Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food
By: Rachel Herz
3.69
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
“In this factual feast, neuroscientist Rachel Herz probes humanity’s fiendishly complex relationshi…
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1. Greenshaw's Folly: A Miss Marple Short Story (Miss Marple)
By: Agatha Christie
3.81
Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition
The elderly lady, and owner, at a strangely-constructed house nicknamed Greenshaw's Folly, is murde… read more
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2. 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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- science
- health
- nutrition
- food
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Ghostwritten
By: David Mitchell
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A gallery attendant at the Hermitage. A young jazz buff in Tokyo. A crooked British lawyer in Hong … read more
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4. Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
By: Shauna Niequist
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
This book is a collection of essays about family relationships, friendships, and the meals that bri… read more
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- cooking
- food
- nonfiction
5. Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
By: Michael Moss
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Every year, the average American eats 33 pounds of cheese and 70 pounds of sugar. They ingest 8,500… read more
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6. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
By: Mary Roach
3.00
Format: 282 pages,
Grunttackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries--panic, exhaustion… read more
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7. Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World
By: Ben Hewitt
4.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, th… read more
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8. 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food
By: Susan Albers
3.50
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Food has the power to temporarily alleviate stress and sadness, enhance joy, and bring us comfort w… read more
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9. Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
By: M.E. Thomas
3.92
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
The first memoir of its kind, Confessions of a Sociopathis an engrossing, highly captivating narrat… read more
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10. She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
By: Carl Zimmer
4.16
Format: 657 pages, Hardcover
Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overvi… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
"The stubborn inequalities in the Unites States are not the result of some people living in a physical environment. Their environment is built by social forces, and those forces last for centuries bec…"-Carl Zimmer, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
"It is true that humans have physical differences, and some of those differences are spread geographically across the plant. But clinging to old notions about race won't help us understand the nature …"-Carl Zimmer, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
11. Men and Women Talking (Singles Classic)
By: Gloria Steinem
4.09
Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition
Once upon a time (just a few years ago), psychologists believed that the way we chose to communicat… read more
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- audiobook
12. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
By: Cecily Wong
4.28
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
Wonder is around every corner, and on every plate. The curious minds behind Atlas Obscura now turn … read more
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- cooking
- food
- nonfiction
"Adventures don’t always require a plane ticket."-Cecily Wong, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
"Wonder can be found wherever you are open to searching for it."-Cecily Wong, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
"Eating may be the most immersive, visceral travel experience. It requires an engagement of every sense... Humans around the world are bound by the necessity and pleasure of eating, and there is no fa…"-Cecily Wong, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
13. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
By: Kevin Simler
3.98
Format: 408 pages, ebook
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed … read more
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- self help
- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- science
"In Debt, the anthropologist David Graeber tells the story of Tei Reinga, a Maori villager and “notorious glutton"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Take school, for instance. We say that the function of school is to teach valuable skills and knowledge. Yet students don't remember most of what they're taught, and most of what they do remember isn…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Social status among humans actually comes in two flavors: dominance and prestige.12 Dominance is the kind of status we get from being able to intimidate others (think Joseph Stalin), and on the low-s…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"The point is, our minds aren't as private as we like to imagine. Other people have partial visibility into what we're thinking. Faced with the translucency of our own minds, then, self-deception is o…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
14. The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
By: Finn Murphy
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul .”―Sloane Crosley, Vanity… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Books are completely disappearing. Remember in Fahrenheit 451 where the fireman's wife was addicted to interactive television and they sent fireman crews out to burn books? That mission has been larg…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited supply o…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t give two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited sup…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
15. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
By: Anthony Bourdain
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential. For the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restau… read more
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- cooking
- food
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese."-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
"That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund."-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
"There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub."-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
"I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction …"-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
16. Strange Planet (Strange Planet, #1)
By: Nathan W. Pyle
4.33
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an adorable and pr… read more
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"Where is your pain? In my emotions. I don't understand. No one ever does."-Nathan W. Pyle, Strange Planet (Strange Planet, #1)
17. Mycroft and Sherlock (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #2)
By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.No… read more
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18. Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
By: Mallory O'Meara
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“At last, the feminist history of booze we’ve been waiting for!” —Amy Stewart, author of The Drunke… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It's hilarious that having a cushion on a barstool to make it more comfortable is considered a feminine touch, but there you go. Maybe it's a mark of masculine virility to have a sore butt."-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
"So many names and stories have been lost to time. Having a legacy is a privilege afforded only to a few. Often, it's about class. . . . sometimes it's just about when and were you were born."-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
"The Western world entered a new era: medieval times. Unfortunately, it wasn't anything like the themed restaurant. There were a lot less roasted turkey legs and a lot more open-air latrines."-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
"Generally, the gendering of alcohol is only found where women have access to drinking space. If you can't keep women out of the space where drinking happens, you keep them out of the drinks themselve…"-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
19. Food, Science and the Human Body
By: Alyssa Crittenden
3.81
Format: 18 pages, Audible Audio
What foods did the human body evolve to eat, and why? How does the food we eat affect our genes and… read more
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- food
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20. Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food
By: Rachel Herz
3.69
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
“In this factual feast, neuroscientist Rachel Herz probes humanity’s fiendishly complex relationshi… read more
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- cooking
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21. The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully
By: Aaron E. Carroll
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Physician and popular New York Times Upshot contributor Aaron Carroll mines the latest evidence t… read more
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