Kean, Sam
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The Museum of Lost Things: True Tales of Fabled Treasures, Legendary Cities, and Mythical Creatures That Vanished from History
$35.00 Read moreDiscover the astonishing story of the world’s greatest lost treasures in this enthralling narrative by a writer with “the anecdotal flourishes of Oliver Sacks and the populist accessibility of Malcolm… [more below]
- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1426223862
- Language: English
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Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
$22.99 Add to cartFinalist for the 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER INDIE BESTSELLER The New Yorker‘s Best Books of 2025
From “one of America’s smartest and most charmin- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 0316496537
- Language: English
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Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
$32.50 Add to cartFrom “one of America’s smartest and most charming writers” (NPR), an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind–and through all five senses–from tropical Polynesian islands to forbi… [more below]
- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0316496553
- Language: English
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Caesar’s Last Breath: And Other True Tales of History, Science, and the Sextillions of Molecules in the Air Around Us
$19.99 Add to cartThe Guardian‘s Best Science Book of 2017: the fascinating science and history of the air we breathe.
It’s invisible. It’s ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0316381659
- Language: English
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
$22.99 Add to cartThe author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories.
Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for m- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0316182354
- Language: English
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The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
$21.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA.
In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unloc- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 16 2013
- ISBN10: 0316182338
- Language: English
