Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
By: Edward Dolnick
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading …
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1. The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
By: Adam Smyth
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them Books t… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
2. The Murders in Great Diddling
By: Katarina Bivald
3.52
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told The small, rundown village of Gre… read more
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- audiobook
3. Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
By: Jasmin Graham
4.15
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From a marine biologist and co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences, a powerful debut the uplif… read more
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- science
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
4. Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion
By: Michael Taylor
4.24
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
“Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary” (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, page-turning narrative weaves t… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- science
5. A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever
By: Kim Mager
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of Cla… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- history
- audiobook
6. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
7. Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water
By: Amorina Kingdon
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call f… read more
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- audiobook
- animals
- nonfiction
- science nature
- adult
- nature
- science
8. The Rich People Have Gone Away
By: Regina Porter
3.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wai… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
9. Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend
By: M.J. Wassmer
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
White Lotus meets Kevin Wilson in this whip-smart social satire about a man who finds himself trapp… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
10. The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators
By: John Long
4.11
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
World-leading paleontologist John Long presents the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as… read more
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- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
- science
11. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
By: Evan Friss
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
By: Bill Schutt
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neandert… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
- science
13. Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
By: Brenda Wineapple
4.40
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent history of the 1925 Scopes trial and how the teaching of evolution in public schools … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- science
14. The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady
By: Heath Hardage Lee
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A new, revolutionary look into the brilliant life of Pat Nixon.In America’s collective consciousnes… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
By: Edward Dolnick
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading … read more
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- audiobook
- history
- historical
- animals
- dinosaurs
- nonfiction
- science nature
- adult
- nature
- science
16. McMillions: The Absolutely True Story of How an Unlikely Pair of FBI Agents Brought Down the Most Supersized Fraud in Fast Food History
By: James Lee Hernandez
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Argo, The Wizard of Lies, and The Smartest Guys in the Room, a book that expan… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
17. The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers
By: Kate Kitagawa
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, span… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
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18. Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II
By: Abbott Kahler
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An incredible true story of murder in a utopian community established on a remote Galápagos island … read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- history
- audiobook
19. How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?
By: Anna Montague
3.50
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Less and Remarkably Bright Creatures comes a funny and moving novel about love, loss, a… read more
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- audiobook
20. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
By: Elyse Graham
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruite… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"She was also a woman, which for him was a plus."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"... because knowledge is, itself, a kind of magic, regardless of whether you get it from the stars or from the sublunary hermeneutics of the human fields of learning."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"The historical record often neglects certain kinds of stories. For example, in the Library of Congress, OSS veterans helped catalogue the OSS records; this was a good service to the country, but they…"-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
21. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
By: Dava Sobel
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughte… read more
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