Parasites: The Inside Story
By: Scott Lyell Gardner
3.58
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
An exciting look at the essential roles that parasites play in Earth’s ecosystemsThis book looks at…
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1. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
By: Stephen Jay Gould
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Bu… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
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"Alter any event, ever so slightly and without apparent importance at the time, and evolution cascades into radically different channel."-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Thus, physics and astronomy relegated our world to a corner of the cosmos, and biology shifted our status from a simulacrum of God to a naked, upright ape."-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Algunas transformaciones son manifiestas y heroicas; otras son tranquilas y sin acontecimientos notables en su devenir, pero no menos importantes en su resultado."-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Some fifteen to twenty Burgess species cannot be allied with any known group, and should probably be classified as separate phyla. Magnify some of them beyond the few centimeters of their actual size…"-Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
2. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
3. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began
By: Leah Hazard
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
4. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
5. Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
By: Philipp Dettmer
4.59
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think ab… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
"Life hates nothing as much as wasting resources."-Philipp Dettmer, Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
6. 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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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
7. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
8. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
By: Erika Engelhaupt
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
9. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
10. 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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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
11. Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices
By: Noah Whiteman
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
12. Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
By: James Vincent
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the cubit to the kilogram, the humble inch to the speed of light, measurement is a powerful to… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
13. Small Game
By: Blair Braverman
3.51
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers s… read more
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14. Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
By: Helen Thomson
3.99
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Our inability to understand our own minds is the price we pay for the ability to question it in the first place."-Helen Thomson, Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
"Back in that first lesson with Clive, I was told by my professor that 'If the brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't."-Helen Thomson, Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
"Science prides itself on explaining the parts of our life that can be measured and tested. Objectivity is, rightly so, the backbone of science. But I’d argue that subjectivity is its flesh and blood.…"-Helen Thomson, Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
15. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
16. The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
By: Guy Leschziner
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narco… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
17. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
By: Carlo M. Cipolla
3.86
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan"A classic" --Simon Kuper, Finan… read more
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- nonfiction
"A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"احتمالية أن يكون شخص ما غبيا، مستقلة عن أي سمة أخرى يتصف بها هذا الشخص"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"The Second law of human stupidity: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"If you lose we will be equals and stay friends forever, and if you win you'll take my precious blue flower as a prize and we stay friends forever. How lucky you are!"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
18. 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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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
19. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
By: Sean Carroll
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
20. The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
By: Roland Ennos
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking examination of the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem—in… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
21. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
By: Chun Han Wong
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and po… read more
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- nonfiction
22. The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life
By: Johan Eklöf
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why We Sleep and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent and insightful loo… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"Moths have the animal world’s most exceptional sense of smell and can capture separate scent molecules with their antennae."-Johan Eklöf, The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life
"Moths have shown themselves to be at least as important pollinators as the diurnal bees and they even visit more kinds of flowers than bees do."-Johan Eklöf, The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life
23. Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses
By: David Scheel
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discove… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
24. Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
By: Seirian Sumner
3.91
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, au… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
25. Tales from the Ant World
By: Edward O. Wilson
4.08
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants, from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of … read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
26. Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
By: Patrick House
3.48
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the funct… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
27. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World
By: Lixing Sun
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians Nature is rife with cheating… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
28. What a Mushroom Lives for: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make
By: Michael J. Hathaway
3.93
Format: None pages, ebook
How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China--and providing new ways to… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
29. Parasites: The Inside Story
By: Scott Lyell Gardner
3.58
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
An exciting look at the essential roles that parasites play in Earth’s ecosystemsThis book looks at… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
30. The Creative Lives of Animals (Animals in Context)
By: Carol Gigliotti
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 Nautilus Book Award in the category of Animals & Nature The surprising, fascina… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
31. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
