A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans
By: Jessica Pierce
3.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From two of the world’s leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs w…
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1. Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze
By: Eliza Fowler Haywood
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Sin… read more
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2. Golden Hill
By: Francis Spufford
4.03
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a hands… read more
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3. How Dogs Learn
By: Mary R. Burch , Jon S. Bailey
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
How Dogs Learnexplores the fascinating science of operant conditioning, where science and dog train… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- dogs
- audiobook
4. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
By: Dorothy Gilman
4.16
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was… read more
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- audiobook
"there was no safety anywhere in life, except as illusion"-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
"But that is precisely what life is, wouldn’t you agree? Everything is a matter of choice, and when we choose are we not gambling on the unknown and its being a wise choice? And isn’t it free choice t…"-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
5. The Danish Girl
By: David Ebershoff
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and directed by Tom Hooper, THE DANISH GIRL is a… read more
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6. 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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- nonfiction
- animals
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"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
7. 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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- science
- nonfiction
- animals
- audiobook
8. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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- technology
- audiobook
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
9. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
11. Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
By: Melanie Joy
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An Introduction to Carnism. “An important and groundbreaking contribution to the struggle for th… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- science
"We are the collateral damage of carnism; we pay for it with our health, our environment, and our taxes - $7.64 billion a year, to be exact."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"Violent ideologies follow their own logic, the logic that sustains the system - a convoluted logic that unravels when it, itself, is labeled."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"Why, exactly, is empathy "integral to our sense of self," and how might blocking our empathy toward certain species impact our capacity for empathy in general?"-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"To identify with others is to see something of yourself in them and to see something of them in yourself--even if the only thing you identify with is the desire to be free from suffering."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
12. 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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- science
- nonfiction
- animals
- audiobook
13. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
By: Laurie Zaleski
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Z… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- audiobook
"That was the end of church for Mom. She retained custody of the kids, and Dad got custody of God."-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
"Many years ago, I made up my mind that, even if a person is 95 percent bad, you focus on the 5 percent that's good and decent---that's what you hold on to."-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
15. Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
By: Nicklas Brendborg
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" … read more
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16. Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
By: Thor Hanson
4.06
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
*A New York Times Editor's Choice pick *Shortlisted for the 2022 Pacific Northwest Book Awards … read more
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17. Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
By: Carl Zimmer
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world--from prot… read more
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"It was a biochemical Jackson Pollock: a field of strings, tangles, loops."-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
"Thirteen thousand years ago it fell to Antarctica. It rested in the Allan Hills as the Ice Age glaciers retreated, farmers discovered agriculture, cities rose, and rockets shot into space."-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
"The disgusting smell of death of death is the result of certain airborne molecules with evocative names like cadaverine and putrescine. These molecules are not produced by death, however, but by life…"-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
18. The Mind of a Bee
By: Lars Chittka
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive min… read more
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"American writer and biologist Frederick Kenyon (1867-1941) was the first to explore the inner workings of the bee brain. His 1896 study, in which he managed to dye and characterize numerous types of …"-Lars Chittka, The Mind of a Bee
19. Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
By: Laura Mersini-Houghton
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Po… read more
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20. Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature
By: Beth Shapiro
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natu… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans
By: Jessica Pierce
3.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From two of the world’s leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs w… read more
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