History of the World in 100 Animals
By: Simon Barnes
4.08
Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Katje, the Windmill Cat
By: Nicola Bayley , Gretchen Woelfle
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
A heroic tale, based on a true story more than five hundred years old, of a cat, a baby, and a floo… read more
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2. Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds
By: Bill Bailey
3.75
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
'When herons are spooked they have a habit of vomiting as a defence. Half-digested pieces of eel an… read more
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3. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
By: Mark Miodownik
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesBestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surroun… read more
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4. Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions
By: David Attenborough
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the wor… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
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5. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
By: Walter Álvarez
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The story of one of the greatest adventures of twentieth-century science, told by the central figu… read more
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6. The Romanovs: 1613-1918
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
3.17
Format: None pages,
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more
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7. Cold People
By: Tom Rob Smith
3.52
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for… read more
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8. Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
By: Philipp Dettmer
4.59
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think ab… read more
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"Life hates nothing as much as wasting resources."-Philipp Dettmer, Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
9. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- nonfiction
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
10. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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11. 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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12. Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
By: Susie Dent
4.30
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordina… read more
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13. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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14. 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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"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
15. The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.74
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES A powerful return to the… read more
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"The ancient tie that binds us to nature is not and never has been severed. We have just ignored it for a while."-Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
16. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
By: Katherine Rundell
4.42
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more
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"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
17. 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)
18. Gender Is Really Strange
By: Teddy G. Goetz
4.22
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be trans? Non-Binary? Gender Expansive? What parts of gender come from societ… read more
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19. History of the World in 100 Animals
By: Simon Barnes
4.08
Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition
'So, so good! ... More gems than a pirate's chest ... science, art, history, culture - it's epic an… read more
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20. The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography
By: Zoran Nikolić
3.39
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Man… read more
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21. Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation
By: Tim Birkhead
3.85
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey throug… read more
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