Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language
By: Arika Okrent
4.10
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you…
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1. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
By: Lydia Kang , Nate Pedersen
4.00
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Discover 67 shocking-but-true medical misfires that run the gamut from bizarre to deadly. Like when… read more
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"Unfortunately, the theory that 'more is better' is a really, really crappy theory when it comes to arsenic."-Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
"It is perhaps oddly appropriate that the symbol for the god Mercury was the caduceus—two snakes entwined on a winged rod. The symbol is commonly and incorrectly associated with the medical establishm…"-Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
2. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
By: Joshua Hammer
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
3. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
By: Mary Roach
4.36
Format: 352 pages,
"Equal parts Groucho Marx & Stephen Jay Gould, both enlightening & entertaining."--Sunday Denver Po… read more
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- nonfiction
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4. Alex's Adventures in Numberland
By: Alex Bellos
3.57
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaki… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
By: Simon Winder
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A charmingly personal history of Hapsburg Europe, as lively as it is informative, by the author of … read more
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- nonfiction
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6. I'll Sell You a Dog
By: Juan Pablo Villalobos , Rosalind Harvey
3.65
Format: 276 pages,
Long before he was the taco seller whose 'Gringo Dog' recipe made him famous throughout Mexico City… read more
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7. InterWorld (InterWorld, #1)
By: Neil Gaiman , Michael Reaves
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award winner Michael Reaves teamed up, they created … read more
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8. The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
By: Steven Pinker
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
The classic book on the development of human language by the world's leading expert on language and… read more
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9. Boston Noir
By: Dennis Lehane , Dana Cameron , Stewart O'Nan , Lynne Heitman , Brendan DuBois , John Dufresne , Don Lee , None , Jim Fusilli , Itabari Njeri , None
4.20
Format: None pages,
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10. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
By: Mary Roach
3.00
Format: 282 pages,
Grunttackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries--panic, exhaustion… read more
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11. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
By: Agatha Christie
3.00
Format: 1118 pages, Paperback
Elderly Miss Jane Marple from St Mary's Mead village applies skills of observation and deduction to… read more
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12. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Pr… read more
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13. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
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- history
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"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
14. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
15. Prairie Lotus
By: Linda Sue Park
4.29
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more
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16. 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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- linguistics
- history
- language
- nonfiction
- writing
- adult
- 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
17. Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
By: John McWhorter
3.95
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered sho… read more
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- adult
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18. How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
By: Egill Bjarnason
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for cent… read more
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19. The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
By: Andy Greene
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first c… read more
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- adult
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20. User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
By: Cliff Kuang
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition can be found here. In User Friendly, Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant… read more
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"Simple as it sounds, that bit of information means the difference between feeling like you’re taking a ride, and feeling like you’ve been taken hostage."-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
"Whether we’re communicating with a human or a machine, the goal is to create a shared understanding of the world. That’s the point behind both the rules governing polite conversation and how a user-f…"-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
"Being polite means following a conversation, not co-opting it and dragging it in other directions. It means knowing who you’re talking with, and knowing what they know. It’s rude to talk over people,…"-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
21. The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
By: Matt Siegel
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and love. Is Italia… read more
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22. Deadbeat Druid (Adam Binder, #3)
By: David R. Slayton
4.19
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
The living cannot be allowed to infect the dead. Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. … read more
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23. How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
By: Deb Chachra
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdo… read more
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"We’re accustomed to thinking about making the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable sources as one that we are doing under duress, making a sacrifice to stave off disaster. But that’s not wh…"-Deb Chachra, How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
24. Demonic Foes: My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal
By: Richard Gallagher
3.78
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
The world’s leading psychiatric authority on demonic possession delves into the hidden world of exo… read more
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25. The Liar's Dictionary
By: Eley Williams
3.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating and laugh-out-loud debut novel from a prize-winning new talent which chronicles the… read more
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"Too precise a meaning erases the mystery of your literature."-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary
"He was a sweet man who loved words, and played chess with ghosts."-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary
"Onomatopoeia is onomatopoeia for mashing your hands unthinkingly but hopefully onto a keyboard."-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary
"All words are made up," I said. "That is true," David Swansby replied, "and also not a useful contribution."-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary
26. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
By: Gretchen McCulloch
4.05
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. … read more
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"Irony is a linguistic trust fall."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"Language is humanity's most spectacular open source project."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"The appeal of having friends in your pocket is unlikely to go away."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"We've had the right to adapt longer than we've had the right to prevent copying."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
27. Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
By: George Zaidan
3.69
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won't, and w… read more
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"An oak tree can make 25 kilograms of glucose every single day. That’s the weight of a small child or a female golden retriever."-George Zaidan, Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
"Food goes bad because of life: the life that lingers in its cells after the organism dies and the life takes over the body of the dead. Preventing that life prevents decomposition."-George Zaidan, Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
28. Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
By: Steven Johnson
3.90
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Map and How We Got to Now returns with the story of … read more
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- history
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29. What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
By: Heather Corinna
3.97
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
An informative, blisteringly funny, somewhat cranky and always spot-on guide to perimenopause and m… read more
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"Menopause isn't "Cocoon." Sorry."-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
"[As in puberty,] There will be tears. And anger. And tragically unfortunate haircuts."-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
"Have no shame ... as another woman friend of mine counseled with perfect sincerity and cheer: 'Just gain the 25 pounds. I really think I would not have survived menopause--AND the death of my mother-…"-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
"Messages we get about menopause more often tell us we must keep ourselves from much of what we want and need in this time. It's easy to get the idea that life in and after menopause is going to be li…"-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
30. Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language
By: Arika Okrent
4.10
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you… read more
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31. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.24
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more
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