The Origin of Species/The Voyage of the Beagle
By: Richard Dawkins , Charles Darwin
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin's The Origin of Specie…
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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- history
"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer (Modern Library Exploration)
By: Chauncey Loomis , Andrea Barrett
3.95
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In 1860, fifteen years after Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition disappeared in the Arctic, a … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. Beyond Good and Evil
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more
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- classics
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"The noble soul reveres itself"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"...all that is rare is for the rare."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"One is punished most for one’s virtues."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"In music the passions enjoy themselves."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
4. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
5. Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
By: Hilary Mantel
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has fai… read more
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6. The Moonstone
By: Wilkie Collins , Carolyn G. Heilbrun
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazi… read more
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- classics
7. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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- classics
8. Drood
By: Dan Simmons
3.50
Format: None pages,
Drood... is the name and nightmare that obsesses Charles Dickens for the last five years of his lif… read more
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9. The Portable Jung
By: C.G. Jung , Joseph Campbell , R.F.C. Hull
4.12
Format: 204 pages,
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- nonfiction
- science
10. 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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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
11. The Origin of Species/The Voyage of the Beagle
By: Richard Dawkins , Charles Darwin
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin's The Origin of Specie… read more
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- classics
- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
12. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
By: Edward Gibbon , Daniel J. Boorstin , None , Hans-Friedrich Mueller
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. … read more
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- classics
- history
13. Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes
By: Luo Guanzhong , Moss Roberts
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been." With this … read more
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- classics
14. Expeditionen: Min kärlekshistoria
By: Bea Uusma
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Juli 1897. Ingenjor Andrees expedition ger sig ivag i en vatgasballong med riktning Nordpolen. En d… read more
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15. The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers
4.26
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more
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- classics
- history
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
16. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
17. I re taumaturghi
By: Jacques Le Goff , Marc Bloch , Lucien Febvre , None
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pubblicato nel 1924, I re taumaturghie un'opera che per la vastita della ricerca ha segnato una tap… read more
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18. A Brief History of Time
By: Stephen Hawking , Phạm Văn Thiều , None
4.21
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book … read more
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- classics
- history
- science
"God abhors a naked singularity."-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"There should be no boundary to human endeavor."-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"Cuando miramos al universo, lo vemos tal como fue en el pasado"-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
19. Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
By: Bill Schutt , None
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biologica… read more
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20. The Ice Master
By: Jennifer Niven
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staf… read more
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21. Planet of the Apes
By: Pierre Boulle , Xan Fielding
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Em pouco tempo, os desbravadores do espaco descobrem a terrivel verdade: nesse mundo, seus pares hu… read more
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22. The Terror
By: Dan Simmons
1.33
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Iliumand Olympostransforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expeditio… read more
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23. The North Water
By: Ian McGuire
3.98
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
A ship sets sail with a killer on board . . . 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arcti… read more
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"The redundancy of flesh, he thinks, the helplessness of meat, how can we conjure spirit from a bone?"-Ian McGuire, The North Water
"Oh, the others will talk and plan and make oaths and promises, but there are precious few fuckers who will do."-Ian McGuire, The North Water
"Cleverness, he thinks, will get you nowhere; it is only the stupid, the brilliantly stupid, who will inherit the earth."-Ian McGuire, The North Water
"Death, he believes, is a kind of making, a kind of building up. What was one thing, he thinks, is become something else."-Ian McGuire, The North Water
24. Moby-Dick or, The Whale
By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco
3.55
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more
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"Call me Ishmael."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
25. Paradise Lost
By: John Milton , John Leonard
3.84
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more
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"What hath night to do with sleep?"-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Solitude sometimes is best society."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
26. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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- history
27. Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
By: Buddy Levy
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one … read more
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- history
- nature
- science
28. Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
By: Per Olof Sundman
3.84
Format: 330 pages, Mass Market Paperback
En roman om Andrées försök att nå Nordpolen med luftballong read more
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- nonfiction
29. Trosečníci polárního moře
By: František Běhounek
4.02
Format: 288 pages, None
Trosečníci polárního moře vypraví o výpravě na severní pól. V roce 1928 tam cestoval Běhounek vzduc… read more
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30. Med Örnen mot polen: Andrées polarexpedition år 1897
By: S.A. Andrée
3.83
Format: 490 pages, Hardcover
Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897) var en svensk patentingenjör, fysiker och polarforskare, känd för… read more
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- nonfiction
31. Námořníkem, topičem a psovodem
By: Václav Vojtěch
4.00
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
Václav Vojtěch, první Čech v Antarktidě, popisuje v knize své zážitky z Byrdovy výpravy v roce 1929… read more
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