The Frog with Self-Cleaning Feet: . . . And Other Extraordinary Tales from the Animal World
By: Michael Bright
3.89
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Humans
By: Matt Haig
4.08
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are l… read more
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"As civilisation advances, so does indifference."-Matt Haig, The Humans
"So love is about finding the right person to hurt you?"-Matt Haig, The Humans
"Because the possibility of pain is where love stems from."-Matt Haig, The Humans
"And yet, when everything is alien the alien becomes familiar."-Matt Haig, The Humans
2. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
By: Andrea Wulf
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, th… read more
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3. All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
By: James Herriot
3.59
Format: 251 pages,
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- nonfiction
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4. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
By: Randall Munroe
4.14
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, … read more
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"A darkened Sun would liberate us from the parsnip threat."-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
"So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, swi…"-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
"But what about gender and sexual orientation? And culture? And language? We could keep using demographics to try to narrow things down further, but we would be drifting away from the idea of a random…"-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
5. An Ocean Of Air: A Natural History Of The Atmosphere
By: Gabrielle Walker
4.33
Format: 192 pages,
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6. Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments
By: Alex Boese
4.29
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
When Tusko the Elephant woke in his pen at the Lincoln Park Zoo on the morning of August 3, 1962, l… read more
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7. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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- animals
- nature
- science
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
8. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
9. The Last Murder at the End of the World
By: Stuart Turton
3.68
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more
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10. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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- nature
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11. End of Story
By: A.J. Finn
3.10
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.” So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery… read more
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12. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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- animals
- nature
- science
"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
13. The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table
By: Anja Røyne
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An around-the-world journey to discover where in the wild we can find the elements of life and the … read more
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14. The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors
By: Maurice Isserman
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line … read more
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15. Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19
By: Frederick F. Cartwright
3.87
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
A newly updated edition of a classic in the history of medicine with information on Covid-19. Arisi… read more
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16. "S" Is for Stupid: An Encyclopedia of Stupidity (Stupid History Book 11)
By: Leland Gregory
3.60
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
An A-to-Z treasury of dumb, disastrous, and hard-to-believe human behavior from the New York Times-… read more
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17. Incredible Journeys: Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019
By: David Barrie
3.80
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
Publisher's note: Supernavigators was published in the UK under the title Incredible Journeys. A… read more
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18. A Naturalist At Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich
By: Bernd Heinrich
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From one of the finest scientist/writers of our time comes an engaging record of a life spent in cl… read more
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19. The Frog with Self-Cleaning Feet: . . . And Other Extraordinary Tales from the Animal World
By: Michael Bright
3.89
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
Wild animals do the most extraordinary things. Some are exceptionally bright, use tools and solve c… read more
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