Books That Taught Me Something
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Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
by:
Biao Wang
4.27 avg rating β 142 ratings 2. 
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The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
by:
Tim Butcher
3.81 avg rating β 4,036 ratings 4. 
Pro Truth: A Practical Plan for Putting Truth Back Into Politics
by:
Gleb Tsipursky
4.39 avg rating β 121 ratings 5. 
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
by:
Gleb Tsipursky
4.14 avg rating β 252 ratings 6. 
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The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships
by:
Gleb Tsipursky
3.93 avg rating β 272 ratings 8. 
A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories
by:
Zain Hashmi
4.01 avg rating β 156 ratings 
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The Truth-Seekerβs Handbook: A Science-Based Guide
by:
Gleb Tsipursky
4.18 avg rating β 77 ratings 
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Lessons Learned from The Path Less Traveled Volume 1: Get motivated & overcome obstacles with courage, confidence & self-discipline
by:
Zero Dean
4.59 avg rating β 80 ratings 11. 
The Liberal Record: How Liberals Changed the World
by:
Marcelo Brazzi
4.20 avg rating β 15 ratings 14. 
Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants
by:
Tammie Matson
3.78 avg rating β 101 ratings 
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Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels
by:
Anne Garrels
4.09 avg rating β 1,106 ratings 
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Questions Answered: An Introduction to QAnon and the Great Awakening
by:
Pat Quincy
4.03 avg rating β 78 ratings 
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Why People Don't Heal and How They Can: A Practical Programme for Healing Body, Mind and Spirit
by:
Caroline Myss
4.14 avg rating β 5,873 ratings 
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The Nanas Book: Our Breastfeeding Story
by:
Hailee Oman
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 7 ratings 
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To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
by:
Robert Uttaro
4.03 avg rating β 184 ratings 30. 
A Ceremony Called Life: When Your Morning Coffee Is as Sacred as Holy Water
by:
Tehya Sky
4.10 avg rating β 48 ratings 
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating β 465,746 ratings 33. 
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by:
Oliver Sacks
4.05 avg rating β 239,830 ratings 
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If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It Isn't Big Enough: A Solo Journey Around the World 3.54 avg rating β 526 ratings
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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human 4.15 avg rating β 10,815 ratings
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The Gist of Bid Whist: The Culturally-Rich Card Game from Black America
by:
Lamont Jones
4.50 avg rating β 4 ratings 34. 
Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
by:
Eliot Stein
4.21 avg rating β 1,209 ratings 45. 
State of Mind 2.0: 11 Lessons of the Most Productive People on the Planet 4.38 avg rating β 21 ratings
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster 4.40 avg rating β 62,928 ratings
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Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization
by:
Tim Queeney
3.90 avg rating β 39 ratings 49. 
An Introduction to Women's Studies: Gender in a Transnational World
by:
Inderpal Grewal
3.90 avg rating β 73 ratings 49. 
Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade
by:
Tammie Matson
4.08 avg rating β 38 ratings 49. 
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century
by:
Greil Marcus
3.99 avg rating β 3,711 ratings 49. 
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by:
Marie KondΕ
3.88 avg rating β 386,287 ratings 
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A Course in Miracles, Combined Volume: Text, Workbook for Students, Manual for Teachers
by:
Helen Shucman
4.19 avg rating β 33,535 ratings 57. 
Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain
by:
Lucy Jones
3.91 avg rating β 568 ratings 
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Body of Health: The New Science of Intuition Medicine for Energy and Balance 3.97 avg rating β 39 ratings
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The Thompson Chain-Reference Bible: King James Version
by:
Anonymous
4.71 avg rating β 358 ratings 64. 
Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education
by:
David N. Perkins
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 274 ratings 
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We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
by:
Myles Horton
4.33 avg rating β 994 ratings 
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The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #2)
by:
Jonas Jonasson
3.73 avg rating β 20,140 ratings 73. 
CookWise: The Hows & Whys of Successful Cooking, The Secrets of Cooking Revealed 4.06 avg rating β 5,626 ratings
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First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently 3.94 avg rating β 41,319 ratings
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything 3.94 avg rating β 5,855 ratings
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Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass
by:
Jessica Abel
4.22 avg rating β 1,515 ratings 
81. 
So Audrey: 59 Ways to Put a Little Hepburn in Your Step
by:
Cindy de la Hoz
4.07 avg rating β 152 ratings 
85. 
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
by:
Maryanne Wolf
3.85 avg rating β 8,024 ratings 
87. 
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
by:
Charles R. Cross
4.12 avg rating β 34,287 ratings 
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Marley and Me: Life and Love With the Worldβs Worst Dog
by:
John Grogan
4.14 avg rating β 475,407 ratings 
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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
by:
Jonathan Lopez
3.77 avg rating β 8,542 ratings 
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Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health... and What You Can Do about It 4.04 avg rating β 55 ratings
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The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life
by:
Ben Sherwood
3.81 avg rating β 3,669 ratings 95. 
What Really Happened: How Donald J. Trump Saved America From Hillary Clinton
by:
Howie Carr
3.97 avg rating β 36 ratings 96. 
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
by:
Mitchell Zuckoff
4.30 avg rating β 24,829 ratings 98. 
Alzheimer's Disease: What If There Was a Cure?: The Story of Ketones
by:
Mary T. Newport
4.28 avg rating β 268 ratings 99. 
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
by:
Kim Cross
4.25 avg rating β 2,316 ratings 100. 
The Secret Life of Germs: What They Are, Why We Need Them, and How We Can Protect Ourselves Against Them 3.84 avg rating β 264 ratings