Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs
By: Nancy Thorndike Greenspan
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who hande…
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1. Land's Edge
By: Tim Winton
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
On childhood holidays to the beach the sun and surf kept Tim Winton outside in the mornings, in the… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
"The sea is one rare wild card left in the homogenous suburban life."-Tim Winton, Land's Edge
2. Shakespeare: The World as Stage
By: Bill Bryson
3.81
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
3. All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
By: Jennifer Senior
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. Award-winning journalist… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Children live life as a controlled experiment."-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
"What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion"-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
"The phrase "having it all" has little to do with having what we want."-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
"Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive."-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
4. Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
By: Michihiko Hachiya , John W. Dower , None
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world… read more
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- world war ii
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
5. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- science
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.24
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
The wild Cevennes region of France forms the backdrop for the pioneering travelogue 'Travels with a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
8. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
By: Reza Aslan
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of No god but Godcomes a fascinating, provocative, and … read more
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9. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
By: John Le Carré , Ben Macintyre
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century… read more
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10. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
By: Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal s… read more
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11. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
By: Walter Isaacson
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
The computer and the internet are among the most important innovations of our era, but few people k… read more
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12. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
13. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
14. 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
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- audiobook
- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- science
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
16. Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
By: Ben Macintyre
4.16
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small … read more
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- espionage
- russia
- history
- biography
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- science
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
18. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
By: Sam Kean
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Fr… read more
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- science
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Many people agreed with one executive who sneered that [Thomas] Edison had a vacuum where his conscience ought to be."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
"A rival politician countered that he too supported the dissection of those who were sucking the public teat dry. He proposed starting with the royal family."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
19. Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance min… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The Matrix is a reflection of our times, or at least our anxieties. It reveals our fear of a mechanization so complete, of a commodification of our bodies and enslavement of our minds so successful, …"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
"...a cynical person is someone who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. Our societies tend to make us all cynics. And no one is more cynical than the economist who sees exchange va…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
"Bürokrasi, Ordu ve Ruhban Sınıfı Borç, para, inanç ve devlet el ele yürür. Borç olmadan tarımsal fazlalığı yönetmenin kolay yolu yoktur. Borcun ortaya çıkışıyla paranın yıldızı parlamaya başladı. Anc…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
"Like any ecosystem, a modern economy cannot survive without recycling. Just as animals and plants are continually recycling the oxygen and carbon dioxide that the other provides, so too must workers …"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
20. Cuba: An American History
By: Ada Ferrer
4.45
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
22. Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
By: Jill Heinerth
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of the world’s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth’s fin… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- biography
- science
23. The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
By: John Lisle
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch― The Dirty Tricks De… read more
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- audiobook
- espionage
- american history
- history
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- science
24. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
By: Ananyo Bhattacharya
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolution… read more
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- science
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The young von Neumann made an instant impact on his new tutors. His first mentor, Gábor Szego˝, who would later lead Stanford University’s maths department, was moved to tears after their first meeti…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"The best estimates of Trinity’s power put the figure somewhere between 20,000 and 22,000 tons. Oppenheimer reached for poetry, recalling a verse from ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"At one of his ‘high-proof, high-I.Q. parties’ one analyst produced a fat cylindrical ‘coin’ that was something of a RAND obsession at the time. Milled by the RAND machine shop at the behest of Willia…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"With his school years behind him, von Neumann took the train to Berlin with his father in September 1921 to begin the arduous programme of study that had been agreed. A passenger sharing their carria…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
25. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. The Topeka School
By: Ben Lerner
3.50
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive famil… read more
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- audiobook
"The problem for him in high school was that debate made you a nerd and poetry made you a pussy – even if both could help you get to the vaguely imagines East Coast city from which your experiences in…"-Ben Lerner, The Topeka School
27. The Perfect Weapon: How the Cyber Arms Race Set the World Afire
By: David E. Sanger
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the premiere New York Times Washington correspondent, a stunning and incisive look into how cy… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- science
28. The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal
By: Howard Blum
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a… read more
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- espionage
- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. One Hundred Years of Dirt
By: Rick Morton
4.06
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you’ve scraped together enough for the ticket… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
30. The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
By: Sam Kean
4.34
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hit… read more
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- audiobook
- espionage
- history
- biography
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- science
31. Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs
By: Nancy Thorndike Greenspan
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who hande… read more
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