The 9 books on this stack
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S. C. Gwynne 2010 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
You end up rooting for the wrong people · a big story that sweeps you along
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West…
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Rebecca Skloot 2019
Why it's on the stack
Nobody is entirely good · it leaves you shaken
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A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives.
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Merlin Sheldrake 2020
Why it's on the stack
Full of big ideas · it's an essay
It shares this with 5 more books on this stack
They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes.
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Mark Kurlansky 2002
Why it's on the stack
It makes you think, without a lecture · it's an essay
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Homer called salt a divine substance, while Plato described it as especially dear to the gods.
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Mary Roach 2003
Why it's on the stack
Funny, and it bites · it's an essay
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Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.
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Bill Bryson 2003 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
Full of big ideas · it's an essay
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Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.
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David Graeber 2021
Why it's on the stack
It makes you think, without a lecture · it's an essay
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For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike.
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Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1994
Why it's on the stack
Full of big ideas · it messes with your head
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Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers.
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Daniel Leonard Everett 2008
Why it's on the stack
You'll want to talk it over with someone · it's a memoir
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This work offers a riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Everett while he lived with the Piraha, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians of central Brazil.