Figuring Out The Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics that Explain World History
By: Peter Turchin
2.98
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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3.50
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2. The Design of Everyday Things
By: Donald A. Norman
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
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3. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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4. Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
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3.92
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5. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
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6. Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
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3.21
Format: 192 pages,
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7. The Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
By: Martin Meredith
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Africa has been coveted for its riches ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it wa… read more
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8. Letter to a Christian Nation
By: Sam Harris
4.00
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"There had been ample warning that a storm “of biblical proportions"-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"These data are unequivocal: we are building a civilization of ignorance."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
9. La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal
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3.97
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"Yo estaba un poco deprimido no por nada, sino porque es mi carácter. La gente deprimida detesta, por envidia, a las personas vitalistas, y el paleontólogo es uno de esos sujetos que siempre están en …"-Juan José Millás, La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal
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4.35
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11. L'Ordre du jour
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3.90
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"The sun is a cold star."-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour
"Political maneuvering tramples facts."-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour
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12. Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
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4.04
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Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma mor… read more
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13. Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
By: Vaclav Smil
3.84
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21. Figuring Out The Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics that Explain World History
By: Peter Turchin
2.98
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Librarian's Note: an alternate cover and older edition of this ISBN can be found here. Discover … read more
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