. The Home Front: Life in America During World War II

By: Dan Gediman

4.13

Format: 8 pages, Audible Audio

Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Martin Sheen, The Home Front: Life in America During World War… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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28. Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany

By: Catherine Kleier

4.18

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

In Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany, Dr. Catherine Kleier invites us to open our eyes to th… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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29. Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works

By: Ron B. Davis Jr.

4.10

Format: 470 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 30 hours and 6 minutes Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works is your in… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • audiobook

24 Top audiobook books like How the Earth Works by Michael E. Wysession

Transform Your Habits

The Foundations of Western Civilization

Thomas F.X. Noble

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Critical Business Skills for Success

None , None , None , None , None , Thomas J. Goldsby

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Redefining Reality:The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

Steven Gimbel

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Gary A. Rendsburg

4.06

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14 best-selling audiobook books like Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works by Ron B. Davis Jr.

Transform Your Habits

Biology: The Science of Life

None

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Michael Pollan

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death

Nick Lane

4.04

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