Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes
By: William M. Schniedewind
2.88
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew Bible Who wrote the Bible? Its books hav…
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1. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edmund Morris
4.23
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more
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- nonfiction
"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
2. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
By: Ian W. Toll
4.61
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
By: Ed Yong
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ma… read more
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- nonfiction
"I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"The brutal contract of natural selection ensures that if one partner is unnecessary, it gets dumped."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"As palaeontologist Andrew Knoll once said, "Animals might be evolution's icing, but bacteria are really the cake."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
4. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)
By: Laurie R. King
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. H… read more
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5. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
6. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
7. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
8. 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
"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
9. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West
By: Chris Wimmer
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- history
- religion
- nonfiction
11. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
By: Ian W. Toll
4.59
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
12. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
14. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.06
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping ques… read more
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- history
- religion
- nonfiction
"It is impossible to overrate the importance of Homer on the culture and religion of ancient Greece. It is not that the Iliad and the Odyssey were “the Bible"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The problem with material remains is that they are silent: they don't provide their own interpretations. And that means various interpretations are possible."-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets praise God, instead, for allowing them to stay alive for a while l…"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The fear of death in antiquity differed from the terrors of torment or horrors of actual nonexistence experienced by so many in the West today. It was instead the dread of losing out on everything a …"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
15. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
By: Oren Kessler
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context
By: John H. Walton
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Our handling of what we call biblical law veers between controversy and neglect. On the one han… read more
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- history
- religion
- nonfiction
17. Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins
By: Jacob L. Wright
4.23
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
"A revelation, even to those who have read the Bible for a lifetime! "We witness how in the afterm… read more
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- history
- religion
- nonfiction
"Law without a story was ineffective."-Jacob L. Wright, Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins
"In the Song (of Songs), love defies death itself."-Jacob L. Wright, Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins
"Both then and now, the most powerful means of creating community is to tell stories."-Jacob L. Wright, Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins
"Without partnership between two, it is not realistic to expect a community of thousands to survive let alone thrive."-Jacob L. Wright, Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins
18. The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture
By: Konrad Schmid
3.86
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Bible as we know it today is best understood as a process, one that begins in the tenth century… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
19. Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes
By: William M. Schniedewind
2.88
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew Bible Who wrote the Bible? Its books hav… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- scripture
- history
20. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
By: Rachel Kousser
4.10
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature (SDSS)ature)
By: Sidnie White Crawford
3.91
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
The biblical manuscripts found at Qumran, contends Sidnie White Crawford, reflect a spectrum of tex… read more
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