Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe
By: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
4.03
Format: 530 pages, Paperback
Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Christiaan Huyge…
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1. The Origin of Species
By: Charles Darwin
4.01
Format: 703 pages, Hardcover
Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"...Showing that they descend from common parents, and consequently must be ranked as varieties."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
2. Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
By: Garth Nix
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she shou… read more
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"It's always better to be doing."-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
"Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude?"-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
"It was like someone far away calling someone else’s name."-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
"As per usual, trouble comes in several directions at once."-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
3. So You've Been Publicly Shamed
By: Jon Ronson
3.93
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile pub… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"...all violence being a person’s attempt to replace shame with self-esteem."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"[W]e need to think twice about raining down vengeance and anger as our default position."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"A wronged person is still a wronged person even if they're an unfashionable wronged person."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
4. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
By: Hannah Arendt
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
5. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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- historical
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
6. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
By: Richard Dawkins
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
7. The Mismeasure of Man
By: Stephen Jay Gould
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve. How smart are you? If that question do… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
8. Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City
By: Russell Shorto
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by t… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- european history
9. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
By: Nate Silver
3.75
Format: None pages,
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 elec… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
10. The Loved One
By: Evelyn Waugh
3.76
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Following the death of a friend, British poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself enter… read more
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"Who asked you to the funeral anyway? Were you acquainted with the late parrot?"-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"Dennis hesitated with his fingers on the handle and was aware of communication with another hand beyond the panels. Thus in a hundred novels had loves stood."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"What is a "canty day", Dennis?' 'I've never troubled to ask. Something like hogmanay, I expect.' 'What is that?' 'People being sick on the pavement in Glasgow.' 'Oh."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
11. Embers
By: Sándor Márai , Carol Brown Janeway
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisite… read more
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12. The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
By: David Leavitt
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary compu… read more
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13. How the Mind Works
By: Steven Pinker
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary bestseller, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists, d… read more
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14. Alleen maar nette mensen
By: Robert Vuijsje
3.85
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Op het Amsterdamse Barlaeus Gymnasium had David Samuels verkering met Naomi, een meisje dat precies… read more
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15. Eugene Onegin
By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more
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"He's happy now, he's almost sane."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
16. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- european history
17. Monterosso mon amour
By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
3.64
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Wordt ontevredenheid tevredenheid als je je erbij neerlegt?’ Carmen, een kinderloze vrouw van iets … read more
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"Ze voelde zich oud want ze hield van lezen"-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Monterosso mon amour
"Je moet het verhaal zorgvuldig opbouwen van inleiding naar climax en met tergende precisie chronologisch vooruit kruipen van aankomst naar conversatie, woord voor woord naverteld met aandachtig voor …"-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Monterosso mon amour
18. Grand Hotel Europa
By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
4.04
Format: 547 pages, Hardcover
Pfeijffer diagnosticeert de tijdgeest in een kolossale roman met Europa als speelveld ‘De toekom… read more
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"El fenómeno del turismo es la problematización extrema del ya de por si problemático concepto de autenticidad"-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa
"Para una cultura anquilosada en el pasado, la nostalgia de viejos valores no es la medicina, sino la enfermedad."-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa
"Je zou de geschiedenis van Europa kunnen beschrijven als een geschiedenis van terugverlangen naar de geschiedenis."-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa
"De liefde van mijn leven leeft in het verleden. Dat is ondanks de alliteratie een vreselijke zin om te moeten schrijven."-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa
19. 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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- historical
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"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
20. When We Cease to Understand the World
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
21. De Bourgondiërs: aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
By: Bart Van Loo
4.31
Format: 607 pages, Hardcover
Meesterverteller Bart Van Loo neemt de lezer op sleeptouw langs duizend jaar Europese geschiedenis.… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- european history
22. Ik kom hier nog op terug
By: Rob van Essen
3.78
Format: 398 pages, Paperback
Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more
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"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug
23. The Unheard
By: Nicci French
3.51
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
In this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author, a single mother … read more
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24. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
25. Ik ga leven
By: Lale Gül
3.42
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
‘Muziek mag niet, daten is verboden, het hebben van vrienden van het andere geslacht is onwettig, j… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Fysieke arbeid is immers voor hen die voor denken te lui zijn."-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven
"Gelukkig is vrijheid van meningsuiting iets anders dan het recht op een podium."-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven
"Zoals Victor Hugo zei Kent elk dorp een docent Die de boel verlicht En een paus Die dat licht weer dooft Maar wat als er meer docenten waren dan pausen?"-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven
"In onze cultuur moet je immers spreken met lichaamstaal, niet louter met woorden, dat is nooit overtuigend genoeg, daarom moest ik wel bijtend reageren — en daar vooral vurig bij kijken — op dit om d…"-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven
26. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
By: Ananyo Bhattacharya
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolution… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- science
"The young von Neumann made an instant impact on his new tutors. His first mentor, Gábor Szego˝, who would later lead Stanford University’s maths department, was moved to tears after their first meeti…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"The best estimates of Trinity’s power put the figure somewhere between 20,000 and 22,000 tons. Oppenheimer reached for poetry, recalling a verse from ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"At one of his ‘high-proof, high-I.Q. parties’ one analyst produced a fat cylindrical ‘coin’ that was something of a RAND obsession at the time. Milled by the RAND machine shop at the behest of Willia…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"With his school years behind him, von Neumann took the train to Berlin with his father in September 1921 to begin the arduous programme of study that had been agreed. A passenger sharing their carria…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
27. About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
By: David Rooney
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- science
28. Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
By: John Gray
3.68
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
The author of Straw Dogs , famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Morality has many charms. What could be more captivating than a vision of everlasting justice? Yet visions of justice are as immutable as styles in shoes."-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
"All these philosophies(Stoicism,Epicureanism, Pyrrhonism)have a common failing. They imagine life can be ordered by human reason. Either the Mind can devise a way of life that is secure from loss ,or…"-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
"Cats have no need of philosophy. Obeying their nature, they are content with the life it gives them. In humans, on the other hand, discontent with their nature seems to be natural. With predictably t…"-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
"Instead of being a sign of their inferiority, the lack of abstract thinking among cats is a mark of their freedom of mind. Thinking in generalities slides easily into a superstitious faith in languag…"-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
29. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
By: Stephen Fry
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Green fingers are better than gold."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
30. Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
By: Marcus du Sautoy
3.64
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
“A delightful global tour of how humans think and play, led by one of our finest mathematical story… read more
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31. Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe
By: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
4.03
Format: 530 pages, Paperback
Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Christiaan Huyge… read more
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