When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future
By: Paul Bierman
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Paul Bierman’s discovery that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than it is toda…
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1. 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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2. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
By: Salman Khan
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more
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3. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
4. The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
By: Steven Mithen
4.14
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the langua… read more
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5. Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
By: Paul M.M. Cooper
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
Landmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations. Based on t… read more
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6. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
By: Boyce Upholt
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of the Mississippi River―and the centuries of human meddling that have transform… read more
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7. All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians
By: Phil Elwood
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washington who exposes the secrets of the… read more
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8. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
By: Elle Reeve
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more
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9. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
By: Nicola Twilley
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific my… read more
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10. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
11. Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
By: Katherine Rundell
4.69
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) recko… read more
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12. Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves
By: Tamsin Mather
3.89
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
Adventures in Volcanoland charts journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some … read more
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13. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more
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14. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
By: H.R. McMaster
4.08
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more
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15. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
By: Rachel Kousser
4.10
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more
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16. When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future
By: Paul Bierman
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Paul Bierman’s discovery that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than it is toda… read more
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- environment
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17. The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
By: Wright Thompson
4.51
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from aroun… read more
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18. War
By: Bob Woodward
4.43
Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more
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"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."-Bob Woodward, War
"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"-Bob Woodward, War
"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"-Bob Woodward, War
"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"-Bob Woodward, War
19. Patriot: A Memoir
By: Alexei Navalny
4.50
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate pric… read more
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"If you have a criminal conviction, you are barred from running for office."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"When corruption is the very foundation of a regime, those who battle it are extremists."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"All schooboys had been to the stores and had noticed the long queues, and knew that the most used word in the Soviet lexicon was "shortage."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"A serious political leader cannot simply decide to turn his back on a huge number of his fellow citizens because he personally dislikes their views."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
20. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
By: Dava Sobel
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughte… read more
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21. Time Will Tell (Sister Jane, #16)
By: Rita Mae Brown
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Sister” Jane Arnold must use her wits and savvy foxhunting skills to solve the mystery in this exc… read more
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