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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 437,040 ratings — published 2003
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.13 — 201,651 ratings — published 2014
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.31 — 105,338 ratings — published 2019
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.35 — 207,393 ratings — published 2018
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,672 ratings — published 2015
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.01 — 912,811 ratings — published 2005
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,763 ratings — published 2013
The New Way Things Work (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 2,093 ratings — published 1988
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.19 — 892,861 ratings — published 2008
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,556 ratings — published 2010
How We're F***ing Up Our Planet (DK How Stuff Works)
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avg rating 4.06 — 110 ratings — published
How Technology Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 172 ratings — published
How Science Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.45 — 185 ratings — published 2018
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.38 — 47,333 ratings — published 2022
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,744 ratings — published 2022
How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 300 ratings — published
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.06 — 249,729 ratings — published 2003
How Money Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.11 — 730 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.13 — 831,087 ratings — published 2010
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,432,108 ratings — published 2018
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.33 — 229,302 ratings — published 2016
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.07 — 486,634 ratings — published 2012
How Food Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.26 — 535 ratings — published 2017
Girl Wash your Face (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.57 — 276,124 ratings — published 2018
Airport (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.01 — 42,537 ratings — published 1968
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.96 — 7,224 ratings — published 2018
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.16 — 846,250 ratings — published 1989
How Does My Home Work? (Exploring the Everyday)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.37 — 136 ratings — published 2017
Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.98 — 34,274 ratings — published 2013
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.93 — 89,944 ratings — published 1981
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.31 — 27,901 ratings — published 2016
Earthquake Science (In Depth Science #4)
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avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published
The Day the Crayons Quit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.42 — 60,989 ratings — published 2013
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.51 — 3,966 ratings — published 2012
The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,768,464 ratings — published 1988
The Works: Anatomy of a City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,580 ratings — published 2005
Island: A Story of the Galápagos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,127 ratings — published 2012
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.13 — 578,617 ratings — published 2012
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.40 — 164,143 ratings — published 1980
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,198,586 ratings — published 1936
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 494,814 ratings — published 1988
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.01 — 869,294 ratings — published 2000
How Things Work: In The Yard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.91 — 54 ratings — published 2011
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.84 — 402,341 ratings — published 1513
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.89 — 101 ratings — published 2001
Where There Is No Dentist (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 184 ratings — published 1983
The Bushcraft Boxed Set: Bushcraft 101; Advanced Bushcraft; The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, & Cooking in the Wild; Bushcraft First Aid (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)
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avg rating 4.56 — 162 ratings — published
Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,078 ratings — published 1977
The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 3,175 ratings — published 1977
The Prepper's Water Survival Guide: Harvest, Treat, and Store Your Most Vital Resource (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 172 ratings — published 2015
“There was so much about our past that I still didn't understand, and I wasn't one to tell the future. I could only tell the way the world worked. History was a tangled thing, people were resilient, and the one constant law of the world was that it would heal.”
― Fiendish
― Fiendish
“I always want to know how things work. Had I been Aladdin, I am certain that just after one wish or two, I'd have taken that old lamp apart to see if I could make another, better lamp.”
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