13 best-selling science books like The Brain: Everything You Need To Know by New Scientist

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The Brain: Everything You Need To Know

By: New Scientist

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

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1. Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

By: None , Steve Peters

3.99

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Leading consultant psychiatrist Steve Peters knows more than anyone how impulsive behaviour or nagg… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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2. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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3. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

By: Oliver Sacks , V.S. Ramachandran , Sandra Blakeslee

2.90

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

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  • brain
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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4. Personality: What Makes You the Way You Are

By: Daniel Nettle

3.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It is one of the great mysteries of human nature. Why are some people worriers, and others wanderer… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science

5. Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations

By: Jules Evans

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

In his engaging book,Jules Evans explains how ancient philosophy saved his life, and how we can all… read more

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6. Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

By: Alex Ferguson

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in th… read more

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7. The Brain: The Story of You

By: David Eagleman

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your r… read more

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8. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

By: Hans Rosling

4.36

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
"Free access to data doesn’t turn into knowledge without effort"

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"Something frightening poses a perceived risk. Something dangerous poses a real risk."

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"We like to believe that things happen because someone wanted them to, that individuals have power and agency: otherwise, the world feels unpredictable, confusing, and frightening."

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"Does saying "things are improving" imply that everything is fine, and we should all relax and not worry? No, not at all. Is it helpful to have to choose between bad and improving? Definitely not. It'…"

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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9. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

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10. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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11. Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (The Path to Calm Book 1)

By: Nick Trenton

3.76

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Overcome negative thought patterns, reduce stress, and live a worry-free life.Overthinking is the b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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12. The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

By: Kerry Daynes

4.03

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the forensic psychologist, where the people you meet are wildly unpredictab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
"There is no them and us, it is just us."

-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

"It's a shithole but at least I can get a decent brew.' How very British, I thought to myself."

-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

"[t]he art of talking comes easier to some of us but others. For boys and men, so many of them still socialised in a myriad of destructive ways to hide weakness and took out their difficulties, the id…"

-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

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13. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

By: Daniel Kahneman

3.66

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a groundbreaking… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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14. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth

By: Angela Gallop

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Never before has criminal justice rested so heavily on scientific evidence. With ever-more sophisti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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16. Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

By: Dean Burnett

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The brain is an absolute marvel—the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionar… read more

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  • brain
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
"Sadly, the words "reliable" and "accurate" can rarely be applied to the workings of the brain, particularly for memory."

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

"One of the brain's most prominent skills is the ability to ignore anything that becomes too predictable, no matter how important it may be"

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

"Every human is technically a meaningless sack of carbon clinging to a rock hurtling through the uncaring void around trillions of tons of nuclear fire, but that's too big for a single human to be awa…"

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

"Everything you are is a feature of your brain, and as such much of what your brain does is dedicated to making you look and feel as good as possible. ]...] For example by modifying your memories to m…"

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

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17. Hoe migratie echt werkt

By: Hein de Haas

4.43

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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18. The Brain: Everything You Need To Know

By: New Scientist

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Join New Scientist on a mind-expanding rollercoaster ride through intelligence, creativity, your un… read more

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  • brain
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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19. Cults Uncovered: True Stories of Mind Control and Murder

By: Emily G. Thompson

3.63

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

FANATICISM BREEDING ACTS OF SAVAGERY. How did Charles Manson inspire his Family's campaign of murd… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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20. Psychology in Bite Sized Chunks

By: Joel Levy

3.49

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

All the most important and interesting bits of psychology, including what it really means to dream … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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21. Epic Expeditions: 25 Great Explorations into the Unknown

By: Ed Stafford

3.74

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

What does it take to survive in the unknown? Explorer and survival expert, Ed Stafford captures the… read more

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  • nonfiction

18 best-selling nonfiction books like The Brain: Everything You Need To Know by New Scientist

Transform Your Habits

Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

None , Steve Peters

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

Oliver Sacks , V.S. Ramachandran , Sandra Blakeslee

2.90

Transform Your Habits

Personality: What Makes You the Way You Are

Daniel Nettle

3.17

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22 Top audiobook books like When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth by Angela Gallop

Transform Your Habits

Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories

Christopher Berry-Dee

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen

Brian Masters

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

Peter Everett

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

Ray Fysh

4.34

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