A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age
By: Alec Wilkinson
3.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and…
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1. The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job
By: Karen Kelsky
4.16
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get ten… read more
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"... the modern university system systematically requires an unending supply of young, vulnerable idealists to work for poverty wages as graduate student teaching assistants (and, of course, adjuncts)…"-Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job
2. The Seven Good Years
By: Etgar Keret , Miriam Shlesinger , Sondra Silverston , Jessica Cohen , Anthony Berris
4.15
Format: 173 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a master storyteller.The seven years between… read more
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"Experience has taught me that there are some situations in which it's better to keep quiet. That is, I tried to keep quiet. Life gives me good advice, but sometimes I refuse to take it."-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
"The story I had written wasn't the creased, stit-smeared paper now sitting in the bottom of the trash can on the street. That page was just a pipeline through which I could transmit my feelings from …"-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
"The writer is neither saint nor tzaddik nor prophet standing at the gate; he's just another sinner who has a somewhat sharper awareness and uses slightly more precise language to describe the inconce…"-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
"Me, when it comes to religion, I have no God. When I'm cool, I don't need anyone, and when I'm feeling shitty and this big empty hole opens up inside me, I just know there's never been a god that cou…"-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
3. So Long, See You Tomorrow
By: William Maxwell
3.91
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
On an Illinois farm in the 1920s, a man is murdered, and in the same moment the tenuous friendship … read more
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"His sadness was of the kind that is patient and without hope."-William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow
"Love, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera."-William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow
"A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income incomparable to his own."-William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow
"I don't know what she looked like. Most farm women of her age were reduced by hard work and frequent child-bearing to a common denominator of plainness."-William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow
4. Storm of Steel
By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more
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- nonfiction
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5. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
By: Steven H. Strogatz
2.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A world-class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Timeshosts a delightful tour of… read more
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- history
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6. By Night the Mountain Burns
By: Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel , Jethro Soutar
2.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
By Night The Mountain Burnsrecounts the narrator's childhood on a remote island off the West Africa… read more
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7. Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
By: Dava Sobel
3.97
Format: 384 pages,
Dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-centu… read more
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9. An American Tragedy
By: Richard R. Lingeman , Theodore Dreiser
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
On one level, An American Tragedyis the story of the corruption and destruction of one man, Clyde G… read more
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10. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
By: Anne Lamott
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
A chronicle of faith and spirituality that is at once tough, personal, affectionate, wise and very … read more
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11. When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi
By: David Maraniss
3.50
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the… read more
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12. In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
By: Ian Stewart
3.27
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
In In Pursuit of the Unknown, celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart uses a handful of mathematical e… read more
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13. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
By: William Egginton
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more
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- history
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14. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- biography memoir
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15. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
By: Steven H. Strogatz
4.30
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more
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- history
- mathematics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
"With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have man…"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
16. Math Without Numbers
By: Milo Beckman
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated tour of the structures and patterns we call math The only numbers in this book ar… read more
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17. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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- history
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18. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
By: David Maraniss
4.02
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more
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19. On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
By: Thomas Hertog
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual supersta… read more
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- philosophy
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- science
"We can compare spacetime to an open, conic cup. We move forward in time by following the cone upward to the top. We move through space by going around in circles. If we imagine going back in time, we…"-Thomas Hertog, On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
20. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
By: David H. Petraeus
4.06
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more
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"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
21. From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga
By: S.H. Fernando
4.01
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished intervie… read more
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22. God: An Anatomy
By: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancie… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"How could I not be distracted? Here was a deity just like those I’d visited in museums as a child—a god of ancient myths, fantastic stories and long-lost rituals; a god from the distant past, from a …"-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, God: An Anatomy
23. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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- history
24. Southernmost
By: Silas House
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning novel about judgment, courage, heartbreak, and change, author Silas House wrestles… read more
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"Some nights he thinks they are just a dream God is having"-Silas House, Southernmost
"Surely there is a light in that boy that will never go out, no matter what he has to face along the way. That's all a father can hope for his child, that a little fire will burn in them to keep them …"-Silas House, Southernmost
25. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir
By: Michael McDonald
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more
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26. Mathematics for Human Flourishing
By: Francis Su
4.26
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
AN INCLUSIVE VISION OF MATHEMATICS - ITS BEAUTY, ITS HUMANITY, AND ITS POWER TO BUILD VIRTUES THAT … read more
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27. 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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"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
28. Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
By: Sarah Hart
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice “Wide-ranging and thoroughly winning.” ―Jordan Elle… read more
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29. If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
By: Justin Gregg
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“A dazzling, delightful read on what animal cognition can teach us about our own mental shortcoming… read more
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30. The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
By: Jack Emerson Davis
3.75
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Amer… read more
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31. A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age
By: Alec Wilkinson
3.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and… read more
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