The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite
By: Ann Finkbeiner
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Jasons are a well-guarded group of world-class scientists, briefly outed in the Pentagon Papers…
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1. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
By: Eric Schlosser
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
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2. Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
By: Richard Rhodes
4.19
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
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3. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
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4. The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8)
By: Louise Penny
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
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5. A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7)
By: Louise Penny
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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6. Midnight’s Children
By: Salman Rushdie
3.98
Format: 647 pages, Paperback
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7. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
By: Jason Schreier
4.75
Format: None pages,
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8. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
By: Jon Gertner
4.14
Format: 152 pages,
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9. Good Morning, Midnight
By: Lily Brooks-Dalton
3.84
Format: 95 pages, ebook
Augustine, a brilliant, aging astronomer, is consumed by the stars. For years he has lived in remot… read more
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10. Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam
By: Gregg Jones
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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11. The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #5)
By: Louise Penny
3.17
Format: None pages,
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12. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
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13. Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)
By: Edward Ashton
3.75
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
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14. The Every (The Circle, #2)
By: Dave Eggers
3.70
Format: 580 pages, Paperback
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15. Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
By: Louise Penny
4.33
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
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"Entitlement was, she knew, a terrible thing. It chained the person to their victimhood. It gobbled up all the air around it. Until the person lived in a vacuum, where nothing good could flourish."-Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
16. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
By: Walter Isaacson
4.29
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
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"The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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3.96
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18. If I Go Missing
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3.87
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19. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever
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4.12
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20. The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite
By: Ann Finkbeiner
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Jasons are a well-guarded group of world-class scientists, briefly outed in the Pentagon Papers… read more
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21. A Very Bad Thing
By: J.T. Ellison
4.31
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22. Stranded
By: Sarah Goodwin
4.15
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
On this island, not only nature is murderous. A dream comes true for Maddy as she takes part in … read more
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"Fortunately I have learned that there is no justice, aside from what we make for ourselves. There is only survival, and the victor tells the story."-Sarah Goodwin, Stranded
