Basic Books

Basic Books is a publisher who has published at least 304 editions.

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

January 1, 1959 • Physical Book • 204 Readers • 300 pages • Format Hardcover 4.5

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

January 1, 2006 • Physical Book • 109 Readers • 320 pages • Format Paperback 4.3

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

January 1, 1997 • Physical Book • 57 Readers • 320 pages • Format Paperback 4.9

Consider the fork

Consider the fork
ByBee Wilson

October 9, 2012 • Physical Book • 32 Readers • 327 pages • Format Hardcover 3.9

The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe

January 1, 1977 • Physical Book • 27 Readers • 228 pages • Format Paperback 5

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

April 1, 1979 • Physical Book • 20 Readers • 836 pages • Info 20th Anniversary Edition 4.5

A Conflict of Visions

A Conflict of Visions
ByThomas Sowell

January 1, 1986 • Physical Book • 17 Readers • 308 pages • Format Paperback 5

Emile

Emile
ByJean-Jacques Rousseau,Allan Bloom(Translator)

January 1, 1762 • Physical Book • 10 Readers • 512 pages • Format Paperback 2

The Library: A Fragile History

The Library: A Fragile History
ByAndrew Pettegree,Arthur der Weduwen

January 1, 2021 • Physical Book • 10 Readers • 512 pages 3.9

Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again

March 12, 2019 • Physical Book • 8 Readers • 400 pages • Info Illustrated, 1 4

The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds

April 20, 2021 • Physical Book • 7 Readers • 320 pages • Format Hardcover • Info First Edition 5

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

January 1, 1997 • Physical Book • 7 Readers • 464 pages • Info Revised 4.9

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

January 1, 2016 • Audiobook • 6 Readers • Format Audible Audio • Info Unabridged 4

Field Guide to a Happy Life 53 Brief Lessons for Living

January 1, 2020 • Physical Book • 6 Readers • 124 pages • Format Hardcover 5

The social transformation of American medicine

January 1, 1982 • Physical Book • 6 Readers • 532 pages • Format Paperback 5

The power of pull

The power of pull
ByJohn Hagel III,Lang Davison,+1 more

January 1, 2010 • Physical Book • 6 Readers • Info 1

The interpretation of dreams

January 1, 1899 • Physical Book • 4 Readers • 688 pages

The Library: A Fragile History

November 9, 2021 • Audiobook • 4 Readers • Format Audiobook 3.9

How democracy ends

How democracy ends
ByDavid Runciman

January 1, 2018 • Physical Book • 4 Readers • 249 pages 2

Unscientific America

Unscientific America
ByChris C. Mooney,Sheril Kirshenbaum

January 1, 2009 • Physical Book • 4 Readers • 224 pages • Info 1

How to Bake Pi

How to Bake Pi
ByEugenia Cheng

January 1, 2015 • Physical Book • 4 Readers • 300 pages • Info F First Edition

Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language

October 28, 1999 • Physical Book • 4 Readers • 384 pages • Info Illustrated

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March 15, 2002 • Physical Book • 4 Readers 5

The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality

January 1, 2017 • Physical Book • 4 Readers • 336 pages • Format Hardcover 4.5

Attachment and loss.

January 1, 1969 • Physical Book • 4 Readers • 466 pages • Format Paperback • Info Second Edition

How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

May 5, 2015 • Physical Book • 3 Readers • 300 pages 2.5

The Pity of War

The Pity of War
ByNiall Ferguson

January 1, 1998 • Physical Book • 3 Readers • 624 pages • Format Paperback

In God's Name

In God's Name
ByDavid A. Yallop

June 13, 1984 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 343 pages • Info NEW EDITION

Intellectuals and Society

January 1, 2009 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 398 pages • Info Revised, Expanded

Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses

September 13, 2012 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 432 pages • Info 1 3

The drama of the gifted child

January 1, 1981 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 148 pages 4.5

A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America

January 1, 2005 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 352 pages • Info First Edition

Loss: Sadness and Depression

January 1, 1979 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 496 pages • Info New Ed

Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love

March 20, 2009 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • Info Media tie-in

Summer of the Gods

Summer of the Gods
ByEdward J. Larson

June 26, 1997 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 352 pages • Info First Trade Paper Ed

The Design of Everyday Things

January 1, 1988 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 384 pages • Info Revised and Expanded Edition 4.2

The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game

August 5, 2008 • Physical Book • 2 Readers

Augustine: Conversions to Confessions

January 1, 2015 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 657 pages • Info 1

The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

January 1, 1994 • E-Book • 2 Readers • 455 pages • Format ebook

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

September 21, 2013 • Audiobook • 2 Readers • Format Audiobook • Info Unabridged Digital Download

Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live

November 6, 2018 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 336 pages 3

Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

August 5, 2014 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 320 pages • Info 3

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

January 1, 2018 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 321 pages • Info Illustrated 4

Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance

January 1, 2008 • Physical Book • 2 Readers • 178 pages

Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics
ByLeonard Susskind

January 1, 2014 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 384 pages • Info Illustrated

