Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness
By: Charles Foster
3.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness,…
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1. The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self
By: Anil Ananthaswamy
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzhe… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
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2. No Logo
By: Naomi Klein
3.89
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition, No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"(...) losing one's job is much less frightening when getting it seemed an accident in the first place."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Competitive branding became a necessity of the machine age — within a context of manufactured sameness; image-based difference had to be manufactured along with the product."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and…"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
3. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story
By: Dimitra Papagianni , Michael A. Morse
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new disc… read more
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- nonfiction
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- anthropology
- science
4. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A sweeping collection of new and selected essays on the Obama era by the National Book Award-winnin… read more
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5. Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
By: Sharon Moalem , None
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Read it. You're already living it. Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Did a dea… read more
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6. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
By: Parker J. Palmer
4.18
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teach… read more
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7. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Fear: Trump in the White House
By: Bob Woodward
3.87
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodw… read more
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"He’s a fucking moron,"-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
"When Trump called Mexicans “rapists"-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
"Mr. President, you've got to buy some democrats," Graham said. The good news is they come cheap."-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
"For Mr. Trump, though, bringing in Mr. Bannon was the political equivalent of ordering comfort food."-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
9. Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.23
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explo… read more
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- history
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"The Soviets had to choose whether to show Blix the toilet facilities and hide the super-secret radar or vice versa."-Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
"The world has already been overwhelmed by one Chernobyl and one exclusion zone. It cannot afford any more. It must learn its lessons from what happened in and around Chernobyl on April 26, 1986."-Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
10. Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
By: Richard Dawkins
4.13
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to t… read more
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- history
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- nature
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11. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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- history
- audiobook
12. Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild
By: Lucy Jones
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet na… read more
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- nature
- science
13. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion -- Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.75
Format: 7 pages, Audio CD
Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of… read more
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- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"La ciencia es contraria a la sensibilidad de los animales hasta que ésta ya no pueda negarse. ¿No sería mejor argumentar, por si acaso, lo contrario, para no maltratar innecesariamente a los animales?"-Peter Wohlleben, The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion -- Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
"Si de verdad somos la especie más inteligente de este planeta -algo que presupongo-, ¿entonces por qué la ciencia no recorrió hace tiempo el camino inverso? ¿Por qué esforzarse durante años en enseña…"-Peter Wohlleben, The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion -- Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
14. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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- history
- audiobook
"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
15. 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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- anthropology
- nonfiction
- science
16. Enter the Aardvark
By: Jessica Anthony
3.62
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
A young congressman discovers a mysterious stuffed aardvark on his doorstep and sets out on a rip-r… read more
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"... explained to him how nature is not criminal. How common it was for certain African men on expedition to engage in what might be called "reciprocal sex." How it was common for these men to declare…"-Jessica Anthony, Enter the Aardvark
17. 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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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
18. De theorie van de 1 of 2
By: Ish Ait Hamou
4.01
Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition
Waarom zijn wij Marokkanen angstig als iemand uit onze gemeenschap een positie bekleedt waar we zel… read more
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19. The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
By: Sharon Moalem
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A Guardian Book of the Week Longlisted for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When it comes to dealing with the trauma of life, genetic females have options. And genetic males don’t."-Sharon Moalem, The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
"So, like diamonds that require an immense amount of pressure and energy to form one hundred miles under the surface of the earth, women are just harder to make."-Sharon Moalem, The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
"Individuals may fluidly accept or change their gender, which may not align with the one assumed at any point throughout the life course. Yet when it comes to sex chromosomes and their immense effects…"-Sharon Moalem, The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
"Here are some basic facts: Women live longer than me. Women have stronger immune systems. Women are less likely to suffer from a developmental disability, are more likely to see the world in a wider …"-Sharon Moalem, The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
20. Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness
By: Charles Foster
3.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness,… read more
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- nature
- anthropology
21. Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
By: Christof Koch
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The world’s leading investigator of consciousness argues that by understanding what consciousness d… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
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