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Lives of the Stoics
Lives of the Stoics
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
28 min
4.4
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
James Shapiro
1599
23 min
4.4
Clean
Clean
James Hamblin
The New Science of Skin
25 min
4.2
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
William Dalrymple
In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
24 min
4.1
Myanmar's Enemy Within
Myanmar's Enemy Within
Francis Wade
Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other”
28 min
4.5
Caste
Caste
Isabel Wilkerson
The Origins of Our Discontents
25 min
4.5
The Next Great Migration
The Next Great Migration
Sonia Shah
The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
26 min
4.2
Putin's People
Putin's People
Catherine Belton
How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
37 min
4.3

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Quantum Supremacy
Quantum Supremacy
Michio Kaku
How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
18 min
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
Don Lattin
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
18 min
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
The Spanish Epic Novel on the Human Condition and Death
18 min
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
The Horrors of Western Colonialism Told Through the Ivory Trade
16 min
4.7
War and Peace
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
A Historical Novel on the Irrationality of Human Behavior in War
17 min
4.0
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
The Dangers of the American Dream During the Great Depression
15 min
4.4
The Iliad
The Iliad
Homer
The Greek Epic on the End of the Trojan War and Achilles’ Wrath
19 min
4.5
The Science of Happily Ever After
The Science of Happily Ever After
Ty Tashiro
What Really Matters in the Quest for Enduring Love
18 min
4.5
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Books About American Patriotism
Books About American Patriotism
How to unite a nation
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Best Books on the FBI
Best Books on the FBI
An inside look into America’s intelligence and security
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Russland besser verstehen
Russland besser verstehen
Von Peter dem Großen bis Putin: die Geschichte Russlands
7 items
Best Holocaust Books
Best Holocaust Books
A look at history to help you learn, reflect, and remember
11 items
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Best Books on Roman History
Go back in time and become Caesar for the day
5 items
The Life & Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
The Life & Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
The personal life and work of Britain's longest-reigning monarch
9 items
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Blinks for True Crime Fans
For those of us who enjoy mystery, intrigue, and suspense
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Understanding the Ukraine Crisis
Understanding the Ukraine Crisis
A look at Russo-Ukrainian history and geopolitics
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
26 min
4.4
Begin Again
Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude
James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
22 min
4.5
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
Thomas Morris
And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
18 min
3.6
Isaac's Storm
Isaac's Storm
Erik Larson
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
28 min
4.1
The Fate of Rome
The Fate of Rome
Kyle Harper
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
20 min
4.4
King Leopold's Ghost
King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild
A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
35 min
4.6
Fall and Rise
Fall and Rise
Mitchell Zuckoff
The Story of 9/11
26 min
4.3
Stonewall
Stonewall
Martin Duberman
The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America
29 min
3.4
Hawai'i
Hawai'i
Sumner La Croix
Eight Hundred Years of Political and Economic Change
24 min
4.2
Questions I Am Asked About The Holocaust
Questions I Am Asked About The Holocaust
Hédi Fried
A survivor’s account of Auschwitz
25 min
4.6
The Romanovs
The Romanovs
Simon Sebag Montefiore
1613-1918
29 min
4.5
The Chemistry Book
The Chemistry Book
Derek B Lowe
From Gunpowder to Graphene, 250 Milestones in the History of Chemistry
36 min
4.6
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President – and Why It Failed
28 min
4.6
Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
Ian Morris
How Human Values Evolve
22 min
4.0
The Splendid and the Vile
The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
35 min
4.6
The End of the Myth
The End of the Myth
Greg Grandin
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
31 min
3.5
The Alchemy of Us
The Alchemy of Us
Ainissa Ramirez
How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
23 min
4.3
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
An account of the conditions of African Americans after the end of slavery
17 min
4.4
A People Betrayed
A People Betrayed
Linda Melvern
The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide
27 min
4.5
Happy Accidents
Happy Accidents
Morton A. Meyers
Serendipity in Major Medical Breakthroughs in the Twentieth Century
22 min
4.5
Code Girls
Code Girls
Liza Mundy
The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
27 min
4.5
The Great Influenza
The Great Influenza
John M. Barry
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
32 min
4.6
You Never Forget Your First
You Never Forget Your First
Alexis Coe
A Biography of George Washington
24 min
3.9
Black and British
Black and British
David Olusoga
A Forgotten History
31 min
4.5

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