Seven Games: A Human History
By: Oliver Roeder
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why―and how―we play them. C…
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1. The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
By: Robert Hughes
4.08
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffering and brutality of England's in… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- unfinished
"He had been always escaping, always rebelling, always fighting against authority, and always being flogged. There had been a whole lifetime of torment such as this; forty-two years of it; and there h…"-Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
2. The Everglades: River of Grass
By: Marjory Stoneman Douglas , Robert Fink
4.16
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a "river of grass," most people con… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
3. Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE Players
By: Stefan Fatsis
4.16
Format: 422 pages,
SCRABBLE may be truly called America's game. But for every group of "living-room players" there is … read more
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- games
- nonfiction
- sports
- history
4. The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling
By: Adam Kucharski
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
For the past 500 years, gamblers-led by mathematicians and scientists-have been trying to figure ou… read more
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5. More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
By: Michael J. Mauboussin
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Michael Mauboussin, one of Wall Street's most creative and influential minds offers provocative new… read more
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6. Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
By: Dennis Duncan
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. Bu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"[Citing "Alice in Wonderland"] the White Knight insists on singing Alice a song which he introduces as follows: 'The name of the song is called "Haddocks' Eyes".' 'Oh, that's the name of the song, is…"-Dennis Duncan, Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
7. Star Trek: Lower Decks
By: Ryan North
4.25
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Ensign, report to the bridge! Board the U.S.S. Cerritos for a mission to the enigmatic Qvanti syste… read more
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8. Ten Birds That Changed the World
By: Stephen Moss
3.97
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
9. Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
By: James Vincent
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the cubit to the kilogram, the humble inch to the speed of light, measurement is a powerful to… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- nonfiction
- technology
10. Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success
By: Ron Friedman
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of Atomic Habits , Deep Work , and Peak comes a game-changing appr… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
By: A.J. Jacobs
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey… read more
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- games
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
12. Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
By: Jody Rosen
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twent… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- history
- audiobook
13. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance
By: Ramie Targoff
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shak… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
14. Los crímenes de Alicia
By: Guillermo Martínez
3.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Oxford, 1994. La Hermandad Lewis Carroll decide publicar los diarios privados del autor de Alicia e… read more
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- audiobook
15. Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture―and the Magic That Makes It Work
By: Jesse David Fox
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture , Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions , and Lit Hub " C… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
16. Billionaires' Row: Tycoons, High Rollers, and the Epic Race to Build the World's Most Exclusive Skyscrapers
By: Katherine Clarke
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A fly-on-the-wall account of the ferocious ambition, greed, and financial one-upmanship behind the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
17. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
18. After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It
By: Will Bunch
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Will Bunch, the epic untold story of college—the great polit… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
By: Mark Koyama
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
20. Boundless: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn
By: Nick Kostov
4.40
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of one of the world's most feared and admired business… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
21. The Heap
By: Sean Adams
3.40
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Blending the dark humor of Patrick deWitt and the jagged social and techno-satire of Black Mirror, … read more
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- audiobook
22. Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age
By: David A. Price
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the team who built the world's first digital electronic computer at Bletchley P… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- nonfiction
- technology
23. Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
By: Joshua Robinson
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Essential World Cup Reading Featured in The New York Times' 'What to Read During the World Cup' … read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- history
- audiobook
24. Seven Games: A Human History
By: Oliver Roeder
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why―and how―we play them. C… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- unfinished
- nonfiction
- chess
- gaming
- games
- sports
- technology
25. The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini
By: Joe Posnanski
3.83
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Joe Posnanski enters the colorful world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans to explore… read more
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- history
- audiobook
26. Godwin
By: Joseph O'Neill
3.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more
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- sports
- audiobook
27. How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters
By: Joshua Jay
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
There’s a saying: The door to magic is closed, but it’s not locked. In How Magicians Think, profess… read more
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- history
- unfinished
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28. Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
By: Peter Westwick
4.15
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history … read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- technology
29. The Stoic Path to Wealth: Ancient Wisdom for Enduring Prosperity
By: Darius Foroux
4.18
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
“Darius has a unique ability to turn complex ideas into simple stories.” — Morgan Housel, #1 NYT b… read more
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- audiobook
30. Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives
By: Stefan Al
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the “supertall”: megastructur… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
31. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- technology
