Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World
By: Laurence C. Smith
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. How to Listen to Jazz
By: Ted Gioia
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listenin… read more
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- history
"Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue and a blessing."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice the theft."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead aims to adapt to the audience, to give the public exact…"-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
2. How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
By: Joe Studwell
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
How Asia Works( Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region) Hardcover JoeStudwell G… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. Being and Nothingness
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Hazel E. Barnes , Mary Warnock , Richard Eyre
3.99
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
Being & Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant philosophical books of the 20th ce… read more
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- nonfiction
"I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
"Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
"It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
"Thus it amounts to the same thing whether one gets drunk alone or is a leader of nations."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
4. The Pentagon's Brain
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of t… read more
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5. The Treason of Isengard (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For the first time, The Lord of the Rings is presented as a boxed set of seven hardcover volumes, o… read more
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6. Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
By: Adharanand Finn
2.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhin… read more
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7. The Ring Sets Out (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
3.68
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the first time, The Lord of the Rings is presented as a boxed set of seven hardcover volumes, o… read more
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8. The Ring Goes South (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For the first time, The Lord of the Rings is presented as a boxed set of seven hardcover volumes, o… read more
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9. In Patagonia
By: Bruce Chatwin , Nicholas Shakespeare
3.67
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land, Br… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
"Albatrosses and penguins are the last birds I'd want to murder."-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
"You're saying that man "makes" his territory by naming the "things" in it?"-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
"The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory. Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D.Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names take…"-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
"I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through the bone-white cliffs with strips of emerald cultivation either side. Away from t…"-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
10. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
By: Christopher Clark
3.35
Format: None pages,
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11. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
12. The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
By: Dan Egan
4.23
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over t… read more
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- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
13. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more
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- nature
- history
- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
14. Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
By: Oliver Bullough
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his punchy follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough's Butler to the World unravels the dark secre… read more
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- historical
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- nonfiction
15. Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land
By: Jacob Mikanowski
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea. Today it calls to min… read more
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16. The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination
By: Richard J. Evans
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The renowned historian of the Third Reich takes on the conspiracy theories surrounding Adolf Hitler… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
17. Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
By: Tim Marshall
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography We feel more divided… read more
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- history
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18. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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19. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
By: Tom Burgis
3.80
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyo… read more
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- history
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"When the past threatens to ambush you in the present, change the past."-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"It was to Blair that Nazarbayev turned for counsel at this delicate moment. The information blackout on Zhanaozen had been insufficient to prevent the basic details leaking out. It was as though some…"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"Nazarbayev found that he and his regime had a certain chemistry with figures from Blair’s strand of Western politics: the Third Way. It was a system that purported to wed the humanity of the left to …"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"Nazarbayev had learned that Westerners could be just as adept as he was in turning money into power and power back into money. Some, like Dick Evans and Jonathan Aitken, went about it from positions …"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
20. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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- world history
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- nonfiction
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
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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- world history
22. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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23. Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
By: Leila Philip
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelato… read more
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- environment
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24. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
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25. Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
By: Rebecca Solnit
4.19
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books including the international bestseller Men E… read more
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"Cynicism is, first of all, a style of presenting oneself, and more than anything, cynics take pride in not being fooled and not being foolish. But in the forms in which I encounter it, cynicism is fr…"-Rebecca Solnit, Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
"The current President's verbal abuse of language itself - with his slurred, sloshing semi-coherent word salad and his insistence that truth and fact are whatever he wants them to be, even if he wants…"-Rebecca Solnit, Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
26. The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
By: David Abulafia
4.23
Format: 1088 pages, Hardcover
A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the aw… read more
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27. Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World
By: Laurence C. Smith
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"This book about rivers is as fascinating as it's beautifully written."---Jared Diamond, Pulitzer P… read more
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28. Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
By: Norman Ohler
3.90
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs… read more
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29. From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
By: Michael Shaw Bond
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A wise and insightful exploration of human navigation, what it means to be lost, and how we find ou… read more
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"On the island of Igloolik, where Aporta has conducted much of his research, a good navigator is known by the term 'aangaittuq', which means 'attentive'. Aangaittuq describes not just a person's wayfi…"-Michael Shaw Bond, From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
"When you're reading a conventional map, north is generally straight ahead, though this is entirely artefact of map-making culture and has no effect on orientation. Medieval European maps were 'east u…"-Michael Shaw Bond, From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
30. The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
By: Peter H. Gleick
3.98
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A revelatory account of how water has shaped the course of human life and history, and a positive v… read more
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31. The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East
By: Christopher Harding
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which… read more
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