Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets
By: Giles Yeo
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In an age of misinformation and pseudo-science, the world is getting fatter and the diet makers are…
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1. The Railway Children
By: E. Nesbit
4.02
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-… read more
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"Girls are just as clever as boys, and don’t you forget it!"-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
"I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year"-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
"It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done."-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
"Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that…"-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
2. Entry Island
By: Peter May
4.03
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Only two kilometers wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of just more than 100… read more
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"Vítr začal vát od severozápadu a vypudil poslední pozůstatky léta. Ranní oblohu tížila nízká mračna připravená vyplakat na zemi svůj žal."-Peter May, Entry Island
3. The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
By: Mark Schatzker
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing … read more
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4. The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
By: Jason Fung
4.50
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Why you've never been able to lose weight, and how that can change now Everything you believe about… read more
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5. The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
By: Stephan Guyenet , Shizuka N. Aoki
3.43
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The H… read more
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6. ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life
By: Selene Yeager , Stacy T. Sims
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one. Because most nutrition products and tra… read more
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7. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
By: Richard W. Wrangham
4.23
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intell… read more
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8. Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
By: Bee Wilson , None
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen. I… read more
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9. The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat
By: Tim Spector
2.00
Format: 161 pages,
We are all increasingly bewildered by the simple question of what to eat. Despite advice from exper… read more
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10. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
By: Michael Greger , Gene Stone
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the… read more
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11. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more
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12. The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally
By: Jason Fung
4.50
Format: 327 pages, ebook
Dr. Jason Fung forever changed the way we think about obesity with his best-selling book, The Obesi… read more
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13. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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14. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
By: Michael Easter
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more
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"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
15. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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16. Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
By: Scott Hershovitz
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From a University of Michigan professor of law and philosophy, a delightfully funny and thought-pro… read more
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"If we treat people inhumanely, we should never be surprised when they return the favor."-Scott Hershovitz, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
"Philosophy should address every aspect of our lives — the sacred, the profane, and even the mundane."-Scott Hershovitz, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
"Why are some words bad? The idea that they could be bothered me as a kid. Words are strings of sounds. How could sounds be bad? But of course: words aren’t just strings of sound. They are strings of …"-Scott Hershovitz, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
17. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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18. Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It
By: Benjamin Bikman
4.12
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
A scientist reveals the groundbreaking evidence linking many major diseases, including cancer, diab… read more
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19. The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
By: Jason Fung
4.46
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more… read more
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20. Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
By: Lisa Feldman Barrett
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the author of How Emotions Are Made , a captivating collection of short essays about your bra… read more
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"The triune brain idea is one of the most successful and widespread errors in all of science."-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
"Sometimes we're responsible for things not because they're our fault, but because we're the only ones who can change them."-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
"The best thing for your nervous system is another human. The worst thing for your nervous system is also another human. This situation leads us to a fundamental dilemma of the human condition."-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
21. Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
By: Michael Moss
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Michael Moss uses the latest research on addiction to uncover what the scientific and medical commu… read more
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22. Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
By: Robert H. Lustig
4.28
Format: 416 pages, ebook
An urgent manifesto and strategy to cure both us and the planet.Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric neur… read more
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23. Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable
By: Jason Fung
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Take the guesswork (and fear) out of fasting with real-life and expert advice about the number-one … read more
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"...my work: to destigmatize obesity and give everyone the tools to live the healthiest life possible."-Jason Fung, Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable
24. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
By: Glynnis MacNicol
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more
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25. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
By: Martin Wolf
3.97
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w… read more
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26. Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well
By: Tim Spector
4.27
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth , a comprehensive guide to the new scien… read more
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27. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
By: Johann Hari
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more
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28. 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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"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
29. Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong
By: Tim Spector
4.04
Format: 288 pages, ebook
In the course of research, Tim Spector has been shocked to discover how little scientific evidence … read more
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30. The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3)
By: Claire North
4.38
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes the final novel in Claire Nor… read more
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31. Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets
By: Giles Yeo
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In an age of misinformation and pseudo-science, the world is getting fatter and the diet makers are… read more
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