Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past
By: None
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
"Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of…
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1. Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story
By: Lee Berger , John Hawks , Harrison Ford , Douglas Chadwick
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolu… read more
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2. The Brain Fog Fix: Reclaim Your Focus, Memory, and Joy in Just 3 Weeks
By: Mike Dow
3.43
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A new epidemic is sweeping the country. Some people call it "ADHD," "scatter brain," or "brain fog.… read more
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3. Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics
By: Gary Smith
3.41
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
Or that Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? Or th… read more
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4. Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
By: Marc Morris
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandon… read more
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5. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story
By: Dimitra Papagianni , Michael A. Morse
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new disc… read more
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6. Global Brain: The Evolution of the Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century
By: Howard Bloom
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
As someone who has spent forty years in psychology with a long-standing interest in evolution, I'll… read more
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7. The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages
By: David Bercovici
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
Covering 13.8 billion years in some 100 pages, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of… read more
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8. Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past
By: None
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
"Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of… read more
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9. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.99
Format: 272 pages,
Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--… read more
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10. The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them
By: David Richo
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
Why is it that despite our best efforts, many of us remain fundamentally unhappy and unfulfilled in… read more
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11. A Little History of the World
By: E.H. Gombrich , Clifford Harper , None
4.11
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich w… read more
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12. Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: ... and Other Small Events That Changed History
By: Phil Mason
3.86
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoi… read more
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13. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
By: Maryanne Wolf
4.23
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to r… read more
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14. David Attenborough Life Stories
By: David Attenborough
1.00
Format: None pages, Audio CD
One of the nation's most popular presenters examines twenty marvels of the natural world from his e… read more
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15. Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
By: Fred Kaplan
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House polic… read more
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16. Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
By: Monica Murphy , Bill Wasik
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing, lively history of a fearsome and misunderstood virus that binds man and dog. The mos… read more
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17. Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder
By: James Mahaffey
3.50
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Whether you are a scientist or a poet, pro-nuclear energy or staunch opponent, conspiracy theorist … read more
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18. Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
By: Paul A. Offit
3.21
Format: 192 pages,
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction? History is filled with… read more
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19. Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World
By: Nick Lane
4.19
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways … read more
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20. The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction
By: Pat Shipman
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
With their large brains, sturdy physique, sophisticated tools, and hunting skills, Neanderthals are… read more
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21. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
By: David Reich
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human histo… read more
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22. 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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23. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
24. Service Model
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more
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25. The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants
By: Leigh Calvez
3.85
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the author of The Hidden Lives of Owls, an exploration of the elusive lives of whales in the P… read more
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26. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
27. Empire of Ants: The Hidden World and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors
By: Susanne Foitzik
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Beneath our feet, a fascinating drama unfolds: Ants are waging war and staging rebellions, growing … read more
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28. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
By: David Christian
4.09
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more
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"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
29. A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life
By: Bill Mesler
4.00
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The epic story of the scientists through the ages who have sought answers to life’s biggest mystery… read more
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30. How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
By: Daniel L. Everett
3.43
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how di… read more
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