One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought
By: Ernst W. Mayr
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Evolutionary theory ranks as one of the most powerful concepts of modern civilization. Its effects …
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1. Batman: Year One
By: Dennis O'Neil , Frank Miller , David Mazzucchelli , Richmond Lewis
4.24
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A new edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever, written… read more
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2. The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
By: Stephen Jay Gould
4.12
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould'… read more
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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."-Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
"I had learned that a dexterous, opposable thumb stood among the hallmarks of human success. We had maintained, even exaggerated, this important flexibility of our primate forebears, while most mammal…"-Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
"El mundo está repleto de señales que no percibimos. Las criaturas diminutas viven en un mundo diferente de fuerzas poco familiares. Muchos animales “de nuestra escala exceden en mucho el alcance de n…"-Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
3. Sokrates Öncesi Yunan Felsefesi
By: Ahmet Arslan
4.71
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
Yunan felsefesi ve buna dayanarak biçimlenen düşüncenin insanlık tarihine yaptığı en büyük katkı “z… read more
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4. The Crying of Lot 49
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.69
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more
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5. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
By: John J. Mearsheimer , Stephen M. Walt
4.07
Format: 484 pages, Hardcover
The Israel Lobby," by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harva… read more
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6. 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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7. Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
By: Grant Morrison , Dave McKean
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
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8. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
By: Daniel C. Dennett
4.07
Format: 588 pages, Paperback
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"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination. —Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995"-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
"Science, however, is not just a matter of making mistakes, but of making mistakes in public. Making mistakes for all to see, in the hopes of getting the others to help with the corrections."-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
9. The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
By: Jared Diamond
4.08
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that disti… read more
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10. Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution
By: Jonathan B. Losos
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
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11. The Gambler
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson
3.91
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
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12. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
By: Max Weber , Michael D. Coe , Talcott Parsons , None
3.99
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
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13. Raptor Red
By: Robert T. Bakker
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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14. Batman: The Long Halloween
By: Jeph Loeb , Tim Sale , Richard Starkings , Gregory Wright
4.50
Format: 282 pages,
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15. On the Genealogy of Morals
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Douglas Smith
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
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By: David Quammen
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
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17. Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
By: Stephen Jay Gould
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
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18. The Diversity of Life
By: Edward O. Wilson
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this book a master scientist tells the story of how life on earth evolved. Edward O. Wilson eloq… read more
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19. 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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"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
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20. One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought
By: Ernst W. Mayr
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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21. Il caso Mussolini (Italian Edition)
By: Maurizio Serra
4.13
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
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