Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
By: Richard Wiseman
4.88
Format: 242 pages,
An award-winning psychologist exposes the truth behind life's little oddities and absurdities in th…
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By: Jorge Cham , Daniel Whiteson
4.28
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
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2. 13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
By: Michael Brooks
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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3. Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling
By: David Canter
3.97
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4. The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It
By: Owen Jones
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
In The EstablishmentOwen Jones, author of the international bestseller Chavs, offers a biting criti… read more
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5. Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
By: Richard Wiseman
4.88
Format: 242 pages,
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6. In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People
By: George K. Simon Jr.
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Format: 371 pages,
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7. Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel
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4.10
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8. Wer bin ich – und wenn ja, wie viele?
By: Richard David Precht
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Format: 273 pages, Paperback
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By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths
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10. The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory
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13. How to Be a People Magnet: Finding Friends--And Lovers--And Keeping Them for Life
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14. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
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15. Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter
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16. Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis
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4.25
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3.69
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18. What's That Lady Doing?
By: Lou Sanders
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Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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19. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
By: Tom Burgis
3.80
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Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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"Having a sense of humor — both the ability to generate humor and to appreciate it — has repeatedly been found to correlate with measures of intelligence."-Jennifer Aaker, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life (And how anyone can harness it. Even you.)
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22. Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
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23. The Little Book of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Key Thinkers and Theories You Need to Know
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24. Too Big to Jail: Inside HSBC, the Mexican Drug Cartels and the Greatest Banking Scandal of the Century
By: Chris Blackhurst
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25. Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir
By: James Blunt
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26. Do Not Call the Tortoise
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27. The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam
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28. People of the ER
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