9 best-selling nonfiction books like The Terraforming by Benjamin H. Bratton

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The Terraforming

By: Benjamin H. Bratton

3.96

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

The Terraforming is the comprehensive project to fundamentally transform Earth's cities, technologi…

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1. Annie on My Mind

By: Nancy Garden

4.02

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

This groundbreaking book is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and … read more

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"Real, but sometimes beautiful."

-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

"Don't let ignorance win', said Ms. Stevenson. 'Let love."

-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

"And that's like my world." Annie pointed up to the stars again."Inaccecible."

-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

"It’s terrible, … for us to have been so scared to be seen with books we have every right to read."

-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

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2. Fever Dream

By: Samanta Schweblin , Megan McDowell , Ruth Sepp

3.72

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream… A young woman named Amanda lies dyin… read more

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"There’s only so much searching you can do, either a horse is there or it’s not."

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

"I’m just tired, that’s what I tell myself, and sometimes I’m afraid when I think that everyday problems might be a little more terrible for me than for other people."

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

"But I’m going to die in a few hours. That’s going to happen, isn’t it? It’s strange how calm I am. Because even though you haven’t told me, I know. And still, it’s an impossible thing to tell yoursel…"

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

"My mother always said something bad would happen. My mother was sure that sooner or later something bad would happen and now I can see it with total clarity, I can feel it coming toward us like a tan…"

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

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3. 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

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4. Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

By: Sarah Schulman

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated … read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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5. Las primas

By: Aurora Venturini

3.91

Format: None pages, pocket

Cuatro mujeres orbitando eternamente en el vacio. La premiadisima primera novela de la octogenaria … read more

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6. Uzumaki

By: Junji Ito , Yuji Oniki

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the… read more

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7. Walden

By: Henry David Thoreau

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Walden, or, Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David T… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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8. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

By: Thomas S. Kuhn

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual histor… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science

9. Tengo Miedo Torero

By: Pedro Lemebel

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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10. I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and… read more

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"Su misma superioridad lo perdió"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is no Master but the Master,"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"No hay manera de diferenciar un robot de un ser humano bueno"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power."

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

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11. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

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"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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12. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

By: Andrea Wulf

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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13. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

14. Alguien camina sobre tu tumba: Mis viajes a cementerios

By: Mariana Enríquez

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

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15. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan

3.85

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more

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"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

16. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

By: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world--and a weed that grows in human-disturbed fore… read more

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17. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

By: Mark Fisher

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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18. The Word for World is Forest

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.36

Format: 189 pages, ebook

Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahit… read more

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19. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

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"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

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20. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.13

Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more

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"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

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21. Simple Passion

By: Annie Ernaux

3.93

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more

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"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

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22. La segunda venida de Hilda Bustamante

By: Salomé Esper

3.89

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Hilda Bustamante tiene 79 años y, como a todas las personas, un día le toca morir. Lo insólito es q… read more

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"Ella pasaba su mano por cada rama, liberaba las hojas de bichos y sequedades; él, mate en mano, escuchaba cómo aquella begonia tardaba en florecer, que Carmen había comprado unas masas riquísimas cua…"

-Salomé Esper, La segunda venida de Hilda Bustamante

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23. Poeta chileno

By: Alejandro Zambra

4.39

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

En Santiago de Chile, a principios de los años noventa del pasado siglo, dos quinceañeros, Gonzalo … read more

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"fumar rabiosamente y aguantar las lágrimas, lo que no era fácil, porque fumar y llorar son actividades complementarias"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"Decir que eso la felicidad: nunca sentir que sería mejor estar en otra parte, nunca sentir que sería mejor ser alguien más. Otra persona. Alguien más joven, más viejo. Alguien mejor."

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"El padre señala con sutileza y autoridad la forma correcta de patear la pelota, porque el padre sabe de esas cosas. El padre se deja ganar, porque para ser un buen padre hay que dejarse ganar. Ser pa…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"It is better to write than not to write. Poetry is subversive because it exposes you, tears you apart. You dare to distrust yourself. You dare to disobey. That's the idea, to disobey everyone. Disobe…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

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24. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By: Ed Yong

4.47

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

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25. Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

By: Andrea Wulf

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarka… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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26. La Vraie Vie

By: Adeline Dieudonné

4.04

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Un roman initiatique drôle et acide. Le manuel de survie d'une guerrière en milieu hostile. La fure… read more

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"La vie est une grande soupe dans un mixer au milieu de laquelle il faut essayer de ne pas finir déchiqueté par les lames qui vous attirent vers le fond."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

"In the main, my mother’s function was to prepare the meals, which she did like an amoeba might, with neither creativity nor taste, but lots of mayonnaise."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

"Sicer nisem vedela, ali je v življenju mogoče uspeti, niti kaj bi to lahko pomenilo. Toda vedela sem, da je življenje brez smeha, brez izbire in brez ljubezni zapravljeno."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

"C’était un homme immense, avec des épaules larges, une carrure d’équarrisseur. Des mains de géant. Des mains qui auraient pu décapiter un poussin comme on décapsule une bouteille de Coca."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

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27. Capital Is Dead. Is This Something Worse?

By: McKenzie Wark

3.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It’s not capitalism, it’s not neoliberalism—what if it’s something worse?In this radical and vision… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Habitar como un pájaro: modos de hacer y pensar los territorios by Vinciane Despret

28. Habitar como un pájaro: modos de hacer y pensar los territorios

By: Vinciane Despret

4.28

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Sin lugar a dudas, un estudio sobre los territorios no puede ser inocente. Los territorios están as… read more

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29. Y sin embargo, el amor: Elogio de lo incierto

By: Alexandra Kohan

4.02

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Y SIN EMBARGO, EL AMOR. Crece en esa zona contaminada, ensuciada de vida y de muerte, de heridas qu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. The Terraforming

By: Benjamin H. Bratton

3.96

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

The Terraforming is the comprehensive project to fundamentally transform Earth's cities, technologi… read more

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  • architecture
  • ecology
  • theory
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • urbanism
  • climate change
  • science
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31. Periodistán: Un viaje a la India de carne y hueso

By: Fernando Duclos

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

La India. Su nombre resuena. Épica, misteriosa. Una nación de casi 1.400 millones de habitantes en … read more

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7 best-selling philosophy books like The Terraforming by Benjamin H. Bratton

Transform Your Habits

Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

Sarah Schulman

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

2.57

Transform Your Habits

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas S. Kuhn

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

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Transform Your Habits

Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures

Mark Fisher

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Capital Is Dead. Is This Something Worse?

McKenzie Wark

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job

Gavin Mueller

3.97

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