15 best-selling nonfiction books like It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything by Kate Biberdorf

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It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything

By: Kate Biberdorf

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this fresh and engaging guide to chemistry, Dr. Kate Biberdorf, aka "Kate the Chemist," reveals …

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1. It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

By: Jennifer Wright

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A history of heartbreak-replete with beheadings, uprisings, creepy sex dolls, and celebrity gossip-… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In my favourite picture of them, Oskar is reading a letter while Olga ties his tie for him. His tie matches her dress. Both of them look kind of preoccupied. You don't look at this picture, as you mi…"

-Jennifer Wright, It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

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2. Wszystko zostaje w rodzinie (Heksalogia o wiedźmie, #4)

By: Aneta Jadowska

3.67

Format: 554 pages, Paperback

Dora Wilk udowadnia, że męska skleroza jest początkiem wszelkich kłopotów. I tak – wampiry zapom… read more

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  • audiobook
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3. Los recuerdos del porvenir

By: Elena Garro

4.33

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Los recuerdos del porvenir es la historia coral del pueblo de Ixtepec, en alguna llanura cerca de M… read more

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"Estoy y estuve en muchos ojos. Yo sólo soy memoria y la memoria que de mí se tenga."

-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir

"Él sabía que el porvenir era un retroceder veloz hacia la muerte y la muerte el estado perfecto, el momento precioso en que el hombre recupera plenamente su otra memoria."

-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir

"¡Los abogados...! ¿Y a quién van a juzgar? Esperamos la respuesta consabida: a los traidores de la Patria. ¿Qué traición y qué patria? La Patria en esos días llevaba el nombre doble de Calles-Obregón…"

-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir

"Aquí estoy, sentado sobre esta piedra aparente. Sólo mi memoria sabe lo que encierra. La veo y me recuerdo, y como el agua va al agua, así yo, melancólico, vengo a encontrarme en su imagen cubierta p…"

-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir

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4. Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup

By: Andrew Zimbalist

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Hardcover

Athletes compete for national honor in Olympic and World Cup games. But the road to these mega even… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

By: Carl Zimmer

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and in the darkest shadows of sc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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6. Egzorcyzmy Dory Wilk (Heksalogia o Wiedźmie, #5)

By: Aneta Jadowska

3.82

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

666 – the number of the beast… Gdybyż to było takie proste i numer wystarczył by wyegzorcyzmować… read more

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  • audiobook
"I czy to zawsze musi być piwnica? Nienawidzę piwnic, z całego serca nie znoszę. Od bardzo dawna nic miłego mnie w piwnicy nie spotkało. Cholera, powinno się je wszystkie pozasypywać, pełne są tajnych…"

-Aneta Jadowska, Egzorcyzmy Dory Wilk (Heksalogia o Wiedźmie, #5)

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7. Katia. Cmentarne love story

By: Aneta Jadowska

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Miłość, śmierć i sprawiedliwość w Thornie Katia jest nekromantką, odkąd tylko pamięta. Cmentarze… read more

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  • audiobook
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8. Na wojnie nie ma niewinnych (Heksalogia o Wiedźmie, #6)

By: Aneta Jadowska

3.74

Format: 525 pages, Paperback

Nucąc "Burn, burn, burn" Dora podpali świat, by przysmażyć tych, którzy zasłużyli na poznanie ciemn… read more

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  • audiobook
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9. She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

By: Carl Zimmer

4.16

Format: 657 pages, Hardcover

Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overvi… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The stubborn inequalities in the Unites States are not the result of some people living in a physical environment. Their environment is built by social forces, and those forces last for centuries bec…"

-Carl Zimmer, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

"It is true that humans have physical differences, and some of those differences are spread geographically across the plant. But clinging to old notions about race won't help us understand the nature …"

-Carl Zimmer, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

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10. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

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  • science
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

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11. It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything

By: Kate Biberdorf

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this fresh and engaging guide to chemistry, Dr. Kate Biberdorf, aka "Kate the Chemist," reveals … read more

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  • science
  • chemistry
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • adult
  • education
  • physics
  • audiobook
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12. The Little Book of Aliens

By: Adam Frank

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating … read more

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  • science
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans by Bill Hammack

13. 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
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Dawniej ludzie żyli w brudzie. Kiedy i dlaczego zaczęliśmy o siebie dbać?

By: Agnieszka Krzemińska

3.34

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Z tej książki dowiesz się: • Kiedy człowiekowi zaczął przeszkadzać zapach potu? • Czy paleolitycz… read more

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  • popular science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma Agrawal

15. Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

By: Roma Agrawal

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the 2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize A structural engineer examines the sev… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

By: Carl Zimmer

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world--from prot… read more

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  • popular science
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It was a biochemical Jackson Pollock: a field of strings, tangles, loops."

-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

"Thirteen thousand years ago it fell to Antarctica. It rested in the Allan Hills as the Ice Age glaciers retreated, farmers discovered agriculture, cities rose, and rockets shot into space."

-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

"The disgusting smell of death of death is the result of certain airborne molecules with evocative names like cadaverine and putrescine. These molecules are not produced by death, however, but by life…"

-Carl Zimmer, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

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17. How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

By: Chris Balakrishnan

3.63

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, y… read more

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  • science
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Sekrety alchemii. Eliksiry, homunkulusy i kamień filozofów na usługach władców

By: Maja Iwaszkiewicz

3.44

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Alchemia, wiedza tajemna, okultyzm... – to tematy, do których dziś często podchodzi się z lekką rez… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
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19. Wyobraź to sobie! Psychologiczna opowieść o bujaniu w obłokach

By: Łukasz Jach

2.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Z tej książki dowiesz się: • Jak wielu ludzi snuje fantazje o morderstwach? • Do czego dzieciom… read more

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20. Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe

By: Jorge Cham

4.03

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
  • physics
  • audiobook
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21. Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water

By: Amorina Kingdon

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call f… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
  • science

7 Best adult books like It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything by Kate Biberdorf

Transform Your Habits

It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

Jennifer Wright

3.72

Transform Your Habits

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

4.12

Transform Your Habits

It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything

Kate Biberdorf

3.69

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The Little Book of Aliens

Adam Frank

4.26

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Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

Emily Monosson

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

4.37

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Shannon Reed

3.71

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