The Science Class You Wish You Had
By: David Eliot Brody
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Looks at gravity, the structure of the atom, relativity, the Big Bang, evolution, genetics, and DNA
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1. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By: David McCullough
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
2. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
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"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
3. The Gone World
By: Tom Sweterlitsch
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and stagger… read more
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4. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
6. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
By: John Le Carré
3.94
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more
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7. 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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8. Deep Storm (Jeremy Logan, #1)
By: Lincoln Child
3.90
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-thousand feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean . . . scientists are excavating the most extraordi… read more
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9. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.21
Format: 539 pages, Hardcover
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of… read more
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10. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson
4.30
Format: 546 pages, ebook
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
11. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
By: Adam Hochschild
4.18
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
12. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- 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
13. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
By: Martha Wells
4.31
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more
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"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
14. Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
By: Scott H. Young
3.95
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and ad… read more
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- science
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."-Scott H. Young, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
"Learning, at its core, is a broadening of horizons, of seeing things that were previously invisible and of recognizing capabilities within yourself that you didn't know existed"-Scott H. Young, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
"In theory, consistency is about being disciplined, determined, and unwavering. In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the e…"-Scott H. Young, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
15. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
By: Martha Wells
4.47
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more
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"Ugh, emotions."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
"So, you have a relationship with this transport."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
16. The Science Class You Wish You Had
By: David Eliot Brody
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Looks at gravity, the structure of the atom, relativity, the Big Bang, evolution, genetics, and DNA read more
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