The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea
By: David N. Livingstone
3.27
Format: 552 pages, Hardcover
How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity Scientists, journalist…
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1. The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)
By: Virginia Woolf
3.75
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
Woolf’s first novel is a haunting book, full of light and shadow. It takes Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose and… read more
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"J'ai un faible pour les gens qui ne se décident pas à commencer quelque chose."-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)
"I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; “the things people don’t say."-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)
"I can’t imagine anything nicer than to sit out in the moonlight and listen to music—"-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)
"Ce qu'on attend de l'être avec qui l'on vit c'est qu'il vous maintienne au niveau le plus élevé de vous-même."-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)
2. Between the Acts
By: Virginia Woolf
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Woolf's last novel, the action takes place on one summer's day at a country house in the heart o… read more
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3. Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence
By: Stefano Mancuso , Alessandra Viola , Joan Benham
4.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or a… read more
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4. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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5. Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
By: Emily Monosson
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi―and how to avert further loss ac… read more
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- history
6. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
By: Ethan Kross
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
AN AWARD-WINNING PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS THE HIDDEN POWER OF OUR INNER VOICE AND SHOWS HOW WE CAN HARN… read more
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"When supporting others, we need to offer the comfort of Kirk and the intellect of Spock."-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"The same brain circuitry that becomes active when we are attracted to someone or consume desirable substances (everything from cocaine to chocolate) also activates when we share information about our…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"We often think of fight or flight as the main defensive reaction human beings turn to when faced with a threat. When under stress, we flee or hunker down for the impending battle. While this reaction…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
7. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more
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"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
9. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
10. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
11. 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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"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
12. The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
By: Greg Grandin
4.29
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, … read more
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"Having been born into a large litter and raised, as one republican put it, in a shared New World household, Spanish American nations were socialized at an early age. The United States, in contrast, w…"-Greg Grandin, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
"Taking Texas, Adams feared, would lock in the worldview that Jackson represented. The country was already fighting what Adams considered a perpetual war on Native Americans, a crusade that Jacksonian…"-Greg Grandin, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
"In other words, the United States won independence from Great Britain in a revolutionary war that was, among other reasons, fought to deny Great Britain the right to establish a western border; then,…"-Greg Grandin, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
"The Confederate flag stopped flying as the pennant of reconciliation, the joining of the southern military tradition to northern establishment might to spread Americanism abroad. It now was the banne…"-Greg Grandin, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
13. A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
By: Daniel Susskind
3.84
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of ho… read more
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"the future , they say ; holds both obsolescence and ever-greater relevance ; technology is a threat and an opportunity ; a rival and a partner , a foe and a friend"-Daniel Susskind, A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
14. What We Owe the Future
By: William MacAskill
3.84
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more
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15. Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
By: Nicklas Brendborg
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" … read more
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16. China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower
By: Frank Dikötter
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the… read more
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17. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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18. Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science
By: James Poskett
3.79
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
“A radical retelling… Poskett deftly blends the achievements of little-known figures into the wider… read more
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19. The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning
By: Justin E. H. Smith
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams b… read more
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20. Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
By: Thomas Rid
4.15
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deceptio… read more
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21. The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea
By: David N. Livingstone
3.27
Format: 552 pages, Hardcover
How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity Scientists, journalist… read more
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