When Money Talks: A History of Coins and Numismatics
By: Frank L. Holt
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
By: Mark Forsyth
4.36
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
The idiosyncratic, erudite and brilliantly funny new book from Mark Forsyth, bestselling author of … read more
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"I’ve been too fucking busy, and vice versa."-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
"John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote his first story aged seven. It was about a “green great dragon."-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
"A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Nothing is better than eternal happiness. So eternal happiness is beaten by a ham sandwich."-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
"So Shakespeare stole; but he did wonderful things with his plunder. He's like somebody who nicks your old socks and then darns them."-Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
2. Salt: A World History
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.11
Format: None pages,
From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfict… read more
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3. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more
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4. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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5. Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
By: Anthony Everitt
3.70
Format: 186 pages,
Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt, whose Augustuswas praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as "a narr… read more
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6. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
By: Vernor Vinge
4.32
Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more
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"So even in hell, there are clowns."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"So high, so low, so many things to know."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
7. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)
By: Gene Wolfe
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more
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8. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
By: Joe Haldeman
4.14
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ali… read more
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"Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket."-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
"Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
"I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch"-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
"Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop."-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
9. Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future
By: Doug Macdougall
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes--geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly… read more
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10. High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
By: Jessica B. Harris
4.15
Format: None pages,
Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris has spent much of her life researching the food and foo… read more
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11. Swallow This: Serving Up the Food Industry's Darkest Secrets
By: Joanna Blythman
4.40
Format: 304 pages,
From the author of What to Eat and Shopped, a revelatory investigation into what really goes into t… read more
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12. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
By: Erik Larson
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthrall… read more
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13. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
By: Kara Swisher
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more
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14. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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15. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
16. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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17. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
By: Benjamin Lorr
3.95
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What… read more
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18. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
19. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more
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"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
20. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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21. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more
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"A wealthy CEO could justify his or her advantages to a lower paid worker on a factory floor as: "I am not worthier then you nor morally deserving of the privileged position I hold. My generous compen…"-Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
22. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
By: Jonathan Freedland
4.37
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more
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23. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
By: Edward J. Larson
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington … read more
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24. Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
By: Anthony Everitt
3.92
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A striking, nuanced biography of Nero--the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars--an… read more
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25. Water: A Biography
By: Giulio Boccaletti
3.68
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory history--spanning continents and millennia--of how the distribution of water has shape… read more
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"The apex of Egypt's Middle Kingdom had redefined the powerful hydraulic nation. The catastrophe that marked the end of this period of prosperity and regional integration appears to have been a climat…"-Giulio Boccaletti, Water: A Biography
26. When Money Talks: A History of Coins and Numismatics
By: Frank L. Holt
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Coinage--it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else w… read more
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27. What Does Rain Smell Like?
By: Simon King
3.52
Format: 352 pages, hardcover
Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology change the track of a hurricane? What's the weath… read more
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