Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic
By: Julian Havil
3.85
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writers Curves for th…
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1. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
By: Malcolm Gladwell
3.97
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored t… read more
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- science
"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"It's challenging, it's not hopeless. You have to come up with something. You have to figure out a way to help them, because people must have hope to live."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
2. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
By: Joan Didion
4.19
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, Joan Didion's S… read more
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"Happiness is,' after all, a consumption ethic."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"There is a common superstition that “self-respect"-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more
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"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox
4. The Bell
By: Iris Murdoch , A.S. Byatt
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed … read more
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5. The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
By: Sujata Massey
3.67
Format: 117 pages, Hardcover
Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her f… read more
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6. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more
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7. An Imaginary Tale: The Story of the Square Root of Minus One
By: Paul J. Nahin
3.60
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusiv… read more
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8. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
By: Edward Frenkel
3.51
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesScience Bestseller What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taug… read more
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9. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
By: Edwin A. Abbott , Banesh Hoffmann
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertai… read more
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10. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most … read more
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11. Witch King
By: Martha Wells
3.71
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more
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"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."-Martha Wells, Witch King
12. The Eighth Detective
By: Alex Pavesi
3.51
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective. The rest is j… read more
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13. Head On (Lock In, #2)
By: John Scalzi
4.01
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and cr… read more
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14. City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.96
Format: 500 pages, Hardcover
Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fanta… read more
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15. The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
By: Joe Abercrombie
4.60
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us... Some say that to change the world yo… read more
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"...how's your leg?"-Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
"Absolutes are never to be trusted."-Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
"I never did a thing to deserve loyalty like that.' 'Sometimes loyalty's an excuse for something else."-Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
"...if enough people got angry enough, they could change things. Now anger was the answer to everything."-Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
16. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
17. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need
By: Thomas Mayo
4.52
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more
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18. In Pursuit of Zeta-3: The World's Most Mysterious Unsolved Math Problem
By: Paul J. Nahin
4.00
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing look at the history and importance of a centuries-old but still unanswered math probl… read more
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19. The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
By: Eugenia Cheng
3.93
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics… read more
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20. Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic
By: Julian Havil
3.85
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writers Curves for th… read more
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