Extraterrestrial Languages (Mit Press)
By: Daniel Oberhaus
3.60
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand? …
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1. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.86
Format: 572 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of … read more
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- space
"Why should I discuss it with you?"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
"It's the love of right lures men to wrong."-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
"The beauty of Mars exists in the human mind,"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
"In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing."-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
2. PLUTO: 浦沢 直樹 x 手塚 治虫 005 (Pluto, #5)
By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Takashi Nagasaki , 浦沢直樹 , None , None , None
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
R to L (Japanese Style). A robot may not harm or kill a human being. Article 13 of the Robot LawsAd… read more
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3. The Shape of Space
By: Jeffrey R. Weeks
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic … read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- space
4. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
By: Richard Dawkins
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
5. PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 007 (Pluto, #7)
By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Frederik L. Schodt , Takashi Nagasaki , None , None , None
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Who Killed Astro Boy? No Robots; Human vs. humanoid! Pluto has destroyed six out of the seven great… read more
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6. Scale: The Search for Simplicity and Unity in the Complexity of Life, from Cells to Cities, Companies to Ecosystems, Milliseconds to Millennia
By: Geoffrey West
3.97
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the fi… read more
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7. Dragon's Egg
By: Robert L. Forward
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind--and this is one of them… read more
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8. PLUTO: Naoki Urasawa x Ozamu Tezuka, Band 001 (Pluto, #1)
By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Takashi Nagasaki , None
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or some thing is out to … read more
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9. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
By: Naomi Klein
3.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon - it's about capit… read more
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10. The Amazing Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt
By: J.M. DeMatteis , Mike Zeck
4.31
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Mike Zeck craft the ultimate tale of revenge in this groundbreakin… read more
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11. PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3
By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Frederik L. Schodt , Takashi Nagasaki , None , None , None
4.42
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or some thing is out to … read more
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12. PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 002 (Pluto, #2)
By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Takashi Nagasaki , None , None , None , None
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or some thing is out to … read more
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13. PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 8
By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Frederik L. Schodt , Takashi Nagasaki , None , None , None
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A new vision based on Astroboy - "The greatest robot on earth". Final Volume! Contains Chapters … read more
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14. PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 6
By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Frederik L. Schodt , Takashi Nagasaki , None , None , None
4.51
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
A new vision based on Astro Boy - "The Greatest Robot On Earth" Pluto… Sahad… Goji… Abullah… Myster… read more
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15. Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
By: Michael J. Sullivan
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Age of Myth inaugurates another six-book series set in Elan. Since time immemorial, humans have … read more
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"Hands could be such expressive things."-Michael J. Sullivan, Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
"Power doesn't equal worth. Wisdom is a far greater virtue."-Michael J. Sullivan, Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
"When the dead betray the living, the victims are memories.--The Book of Brin"-Michael J. Sullivan, Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
"And if you can't trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one?"-Michael J. Sullivan, Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
16. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
17. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
By: Matt Parker
4.11
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
An international bestseller The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- technology
"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't m…"-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
18. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
By: Steven H. Strogatz
4.30
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more
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- philosophy
- science
- nonfiction
- technology
"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
"With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have man…"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
19. 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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- technology
- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- science
"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?
20. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
By: Hannah Ritchie
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
21. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
By: Annalee Newitz
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Often it is in the most squalid and filthiest of places that we can uncover profound truths about a society that considers itself civilized."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"There was no giant sign proclaiming the end of life as they'd known it; instead, there was a mounting pile of annoyances and disappointments."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"City leaders pour resources into beautiful spectacles for political reasons, rather than providing good roads, functioning sewers, relatively safe marketplaces, and other basic amenities of urban lif…"-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
22. Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
By: Avi Loeb
3.51
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
“The world's leading alien hunter” — New York Times Magazine From acclaimed Harvard astrophysicist… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- aliens
- astronomy
- space
- technology
23. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.10
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impa… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"I was struck, and not for the first time, by how much easier it is to ruin an ecosystem than to run one."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"If control is the problem, then, by the logic of the Anthropocene, still more control must be the solution."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"He’s a burly man with sparse white hair and a white beard who looks like Santa might look if Santa, in the off-season, carried a tackle box."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"Here I was, trying to finish a book about the world spinning out of control, only to find the world spinning so far out of control that I couldn't finish the book."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
24. You Dreamed of Empires
By: Álvaro Enrigue
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more
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25. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
By: David Graeber
3.33
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everyt… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"God and Man were inseparable companions. One day God said to Man: why don’t you go walk around on earth for a while so we can find some new topics for conversation? —beginning of a Malagasy folktale"-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
"The toothless or peg-legged buccaneer hoisting a flag of defiance against the world, drinking and feasting to a stupor on stolen loot, fleeing at the first sign of serious opposition, leaving only ta…"-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
"We would seem to be in the presence of a genuine historical anomaly: a political entity that presented itself to the outside world as a kingdom, organized around the charismatic figure of a brilliant…"-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
26. Bitch: On the Female of the Species
By: Lucy Cooke
4.45
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
27. The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
By: Natalie Wexler
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle o… read more
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- nonfiction
28. The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
By: Govert Schilling
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter―and sho… read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
29. The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars
By: Jo Marchant
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A Best Book of 2020 NPR A Best Book of 2020 The Economist A Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 Smit… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- science
30. Extraterrestrial Languages (Mit Press)
By: Daniel Oberhaus
3.60
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand? … read more
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- science
- linguistics
- language
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- aliens
- astronomy
- space
- technology
31. 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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- nonfiction
"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
