Weird Earth. Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet
By: Donald R. Prothero
3.68
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
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1. Eaters of the Dead
By: Michael Crichton
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back… read more
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"تتوقف الأشياء الغربية عن أن تكون كذلك بفعل التكرار"-Michael Crichton, Eaters of the Dead
"ليس هناك والله خوف أعظم نت خوف الانسان حين لا يعرف السبب"-Michael Crichton, Eaters of the Dead
"...thus do strange things cease to be strange upon repetition."-Michael Crichton, Eaters of the Dead
"يجب أن يكون الانسان حكيما باعتدال ولكن ليس مفرط الحكمة حتى لا يعرف قدره مسبقا"-Michael Crichton, Eaters of the Dead
2. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
By: Peter Pomerantsev
3.97
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a r… read more
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"We used to have this self-centred idea that Western democracies were the end-point of evolution, and we're dealing from a position of strength, and people are becoming like us. It's not that way. Bec…"-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
"So you were dissidents? You believed in finishing the USSR?''No. It's not like that. You just speak several languages at the same time, all the time. There's like several "you"s.' Seen from this pers…"-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
"That unique Moscow mix of tackiness and menace. One time I see a poster advertising a new property development that captures the tone nicely. Got up in the style of Nazi propaganda, it shows two Germ…"-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
3. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
By: Art Spiegelman
4.42
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spieglman's… read more
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- nonfiction
"But here God didn't come. We were all on our own."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"Samuel Beckett já disse: "Toda palavra é uma mancha desnecessária no silêncio e no vazio". Por outro lado, ele DISSE isso."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
4. W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
By: Sue Grafton
3.95
Format: 486 pages, Hardcover
Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never la… read more
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- audiobook
"nothing wrong with a lie or two when the situation demanded it"-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
"maybe it was time to at least pretend to be a nicer person than i knew i was"-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
"I wondered if I'd ever be nice enough to volunteer for anything. I was hoping not."-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
"i'm happiest when signs are posted--no spitting, no public urination, no walking on the grass. i might not obey but at least i know where i stood."-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
5. The Sunset Limited
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement wher… read more
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6. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
By: Sam Harris
3.90
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and relig… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- science
"Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love"-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
"Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance."-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
"120 million of us place the big bang 2,500 years after the Babylonians and Sumerians learned to brew beer."-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
"Religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction."-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
7. Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s
By: Grady Hendrix
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of the 1970s and '80s . . . if you dare. Page throu… read more
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8. Quantum Supremacy
By: Michio Kaku
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. Math Without Numbers
By: Milo Beckman
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated tour of the structures and patterns we call math The only numbers in this book ar… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
10. The Mysteries
By: Bill Watterson
3.76
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more
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11. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
12. Gothic
By: Philip Fracassi
3.83
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk … read more
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- audiobook
13. Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages
By: Ed West
3.99
Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition
A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after c… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.11
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more
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- politics
- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
15. The Patient
By: Jasper DeWitt
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The Silent Patient by way of Stephen King: Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his j… read more
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"it is not possible to show the reality for people who suffer from delusions"-Jasper DeWitt, The Patient
16. The Test
By: Sylvain Neuvel
3.83
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
Britain, the not-too-distant future. Idir is sitting the British Citizenship Test. He wants his f… read more
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- audiobook
17. Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
By: Mark Miodownik
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This fascinating new book by the bestselling scientist and engineer Mark Miodownik is an expert tou… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table
By: Anja Røyne
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An around-the-world journey to discover where in the wild we can find the elements of life and the … read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
By: Lisa Kaltenegger
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
By: Lee McIntyre
3.86
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Can we change the minds of science deniers? Encounters with flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, coronaviru… read more
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- audiobook
- politics
- skepticism
- nonfiction
- science
"Nadie se autoidentifica como negacionista de la ciencia. A menudo se ven a sí mismos como más científicos que los científicos. Lo que uno de nosotros piense de ellos, muchos de ellos lo pensarán de n…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
"Quizá sea tan difícil que un negacionista de la ciencia cambie de opinión a base de evidencia porque, en cierto sentido, la evidencia no es realmente lo que fundamenta sus creencias. Puede que el con…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
"Aunque el contenido de los sistemas de creencias varíe, todo negacionismo de la ciencia parece fundamentarse en un reducido conjunto de errores del razonamiento humano. [...] 1)Evidencia basada en un…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
"En su libro tremendamente útil How to Have Impossible Conversations, el filósofo Peter Boghossian y el matemático James Lindsay nos proporcionan un sorprendente consejo para tratar de convencer a alg…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
21. Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe
By: Marcus Chown
4.04
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, … read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
By: Kelly Weill
3.79
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Since 2015, there has been a spectacular boom in a centuries-old delusion: that the earth is flat. … read more
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- politics
- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything
By: Tim James
4.25
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
What is the chemical symbol for a human? What's the strongest acid ever made? Can human beings real… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
By: Buddy Levy
4.42
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. 42 Reasons to Hate the Universe: (And One Reason Not To)
By: Chris Ferrie
3.95
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you… you were right! Yes, the universe we l… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know
By: Dean R. Lomax
4.45
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Travel back to the prehistoric world and discover the most fascinating parts of the lives of Earth'… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
By: Laura Mersini-Houghton
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Po… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. The Inquisition: A Captivating Guide to the Medieval, Spanish, Portuguese, and Roman Inquisitions (The Medieval Period)
By: Captivating History
4.18
Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition
The paranoia and recriminations that have been unleashed by religious inquisitions are quite extrao… read more
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29. Weird Earth. Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet
By: Donald R. Prothero
3.68
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Aliens. Ley lines. Water dowsing. Conspiracies and myths captivate imaginations and promise mys… read more
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- politics
- geology
- skepticism
- nonfiction
- science
30. The Science of Weird Shit: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal
By: Chris French
3.89
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An accessible and gratifying introduction to the world of paranormal beliefs and bizarre experience… read more
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- nonfiction
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31. High Heel (Object Lessons)
By: Summer Brennan
4.14
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
A PopMatters Best Nonfiction Book of The Year, 2019 A Refinery29 Best Book of March 2019 A Paste Ma… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Our shoes pin us to the world, like Peter Pan to his shadow. More than simply facilitating our movement out-of-doors, they mediate between the wearer and the ground. Perhaps it is less the world they…"-Summer Brennan, High Heel (Object Lessons)
