The Woman That Never Evolved
By: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be female? Sarah Blaffer Hrdy--a sociobiologist and a feminist--believes that …
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1. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
By: David Quammen
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
"Science writing as detective story at its best." --Jennifer Ouellette, Scientific American A New Y… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
2. The Pale King
By: David Foster Wallace , Michael Pietsch
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to ne… read more
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3. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
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"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
4. The Second Sex
By: Simone de Beauvoir , Deirdre Bair , H.M. Parshley
3.60
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir's masterwork is a… read more
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- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
5. The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
By: Jared Diamond
4.08
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that disti… read more
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- science
- biology
- evolution
- psychology
- nonfiction
- anthropology
"If our ethical code makes a purely arbitrary distinction between humans and all other species, then we have a code based on naked selfishness devoid of any higher principle."-Jared Diamond, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
"Isn't language loss a good thing, because fewer languages mean easier communication among the world's people? Perhaps, but it's a bad thing in other respects. Languages differ in structure and vocabu…"-Jared Diamond, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
6. Bluets
By: Maggie Nelson
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color... A lyrical, philosophica… read more
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- nonfiction
7. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
By: bell hooks
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the … read more
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8. The Time Machine
By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more
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"For after the Battle comes quiet."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
9. Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered
By: Bruce D. Perry , Maia Szalavitz
3.00
Format: 282 pages,
An inside look at the power of empathy: Born for Loveis an unprecedented exploration of how and why… read more
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10. Violence
By: Slavoj Žižek
3.44
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj Zizek constructs a fascinating new frame… read more
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11. Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
By: None
3.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Apes and monkeys, humanity's closest kin, differ from other animals in the intensity of their socia… read more
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12. The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
By: David M. Buss
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer t… read more
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13. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
By: Gabor Maté
4.49
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treat… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
"Passion creates, addiction consumes."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"Compassionate curiosity directed toward the self leads to the truth of things."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"There is a quality or drive innate in human beings that the Austrian psychiatrist Victor Frankl called our “search for meaning."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
14. Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles
By: Robin Baker
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
Published to acclaim and controversy a decade ago, Sperm Wars is a revolutionary thesis about sex t… read more
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15. What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
By: Lise Eliot
4.24
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But… read more
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16. The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
By: Robert Wright
3.83
Format: 35 pages, Paperback
Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among th… read more
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17. Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge
By: David M. Buss , Cindy M. Meston
4.26
Format: None pages,
Do women have sex simply to reproduce or display their affection? When Cindy M. Meston, a clinical … read more
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18. The Symposium
By: Plato , Christopher Gill
4.09
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more
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- nonfiction
"The truth about eros is terrifying."-Plato, The Symposium
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"-Plato, The Symposium
"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."-Plato, The Symposium
"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"-Plato, The Symposium
19. How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
By: David Richo
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a… read more
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20. Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow into Troublesome Gaps — and What We Can Do About It
By: Lise Eliot
4.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the past decade, we've heard a lot about the innate differences between males and females. As a … read more
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21. The Way of Men
By: Jack Donovan
4.06
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The Way of Men answers the question: "What is Masculinity?" The so-called experts give the answers … read more
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22. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
23. Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach
By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak
4.44
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza dr… read more
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- feminism
- womens
- nonfiction
24. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
25. A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
By: Michael Muthukrishna
3.99
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and societ… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- psychology
- anthropology
26. Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
By: Frans de Waal
4.16
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal explores sex and … read more
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- biology
- gender
- psychology
- nonfiction
- anthropology
27. The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
By: Tasha Suri
4.13
Format: 533 pages, Paperback
Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy … read more
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"Malini laughed—a glorious laugh like the sound of a blade unsheathed."-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
"Be careful with your tears," her mother added, in a voice of cultivated restraint. "They're blood of the spirit. Weep too much, and it will wear you thin, until your soul is like a bruised flower." H…"-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
28. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
By: Walter Isaacson
4.29
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a pape… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
"The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"Does empathy depend on believing that but for the grace of God, or the randomness of the natural lottery, we could have been born with a different set of endowments?"-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"She felt at home in the lab. It was a quiet temple for individual persistence and contemplation. She could be creative and independent as she pursued a path toward her own discoveries."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
29. Bitch: On the Female of the Species
By: Lucy Cooke
4.45
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more
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- feminism
- gender
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- science
30. The Woman That Never Evolved
By: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be female? Sarah Blaffer Hrdy--a sociobiologist and a feminist--believes that … read more
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- feminism
- gender
- biology
- evolution
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- womens
- anthropology
31. A Brief History of the Female Body: An Evolutionary Look at How and Why the Female Form Came to Be
By: Deena Emera
4.08
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
From breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause― A Brief History of the Female Body… read more
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- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- womens
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