Blue: In Search of Nature’s Rarest Color
By: Kai Kupferschmidt
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world—and to understand our collective obsession…
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1. Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
By: Dave Barry
3.82
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Priz… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
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"He could be a testosterone donor."-Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
"If a Greek woman tells you to do something, you do it."-Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
"Natives of the Florida Keys often refer to themselves as Conchs, and for good reason: They have been drinking."-Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
"Under Florida's "stand your ground" law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground."-Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
2. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
By: John J. Mearsheimer , Stephen M. Walt
4.07
Format: 484 pages, Hardcover
The Israel Lobby," by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harva… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. Beaks, Bones and Bird Songs: How the Struggle for Survival Has Shaped Birds and Their Behavior
By: None
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
"Reveals the strange and wondrous adaptations birds rely on to get by." --National Audubon Society … read more
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- science
- biology
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
4. Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomen… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
5. The Empress (The Diabolic #2)
By: S.J. Kincaid
4.01
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
It's a new day in the Empire. Tyrus has ascended to the throne with Nemesis by his side and now the… read more
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6. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris
By: John Baxter
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author of Immoveable Feastand We'll Always Have Pariscomes a guided tour of the most beaut… read more
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7. The Parthenon
By: Mary Beard
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part… read more
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8. Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
By: Zach Weinersmith , Kelly Weinersmith
3.00
Format: 81 pages, Hardcover
What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why do we not have a lunar c… read more
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9. The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
By: Thor Hanson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2016 PNBA Book Award A finalist for the 2016 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in… read more
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10. Autopilot: The Art & Science of Doing Nothing
By: Andrew Smart
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Andrew Smart wants you to sit and do nothing much more often - and he has the science to explain w… read more
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11. The Colosseum
By: Keith Hopkins , Mary Beard
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The reality of the Colosseum is much stranger than legend as explained by two classical historians … read more
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12. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.04
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
13. Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
By: Jason De León
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An intense, intimate and first-of-its-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, b… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
14. The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
By: David Robson
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Smart people are not only just as prone to making mistakes as everyone else, they may be even more … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"❞ إذا نَشَأْتَ بين أشخاص لا يثقون بالعلماء، فقد تكتسب ميلًا لتجاهل الأدلة التجريبية والوثوق بالنظريات غير المُثبَتة ❝"-David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
"في أي مهنة، يوجد الكثير من الأفراد منخفضي معدل الذكاء الذين يتفوقون على أشخاص ذوي معدل أعلى بكثير، كما يوجد أشخاص أكثر ذكاءً لا يحسنون استغلال مقدرتهم العقلية، ما يؤكد أن سمات مثل الإبداع والحكم المهن…"-David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
"Intelligent and educated people are less likely to learn from their mistakes, for instance, or take advice from others. And when they do err, they are better able to build elaborate arguments to just…"-David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
"❞ رغم أن عقودًا من الأبحاث النفسية وثَّقت ميل البشر إلى اللا عقلانية، فلم يبدأ العلماء إلا مؤخرًا نسبيًّا في قياس مدى اختلاف اللا عقلانية بين الأفراد، ودراسة ما إذا كان ذلك التباين يرتبط بمقاييس الذكاء. وت…"-David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
15. 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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- audiobook
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- adult
- nature
- science
16. The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial
By: David Lipsky
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parr… read more
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17. Dear Mothman
By: Robin Gow
4.25
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more
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18. Blue: In Search of Nature’s Rarest Color
By: Kai Kupferschmidt
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world—and to understand our collective obsession… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
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19. Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
By: Candacy A. Taylor
4.23
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide… read more
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- history
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20. The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game
By: Clint McElroy
4.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Taako, Magnus, and Merle are near the end of their quest to collect the seven Grand Relics, dangero… read more
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21. Glass Houses
By: Madeline Ashby
3.50
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-alo… read more
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