The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It
By: Donald R. Prothero
4.14
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's p…
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1. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
By: Adam Rutherford
4.03
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to… read more
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"We look to statistics for reassurance in these types of situations. Here is one: 100% of mass shootings have been enabled by access to guns. I can guarantee that even if there were a genotype shared …"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
"(...) prawo Godwina (tendencja do pojawiania się wzmianki o Hitlerze w przedłużających się dyskusjach w sieci) lub prawo nagłówków Betteridge'a (jeśli nagłówek zawiera pytanie, odpowiedź prawdopodobn…"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
2. Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
By: Neil Shubin
4.03
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are b… read more
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- evolution
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- nature
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"We were not designed rationally, but are products of a convoluted history."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"Look at the first arch in a human and a shark, and you find a very similar state of affairs: jaws."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"In a perfectly designed world —one with no history— we would not have to suffer everything from hemorrhoids to cancer."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"Many of the molecules that microbes use to cause us misery are primitive versions of the molecules that make our own bodies possible."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
3. The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of he… read more
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4. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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- audiobook
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
5. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
By: David Reich
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human histo… read more
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- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
7. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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- evolution
- palaeontology
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8. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
9. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
By: Dan Flores
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- nature
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"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
10. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
11. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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- evolution
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- nature
- audiobook
12. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
By: Annalee Newitz
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why … read more
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- history
- science
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"Often it is in the most squalid and filthiest of places that we can uncover profound truths about a society that considers itself civilized."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"There was no giant sign proclaiming the end of life as they'd known it; instead, there was a mounting pile of annoyances and disappointments."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"City leaders pour resources into beautiful spectacles for political reasons, rather than providing good roads, functioning sewers, relatively safe marketplaces, and other basic amenities of urban lif…"-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
13. Early Humans: Ice, Stone, and Survival
By: Suzanne Pilaar Birch
3.89
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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- history
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14. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
By: Christina Thompson
4.24
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more
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- history
- science
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"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
15. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- history
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- nature
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16. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more
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- history
- audiobook
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became…"-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
17. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
By: Philip Plait
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more
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18. Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
By: Kermit Pattison
4.13
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes account of the discovery of the oldest skeleton of a human ancestor, named "Ard… read more
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- evolution
- palaeontology
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- audiobook
19. Letters From An Astrophysicist
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The natural follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Astrophys… read more
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"My life is what I make of it."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
"School is not only a place to learn, but a place to learn how to learn."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
"The Cosmic Perspective reminds us that in space, where there is no air, a flag will not wave. An indication that perhaps flag-waving and space exploration do not mix."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
"How about if (...) pious people all lived longer than non-pious people? How about when a plane crashes, only the pious people survive? How about Jesus comes when people say he will come? How about pe…"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
20. Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology (The Rediscovered Series)
By: Michael J. Benton
4.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific disciplin… read more
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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- nature
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21. Hello Sleep: The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications
By: Jade Wu
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A practical and compassionate guide to repairing your relationship with sleep For the twenty-five … read more
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22. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
By: David Quammen
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our un… read more
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- evolution
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23. The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
By: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos—and … read more
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"Everywhere we go, no matter how hard we try to avoid it, capitalism follows us."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
"Science is supposedly about asking questions, except about scientists and how science is done."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
"Access to a dark night sky—to see and be inspired by the universe as it really is—should be a human right, not a luxury for the chosen few."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
24. The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began
By: Valerie Hansen
3.69
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a groundbreaking work of history showing that bold e… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
25. Ancient Bones: Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
By: Madelaine Böhme
4.16
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new account of human origins, as told by the paleontologist who led the most groundbrea… read more
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- evolution
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
By: Patrick House
3.48
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the funct… read more
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27. When the Earth Had Two Moons: Cannibal Planets, Dreadful Orbits, Icy Giants, Dirty Comets and the Origins of Today's Night Sky
By: Erik Asphaug
3.82
Format: None pages, Audiobook
An astonishing exploration of planet formation and the origins of life by one of the world s most i… read more
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"Academics walk around with one or two big questions in their heads, which is why they lose track of time and bump into branches."-Erik Asphaug, When the Earth Had Two Moons: Cannibal Planets, Dreadful Orbits, Icy Giants, Dirty Comets and the Origins of Today's Night Sky
"As you read this book, keep in mind that you have the liberty to move on to a different paragraph or chapter as you please, aided by the illustrations that correspond to text in various chapters. Lan…"-Erik Asphaug, When the Earth Had Two Moons: Cannibal Planets, Dreadful Orbits, Icy Giants, Dirty Comets and the Origins of Today's Night Sky
28. Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
By: Philipp Blom
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Although hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, the temperature by the end of the sixtee… read more
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- history
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29. Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
By: Dale E. Greenwalt
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life We used to thin… read more
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- palaeontology
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30. The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It
By: Donald R. Prothero
4.14
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's p… read more
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