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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.06 — 249,573 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 — 212,532 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 4.03 — 41,746 ratings — published 2019
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.31 — 105,273 ratings — published 2019
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,485,919 ratings — published 2018
In a Sunburned Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.07 — 125,760 ratings — published 2000
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.19 — 892,521 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 4.31 — 1,430,498 ratings — published 2018
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,571,025 ratings — published 2005
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.30 — 599,566 ratings — published 1969
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,248,092 ratings — published 2018
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.21 — 436,851 ratings — published 2003
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.15 — 476,200 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 — 198,155 ratings — published 2018
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.12 — 49,740 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 3.95 — 6,798 ratings — published 2019
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.94 — 24,184 ratings — published 2016
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.49 — 227,558 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 — 472,627 ratings — published 2017
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.13 — 201,587 ratings — published 2014
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.93 — 53,105 ratings — published 2013
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.28 — 54,106 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 — 250,133 ratings — published 2012
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.11 — 133,401 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 4.07 — 486,472 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 — 29,637 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 — 459,665 ratings — published 1998
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.99 — 100,350 ratings — published 2010
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.01 — 869,120 ratings — published 2000
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,894,198 ratings — published 2021
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,011,456 ratings — published 1818
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.08 — 20,678 ratings — published 2002
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.79 — 127,850 ratings — published 2021
Memorial Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.28 — 28,616 ratings — published 2025
Brotherless Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.44 — 21,855 ratings — published 2023
The Familiar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.74 — 151,652 ratings — published 2024
The Ministry of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.55 — 270,276 ratings — published 2024
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.32 — 32,678 ratings — published 2014
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.32 — 52,199 ratings — published 1999
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.12 — 548,020 ratings — published 2022
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,132,074 ratings — published 1992
The Berry Pickers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.07 — 370,726 ratings — published 2023
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.46 — 912,594 ratings — published 2022
This Other Eden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 3.75 — 22,639 ratings — published 2023
The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.26 — 64,588 ratings — published 2011
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,195,480 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 — 1,263,851 ratings — published 2008
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,428,985 ratings — published 2006
Separated: Inside An American Tragedy (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,844 ratings — published 2020
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as special-interest)
avg rating 4.39 — 345,124 ratings — published 2017
“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
“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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