Books like Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
12 books with a reading profile close to Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
by Mary Roach
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, data driven
Mary Roach investigates the biological machinery of eating, starting at the mouth and ending at the rectum.
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
by Mary Roach
Also outward-looking · narrative, data driven
Mary Roach investigates the legal and lethal intersections where wildlife violates human safety and property laws.
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
by Bill Bryson
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, data driven
Bill Bryson surveys the biological machinery of the human frame, from the invisible labor of microbes and enzymes to the complex architecture of the skeleton and brain.
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Jason Schreier investigates the volatile manufacturing process of modern video games, chronicling the chaotic development cycles of titles like Pillars of Eternity, Stardew Valley, and Dragon Age: Inquisition.
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The Sneetches and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
The star-bellied Sneetches believe they are superior to their plain-bellied neighbors, leading to a rigid social hierarchy on the beach.
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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
by Liza Mundy
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S.
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 2009, Edwin Rist, a twenty-year-old flute student and competitive fly-tier, broke into the British Museum of Natural History at Tring.
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Garrett M.
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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
by Adam Makos
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In December 1943, Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown flew a crippled B-17 bomber over Germany, its fuselage shredded and half its crew wounded.
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Last Chance to See
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Douglas Adams departs from fiction to document his global travels with zoologist Mark Carwardine, tracking species on the brink of extinction.
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Flags of Our Fathers
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
James Bradley reconstructs the lives of the six men who raised the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the early 1940s, the United States government constructed Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a secret city carved out of rural farmland to house seventy thousand residents working on the Manhattan Project.
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