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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 434,068 ratings — published 2003
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.14 — 200,480 ratings — published 2014
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.31 — 104,208 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 — 206,207 ratings — published 2018
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,630 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 — 909,774 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 — 21,635 ratings — published 2013
The New Way Things Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,088 ratings — published 1988
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.19 — 887,656 ratings — published 2008
How Things Work: In The Yard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.91 — 54 ratings — published 2011
How We're F***ing Up Our Planet (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.06 — 110 ratings — published
How Technology Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.33 — 171 ratings — published
How Science Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.46 — 183 ratings — published 2018
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,587 ratings — published 2022
How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.30 — 295 ratings — published
How Money Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.12 — 727 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.13 — 825,704 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 — 1,407,124 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 — 225,279 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 — 484,398 ratings — published 2012
How Food Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.27 — 531 ratings — published 2017
Girl Wash your Face (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.57 — 275,604 ratings — published 2018
Airport (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.01 — 42,420 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 — 7,197 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 — 841,001 ratings — published 1989
How Does My Home Work? (Exploring the Everyday)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.38 — 135 ratings — published 2017
Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.98 — 34,005 ratings — published 2013
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.93 — 89,281 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 — 27,787 ratings — published 2016
Earthquake Science (In Depth Science #4)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
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 — 60,737 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 — 3,945 ratings — published 2012
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,729,649 ratings — published 1988
The Works: Anatomy of a City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,577 ratings — published 2005
Island: A Story of the Galápagos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,124 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 — 575,282 ratings — published 2012
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.40 — 163,078 ratings — published 1980
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,188,195 ratings — published 1936
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.21 — 491,805 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 — 866,300 ratings — published 2000
The Prince (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 398,576 ratings — published 1513
Now I See Winter (Board Book)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.65 — 129 ratings — published
Earth's Great Extinctions (Audible Audio)
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avg rating 3.77 — 143 ratings — published
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.01 — 11,101 ratings — published 2021
Understanding the AI Stack: From Silicon to Chatbot & Beyond (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
The Great Unanswered Questions of Physics (Audible Audio)
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avg rating 4.22 — 45 ratings — published
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.47 — 738 ratings — published
An Egg Is Quiet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,441 ratings — published 2006
How Things Work: Amazing Science Facts for Curious Kids & Teens - Human Body, Food, Animals, Weather, Electricity & More Fun Topics from Halloween to ... ... - The Curious Minds Collection Book 1) (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.67 — 6 ratings — published
Give Me Back My Bones! (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 935 ratings — published 2019
“... once you were in, they put a note in your file that said you were in therapy, and all your teachers saw that file. They might as well have tattooed CRAZY on your forehead. The next year every teacher would be watching you for the first weird thing you did—and has there ever been a kid who never does anything an adult considers weird?
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― Tales of the Madman Underground
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― Tales of the Madman Underground
“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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