5 Top biography books like Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey by Ralph Leighton

Cover of Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey by Ralph Leighton

Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey

By: Ralph Leighton

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

In 1977, Feynman and his sidekick-- fellow drummer and geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton--set out…

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1. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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2. The Kreutzer Sonata

By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more

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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

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3. El tango de la Guardia Vieja

By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

<> Un extrano desafio entre dos musicos, que lleva a uno de ellos a Buenos Aires en 1928; un asunto… read more

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4. The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

By: John Scalzi

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the u… read more

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5. The Naked Sun (Robot #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more

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Cover of Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey by Ralph Leighton

6. Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey

By: Ralph Leighton

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

In 1977, Feynman and his sidekick-- fellow drummer and geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton--set out… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • science

7. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonizatio… read more

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8. Feynman

By: Jim Ottaviani , Leland Myrick

3.81

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Richard Feynman: physicist . . . Nobel winner . . . bestselling author . . . safe-cracker. In this … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • science

9. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

By: Tom Wolfe

3.57

Format: 416 pages,

For a start, Kesey's own life with the Merry Pranksters is perhaps the consummate example of a phen… read more

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10. Uncommon Type

By: Tom Hanks

3.79

Format: 223 pages,

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is a… read more

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11. The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6)

By: John Scalzi

3.33

Format: 153 pages, Hardcover

Hugo-award winning author, John Scalzi returns to his best-selling Old Man's War universe with the … read more

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12. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

By: Jon Krakauer

4.08

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

By: Jamie Loftus

3.92

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
"WE NEED MORE WOMEN PRIESTS! a billboard declares a few miles outside of Buffalo, a new cursed addition to a folder in my Google Drive called 'feminism except not really."

-Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

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14. Shuna's Journey

By: Hayao Miyazaki

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a go… read more

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  • adventure
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15. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • science
"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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16. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
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17. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

By: Emily Ladau

4.41

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable step… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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19. The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel

By: Salva Rubio

4.18

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this graphic novel tells the in… read more

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20. A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)

By: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"It's not clear whether, at this point, the Babiarzes fully understood that the libertarians were operating under vampire rules—the invitation to enter, once offered, could not be rescinded."

-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)

"What's the endgame of capitalism, if not a big fat white man sitting on top of a pile of bloody bones [after cannibalizing the other capitalists] with no one around him, crying because no one's aroun…"

-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)

"What's the endgame of capitalism, if not a big fat white man sitting on top of a pile of bloody bones [after cannibalizing everyone else] with no one around him, crying because no one's around to mak…"

-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)

"Government isn't ruining capitalism. Capitalism is ruining government. I think that's kind of obvious. If you take capitalism out of government you get simple public representation. If you take gover…"

-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)

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21. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • science
"She was told she had typhoid fever. Right away, as I still do today, I looked up the disease in medical books and read all about it."

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

"Although my mother didn't know anything about science, she had a great influence on me as well. In particular, she had a wonderful sense of humor, and I learned from her that the highest form of unde…"

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

"You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doin…"

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

"Why make yourself miserable saying things like, "Why do we have such bad luck? What has God done to us? What have we done to deserve this?" - all of which, if you understand reality and take it compl…"

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

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4.73

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