Time: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Jenann Ismael
3.40
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the dif…
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1. If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
By: Scott Brick , Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Kevin T. Collins
3.87
Format: 144 pages, MP3 CD
Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers o… read more
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"Any brain worth a nickel knows books are good for us."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
"There is only one rule that I know, goddamn it, you've got to be kind."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
"Whenever my children complain about the planet to me, I say 'Shut up, I just got here myself'."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
2. Napoleon: A Concise Biography
By: David A. Bell
3.98
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
This book provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and c… read more
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3. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
4. Crampton Hodnet
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Here, Barbara Mary Crampton Pym sails off into a wickedly comedic farce, focusing on the unsuitable… read more
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5. Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction
By: Thomas Dixon
3.87
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
The debate between science and religion is never out of the news: emotions run high, fuelled by pol… read more
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6. The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version
By: Anonymous , Michael D. Coogan , Marc Zvi Brettler , Pheme Perkins , None
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Countless students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon The New Oxford Annotated … read more
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7. Concrete Island
By: J.G. Ballard
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
On a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over th… read more
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8. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
By: Daniel C. Dennett
4.07
Format: 588 pages, Paperback
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Bos… read more
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"Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications."-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
"I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics."-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination. —Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995"-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
"Science, however, is not just a matter of making mistakes, but of making mistakes in public. Making mistakes for all to see, in the hopes of getting the others to help with the corrections."-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
9. Consciousness Explained
By: Daniel C. Dennett
3.90
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
"Brilliant...as audacious as its title....Mr. Dennett's exposition is nothing short of brilliant." … read more
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"Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity."-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
"Our fundamental tactic of self-protection, self-control, and self-definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories, and more particularly connecting and controlling the story we …"-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
"This 'web of discourses' as Robyn called it...is as much a biological product as any of the other constructions to be found in the animal world. (Clothes too, are part of the extended phenotype of Ho…"-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
"There is a species of primate in South America more gregarious than most other mammals, with a curious behavior.The members of this species often gather in groups, large and small, and in the course …"-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
10. Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
By: Jared Diamond
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why are human females the only mammal… read more
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11. The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
By: Ernesto Che Guevara , Aleida Guevara March
4.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
The young Che Guevara's lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New … read more
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12. Faust: First Part
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more
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13. Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
By: James R. Hansen , Allan J. McDonald
3.41
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
What they didn't want you to know "We all watched in shock and disbelief when Challenger was lost. … read more
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14. Beacon 23 (Beacon 23, #1-5)
By: Hugh Howey
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a l… read more
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15. Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
By: Simon Blackburn
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
Here at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscap… read more
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16. What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
By: Roger Penrose , Erwin Schrödinger
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What Is Life? is a 1944 non-fiction science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schr… read more
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17. The Great Degeneration
By: Niall Ferguson
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all aro… read more
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18. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
By: Dorothy Gilman
4.16
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was… read more
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"there was no safety anywhere in life, except as illusion"-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
"But that is precisely what life is, wouldn’t you agree? Everything is a matter of choice, and when we choose are we not gambling on the unknown and its being a wise choice? And isn’t it free choice t…"-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
19. The Damsel (Alan Grofield, #1)
By: Richard Stark
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Alan Grofield has a knack for attracting damsels in distress. When Ellen Marie Fitzgerald comes in … read more
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20. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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21. Keep the Aspidistra Flying
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Near… read more
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22. Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
By: Bertrand Russell , Paul Edwards
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned wi… read more
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23. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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24. The Orange and Other Poems
By: Wendy Cope
4.19
Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition
My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. The Orange and Other Poems provides the … read more
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25. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
3.92
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more
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"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
26. Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness … read more
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27. Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
By: Kate Crawford
3.99
Format: 288 pages, ebook
The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality,… read more
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28. Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
By: Annaka Harris
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fas… read more
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29. Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel
By: Stephen Budiansky
4.09
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel’s famous proof that every mathematical sys… read more
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30. The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics
By: Steven Gimbel
4.16
Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio
Length: 6 hrs and 10 minsPhilosophers have long puzzled over the nature of space, time, and matter.… read more
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31. Time: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Jenann Ismael
3.40
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the dif… read more
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