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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.06 — 240,123 ratings — published 2003
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.19 — 210,346 ratings — published 2006
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.04 — 36,469 ratings — published 2019
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,345,599 ratings — published 2018
In a Sunburned Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.07 — 122,004 ratings — published 2000
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.19 — 866,264 ratings — published 2008
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,293,928 ratings — published 2018
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,434,245 ratings — published 2005
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,196,698 ratings — published 2018
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.22 — 422,424 ratings — published 2003
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.00 — 758,490 ratings — published 2003
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.15 — 449,917 ratings — published 1997
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.47 — 165,991 ratings — published 2018
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.31 — 99,336 ratings — published 2019
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.12 — 47,798 ratings — published 2019
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,654 ratings — published 2019
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.94 — 23,409 ratings — published 2016
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.49 — 217,619 ratings — published 2014
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 445,649 ratings — published 2017
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 195,709 ratings — published 2014
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.93 — 51,625 ratings — published 2013
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.29 — 52,532 ratings — published 1979
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.29 — 242,583 ratings — published 2012
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.12 — 131,126 ratings — published 2008
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.08 — 474,952 ratings — published 2012
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.30 — 28,946 ratings — published 1999
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.07 — 445,483 ratings — published 1998
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.01 — 855,169 ratings — published 2000
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.05 — 95,223 ratings — published 2019
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.81 — 117,395 ratings — published 2021
Memorial Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.30 — 22,926 ratings — published 2025
Brotherless Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.45 — 17,450 ratings — published 2023
The Familiar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.74 — 134,660 ratings — published 2024
The Ministry of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.57 — 218,291 ratings — published 2024
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.33 — 49,187 ratings — published 1999
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 468,647 ratings — published 2022
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,026,320 ratings — published 1992
The Berry Pickers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.08 — 305,664 ratings — published 2023
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.47 — 791,020 ratings — published 2022
This Other Eden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.76 — 21,373 ratings — published 2023
Theogony / Works and Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.76 — 16,447 ratings — published -700
The Odes (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,638 ratings — published -446
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,146,683 ratings — published 2009
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,216,748 ratings — published 2008
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,364,923 ratings — published 2006
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.40 — 329,804 ratings — published 2017
Worn: A People's History of Clothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,395 ratings — published 2022
The Sweetness of Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 60,753 ratings — published 2021
Your House Will Pay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.08 — 10,406 ratings — published 2019
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.21 — 18,547 ratings — published 2021
“Why is it that we all say we hate our hypocritical politicians being controlled by special interests groups, and every election...we vote them in again.”
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“This longstanding bipartisan revolving door between government and business reflects the inconvenient realities of life in a capitalistic democratic republic. On the one hand, when work- ing well, this revolving door allows businesses and government to draw on talented, ethical individuals from the private and public sectors to serve the interests of both shareholders and citizens. On the other hand, this revolving door can lead to corrosive cronyism and corruption that eats away at the integrity of both business and government as narrow interests are served, to the detriment of shareholders and citizens.”
― The Capitalist and the Activist: Corporate Social Activism and the New Business of Change
― The Capitalist and the Activist: Corporate Social Activism and the New Business of Change
