California: An American History
By: John Mack Faragher
4.12
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation “A masterf…
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1. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
2. At Home in the World
By: Tsh Oxenreider
4.33
Format: None pages,
As Tsh Oxenreider, author of Notes From a Blue Bike, chronicles her family's adventure around the w… read more
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3. Assembling California
By: John McPhee
4.22
Format: 432 pages,
At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the compa… read more
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- nonfiction
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4. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
By: Lenny Bruce , Eric Bogosian
3.70
Format: None pages,
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5. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
By: Tamim Ansary
3.87
Format: 144 pages,
We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civil… read more
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6. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
By: Mike Davis
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hidden story of L.A. Mike Davis shows us where the city's money comes from and who controls it … read more
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7. Trees in Paradise: A California History
By: Jared Farmer
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
California now has more trees than at any time since the late Pleistocene. This green landscape, ho… read more
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8. California: A History
By: Kevin Starr
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
California has always been our Shangri-la-the promised land of countless pilgrims in search of the … read more
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9. Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
By: Malcolm Harris
3.90
Format: 720 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, from railroad capitalists to microchip a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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11. Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13)
By: Seanan McGuire
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid serie… read more
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12. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
By: Dacher Keltner
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Awe is mysterious. How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon… read more
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13. Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World
By: Cade Metz
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives… read more
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"It was a combination of genetics, stupidity, and bad luck, like everything else that goes wrong in life"-Cade Metz, Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World
14. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
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15. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more
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"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
16. The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness
By: Wendy Syfret
3.64
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A positively rebellious take on a traditionally negative philosophy offers an antidote for our anxi… read more
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"Over time, innocuous concepts like meaning and purpose turn corrosive as all the obsessive thought, fixation and study of our own minds and lives fails to return any sense of relief or clarity. In fa…"-Wendy Syfret, The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness
"The pursuit of meaning shifted from a epic journey to a scavenger hunt. It's not enough to try and locate purpose in love, family, work or religion (although readers beware, those areas hold their ow…"-Wendy Syfret, The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness
17. The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California
By: Mark Arax
4.43
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
Author Mark Arax is from a family of Central Valley farmers, a writer with deep ties to the land wh… read more
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18. California: An American History
By: John Mack Faragher
4.12
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation “A masterf… read more
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- american history
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19. 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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20. California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
By: Rosanna Xia
4.66
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
From a celebrated environmental journalist, the riveting exploration of sea level rise along the We… read more
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"Resilience includes knowing when an unwanted transformation is inevitable."-Rosanna Xia, California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
21. Texas vs. California: A History of Their Struggle for the Future of America
By: Kenneth P. Miller
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
Texas and California are the leaders of Red and Blue America. As the nation has polarized, its most… read more
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