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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 426,693 ratings — published 2003
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 197,441 ratings — published 2014
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 101,107 ratings — published 2019
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 203,477 ratings — published 2018
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 12,441 ratings — published 2015
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 902,015 ratings — published 2005
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 21,220 ratings — published 2013
The New Way Things Work (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 2,085 ratings — published 1988
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 874,555 ratings — published 2008
How Things Work: In The Yard (Hardcover)
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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 4.03 — 103 ratings — published
How Technology Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 166 ratings — published
How Science Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
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avg rating 4.49 — 177 ratings — published 2018
How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 281 ratings — published
How Money Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
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avg rating 4.13 — 711 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 812,382 ratings — published 2010
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,341,676 ratings — published 2018
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 216,940 ratings — published 2016
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 478,594 ratings — published 2012
How Food Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)
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avg rating 4.27 — 517 ratings — published 2017
Girl Wash your Face (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 274,035 ratings — published 2018
Airport (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 42,099 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 — 7,110 ratings — published 2018
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 828,992 ratings — published 1989
How Does My Home Work? (Exploring the Everyday)
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avg rating 4.38 — 135 ratings — published 2017
Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 33,455 ratings — published 2013
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 87,615 ratings — published 1981
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (ebook)
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avg rating 4.31 — 27,411 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)
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avg rating 4.42 — 60,168 ratings — published 2013
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 3,915 ratings — published 2012
The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,628,437 ratings — published 1988
The Works: Anatomy of a City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,572 ratings — published 2005
Island: A Story of the Galápagos (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,113 ratings — published 2012
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 567,296 ratings — published 2012
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 160,322 ratings — published 1980
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,163,411 ratings — published 1936
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 483,677 ratings — published 1988
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 859,497 ratings — published 2000
The Prince (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 387,551 ratings — published 1532
Butt or Face? Volume 4: Ador-A-Butts! (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 45 ratings — published
Don't Trust Fish (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 2,660 ratings — published 2025
How to Survive on the Moon: Lunar Lessons from a Rocket Scientist (Extreme Survival Guides)
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avg rating 4.00 — 56 ratings — published
Meet the Orchestra (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 213 ratings — published 1991
The Post Office Book: Mail and How It Moves – Learn About Letter Delivery and Transportation for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 1 time as how-things-work)
avg rating 3.72 — 116 ratings — published 1982
Classical Indian Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #5)
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avg rating 4.20 — 128 ratings — published 2020
One Day This Tree Will Fall (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 478 ratings — published
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 47 ratings — published
Bridges: A Nonfiction Picture Book About Bridges Around the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 109 ratings — published
How to Survive an Apocalypse: The end of the world doesn't have to be the end of the world (Extreme Survival Guides)
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avg rating 4.22 — 9 ratings — published
“... 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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