Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths
By: Ryan Britt
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs, made out with Jar-Jar Bin…
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1. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
By: Carl Honoré
3.66
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each ho… read more
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"Es una revolución cultural contra la noción de que más rápido siempre es mejor. La filosofía Slow no es acerca de hacerlo todo a ritmo de caracol. Es acerca de buscar hacerlo todo a la velocidad corr…"-Carl Honoré, In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
"Speed can be fun, productive and powerful, and we would be poorer without it. What the world needs, and what the slow movement offers, is a middle path, a recipe for marrying la dolce vita with the d…"-Carl Honoré, In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
"Like a bee in a flower bed, the human brain naturally flits from one thought to the next. In the high-speed workplace, where data and headlines come thick and fast, we are all under pressure to think…"-Carl Honoré, In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
2. Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's … read more
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- memoir
- pop culture
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
"It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn."-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
"I sometimes wonder how many hours of my life I have wasted bitching about keyboards. The use of keyboards and synthesizers is the Roe v. Wade of '80s metal. It was-without question-the lamest instrum…"-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
3. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.93
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
By: Robert B. Parker
3.92
Format: 204 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hir… read more
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"A cold McDonald's hamburger is halfway between a jelly doughnut and a hockey puck, but the nine-dollar bourbon helped."-Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
"It was a bright day, but cold, and the whores had emerged, working the Combat Zone, looking cold and bizarre in their miniskirts, boots, and blond wigs. Being seductive at twenty degrees was heavy go…"-Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
5. Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
4.29
Format: None pages,
The hilarious behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld--… read more
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6. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
By: Mary Roach
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In ?Bonk,?the best-selling author of Stiffturns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most al… read more
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7. Fluke: The Maths and Myths of Coincidence
By: Joseph Mazur
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Imagine this: you are browsing used books in a bookstore hundreds of miles from home when you come … read more
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8. Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths
By: Ryan Britt
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs, made out with Jar-Jar Bin… read more
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- star wars
- audiobook
9. But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
By: Chuck Klosterman
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that c… read more
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10. How to Survive a Horror Movie
By: Seth Grahame-Smith , Wes Craven
3.71
Format: 498 pages,
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. From ghosts, vampires, and zombies to serial killers, cannibalistic hill… read more
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11. 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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12. Thunderstruck
By: Erik Larson
3.77
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more
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- audiobook
13. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.87
Format: None pages,
New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus's divinity became … read more
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14. Dead Boy Detectives, Volume 1: Schoolboy Terrors
By: Mark Buckingham , Toby Litt , Gary Erskine , Andrew Pepoy , Russ Braun , Víctor Santos
4.49
Format: 563 pages, Paperback
In these stories Charles and Edwin begin to unravel the mysteries of their own demise while trying … read more
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15. Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.95
Format: None pages, Audio CD
New York Times-bestselling author and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman compiles and contextualizes … read more
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16. Letter to a Christian Nation
By: Sam Harris
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriati… read more
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"There had been ample warning that a storm “of biblical proportions"-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"These data are unequivocal: we are building a civilization of ignorance."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
17. Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It
By: David M. Ewalt
3.96
Format: 286 pages,
The Hobbitmeets Moneyballin this definitive book on Dungeons & Dragons--from its origins and rise t… read more
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18. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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19. Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories
By: Mike Rothschild
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
With the current rise of antisemitism, this important book looks at how one Jewish family —the Roth… read more
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20. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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- humor
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- audiobook
21. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
22. 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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"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?
23. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
24. The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination
By: Richard J. Evans
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The renowned historian of the Third Reich takes on the conspiracy theories surrounding Adolf Hitler… read more
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- audiobook
25. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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- pop culture
- audiobook
26. Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted
By: Daniel Sokatch
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
National Jewish Book Award finalist An essential and accessible introduction to one of the most … read more
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- audiobook
27. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
By: Ananyo Bhattacharya
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolution… read more
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"The young von Neumann made an instant impact on his new tutors. His first mentor, Gábor Szego˝, who would later lead Stanford University’s maths department, was moved to tears after their first meeti…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"The best estimates of Trinity’s power put the figure somewhere between 20,000 and 22,000 tons. Oppenheimer reached for poetry, recalling a verse from ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"At one of his ‘high-proof, high-I.Q. parties’ one analyst produced a fat cylindrical ‘coin’ that was something of a RAND obsession at the time. Milled by the RAND machine shop at the behest of Willia…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"With his school years behind him, von Neumann took the train to Berlin with his father in September 1921 to begin the arduous programme of study that had been agreed. A passenger sharing their carria…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
28. How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain
By: Ryan North
4.01
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
A tongue-in-cheek introduction to the science of comic-book supervillainy, revealing the true poten… read more
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29. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
By: Peter Robison
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cu… read more
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- audiobook
30. Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry
By: Robert Jay Lifton
3.74
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A definitive account of the psychology of zealotry, from a National Book Award winner and a leading… read more
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