18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
By: Christopher Dewdney
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Acquainted with the Night comes a brilliant and witty look at our fa…
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1. A Tale for the Time Being
By: Ruth Ozeki
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and h… read more
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"Maketa,"-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"Live. For Now. For the time being."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"True freedom comes from being unknown."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"Forget the clock. It has no power over time."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
2. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
By: Oliver Sacks
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century" (The N… read more
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3. Airframe
By: Michael Crichton
3.74
Format: 431 pages, Paperback
The twin jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is merely a green radar blip half an hour off … read more
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"Sometimes I look around my living room, and the most real thing in the room is the television. It’s bright and vivid, and the rest of my life looks drab. So I turn the damn thing off. That does it ev…"-Michael Crichton, Airframe
"I understand,' Marder said. 'But a claim filed in a court has limited publicity. Newsline is going to present these crazy claims to forty million viewers. And at the same time, they'll automatically …"-Michael Crichton, Airframe
"There's only one more thing I can tell you, Katherine. You work in a complex business. If you try to explain that complexity to Martin, you'll be frustrated. You’ll feel he isn't interested. He'll pr…"-Michael Crichton, Airframe
"What she was looking for was a way to shape the story so that it unfolded now, in a pattern that the viewer could follow. The best frames engaged the viewer by presenting the story as conflict betwee…"-Michael Crichton, Airframe
4. Rising from the Plains
By: John McPhee
5.00
Format: None pages,
This is about high-country geology and a Rocky Mountain regional geologist. I raise that semaphore … read more
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- nature
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5. Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)
By: Shannon Messenger
3.09
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She's a Telepath--someone who hears the thoughts of eve… read more
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6. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
4.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples Today in… read more
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"Of a thousand Red Stick and allied insurgents, eight hundred were killed. [Andrew] Jackson lost forty-nine men."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"Once elected president, Jackson lost no time in initiating the removal of all Indigenous farmers and the destruction of all their towns in the South."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"[Theodore] Roosevelt referred to [Emilio] Aguinaldo as a "renegade Pawnee" and observed that Filipinos did not have the right to govern their country just because they happened to occupy it."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"The establishment of the missions and presidios from San Diego and Los Angeles and Santa Barbara to Carmel, San Francisco, and Sonoma, traces the colonization of California's Indigenous nations. The …"-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
7. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
By: Daniel James Brown
3.59
Format: 464 pages,
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more
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8. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more
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9. The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.33
Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In The Light Fantasticonly one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortuna… read more
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10. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
11. The Witch's Heart
By: Genevieve Gornichec
4.05
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the g… read more
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"I can’t believe,"-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
"We're odd. She's odd. She fits right in, does she not?"-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
"They say a witch used to live in these woods, a long long time ago,"-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
"My heart is so much more than it once was, even if it now beats outside my chest."-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
12. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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13. Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
By: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we—and the pla… read more
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- nature
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"As far as we know, our planet is the only place in the universe where there is life. Many would say that we humans have a moral duty to rein in our dominance of the Earth and give our millions of fel…"-Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
14. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
15. Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
By: David Goggins
4.44
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
This is not a self-help book. It's a wake-up call! Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins' smash hit memoi… read more
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"Whatever it takes for you to believe that you're better than good enough to achieve your dreams is what you must do. And remember, your greatness is not tied to any outcome. It is found in the valian…"-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
"We all owe it ourselves to stand for something. Principles give us a foundation — solid ground we can trust and build on as we continue to redefine what's possible in our own lives. Sure, some will b…"-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
"Back in SEAL training, I loved when people froze up and quit. I felt it elevated me in some way, but that was ego-driven immaturity and poor leadership. These days, I consider my business to make eve…"-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
16. The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
By: Andrew Blum
3.49
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the w… read more
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17. 18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
By: Christopher Dewdney
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Acquainted with the Night comes a brilliant and witty look at our fa… read more
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