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Strange Survivors
by One R. Pagan; read by Eric Martin
In Strange Survivors, biologist Oné R. Pagán takes us on a tour of the improbable, the ingenious, and the just plain bizarre ways that creatures fight for life. Learn More
The Sun
by Philip Judge; read by Patrick Lawlor
This Very Short Introduction explores what we know about the Sun—its physics, its structure, origins, and future evolution. Learn More
Supernavigators
by David Barrie; read by David Barrie
A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals—by land, sea, and sky. Learn More
Swearing Is Good for You
by Emma Byrne; read by Henrietta Meire
In a sparkling debut in the entertaining pop science vein of Mary Roach, scientist Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. Learn More
Symphony in C
by Robert M. Hazen; read by Paul Brion
An enchanting biography of the most resonant—and most necessary—chemical element on Earth. Learn More
A Taste for the Beautiful
by Michael J. Ryan; read by Eric Martin
In A Taste for the Beautiful, Michael Ryan, one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, tells the remarkable story of how he and other scientists have taken up where Darwin left off and transformed our understanding of sexual selection, shedding new light on human behavior in the process. Learn More
Tasting the Past
by Kevin Begos; read by PJ Ochlan
A chance encounter with an obscure vintage made near Jerusalem leads journalist Kevin Begos to seek the origins of wine. What he discovers is a whole world of forgotten grapes, each with distinctive tastes and aromas, as well as the archaeologists, chemists, and botanists who are deciphering wine down to molecules of flavor. Learn More
Tech Generation
by Mike Brooks, PhD & Jon Lasser, PhD; read by Steven Jay Cohen
Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World guides parents in teaching their children how to reap the benefits of living in a digital world while also preventing its negative effects. Learn More
Technically Wrong
by Sara Wachter-Boettcher; read by Andrea Emmes
In Technically Wrong Sara Wachter-Boettcher provides a revealing look at how tech industry bias and blind spots get baked into digital products―and harm us all. Learn More
The Terroir of Whiskey
by Rob Arnold; read by John McLain
In this book, the master distiller Rob Arnold reveals how innovative whiskey producers are recapturing a sense of place to create distinctive, nuanced flavors. Learn More
Tesla
by Richard Munson; read by Charles Constant
Though Tesla's inventions transformed our world, his true originality is shown in the visionary ambitions he failed to achieve. Learn More
The 100% Solution
by Solomon Goldstein-Rose; read by Adam Lofbomm
The world must reach negative greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Yet no single plan has addressed the full scope of the problem—until now. Learn More
Theories of the Universe
Stephen Hawking, et al. ; read by Julian Lopez-Morillas
The theoretical physicist shares his latest thoughts on the nature of space and time in this anthology of selections from Princeton University Press. Learn More
They Are Already Here
by Sarah Scoles; read by Suzie Althens
An anthropological look at the UFO community, told through first-person experiences with researchers in their element as they pursue what they see as a solvable mystery—both terrestrial and cosmic. Learn More
The Things We Make
by Bill Hammack; read by Jonathan Todd Ross
Bill Hammack, a Carl Sagan Award–winning professor of engineering and viral "The Engineer Guy" on YouTube, has a lifelong passion for the things we make, and how we make them. Now, for the first time, he reveals the invisible method behind every invention and takes us on a whirlwind tour of how humans built the world we know today. Learn More
Through a Glass Brightly
by David P. Barash; read by Charles Constant
Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God's eye, specially-created creatures who are somehow above and beyond the natural world. This viewpoint—a persistent paradigm of our own unique self-importance—is as dangerous as it is false. Learn More
Timefulness
by Marcia Bjornerud; read by Tanya Eby
This compelling book presents a new way of thinking about our place in time, enabling us to make decisions on multigenerational timescales. The lifespan of Earth may seem unfathomable compared to the brevity of human existence, but this view of time denies our deep roots in Earth’s history—and the magnitude of our effects on the planet. Learn More
Totally Wired
by Andrew Smith; read by Adam Lofbomm
From award-winning journalist Andrew Smith, the never before told story of the late 1990s dot-com bubble, its tumultuous crash, and the rise and fall of the visionary pioneer at its epicenter. Learn More
Toxic Water, Toxic System
by Michael Mascarenhas; read by Malcolm Hillgartner
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Toxic Water, Toxic System exposes the consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost—including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people. Weaving together narratives of frontline activists along with archival data, Michael Mascarenhas provides a powerful exploration of the political alliances and bureaucratic mechanisms that uphold inequality. Learn More
Trafficking Data
by Aynne Kokas; read by Hannah Choi
From TikTok and Fortnite to Grindr and Facebook, Aynne Kokas delivers an urgent look into the technology firms that gather our data, and how the Chinese government is capitalizing on this data flow for political gain. Learn More
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