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
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1. The Scarlet Plague
By: Jack London
3.88
Format: 136 pages,
'An old man, James Howard Smith, walks along deserted railway tracks, long since unused and overgro… read more
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2. The Gene: An Intimate History
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies--a magnificent h… read more
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- biology
- history
- nonfiction
- science
3. Rivers of London: Body Work
By: Ben Aaronovitch , Andrew Cartmel , Lee Sullivan , Luis Guerrero
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. Irresistible (Buchanans #2)
By: Susan Mallery
4.12
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
It wasn't just her homemade brownies that made Walker find Elissa irresistible . . .When ex-marine … read more
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5. Jamaica Inn
By: Daphne du Maurier
3.89
Format: 320 pages, ebook
The coachman tried to warn her away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coas… read more
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"For the sake of your bright eyes, Jem Merlyn."-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn
"I like the look of you and the feel of you, and that's enough for any man. It ought to be enough for a woman too."-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn
"Roads? Who spoke of roads? We go by the moor and the hills, and tread granite and heather as the Druids did before us."-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn
"She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever."-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn
6. The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides
By: Adam Nicolson
3.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise. In the sea is… read more
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- history
- biology
- animals
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"The sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes."-Adam Nicolson, The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides
7. 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
- history
"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
8. 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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- history
- biology
- evolution
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
9. 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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- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
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"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
10. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- biology
- history
- nonfiction
- science
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
11. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
By: Dan Flores
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more
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- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
12. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
13. A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
By: Henry Gee
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place―in constant chemical flux, covered with chu… read more
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- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- nature
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"For if life on Earth was forged in fire, it was hardened in ice."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
"Therefore, do not despair. The Earth abides, and life is living yet."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
14. The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
By: Leah Thomas
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A primer on intersectional environmentalism aimed at educating the next generation of activists on … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
15. 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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- evolution
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
16. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more
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17. The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
By: Margareta Magnusson
3.58
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning— now a TV series… read more
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- nonfiction
"...unless you depend on your looks for your career or your joy, hinging your life on looking young is such a bad idea."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
"The world is always ending, and yet it continues to survive. We must always hope for a sustainable future, but hope is not enough."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
"It is never too late to do anything, unless it is really too late and you are. dead. The moment you start thinking it is too late, then you begin to die. I will keep going and do all I want to do."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
"The older I get, the more I find that I remember clearly all the things I said yes to, just when I was about to say no. I must admit I have not been open-minded all the time. I just wish I had been."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
18. Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons
By: Ben Riggs
3.97
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR ― the company that unleashe… read more
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- history
19. The Universe:
By: Andrew Cohen
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie s… read more
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- popular science
- nonfiction
- science
20. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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- history
21. Creativity Code
By: Marcus du Sautoy
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of The Music of the Primes explores the future of creativity and how machi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
22. The Cat Who Caught a Killer (Conrad the Cat Detective #1)
By: L.T. Shearer
3.30
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
Meet Conrad the cat. You’ve never met a detective like him before. Neither has Lulu Lewis when h… read more
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- animals
23. Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
By: Neil Shubin
4.14
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, … read more
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- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- nature
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24. 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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- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
25. Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know
By: Dean R. Lomax
4.45
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Travel back to the prehistoric world and discover the most fascinating parts of the lives of Earth'… read more
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26. The Denisovans: The History of the Extinct Archaic Humans Who Spread Across Asia during the Paleolithic Era
By: Charles River Editors
3.85
Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The s… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- evolution
- science
27. Taking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing
By: Lev Parikian
4.26
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
This is the miracle of flight as you’ve never seen it before: the evolutionary story of life on the… read more
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28. The Bright Sword
By: Lev Grossman
4.06
Format: 673 pages, Hardcover
A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more
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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
29. 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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- science
30. 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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- biology
- evolution
- animals
- nonfiction
- popular science
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31. The Cambrian Period: The History and Legacy of the Start of Complex Life on Earth
By: Charles River Editors
3.96
Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition
The early history of Earth covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries, and even mille… read more
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