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Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
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4.16 avg rating — 666 ratings
score: 42,
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902 |
Influence: How and why people agree to things
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Robert B. Cialdini (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 172,430 ratings
score: 41,
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903 |
Language in Thought and Action
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4.22 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
score: 40,
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904 |
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths
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4.39 avg rating — 4,656 ratings
score: 37,
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905 |
Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
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4.09 avg rating — 1,733 ratings
score: 36,
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906 |
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture
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3.93 avg rating — 4,987 ratings
score: 35,
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907 |
The Way the World Works
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4.18 avg rating — 119 ratings
score: 34,
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908 |
A Question of Intelligence: The IQ Debate in America
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3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings
score: 33,
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909 |
The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity
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3.97 avg rating — 1,073 ratings
score: 32,
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910 |
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 982,280 ratings
score: 31,
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911 |
Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
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3.85 avg rating — 3,510 ratings
score: 28,
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912 |
Getting the Best of It (Sklansky Poker/Gambling Series)
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3.94 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 27,
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913 |
Linguistics and Your Language
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3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 26,
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914 |
Personality in Adulthood: A Five-Factor Theory Perspective
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3.71 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 25,
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560 voters ·
list created October 26th, 2010
by Johan Sulaiman (votes) .
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applications, biography, business, economics, fiction, history, philosophy, politics, religious, society, spiritual, theoretical
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