Danielle’s 'scholarly' books on Goodreads (39 books)

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checkbox	position	cover	title Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle	author Cooper, Thea	isbn 0312648707	isbn13 9780312648701	asin	num pages 320 pp	avg rating 4.04	num ratings 478	date pub Sep 14, 2010	date pub edition Sep 14, 2010	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 10, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World--And Us	author Prum, Richard O.	isbn 0385537212	isbn13 9780385537216	asin	num pages 448 pp	avg rating 4.13	num ratings 487	date pub May 09, 2017	date pub edition May 09, 2017	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Dec 28, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler	author Hager, Thomas *	isbn 0307351785	isbn13 9780307351784	asin	num pages 336 pp	avg rating 4.27	num ratings 1,932	date pub Jan 01, 2008	date pub edition Sep 09, 2008	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Dec 27, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics	author Marshall, Tim	isbn 1783961414	isbn13 9781783961412	asin	num pages 256 pp	avg rating 4.24	num ratings 12,419	date pub Jul 09, 2015	date pub edition Jul 09, 2015	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Dec 27, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Fluke: The Maths and Myths of Coincidence	author Mazur, Joseph	isbn 178074899X	isbn13 9781780748993	asin	num pages 272 pp	avg rating 3.00	num ratings 236	date pub Mar 29, 2016	date pub edition Jun 02, 2016	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Nov 08, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves	author Bergen, Benjamin K.	isbn 0465060919	isbn13 9780465060917	asin	num pages 271 pp	avg rating 3.70	num ratings 840	date pub Sep 13, 2016	date pub edition Sep 13, 2016	Danielle's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Book club selection for November 2017. It wasn't my choice, but, as with many of the book club books, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The whole time I was rea ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 1	# times read 1	date started Oct 20, 2017	date read Nov 06, 2017	date added Oct 02, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It	author Reeves, Richard V.	isbn 081572912X	isbn13 9780815729129	asin	num pages 240 pp	avg rating 3.67	num ratings 830	date pub May 23, 2017	date pub edition Jun 13, 2017	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 19, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Gene: An Intimate History	author Mukherjee, Siddhartha	isbn 1476733503	isbn13 9781476733500	asin	num pages 592 pp	avg rating 4.36	num ratings 15,408	date pub Jun 02, 2016	date pub edition May 17, 2016	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Apr 19, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America	author Isenberg, Nancy	isbn 0670785970	isbn13 9780670785971	asin	num pages 460 pp	avg rating 3.73	num ratings 11,182	date pub Jun 21, 2016	date pub edition Jun 21, 2016	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 26, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still	author McWhorter, John	isbn 1627794719	isbn13 9781627794718	asin	num pages 257 pp	avg rating 4.14	num ratings 764	date pub Sep 06, 2016	date pub edition Sep 06, 2016	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 10, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives	author Servon, Lisa	isbn 0544602315	isbn13 9780544602311	asin	num pages 272 pp	avg rating 3.94	num ratings 446	date pub Jan 10, 2017	date pub edition Jan 10, 2017	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 10, 2017	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics	author Thaler, Richard H.	isbn 0393080943	isbn13 9780393080940	asin	num pages 432 pp	avg rating 4.15	num ratings 6,631	date pub May 07, 2015	date pub edition May 11, 2015	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Bought from the sale shelf at Audible - economics for non-economists.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Nov 04, 2016	date added Nov 28, 2015	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title On Immunity: An Inoculation	author Biss, Eula	isbn 1555976891	isbn13 9781555976897	asin	num pages 205 pp	avg rating 3.87	num ratings 6,827	date pub Sep 30, 2014	date pub edition Sep 30, 2014	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I read a review of this book in, of all places, Entertainment Weekly and they made it sound really interesting.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Sep 12, 2015	date read not set	date added Oct 05, 2014	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation	author Deci, Edward L.	isbn 0140255265	isbn13 9780140255263	asin	num pages 240 pp	avg rating 3.97	num ratings 910	date pub Jun 13, 1995	date pub edition Aug 01, 1996	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I'm reading this book for a class that I'm taking but it would be worthwhile even if it wasn't required.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 05, 2014	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America	author Winkler, Adam	isbn 0393077411	isbn13 9780393077414	asin	num pages 384 pp	avg rating 4.05	num ratings 478	date pub Sep 12, 2011	date pub edition Sep 19, 2011	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Heard the author on Tim Farley's show, Morning Briefing, on Sirius; he was super articulate	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Feb 19, 2013	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug	author Hager, Thomas *	isbn 1400082137	isbn13 9781400082131	asin	num pages 340 pp	avg rating 4.04	num ratings 4,139	date pub 2006	date pub edition Oct 20, 2006	Danielle's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Purchased from the sale shelf at Audible because it sounds so interesting, has strong reviews, and I've enjoyed several medically-oriented nonfiction ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Mar 21, 2013	date read Apr 28, 2013	date added Feb 14, 2013	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World	author Murphy, Cullen	isbn 0618091564	isbn13 9780618091560	asin	num pages 310 pp	avg rating 3.73	num ratings 579	date pub Jan 17, 2012	date pub edition Jan 17, 2012	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Heard this author on NPR, plus strong reviews on this site.