Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World--and Ourselves
By: Matt Simon
3.79
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A brain-bending exploration of real-life zombies and mind controllers, and what they reveal to us a…
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1. Crosstalk
By: Connie Willis
4.15
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, an… read more
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- adult
2. Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
By: Bill Schutt , None
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biologica… read more
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3. How to Read Nature: Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors You've Never Noticed
By: Tristan Gooley
4.12
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
"For those inclined to solve mysteries written into the landscape, this author's lead is one they'l… read more
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4. The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
By: Edward E. Baptist
4.34
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution--the nation's original sin, perhaps, but… read more
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5. The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
By: Michio Kaku
4.10
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- science
- biology
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
7. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more
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- science
- biology
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
8. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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- science
- biology
- evolution
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
9. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
By: Herman Pontzer
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and … read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
- audiobook
"..incompetent people are so annoying: their very incompetence blinds them to how incompetent they are." (or as Darwin said, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge") - both o…"-Herman Pontzer, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
10. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- science
- biology
- evolution
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
11. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- science
- biology
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
- audiobook
12. Dreadful
By: Caitlin Rozakis
3.72
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful
"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful
13. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
By: Roman Mars
4.03
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the cr… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A round of applause for circles."-Roman Mars, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
"For better or worse, defensive designs limit the range of activities people can engage in. They can also create real problems for the elderly or disabled. Some of the goals of unpleasant designs can …"-Roman Mars, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
15. Junkwraith (Junkwraith, 1)
By: Ellinor Richey
3.33
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
What she once possessed... now threatens to possess her. This vibrant Swedish debut graphic novel i… read more
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16. 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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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
- science
17. The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.74
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES A powerful return to the… read more
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- science
- biology
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"The ancient tie that binds us to nature is not and never has been severed. We have just ignored it for a while."-Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
18. Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)
By: Kira Jane Buxton
4.09
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
MOST ANTICIPATED by Bustle • "Sci-Fi Thriller" recommendation from Buzzfeed • An Indie Next Pick … read more
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- animals
- audiobook
"Oomingmak could not swim."-Kira Jane Buxton, Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)
"Stories suture up our wounds, stitch us back together. They keep our loved ones alive."-Kira Jane Buxton, Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)
"A tear slipped down the cheek of my nestling, whose calloused skin could not protect her eggshell heart."-Kira Jane Buxton, Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)
19. 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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- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
By: Matt Simon
3.82
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
“Informed, utterly blindsiding account.” - Booklist , starred review It’s falling from the sky and… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"When Flury looked at the plants under a confocal microscope, which shines lasers that make the fluorescent dye in the plastics glow, he found particles had attached to the roots but hadn't penetrated…"-Matt Simon, A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
"Mothers not only pass the harms of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on to their fetuses but on to even more distant generations. When a mother is exposed to EDCs, so too are her fetus's germ cells, whi…"-Matt Simon, A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
21. Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World--and Ourselves
By: Matt Simon
3.79
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A brain-bending exploration of real-life zombies and mind controllers, and what they reveal to us a… read more
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- biology
- evolution
- animals
- natural history
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
- audiobook
