Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide
By: Mike Benton OBE FRSE
4.58
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
By: Richard Dawkins , Well-illustrated
4.16
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Charles Darwin, whose 1859 masterpiece "On the Origin of Species" shook society to its core, would … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The best scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they tried"-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Incidentally, I'm puzzled why, with so much oxygen about, thing didn't burst into flames all the time. Perhaps they did."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
2. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
By: Ed Yong
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ma… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"The brutal contract of natural selection ensures that if one partner is unnecessary, it gets dumped."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"As palaeontologist Andrew Knoll once said, "Animals might be evolution's icing, but bacteria are really the cake."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
3. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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4. The Genius of Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
3.84
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds … read more
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5. Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
By: Barry S. Strauss
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Hardcover
In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient wo… read more
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6. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… 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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- palaeontology
- dinosaurs
- nonfiction
- 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. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.02
Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more
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"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
9. 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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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
10. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
By: Adam M. Grant
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
11. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By: Steve Brusatte
4.20
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more
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- palaeontology
- dinosaurs
- nonfiction
- science
"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
12. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
13. 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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- nonfiction
- science
14. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
15. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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- nonfiction
16. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- nonfiction
17. The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth o… read more
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"Glory dwelt in that city of Gondolin of the Seven Names, and its ruin was the most dread of all the sacks of cities upon the face of Earth."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
"There long he sojourned alone and roamed about the shore or fared over the rocks at the ebb, marvelling at the pools and the great weeds, the dripping caverns and the strange sea-fowl that he saw and…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
"If I chose to send thee, Tour son of Hour, them believe not that thy one sword is not worth the sending. For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marveling that…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
18. Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark
By: Gregory Skomal
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Dr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true natu… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Now the white shark has returned to one of America’s most iconic summertime destinations, and it’s challenging our perception of what the ocean is to us. For the first time in a long time, we have a …"-Gregory Skomal, Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark
19. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
By: Philip Plait
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
20. Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea (Life of the Past)
By: Michael J. Everhart
3.99
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
The bright midday sun glinted off the calm waters of the Inland Sea and silhouetted the long, sinuo… read more
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- science
21. Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
By: Michael J. Benton
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A journey through the great mass extinction events that have shaped our Earth. This timely and orig… read more
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- dinosaurs
- nonfiction
- science
22. Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution’s Mysteries Solved
By: Kenneth Catania
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
This book showcases some strange creatures with unusual capacities. The "star" of the show is the s… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
23. Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals
By: Christopher J. Preston
4.09
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons abou… read more
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- science
24. Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution
By: Elsa Panciroli
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dino… read more
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- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- science
25. Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
By: Dale E. Greenwalt
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life We used to thin… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
26. Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils
By: Dean R. Lomax
4.47
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to kno… read more
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- dinosaurs
- nonfiction
- science
27. Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide
By: Mike Benton OBE FRSE
4.58
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologis… read more
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- dinosaurs
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28. The Earth: A Biography of Life: The Story of Life On Our Planet through 47 Incredible Organisms
By: Elsa Panciroli
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A beautiful and informative history of life on our planet. It is difficult to conceive of the va… read more
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29. Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs
By: Nathalie Bardet
4.33
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A richly illustrated introduction to the spectacular reptiles that swam the oceans when dinosaurs r… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
30. Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Theropods and Other Dinosauriformes
By: Rubén Molina-Pérez
4.54
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated record book of theropod facts and figures―from the biggest to the fastest to the sma… read more
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- dinosaurs
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31. Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History
By: David E. Fastovsky
4.21
Format: 394 pages, Paperback
From the authors of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs comes an introduction to the stud… read more
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