Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist
By: Larry Rohter
4.47
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
A thrilling biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservation…
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1. Le Royaume
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Le Royaume raconte l'histoire des debuts de la chretiente, vers la fin du Ier siecle apres Jesus Ch… read more
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2. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
By: Troy Senik
4.16
Format: 384 pages, ebook
“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
3. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
4. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
By: Lynne Olson
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against the international ca… read more
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- history
- biography
- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"He demonstrated a feminism very unusual for his time by encouraging her in all her undertakings and helping her overcome the obstacles that arose with her projects,"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"Above all, she talked about the great debt she owned her parents for encouraging her to do what she wanted and for providing her with unstinting support, not to mention stellar education, that enable…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"My parents were humanists,“ Desroches later told an interviewer. “They taught me humanist values such as respect for one another, for your neighbors, for people in general, respect for civilizations.…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
5. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
By: Stuart A. Reid
4.40
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
6. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
By: Tahir Hamut Izgil
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a f… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"The Uyghur region was now a gigantic prison, blanketed with security forces and a biometric surveillance system unique in human history."-Tahir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
7. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
8. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
By: Gloria Dickie
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more
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- history
- travel
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
9. Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative
By: Jennifer Burns
4.26
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography of America's most renowned economist. Milton Friedman was, alongside J… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
10. Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
By: Darrell Hartman
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more
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- history
- biography
- travel
- nonfiction
- nature
11. Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future
By: Ian Johnson
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Using history to challenge Communist Party rule. China's Underground Historians and their Battl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art
By: Orlando Whitfield
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
DECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students d… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
13. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
14. Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
By: Yepoka Yeebo
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of t… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
15. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
16. The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
By: Andrew McAfee
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this "handbook for disruptors" (Eric Schmidt), The Geek Way reveals a new way to get big thing… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Don't Let the Devil Ride
By: Ace Atkins
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more
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18. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919
By: James Carl Nelson
3.55
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist
By: Larry Rohter
4.47
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
A thrilling biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservation… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- travel
- brazil
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
20. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
21. Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins: A Trip Through the World of Animal Intoxication
By: Oné R. Pagán
3.73
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Oné R. Pagán, author of Strange Survivors, returns with a book full of unforgettable stories and od… read more
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- nature
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