Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart…
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1. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- education
- sociology
- books about books
- anthropology
2. Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
By: Rebecca Struthers
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning watchmaker—one of the few practicing the art in the world today—chronicles the inv… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
"Gli orologi non creano il tempo, ma ne misurano la nostra percezione culturale."-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
"La natura è stata il nostro primo orologio e continua a scandire il tempo per coloro che se ne accorgono. Sono state la convivenza e la frequentazione diretta con la natura a far sì che l’umanità svi…"-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
"Il concetto di tempo è inseparabile dalla nostra cultura. Nella lingua inglese, per esempio, la parola time (tempo) è la più usata. Nelle culture occidentali e capitaliste è qualcosa che abbiamo o no…"-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
3. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- historical
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
4. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
5. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
6. The World: A Family History of Humanity
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.00
Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more
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- audiobook
- science
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- historical
- nonfiction
- anthropology
7. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- science
8. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
9. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Sarah Ogilvie
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more
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- audiobook
"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
10. The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
By: Bill Hammack
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Discover the secret method used to build the world… For millennia, humans have used one simple m… read more
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- science
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses
By: Katie Spalding
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, whe… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
13. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
14. What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
By: Dan Levitt
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambiti… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
15. Size: How It Explains the World
By: Vaclav Smil
3.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of How the World Really Works, a wide-ranging look at th… read more
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- history
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16. Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs
By: David Bellos
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating and original history of an idea that now controls and monetizes almost everything we … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- books about books
- audiobook
17. The Experience Machine
By: Andy Clark
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worldsFor as long as … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
18. All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
By: Simon Garfield
3.65
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars a… read more
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- education
- books about books
- science
19. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
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- history
- audiobook
20. The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
By: Matthew J. Davenport
4.03
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
Matthew J. Davenport’s The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and… read more
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21. The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone fo… read more
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