Astronomy: A Visual Guide (DK Ultimate Guides)
By: Ian Ridpath
4.25
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Take a look through the lens and discover the beauty and science of the magnificent world that is o…
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1. The Elements Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table (DK Our World in Pictures)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.37
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Kids can go on a visual tour of the 118 chemical elements of the periodic table, from argon to zinc… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
2. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.08
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
3. The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosa… read more
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"better to be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother"-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
"I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
"Há momentos, meu jovem, que cada um de nós deve se posicionar em prol da justiça e dos direitos humanos, ou você nunca mais se sentirá limpo outra vez."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
"The bent head, the averted eye, the faltering voice, the wincing figure- these, and not the unshrinking gaze and frank reply, are the true signals of passion."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
4. Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
By: Susan Hill
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is a year of reading from home, by one of Britain's most distinguished authors. Early one autu… read more
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- nonfiction
5. Upstream: Selected Essays
By: Mary Oliver
2.43
Format: None pages,
Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Man and His Symbols
By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman
4.19
Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more
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- science
"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
7. The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1)
By: L.J. Smith
4.50
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror... Elena Searching for the ultimate thrill, she vowed to have… read more
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8. Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide
By: Martin J. Rees , Robert Dinwiddie
3.97
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Continuing in the bestselling tradition of Animal and Earth, this definitive guide takes readers on… read more
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9. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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10. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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11. The Planets: The Definitive Visual Guide to our Solar System
By: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
4.27
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Featuring all-new 3D models built using data gathered by NASA and the European Space Agency, The Pl… read more
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12. Memories, Dreams, Reflections
By: C.G. Jung , Richard Winston , Clara Winston , Aniela Jaffé
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, C. G. Jung undertook the telling of his li… read more
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13. Food: A Love Story
By: Jim Gaffigan
3.71
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
“What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why:… read more
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- nonfiction
"I'm a fan of relaxing, and when i get tired of relaxing I like to do nothing."-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story
"There are people who eat only organic food, and then there are people who don’t have tons of money to waste."-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story
"In America we have gone way beyond sustenance. Eating is an activity. 'Why don’t we get lunch, and then we’ll grab some pizza."-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story
"I love the phrase "I have a sweet tooth." I always want to say, "You're ordering it for your tooth? That's interesting, because it's going straight to your butt. I think your butt owed your tooth an …"-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story
14. Why I Wake Early
By: Mary Oliver
3.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
The forty-seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snak… read more
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15. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
By: Jake Adelstein
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Poli… read more
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16. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
17. 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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- 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
18. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
19. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
20. God: An Anatomy
By: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancie… read more
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- nonfiction
"How could I not be distracted? Here was a deity just like those I’d visited in museums as a child—a god of ancient myths, fantastic stories and long-lost rituals; a god from the distant past, from a …"-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, God: An Anatomy
21. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.11
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
23. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
24. A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons (Saffron Everleigh Mystery, #1)
By: Kate Khavari
3.51
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
The Lost Apothecary meets Dead Dead Girls in this fast-paced, STEMinist adventure. Debut author … read more
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25. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
By: Philip Plait
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
26. Letters From An Astrophysicist
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The natural follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Astrophys… read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
"My life is what I make of it."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
"School is not only a place to learn, but a place to learn how to learn."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
"The Cosmic Perspective reminds us that in space, where there is no air, a flag will not wave. An indication that perhaps flag-waving and space exploration do not mix."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
"How about if (...) pious people all lived longer than non-pious people? How about when a plane crashes, only the pious people survive? How about Jesus comes when people say he will come? How about pe…"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist
27. The Library: A Fragile History
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 518 pages, Hardcover
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, des… read more
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- nonfiction
"In 1748, the Earl of Chesterfield passed on some useful advice to his son: 'Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors a…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
"Mudie's insistence on the three-volume format was undoubtedly responsible for the verbosity of many nineteenth-century novels, as authors went to extraordinary efforts to pad their texts to the requi…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
28. Stars
By: D.K. Publishing
4.19
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Expand your horizons and take in the awesome sights of the Universe. Using stunning space photograp… read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
29. USA National Parks: Lands of Wonder
By: DK Eyewitness Travel
4.27
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
Breathtaking and awe-inspiring, the USA National Parks never fail to amaze. Distinguished by rust-r… read more
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- science
30. Flora: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Plant Kingdom
By: D.K. Publishing
4.71
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Let the experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens guide you around the beautiful and mysterious world th… read more
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- science
31. Astronomy: A Visual Guide (DK Ultimate Guides)
By: Ian Ridpath
4.25
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Take a look through the lens and discover the beauty and science of the magnificent world that is o… read more
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- space
