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Six Impossible Things
by John Gribbin; read by Matthew Waterson
A concise and engaging investigation of six interpretations of quantum physics. Learn More
The Secret History of Home Economics
by Danielle Dreilinger; read by Rachel Perry
The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. Learn More
Science and Cooking
by Michael Brenner, Pia Sörensen, David Weitz; read by Donna Postel
Based on the popular Harvard University and edX course, Science and Cooking explores the scientific basis of why recipes work. Learn More
Riskwork
by Michael Power; read by Shawn Compton
This collection of essays deals with the situated management of risk in a wide variety of organizational settings—aviation, mental health, railway project management, energy, toy manufacture, financial services, chemicals regulation, and NGOs. Learn More
Rescuing Ladybugs
by Jennifer Skiff; read by Donna Postel
Countless times throughout our lives, we're presented with a choice to help another soul. Rescuing Ladybugs highlights the true stories of remarkable people who didn't look away from seemingly impossible-to-change situations and instead worked to save animals. Learn More
Renewable Energy
by Nick Jelley; read by Danny Campbell
This Very Short Introduction describes the main renewable sources of energy—solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass—as well as the less well-developed ones—geothermal, tidal, and wave. Learn More
Reinventing America's Schools
by David Osborne; read by Robertson Dean
In Reinventing America's Schools, David Osborne, one of the world's foremost experts on public sector reform, offers a comprehensive analysis of the charter school movements and presents a theory that will do for American schools what his New York Times bestseller Reinventing Government did for public governance in 1992. Learn More
Reaching for the Moon
by Roger D. Launius; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
Fifty years after the Moon landing, a new history of the space race explores the lives of both Soviet and American engineers. Learn More
Proust and the Squid
Maryanne Wolf; read by Kirsten Potter
This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading, its effect on our lives, and explains why it matters so greatly in a digital era. Learn More
Preventing Bullying in Schools
by Catherine P. Bradshaw & Tracy Evian Waasdorp; read by Coleen Marlo
Nearly a third of students are directly involved in bullying by the time they graduate from high school.
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The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios; Foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss; read by Kevin T. Collins
A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science. Learn More
The Pandemic Century
by Mark Honigsbaum; read by John Lee
A medical historian narrates the last century of scientific struggle against an enduring enemy: deadly contagious disease. Learn More
Oxford Handbook of IPOs
by Sofia A. Johan; read by Mike Chamberlain
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of why companies list on stock exchanges, how IPOs are regulated, initially valued, and their performance in the short and long run. Learn More
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
by Jia Lynn Yang; read by Laural Merlington
A sweeping history of the twentieth-century battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for today's roiling debates. Learn More
No Shadow of a Doubt
by Daniel Kennefick; read by LJ Ganser
On their 100th anniversary, the story of the extraordinary scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity. Learn More
Making Eden
by David Beerling; read by Shaun Grindell
In Making Eden David Beerling reveals the hidden history of Earth's sun-shot greenery, and considers its future prospects as we farm the planet to feed the world. Learn More
The Long Fix
by Vivian Lee; read by Charles Constant
In The Long Fix, physician and health care CEO Vivian S. Lee, MD, cuts to the heart of the health care crisis and presents a concrete action plan for reform. Learn More
The Little Book of Support for New Moms
by Beccy Hands & Alexis Stickland; read by Gemma Dawson
A survival guide to the emotional and physical roller coaster of becoming a new mom. Learn More
Lithium
by Walter A. Brown; read by Shawn Compton
The remarkable untold story of a miracle drug, the forgotten pioneer who discovered it, and the fight to bring lithium to the masses. Learn More
Literature and the New Culture Wars
by Deborah Appleman; read by Cathi Colas
Our current "culture wars" have reshaped the politics of secondary literature instruction. Due to a variety of challenges from both the left and the right—to language or subject matter, to potentially triggering content, or to authors who have been canceled—school reading lists are rapidly shrinking. Deborah Appleman's Literature and the New Culture Wars is a timely and eloquent argument for a reasoned approach to determining what literature still deserves to be read and taught and discussed. Learn More
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