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 18, 2013	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News	author Andrlik, Todd *	isbn 1402269676	isbn13 9781402269677	asin	num pages 400 pp	avg rating 4.30	num ratings 107	date pub Jan 01, 2012	date pub edition Nov 01, 2012	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Heard the author on MSNBC's Morning Joe and he was fascinating. Book seems like a Must Read.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Dec 06, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness	author Alexander, Michelle	isbn 1595581030	isbn13 9781595581037	asin	num pages 290 pp	avg rating 4.50	num ratings 32,700	date pub Jan 05, 2010	date pub edition Jan 05, 2010	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Highly recommended by Pete Dominic, a terrific radio personality on the POTUS channel on Sirius.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 24, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't	author Silver, Nate	isbn 159420411X	isbn13 9781594204111	asin	num pages 544 pp	avg rating 3.97	num ratings 33,594	date pub 2012	date pub edition Sep 27, 2012	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Seems like a Must Read for someone in my business.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 10, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Vagina: A New Biography	author Wolf, Naomi *	isbn 0061989169	isbn13 9780061989162	asin	num pages 400 pp	avg rating 3.73	num ratings 2,301	date pub Jan 01, 2012	date pub edition Sep 11, 2012	Danielle's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Bought this from the sale shelf on Audible and I've listened to about 4 chapters. It's interesting, but drags a little, which is a bit surprising, con ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 1	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read May 08, 2014	date added Sep 25, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By	author Amar, Akhil Reed	isbn 0465029574	isbn13 9780465029570	asin	num pages 640 pp	avg rating 4.04	num ratings 242	date pub Sep 11, 2012	date pub edition Sep 11, 2012	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Another author I heard interviewed by NPR's Diane Rehm. He was super interesting, explaining the context and implications of all kinds of important Su ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Sep 25, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World	author Moyo, Dambisa	isbn 0465028284	isbn13 9780465028283	asin	num pages 257 pp	avg rating 3.69	num ratings 409	date pub Jan 01, 2012	date pub edition Jun 05, 2012	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I saw the author on The Daily Show and (somewhat surprisingly) her books sounds super interesting.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Aug 02, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything	author Foer, Joshua *	isbn 159420229X	isbn13 9781594202292	asin	num pages 307 pp	avg rating 3.86	num ratings 57,726	date pub Mar 11, 2011	date pub edition Mar 03, 2011	Danielle's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review A prior purchase from a sale at Audible. I heard about this book on NPR awhile back. I've listened to the first couple of chapters, and so far, it's v ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 05, 2014	date added Jul 16, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title A History of the World in 6 Glasses	author Standage, Tom *	isbn 0802715524	isbn13 9780802715524	asin	num pages 336 pp	avg rating 3.75	num ratings 13,893	date pub Jan 01, 2005	date pub edition May 16, 2006	Danielle's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review This just sounds so fun - I bought it on sale at Audible. FINAL UPDATE A great read! (I bored many friends and relatives with details of this book while ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Sep 25, 2012	date added Jul 16, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City	author Ross, Andrew	isbn 0199828261	isbn13 9780199828265	asin	num pages 312 pp	avg rating 3.61	num ratings 158	date pub Oct 06, 2011	date pub edition Nov 03, 2011	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I grew up a couple hundred miles north of Phoenix and it was always that Shining City in the Valley, so I'm quite intrigued by this book about it as t ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 1	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 10, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Me the People: One Man's Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America	author Bleyer, Kevin	isbn 1400069351	isbn13 9781400069354	asin	num pages 352 pp	avg rating 3.58	num ratings 411	date pub Jan 01, 2012	date pub edition May 29, 2012	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I've heard this guy talking about his book a couple of times now. He's a writer on The Daily Show, and I'm sure this is both really fun and really inf ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jun 11, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America	author Egan, Timothy	isbn	isbn13	asin	num pages 352 pp	avg rating 4.06	num ratings 10,666	date pub Oct 19, 2009	date pub edition unknown	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I've been enjoying books about important historical people and events that I know almost nothing about (like the assassination of President Garfield i ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jul 15, 2012	date added Apr 11, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Audiobook	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Free Will	author Harris, Sam	isbn 1451683405	isbn13 9781451683400	asin	num pages 83 pp	avg rating 3.84	num ratings 18,994	date pub Jan 01, 2012	date pub edition Mar 06, 2012	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Sam Harris is a terrific writer and this sounds like a fascinating read.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Mar 05, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Rough-Hewn Land: A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains	author Meldahl, Keith Heyer	isbn 0520259351	isbn13 9780520259355	asin	num pages 320 pp	avg rating 4.48	num ratings 123	date pub Jan 01, 2011	date pub edition Nov 15, 2011	Danielle's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review This book caught my eye because my dad was a geologist in the Rockies at the beginning of his professional career, and since I grew up in the heart of ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Feb 21, 2012	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)

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