Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
By: David Robert Grimes
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire thr…
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1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
By: Jane Jacobs
4.30
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
2. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
By: Naomi Oreskes , Erik M. Conway
4.17
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, en… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- science
"An all purpose expert is an oxymoron"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"The industry had realized you could create the impression of controversy simply by asking questions"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"After the Cold War, most scientists were relieved to be freed of the burdens of secrecy and misrepresentation, but Seitz, Singer, and Nierenberg continued to act as if the Cold War had not ended."-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"...and that greater use of pesticides was the key to wiping out world hunger (although most social scientist disagree, pointing out that there is plenty of food in the world; the problem we face is o…"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
3. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
By: David Eagleman
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
If the conscious mind--the part you consider you--accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain's … read more
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4. The Denial of Death
By: Daniel Goleman , Ernest Becker , Sam Keen
4.32
Format: 80 pages,
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, "The Denial of Death" is… read more
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5. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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- politics
- adult
- nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
6. A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
By: Max Solomon Bennett
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts Sapiens , Behave, and Superintelligence , but wholly original in scope, A Brief History… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
7. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
8. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
By: Shane Parrish
4.21
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
9. Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
By: Richard Dawkins
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science wri… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"These beliefs contradict each other, so they can’t be all right"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"If I’d been born in ancient Greece, I’d worship Zeus and Aphrodite"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"But failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it."-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"There are so many different faiths. How do you know the holy book you have been brought up with is the true one? And if all the others are wrong, what makes you think your holy book isn't wrong too?"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
10. Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
By: Gad Saad
3.94
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threate… read more
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- self help
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
"Any human endeavor rooted in the pursuit of truth must rely on fact and not feelings."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
"To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
"There is no "black mind" or "white mind", no "white male of knowing", there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method."-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
11. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
12. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
By: Taylor Lorenz
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
By: Charles Wheelan
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
At last! A new edition of the economics book that won’t put you to sleep. In fact, you won’t be abl… read more
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- social science
- politics
- psychology
- nonfiction
- science
"A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"The authors propose “a New Deal for globalization—one thatlinks engagement with the world economy to a substantial redistribution of income."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"In a basic agricultural society, it's easy enough to swap five chickens for a new dress or to pay a schoolteacher with a goat and three sacks of rice. Barter works less well in a more advanced econom…"-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"How much does it cost to treat leprosy? One $3 dose of antibiotic will cure a mild case; a $20 regimen of three antibiotics will cure a more severe case. The World Health Organization even provides t…"-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
14. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
By: Barbara McQuade
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more
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- politics
- social science
- nonfiction
15. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
16. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
By: Gretchen McCulloch
4.05
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Irony is a linguistic trust fall."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"Language is humanity's most spectacular open source project."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"The appeal of having friends in your pocket is unlikely to go away."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"We've had the right to adapt longer than we've had the right to prevent copying."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
17. Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
By: Anne Curzan
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the g… read more
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18. The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
By: John V. Petrocelli
3.49
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Expanding upon his viral TEDx Talk, psychology professor and social scientist John V. Petrocelli's … read more
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- science
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
"Interpretion, Analysis, Evaluation, Inference and Self-regulation."-John V. Petrocelli, The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
"What does the claim mean? How is it meant to be understood? Is there anything unclear, ambiguous or not understood about the claim? How can the claim be best characterised or classified?"-John V. Petrocelli, The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
"Critical thinking is a learned process of deliberation, fact checking, and self reflection used to comprehend and appropriately evaluate information in order to decide what to believe or what to do."-John V. Petrocelli, The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
"The framing effect describes a cognitive bias whereby our decisions are influenced by whether the information is framed in a positive or negative light. Common examples of the framing effect are foun…"-John V. Petrocelli, The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
19. Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
By: David Robert Grimes
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire thr… read more
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- logic
- self help
- social science
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- adult
- science
20. Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
By: Austin Frerick
4.20
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyo… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