What to Expect When You're Expecting Robots The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration

January 1, 2020 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 304 pages

The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots From a Hidden War

January 1, 2000 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 254 pages • Info Media tie-in

The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism

January 1, 2003 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 288 pages • Info Reprint

Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics

Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics
ByEdward Teller,Judith Schoolery,+1 more

October 17, 2001 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 672 pages • Info Reprint

The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach

January 1, 1995 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 318 pages • Info Reissue

What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience

January 1, 2017 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 260 pages • Info 1 3.5

God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution

October 5, 2010 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 307 pages • Format Kindle Edition • Info 1

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

January 1, 1964 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 516 pages • Format Hardcover

Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

Audiobook • 1 Reader • Format Audiobook

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

January 1, 2020 • E-Book • 1 Reader • 629 pages • Format ebook • Info US edition 4.2

Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry

January 1, 2023 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 557 pages • Info First Edition

A Nation Forged by Crisis: A New American History

October 16, 2018 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 237 pages

The Last Secret: The Delivery to Stalin of Over Two Million Russians by Britain & the United States

January 1, 1974 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 224 pages • Info 1st, First Edition

Thread Of The Silkworm

January 1, 1995 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 386 pages • Info Revised ed.

Managing By The Numbers: A Commonsense Guide To Understanding And Using Your Company's Financials

January 1, 2000 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 216 pages • Info Illustrated

What mad pursuit

What mad pursuit
ByFrancis Crick

January 1, 1988 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 182 pages

Knowing the Score: What Sports Can Teach Us about Philosophy

January 1, 2017 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 285 pages • Info 1

Letters to a Young Contrarian

Letters to a Young Contrarian
ByChristopher Hitchens

January 1, 2001 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 159 pages 4.1

Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Numbers

August 21, 1996 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 328 pages • Info Reprint

Children Of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace Of Human Evolution

September 23, 1998 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 324 pages • Info Revised ed.

Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America--and How We Can Get More of It

April 7, 2008 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 324 pages • Info 1st, First Edition

The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New Yor

January 1, 2008 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 362 pages • Info Illustrated

Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease

January 1, 2012 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 322 pages • Info 1

The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer

March 27, 2018 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 284 pages • Info Illustrated

The Arch of Kerguelen: Voyage to the Islands of Desolation

The Arch of Kerguelen: Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
ByJean-Paul Kauffmann,Patricia Clancy(Translator)

January 1, 1992 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 206 pages • Info F First American Edition, First Printing, First Edition

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
ByProfessor Peter Sarris

September 12, 2024 • Physical Book • 1 Reader

Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World

January 1, 2017 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 305 pages • Info 1

The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality

April 30, 2019 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 288 pages • Info Illustrated, Reprint

The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human

October 31, 2017 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 370 pages • Info 1

The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy

January 1, 2010 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 264 pages

No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era

January 1, 2023 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 544 pages • Info First Edition

Who Prospers: How Cultural Values Shape Economic And Political Success

January 1, 1992 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 292 pages

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

January 1, 1959 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 288 pages • Format Paperback • Info Illustrated Edition 4.5

The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

November 27, 2018 • Audiobook • 1 Reader • Format Audio CD

1848: Year of Revolution

January 1, 2008 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 461 pages • Info U.S. Edition

Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power

November 22, 2022 • Audiobook • 1 Reader • Format Audiobook 5

Simplicity: Working Smarter In A World Of Infinite Choices

January 1, 2000 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 240 pages • Info First Paperback

Frame Reflection: Toward the Resolution of Intractrable Policy Controversies

July 1, 1994 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 272 pages • Info 1st, First Edition

Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America

January 1, 1991 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 432 pages • Info Reprint 4

The life of super-Earths how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet

March 29, 2011 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • Info 1 4

Faust's Metropolis: A History of Berlin

January 1, 1998 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 1,168 pages

Feyman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics

July 31, 2005 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 210 pages • Format Paperback • Info Revised

The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight

The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight
ByThomas Suddendorf,Jonathan Redshaw,+1 more

January 1, 2022 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 336 pages

The Language Imperative: How Learning Languages Can Enrich Your Life

January 1, 2000 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 304 pages

Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories

January 1, 1998 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 224 pages • Info First Edition 3

The overspent American upscaling, downshifting, and the new consumer

January 1, 1998 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 274 pages • Format Hardcover 5

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

January 1, 2018 • E-Book • 1 Reader • 277 pages • Format ebook • Info Illustrated 4.3

Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca

November 11, 2007 • Physical Book • 1 Reader

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained b

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained b
ByRichard P. Feynman,Robert B. Leighton,+1 more

January 1, 1994 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 177 pages

Overcoming Body Image Problems Including Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

January 1, 2009 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 403 pages

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January 1, 1999 • Physical Book • 1 Reader 5

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

January 1, 2018 • E-Book • 1 Reader • 320 pages • Format ebook 3

Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet

Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet
ByHoward Gardner,Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

October 3, 2001 • Physical Book • 1 Reader • 310 pages