17 best-selling nonfiction books like As Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing by Susan Denham Wade

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As Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing

By: Susan Denham Wade

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the mastery of fire a million years ago, humans repeatedly invented new ways to see their surr…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in As Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing by Susan Denham Wade , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Sycamore Gap (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #2) by L.J. Ross

1. Sycamore Gap (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #2)

By: L.J. Ross

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Chief Inspector Ryan believes he has put his turbulent history behind him. Then, in the e… read more

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2. Shades of Grey

By: Jasper Fforde

4.11

Format: 559 pages,

From the bestselling author of Thursday Next-- a brilliant new novel about a world where social ord… read more

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3. Tomorrowland: Our Staggering Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact

By: Steven Kotler

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discoverbestselling author Steven Kotler has written exten… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
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4. The Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme, #6)

By: Jeffery Deaver

4.43

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

A high-school girl in Harlem, Geneva Settle, is the target of a ruthless professional killer--Thomp… read more

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5. Heavenfield (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #3)

By: L.J. Ross

4.34

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

When a man is found dead at the remote church of Heavenfield, DCI Ryan is the only other person for… read more

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6. Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners

By: Martin Brown , Travis Elborough

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This atlas of weird and unusual locations from National Geographic unveils the strange-but-true his… read more

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7. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday l… read more

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8. The Complete Fairy Tales

By: Oscar Wilde

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Pri… read more

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9. When Science Goes Wrong: Twelve Tales From the Dark Side of Discovery

By: Simon LeVay

5.00

Format: None pages,

Brilliant scientific successes have helped shape our world, and are always celebrated. However, for… read more

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10. Jews Don't Count

By: David Baddiel

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Jews Don’t Count is a book for people on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Men Who Hate Women

By: Laura Bates

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

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12. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

By: Matt Parker

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

An international bestseller The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't m…"

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

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13. Holy Island (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #1)

By: L.J. Ross

4.01

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take … read more

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14. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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15. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

By: David A. Sinclair

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taugh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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16. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5) by Janice Hallett

17. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)

By: Janice Hallett

3.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more

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Cover of Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights by Helen   Lewis

18. Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

By: Helen Lewis

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do. Feminism’s success is down to compli… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Women's history should not be a shallow hunt for heroines."

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

"If feminism doesn't frighten people with power, it is toothless."

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

"Women need time and space to play - particularly when we work so hard"

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

"Feminism has to fight 'the tyranny of niceness'. It is, and has always been, one of the most potent forces holding women back."

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

Cover of The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future by Ryder Carroll

19. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

By: Ryder Carroll

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"Prioritize the items you feel strongest about or are the most time sensitive, and strike off the items you feel “meh"

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

Cover of 52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn’t Get Taught At School by James Felton

20. 52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn’t Get Taught At School

By: James Felton

3.96

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

JAMES FELTON'S NEW BOOK "ASSHOLES" IS OUT NOW 'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lost Britain: An A-Z of Forgotten Landmarks and Lost Traditions by David     Long

21. Lost Britain: An A-Z of Forgotten Landmarks and Lost Traditions

By: David Long

3.68

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

From lost villages and Victorian theaters, to Tudor alleyways and medieval churches, Lost Britain t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. The Cat and The City

By: Nick Bradley

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In Tokyo – one of the world’s largest megacities – a stray cat is wending her way through the back … read more

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"I can't stand that shit - people talking about things they think they should talk about, so as not to be socially awkward."

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

"Even if something dramatic or terrible in your life doesn't happen, just the act of growing older is like a massive trauma anyway."

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

"Seeing her books reassured her, made her feel calm. She'd read most of them, but there were a many waiting to be read, which gave her a sense of excitement, and conjured up one of her favourite Japan…"

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

"Flo n'avait pas l'air conditionné, c'était trop cher, en revanche elle avait beaucoup de livres. Ses étagères en étaient remplies, il n'y restait plus un centimètre libre. Les voir la rassurait et la…"

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

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23. The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

By: Daniel Walter

4.12

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you spent weeks, months, or even years trying to achieve your goals but keep failing? Have … read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Rise

By: Ian Rankin

3.65

Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition

In this short thriller from bestselling author Ian Rankin, murder comes to London’s most exclusive … read more

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Cover of What the Dead Know (Into Shadow, #4) by Nghi Vo

25. What the Dead Know (Into Shadow, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

3.63

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman posing as a medium who can channel the spirit world comes face to face with the truth in th… read more

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"She tried to lie back down, but her heart took a while to slow, and when it did, she found herself lying awake. She was exhausted, but her body was restless, humming like the wires that webbed the sk…"

-Nghi Vo, What the Dead Know (Into Shadow, #4)

"He looked disheveled, still in his clothes, and there was a packet of papers in his hands. She moved to the side of the hall, giving him ample room to pass to the earth closet, but he was still watch…"

-Nghi Vo, What the Dead Know (Into Shadow, #4)

Cover of The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres

26. The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

By: Christiana Figueres

4.07

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Climate change: it is arguably the most urgent and consequential issue humankind has ever faced. Ho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"Consumerism traps us into thinking we can purchase personality."

-Christiana Figueres, The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

"Denying climate change is tantamount to saying you don't believe in gravity. The science of climate change is not a belief, a religion, or a political ideology. It presents the facts that are measura…"

-Christiana Figueres, The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

"Fair allocation of the remaining atmospheric space has proven to be a futile exercise no matter the formula. A fair outcome is not viable as long as we pursue it from a mindset of scarcity and compet…"

-Christiana Figueres, The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

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27. Jeoffry the Poet's Cat

By: Oliver Soden

4.14

Format: 113 pages, Kindle Edition

'An inspired an original tale ... Jeoffry is the greatest cat in the English language' Hilary Mante… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Clive Oppenheimer

28. Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

By: Clive Oppenheimer

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind.  … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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29. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

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Cover of Blitz Spirit: Voices of Britain Living Through Crisis, 1939-1945 by Becky Brown

30. Blitz Spirit: Voices of Britain Living Through Crisis, 1939-1945

By: Becky Brown

4.05

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Throughout the Second World War hundreds of people kept diaries of their private daily lives as par… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. As Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing

By: Susan Denham Wade

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the mastery of fire a million years ago, humans repeatedly invented new ways to see their surr… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

12 Top history books like As Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing by Susan Denham Wade

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrowland: Our Staggering Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact

Steven Kotler

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

Matt Parker

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Edmund Conway

4.52

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Transform Your Habits

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

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Walter Isaacson

4.40

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Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

Jessie Inchauspé

4.44

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Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

4.37

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