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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 430,096 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 — 198,833 ratings — published 2014
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.31 — 102,676 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 — 204,736 ratings — published 2018
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,540 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 — 905,540 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 — 21,436 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 — 880,519 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)
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avg rating 4.05 — 105 ratings — published
How Technology Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 169 ratings — published
How Science Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.49 — 179 ratings — published 2018
How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.29 — 285 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 — 718 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.13 — 818,716 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 — 1,370,715 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 4.34 — 220,820 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 — 481,206 ratings — published 2012
How Food Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.28 — 522 ratings — published 2017
Girl Wash your Face (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.57 — 274,799 ratings — published 2018
Airport (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.00 — 42,249 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 — 7,142 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 — 834,505 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 — 33,738 ratings — published 2013
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.93 — 88,419 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 — 27,608 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 — 60,507 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 — 3,930 ratings — published 2012
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,672,208 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 — 2,118 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 — 571,123 ratings — published 2012
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.40 — 161,602 ratings — published 1980
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,174,450 ratings — published 1936
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 487,294 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 — 862,625 ratings — published 2000
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.84 — 391,454 ratings — published 1532
My Heart Fills With Happiness (Board Book)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,825 ratings — published 2016
Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.72 — 11,801 ratings — published 2011
Norman and the Smell of Adventure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.13 — 339 ratings — published 2025
Le mille-pattes: Les petits dégoûtants, tome 11 (French Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.29 — 31 ratings — published
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,031 ratings — published 2010
Making More: How Life Begins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 157 ratings — published 2023
The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.00 — 221 ratings — published 2023
Rock and Roll (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.85 — 183 ratings — published 2026
I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 4.57 — 642 ratings — published
Reverie (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.24 — 83 ratings — published 1939
“When our feet talk to us, we listen.”
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“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.”
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