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Dive deeper into the unknown and expand your knowledge

At Home
At Home
Bill Bryson
A Short History of Private Life
14 min3.9
The Hidden Life of Trees
The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
21 min4.6
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
A New History of a Lost World
28 min4.6
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster
A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
15 min4.1
Sapiens
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
A Brief History of Humankind
28 min4.3
The Tao of Physics
The Tao of Physics
Fritjof Capra
An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
22 min4.3
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
Philip Freeman
Teaser: The Macedonian who conquered the world
28 min4.6
How Language Works
How Language Works
David Crystal
How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
20 min4.3
Black-and-White Thinking
Black-and-White Thinking
Kevin Dutton
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
23 min4.4
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Tom Standage
Teaser: How your favorite drinks changed the world
18 min4.3
In Pursuit of the Unknown
In Pursuit of the Unknown
Ian Stewart
17 Equations That Changed the World
22 min4.3
Meditations On First Philosophy
Meditations On First Philosophy
René Descartes
TEASER: Descartes Most Famous Philosophical Classic
11 min4.1

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