The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time: A Proposal in Natural Philosophy

10 best books like The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time: A Proposal in Natural Philosophy (Roberto Mangabeira Unger): The Second Sleep, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story, What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics, Illuminata: A Return to Prayer, Wrecking Ball, The Crayons' Book of Numbers, The Cockroach, Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls

The Second Sleep

Author

Robert Harris

All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is.

1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts – coins, fragments of glass, human bones –...

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

Author	Rick Atkinson
ISBN	1627790438

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental...

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

Author	Sabine Hossenfelder
ISBN	0465094252

A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science.

Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular...

Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story

Author	Jim Holt
ISBN	0871404095

"Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?" remains the darkest and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Following in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen Hawking, Jim Holt now enters this fractious debate with his lively and deeply informed narrative...

What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics

Author	Adam Becker
ISBN	0465096050

The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe
Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed...

Illuminata: A Return to Prayer

Author	Marianne Williamson
ISBN	1573225207

Marianne Williamson's bestselling A Return to Love ended with a prayer in which she asked God to help us "find our way home, from the pain to peace, from fear to love, from hell to Heaven." Now, in this stunning new collection of thoughts, prayers, and rites of passage, Marianne Williamson returns to prayer.Prayer...

Wrecking Ball

Author	Jeff Kinney
ISBN	1419739034

In Wrecking Ball, Book 14 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series—from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney—an unexpected inheritance gives the Heffley family a chance to make major improvements to their home. But they soon find that construction isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. When...

The Crayons' Book of Numbers

Author	Drew Daywalt
ISBN	0451534050

Counting is as easy as 1... 2... purple?... in this charming book of numbers from the creators of the #1 New York Times Best Sellers, The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home.

Poor Duncan can't catch a break! First, his crayons go on strike. Then, they come back home. Now his favorite...

The Cockroach

Author

Ian McEwan

That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.

Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain –...

Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls

Author

Dav Pilkey

The Supa Buddies have been working hard to help Dog Man overcome his bad habits. But when his obsessions turn to fears, Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain! Meanwhile, Petey the Cat has been released from jail and starts a new life with Li'l Petey. But when Petey's own father arrives,...