6 must-read science books like La entropía desvelada by Arieh Ben-Naim

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La entropía desvelada

By: Arieh Ben-Naim

3.98

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Para los poco versados en física, la «entropía» –término de origen griego que significa «transforma…

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1. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

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"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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2. Mendel el de los libros

By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.00

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viej… read more

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"لا ننتج الكتب إلا لكي نبقى على صلة بالبشر فيما وراء الموت فنزود بذلك عن أنفسنا ضد العدو الألد للحياة ، ضد الزمن الذي يمضي ، ضد النسيان"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"...avrei dovuto sapere che i libri si fanno solo per legarsi agli uomini al di là del nostro breve respiro e difendersi così dall'inesorabile avversario di ogni vita: la caducità e l'oblio."

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

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3. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

By: James Gleick

4.03

Format: 527 pages, Hardcover

James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonis… read more

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  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • science
"At the end of 2006, people concerned with the “Cat"

-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

"Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too."

-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

"Before Newton the English word gravity denoted a mood—seriousness, solemnity…."

-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

"Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace."

-James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

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4. A Room of One’s Own

By: Virginia Woolf

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October,… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Freedom and fullness of expression are of the essence of the art."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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5. The Elementary Particles

By: Michel Houellebecq , Frank Wynne

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–pa… read more

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"He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief."

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

"It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life."

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

"The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human."

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

"J'aurais pu adhérer au Front National, mais à quoi bon manger de la choucroute avec des cons?"

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

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6. The Penelopiad

By: Margaret Atwood

3.72

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Now that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making. In Homer'… read more

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"the gods often mumble"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Boys with their first beards can be a thorough pain in the neck."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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7. The Future of an Illusion

By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In the manner of the eighteenth-century philosopher, Freud argued that religion and science were mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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8. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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9. Historia de un idiota contada por él mismo

By: Félix de Azúa

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Algunos historiadores califican de <>al siglo XIX. Esto es un error. <>, sin duda; <>, quiza. Pero … read more

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10. Los surcos del azar

By: Paco Roca

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A traves de los recuerdos de Miguel Ruiz, republicano espanol exiliado en Francia, Paco Roca recons… read more

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  • nonfiction

11. La casa de Bernarda Alba

By: Federico García Lorca , None , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Focus Student Editions are designed for Spanish language courses in literature and culture. Pre… read more

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12. La Regenta

By: Leopoldo Alas

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

En las paginas de La Regentael joven catedratico de la Universidad de Oviedo, Leopoldo Alas, preten… read more

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13. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant trans… read more

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14. The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson

3.91

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more

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"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

15. Journey into the Past

By: Stefan Zweig , Anthea Bell , André Aciman

4.34

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

A deep study of the uneasy heart by one of the masters of the psychological novel, Journey into the… read more

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16. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

By: Robert Nozick

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed book, Robert Nozick challenges the most commonly held politi… read more

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17. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

By: Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

18. The Gods Themselves

By: Isaac Asimov

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Protiv gluposti i bogovi sami bore se uzalud. U ne toliko dalekoj buducnosti, otkricem principa raz… read more

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19. Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

By: Stefan Zweig , Mahmure Kahraman

3.90

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Zweig bu novellasında bir kadının yaşamını bütünüyle değiştiren yirmi dört saatlik deneyimini anlat… read more

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"La vérité à demi ne vaut rien, il la faut toujours entière."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Değerli olan her zaman için gerçeğin yarısı değil, tamamıdır."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Envejecer no significa otra cosa que no tener miedo al pasado"

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Ceux qui tombent entraînent souvent dans leur chute ceux qui se portent à leur secours."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

20. La vida del Lazarillo de Tormes

By: Anonymous

4.00

Format: 300 pages,

Lazaro es un muchacho desarrapado a quien la miseria obliga a emplearse como sirviente. Las inocent… read more

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21. A Study in Scarlet

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

'There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is t… read more

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22. Flush

By: Virginia Woolf , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

This story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening p… read more

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23. Canto yo y la montaña baila

By: Irene Solà

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Primero llegan la tormenta y el rayo y la muerte de Domènec, el campesino poeta. Luego, Dolceta, qu… read more

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"La eternidad, cosa ligera. Cosa diaria, cosa pequeña."

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"Em diu coses boniques que no entenc però sí que entenc"

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"Quan arribés a casa s'hauria de fer escalfar aigua per rentar-se el fred i la plutja"

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"S'hi està bé aquí sota. S'hi està bé, en aquest bosc. En aquest tros de terra. En aquest tros de món."

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

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24. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • physics
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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25. The Order of Time

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

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26. Todo vuelve (Todo arde, #2; Universo reina roja, #7)

By: Juan Gómez-Jurado

4.13

Format: 598 pages, Hardcover

UN PLAN IMPOSIBLE Todo lo que Aura Reyes necesita es continuar con vida diez minutos más. No … read more

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"Las tres adicciones más perjudiciales son el alcohol, los carbohidratos y un sueldo mensual."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Todo vuelve (Todo arde, #2; Universo reina roja, #7)

"Tener una actitud positiva no va a mejorar tus problemas, pero va a cabrear a tanta gente que ya sólo por eso merece la pena."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Todo vuelve (Todo arde, #2; Universo reina roja, #7)

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27. Dos amics

By: Ivan Turgenev

3.56

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Viazovnín, un home de món que de mica en mica ha anat perdent la seva fortuna, decideix tornar a la… read more

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28. Those Who Forget: My Family's Story in Nazi Europe – A Memoir, A History, A Warning

By: Géraldine Schwarz

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Those Who Forget, published to international awards and acclaim, is journalist Géraldine Schwarz’s … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Even so, the advance of the far right in Europe and the United States reveals the need to rethink memory work, to adapt it to new generations for whom the Second World War feels like a long-ago crisi…"

-Géraldine Schwarz, Those Who Forget: My Family's Story in Nazi Europe – A Memoir, A History, A Warning

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29. La entropía desvelada

By: Arieh Ben-Naim

3.98

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Para los poco versados en física, la «entropía» –término de origen griego que significa «transforma… read more

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  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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30. La física cuántica del futuro

By: Hans Christian Von Baeyer

3.33

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Una esclarecedora introducción a los misterios cuánticos. Este libro ofrece una sorprendente y ren… read more

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  • science

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James Gleick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

A Room of One’s Own

Virginia Woolf

4.21

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Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay

3.73

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