Laura Teixeira Motta

18 books

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

806 pages • 2010

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
Everything in Its Place by Oliver Sacks

Everything in Its Place

Oliver Sacks

288 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction essays memoir science challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

608 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Lawrence Wright

430 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction history religion challenging dark slow-paced
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks

Gratitude

Oliver Sacks

64 pages • digital • 2015

nonfiction essays memoir emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

470 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction science adventurous reflective slow-paced
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

326 pages • digital • 2012

nonfiction psychology science informative medium-paced
The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks

The Island of the Colorblind

Oliver Sacks

311 pages • 1996

nonfiction psychology science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

Richard Dawkins

271 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction philosophy religion science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive by Brian Christian

The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive

Brian Christian

320 pages • 2011

nonfiction philosophy psychology science reflective slow-paced