Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence
By: Nathan J. Emery
3.97
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Why birds are smarter than we think Birds have not been known for their high IQs, which is why a p…
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1. Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
By: Neil Shubin
4.03
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are b… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"We were not designed rationally, but are products of a convoluted history."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"Look at the first arch in a human and a shark, and you find a very similar state of affairs: jaws."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"In a perfectly designed world —one with no history— we would not have to suffer everything from hemorrhoids to cancer."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"Many of the molecules that microbes use to cause us misery are primitive versions of the molecules that make our own bodies possible."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
2. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
By: Hiromu Arakawa , Akira Watanabe
4.53
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Breaking the laws of nature is a serious crime! In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric… read more
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"Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams."-Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
"A painless lesson is one without any meaning, one who does not sacrifice anything cannot achieve anything."-Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
"Life will come to an end, a return to dust from which we came... The spirit becomes memories living in the minds of people."-Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
"Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect. But it's there for us, trying the best it can; that's what makes it so damn beautiful."-Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
3. A Spinoza Reader: The Ethics and Other Works
By: Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley
4.18
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
This anthology of the work of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) presents the text of Spinoza's masterwo… read more
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- nonfiction
4. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
By: David Hume , J.B. Schneewind
3.99
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A splendid edition. Schneewind's illuminating introduction succinctly situates the Enquiry in its h… read more
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- nonfiction
"Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest im…"-David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
"A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as philosophy, that the difference of fortune makes less differe…"-David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
"Disputes with men, pertinaciously obstinate in their principles, are, of all others, the most irksome; except, perhaps, those with persons, entirely disingenuous, who really do not believe the opinio…"-David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
5. The Kreutzer Sonata
By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more
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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
6. Dead Souls
By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire
3.98
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more
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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
7. Monsieur Ibrahim and The Flowers of the Qur'an
By: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt , Patricia Benecke , Patrick Driver
4.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old M… read more
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8. Utilitarianism
By: John Stuart Mill , George Sher
4.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianismincludes the text of his 1868 speech to t… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.02
Format: 288 pages, School & Library Binding
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away … read more
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"…hate's got to be a disease with me."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"We always hate people who surprise our secrets…"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing..."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"Today has been a day dropped out of June into April."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
10. The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
By: Frans de Waal
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
"An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness." --Desmond Morris, a… read more
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11. The Fall of the House of Usher
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.87
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more
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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
12. Euthyphro
By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaim… read more
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13. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
By: David Hume
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Philosopher David Hume was considered to one of the most important figures in the age of Scottish e… read more
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14. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more
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"For the love of God, Montresor!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
15. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more
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16. A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
By: Marie Brennan
3.84
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the s… read more
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"I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of tim…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
"You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than you can imagine, and the sky a glory that puts to shame the most splendid jewels…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
"... I think that was the moment at which I realised I was truly leaving. This is something the gentlemen readers of this memoir may not understand, but the ladies will know it all too well. If they a…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
"It’s—it’s as if there is a dragon inside me. I don’t know how big she is; she may still be growing. But she has wings, and strength, and—and I can’t keep her in a cage. She’ll die. I’ll die. I know i…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
17. Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.33
Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Kingdoms wobble, crowns topple and knives flash on the magical Discworld as the statutory three wit… read more
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18. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
19. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
By: Erika Engelhaupt
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
20. Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
By: Agustina Bazterrica
3.14
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winnin… read more
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"She was horrified by the traces of monstrosity in everyday life. The things that we look at but don't see, whose true essences are unknown to us."-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
"Outside the secure space of the circle, vulgarity accumulates. Ada loathes vulgarity because it's there that misery hides. She knows that misery is destructive and, as such, ephemeral."-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
21. Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence
By: Nathan J. Emery
3.97
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Why birds are smarter than we think Birds have not been known for their high IQs, which is why a p… read more
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- nature
- ecology
- biology
- animals
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- birds
- ornithology
- science
