The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
By: Sonia Shah
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, h…
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1. Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
By: Ida B. Wells-Barnett , None , None
3.82
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. This engaging … read more
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2. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By: Siddharth Kara
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- science
"Now you understand how people like us work?"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
3. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
- anthropology
4. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
By: Ned Blackhawk
4.18
Format: 596 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.10
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impa… read more
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- audiobook
- history
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- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- science
"I was struck, and not for the first time, by how much easier it is to ruin an ecosystem than to run one."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"If control is the problem, then, by the logic of the Anthropocene, still more control must be the solution."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"He’s a burly man with sparse white hair and a white beard who looks like Santa might look if Santa, in the off-season, carried a tackle box."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"Here I was, trying to finish a book about the world spinning out of control, only to find the world spinning so far out of control that I couldn't finish the book."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
6. Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
By: Dave Goulson
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Insects are essential for life as we know it. As they become more scarce, our world will slowly gri… read more
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- nature
- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
7. Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
By: Douglas Brinkley
4.35
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of e… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- politics
- environment
- nonfiction
- sociology
- nature
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8. The Brilliant Abyss
By: Helen Scales
4.04
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist k… read more
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- audiobook
"The oceans, it turns out, are full of bone-eating worms"-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"Not so very long ago, the deep was a tremendous void containing myths, legends and endless unknowns."-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"There are no compelling reasons for exploiting the deep, just industry and politics vying to push into that last frontier."-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"The deep has no stars at night to remind us it is there, and no moon shining down. And yet, this hidden place reaches into our daily lives and makes vital things happen without our knowing. The deep,…"-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
9. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms
By: Mike Hixenbaugh
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more
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- politics
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. So Fetch
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
3.60
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia comes the totally fetch story of one of th… read more
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- audiobook
11. Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
By: Carl Zimmer
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world--from prot… read more
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- science
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- nature
- audiobook
"It was a biochemical Jackson Pollock: a field of strings, tangles, loops."-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
"Thirteen thousand years ago it fell to Antarctica. It rested in the Allan Hills as the Ice Age glaciers retreated, farmers discovered agriculture, cities rose, and rockets shot into space."-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
"The disgusting smell of death of death is the result of certain airborne molecules with evocative names like cadaverine and putrescine. These molecules are not produced by death, however, but by life…"-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
12. Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
By: Gaia Vince
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“We are facing a species emergency. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliber… read more
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- audiobook
- politics
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- nonfiction
- climate change
- sociology
- nature
- science
13. The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown
By: Adam Welz
4.32
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory exploration of climate change from the perspective of wild species and natural ecosyst… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- science
14. Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis
By: Michael E. Mann
4.22
Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition
In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New … read more
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- audiobook
- environment
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- climate change
- sociology
- nature
- science
15. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy
By: Colin Dickey
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more
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- politics
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- sociology
- audiobook
16. The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
By: Sonia Shah
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, h… read more
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- politics
- environment
- nonfiction
- climate change
- sociology
- nature
- anthropology
17. Into the Forest: The Secret Language of Trees
By: Susan Hitchcock
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For millennia, trees have offered renewal and inspiration. They have provided for humanity on every… read more
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18. Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies
By: Barry Meier
3.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist’s journey into a billon-dollar secret industry th… read more
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- audiobook
19. Climate Courage: How Americans Are Bridging the Political Divide and Tackling Climate Change--A Bipartisan Citizens Guide
By: Andreas Karelas
3.84
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
For the 68% of Americans concerned about climate change, Climate Courage shows how to find common g… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- science
20. Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death
By: Spencer Henry
3.74
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Based on the popular podcast, The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American cul… read more
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21. Feel the Grass Grow: Ecologies of Slow Peace in Colombia
By: Angie Lederach
4.17
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
On November 24, 2016, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia signe… read more
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