When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano
By: Donald R. Prothero
3.74
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eru…
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1. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
By: Stephen Jay Gould
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Bu… read more
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- biology
- geology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"Alter any event, ever so slightly and without apparent importance at the time, and evolution cascades into radically different channel."-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Thus, physics and astronomy relegated our world to a corner of the cosmos, and biology shifted our status from a simulacrum of God to a naked, upright ape."-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Algunas transformaciones son manifiestas y heroicas; otras son tranquilas y sin acontecimientos notables en su devenir, pero no menos importantes en su resultado."-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Some fifteen to twenty Burgess species cannot be allied with any known group, and should probably be classified as separate phyla. Magnify some of them beyond the few centimeters of their actual size…"-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
2. Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
By: Stephen R. Lawhead
4.00
Format: 496 pages, Mass Market Paperback
It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the capture… read more
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"Only a fool demands proof of what he already knows."-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"I will write: for myself, for those who come after, and for the voices that cry out not to be forgotten."-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"There cannot be even the smallest grain of falsehood in it or it is not truth. I have discovered the source of all truth; how can I deny what I know?"-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"The female heart is a world unto itself, incomprehensible to men. Yet I perceive that you have been of a mood today: pensive, contemplative, hesitant, expectant. And you have spent the better part of…"-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
3. How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
By: Sandra Uwiringiyimana , Abigail Pesta
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this powerful memoir, Sandra Uwiringyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, te… read more
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- africa
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It's okay to express yourself. It doesn't mean you're weak"-Sandra Uwiringiyimana, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
"I knew the sounds of war before I knew how to do a cartwheel."-Sandra Uwiringiyimana, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
4. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
By: Adam Rutherford
4.03
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- anthropology
"We look to statistics for reassurance in these types of situations. Here is one: 100% of mass shootings have been enabled by access to guns. I can guarantee that even if there were a genotype shared …"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
"(...) prawo Godwina (tendencja do pojawiania się wzmianki o Hitlerze w przedłużających się dyskusjach w sieci) lub prawo nagłówków Betteridge'a (jeśli nagłówek zawiera pytanie, odpowiedź prawdopodobn…"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
5. Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers (A Gift for Marketers)
By: Seth Godin
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The man Business Week calls "the ultimate entrepreneur for the Information Age" explains "Permissio… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"in virtually every industry the most trusted brand is also the most profitable. Frequency led to awareness, awareness to familiarity, and familiarity to trust. And trust, almost without exception, le…"-Seth Godin, Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers (A Gift for Marketers)
"The ironic thing is that marketers have responded to this problem with the single worst cure possible. To deal with the clutter and the diminished effectiveness of Interruption Marketing, they're int…"-Seth Godin, Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers (A Gift for Marketers)
6. Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
By: Lisa Randall
3.67
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Bestselling author of Warped Passages and Knocking on Heaven's Door and one of today's most influen… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"Lots of data gets collected through the latest technology today, and not all of it is about people's consumer preferences."-Lisa Randall, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
"One reason I find anthropic reasoning troublesome is that no one yet knows what might be essential to any possible form of life or even to structures such as galaxies that might support it. I am not …"-Lisa Randall, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
7. Penric and the Shaman (Penric and Desdemona, #2)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
3.50
Format: 290 pages, ebook
In this NOVELLA set in The World of the Five Gods and four years after the events in "Penric's Demo… read more
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- audiobook
8. Seven Skeletons: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils
By: Lydia Pyne
3.09
Format: None pages,
An irresistible journey of discovery, science, history, and myth making, told through the lives and… read more
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- history
- biology
- anthropology
- nonfiction
- science
9. Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America
By: Simon Winchester , None
3.55
Format: None pages,
There's a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles f… read more
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10. The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses
By: Peter Brannen
3.59
Format: 464 pages, ebook
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11. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
By: Mark Galeotti
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"History always wins."-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
12. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
13. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
14. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
15. Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
By: Nick Lane
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been domina… read more
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- science
- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"Almost the only thing we know for sure about consciousness is that it is, so to speak, soluble in ether, chloroform and a variety of other solvents ..."-Nick Lane, Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
"Core metabolism has changed little in part because it was never powered down in its four-billion-year history. The genes are custodians of this flame, but without the flame life is – dead."-Nick Lane, Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
"Keen to progress the work on photosynthesis, Lawrence hired Melvin Calvin, a colleague from the Manhattan Project, immediately after the war. The story has it that on the day of the Japanese surrende…"-Nick Lane, Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
"Putting terms aside, we’ll see that the ancient biosynthetic Krebs cycle was fixing CO2 a billion years before rubisco and the evolution of photosynthesis in the cyanobacterial ancestors of plant chl…"-Nick Lane, Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
16. Lost Planet Homicide
By: Larry Correia
3.79
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A lost colony planet, a perplexing murder, and a dogged homicide cop in this Audible Original story… read more
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17. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
By: Annalee Newitz
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why … read more
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- audiobook
- history
- anthropology
- nonfiction
- science
"Often it is in the most squalid and filthiest of places that we can uncover profound truths about a society that considers itself civilized."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"There was no giant sign proclaiming the end of life as they'd known it; instead, there was a mounting pile of annoyances and disappointments."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"City leaders pour resources into beautiful spectacles for political reasons, rather than providing good roads, functioning sewers, relatively safe marketplaces, and other basic amenities of urban lif…"-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
18. 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most po… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Every time Titus comes to Rome, he feels his sinuses cringe in horror."-Philip Matyszak, 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
19. Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
By: Robin George Andrews
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma mor… read more
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- science
- history
- geology
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
20. Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty (Turning Points in Ancient History)
By: Anthony A. Barrett
3.61
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome's Great Fire--and how it i… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
21. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
By: Philip Plait
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
22. Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
By: Thor Hanson
4.06
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
*A New York Times Editor's Choice pick *Shortlisted for the 2022 Pacific Northwest Book Awards … read more
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- science
- biology
- nonfiction
- climate change
- nature
- audiobook
23. In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
By: Jonna Méndez
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of bein… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
24. Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World (Turning Points in Ancient History)
By: Colin Elliott
3.76
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
25. Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever
By: Rachel Lance
4.03
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers—men and women—who expo… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- science
26. When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano
By: Donald R. Prothero
3.74
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eru… read more
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- africa
- science
- history
- biology
- geology
- anthropology
- nonfiction
- climate change
- nature
- audiobook
27. In Defense of the Second Amendment
By: Larry Correia
4.54
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
What part of the Second Amendment don't you understand? That's the question posed by award-winni… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Gun control isn't about guns, it's about control."-Larry Correia, In Defense of the Second Amendment
"We Should Ban the AR-15 (or Insert Scary Gun of the Week Here)!"-Larry Correia, In Defense of the Second Amendment
"I bought forty-two more AR-15 magazines last week. I didn’t need them. I’ve already got shelves full for my rifles. I just bought them on principle because Congress said I shouldn’t have them."-Larry Correia, In Defense of the Second Amendment
"Ten years. No difference. Meanwhile, we had bad guys turning up all the time committing crimes, and guess what was marked on the mags found in their guns? MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. Becau…"-Larry Correia, In Defense of the Second Amendment
28. Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America
By: Craig Childs
3.88
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, that traces the … read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- anthropology
29. Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird
By: Sean Flynn
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When Sean Flynn’s neighbor in North Carolina texted “Any chance you guys want a peacock? No kidding… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
30. 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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- nonfiction
- history
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- audiobook
31. Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones
By: Ed West
3.72
Format: None pages, Audio CD
A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father’s death, the adolescent… read more
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- history
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