The Last Unknowns
By: John Brockman
3.37
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowTHIS …
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1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.91
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more
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"Liberty! -- Electric word!"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2. Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
By: Matt Ruff
4.02
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and i… read more
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"Then he heard it. Out in the Wood, straight ahead and much closer than before: The beast."-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
"I’m sick of belonging to an Order that wants to change the world but can’t even change itself. I’m tired of the bullshit."-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
"Atticus tried not to care, telling himself paperbacks were meant to be abused, but it was hard, like watching friends get knocked around."-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
"The tea and the cookie were remarkably bland - flavourless, to be honest - but when swallowed, they produced a mild intoxication, a torpor of reason that allowed him to embrace a parley with a dead m…"-Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
3. All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World
By: Seth Godin
4.61
Format: 192 pages,
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- nonfiction
- psychology
4. The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
By: Gary Keller , Jay Papasan
3.16
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The One Thingexplains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the s… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
5. Dandelion Wine
By: Ray Bradbury
4.08
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawn… read more
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"No,"-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
"and sleeping put an end to summer, 1928,"-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
"And the sea moved her back down the shore."-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
"Those women like to see their tongues dance."-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
6. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
By: Brian Greene
4.09
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surroun… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- physics
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"...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"La cosmología tiene la capacidad de llamar nuestra atención a un nivel profundo y visceral, porque comprender cómo comenzó todo es, al menos para algunos, el punto en el que podemos encontrarnos más …"-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
7. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
By: Sam Harris
3.99
Format: 512 pages,
Sam Harris' first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion… read more
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8. Oroonoko
By: Aphra Behn , Janet Todd
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, th… read more
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9. 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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- nonfiction
- physics
- science
"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
10. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
11. Principles of Economics
By: N. Gregory Mankiw
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In writing this textbook, Mankiw has tried to put himself in the position of someone seeing economi… read more
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12. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
13. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
By: Annie Duke
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in footbal… read more
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14. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
15. The Order of Time
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- physics
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"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
16. Permanent Record
By: Edward Snowden
4.30
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveill… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The government should be afraid of the people, the people shouldn't be afraid of the government."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"This was the ultimate leap of faith, in a way: I could hardly trust anyone, so I had to trust everyone."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"A little bit of math can accomplish what all the guns and barbed wire can't: a little bit of math can keep a secret."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
17. How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.37
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more
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"Racist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"I use “anticapitalist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
18. The Age of AI and Our Human Future
By: Henry Kissinger
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intell… read more
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- nonfiction
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19. The Last Lecture
By: Randy Pausch
4.26
Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition
A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their de… read more
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- philosophy
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"Please don't die."-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
"I don't believe in the no-win scenario"-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
"Focus on other people, not on yourself."-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
"Never make a decision until you have to."-Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
20. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
By: Katie Holten
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Inspiring. . . . insights that are scientific, intimate and surprising. . . . … read more
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- science
21. The Last Unknowns
By: John Brockman
3.37
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowTHIS … read more
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