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The 99% Invisible City

A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

by Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER“[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.”—The New York Times Book Review**“Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city’s secret anatomy laid bare—a hundred things you look at but don’t ... Read more

$16.99 USD

**A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER“[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.”—The New York Times Book Review**“Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city’s secret anatomy laid bare—a hundred things you look at but don’t
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Unpleasant Bench

How Cities Use Design to Control Your Behavior

by Roman Mars ...

Have you ever noticed that park benches have extra armrests in the middle? Or that ledges outside banks have strange metal studs? Or that public bathrooms use eerie blue lighting? These aren't design choices for aesthetics; they are weapons. "The Unpleasant Bench" exposes the world of "Hostile Architecture" (or Defensive Design), the practice of engineering public spaces to exclude unwanted people ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Have you ever noticed that park benches have extra armrests in the middle? Or that ledges outside banks have strange metal studs? Or that public bathrooms use eerie blue lighting? These aren't design choices for aesthetics; they are weapons. "The Unpleasant Bench" exposes the world of "Hostile Architecture" (or Defensive Design), the practice of engineering public spaces to exclude unwanted people
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The Memory Palace

True Short Stories of the Past

by Nate DiMeo ...

Narrated by Nate DiMeo, Jad Abumrad, Daniel Alarcón, Betsy Brandt, Carrie Coon, Hrishikesh Hirway, Dominic Hoffman, Rebecca Lowman, Roman Mars, Robin Miles0, Ryan Reynolds1, Kai Ryssdal2, Lili Taylor3, Full Cast4 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace.“One doesn’t often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace.“One doesn’t often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past
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Holding It Together

How Women Became America's Safety Net

by Jessica Calarco ...

Narrated by Jessica Calarco, Karen Murray ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences.America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. In this tour de force, acclaimed Sociologist Jessica Calarco lays bare the devastating consequences of our status quo.Holding It Together draws on five ... Read more

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Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences.America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. In this tour de force, acclaimed Sociologist Jessica Calarco lays bare the devastating consequences of our status quo.Holding It Together draws on five
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How Music Works

The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond

by John Powell ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

An Enthralling Investigation Into The Mysteries Of MusicHave you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry?Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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An Enthralling Investigation Into The Mysteries Of MusicHave you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry?Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help
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The Thinking Life

How to Thrive in the Age of Distraction

by P. M. Forni ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

P. M. Forni, founder of the CivilityInitiative at Johns Hopkins, is America's civility expert. In his firsttwo books, Choosing Civility and The Civility Solution, he taught people the rules of civil behavior and ways of responding torudeness. Now, in The Thinking Life, he looks at the importance ofthinking in our lives: how we do it, why we don't do enough of it, andwhy we need to do more of it.In ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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P. M. Forni, founder of the CivilityInitiative at Johns Hopkins, is America's civility expert. In his firsttwo books, Choosing Civility and The Civility Solution, he taught people the rules of civil behavior and ways of responding torudeness. Now, in The Thinking Life, he looks at the importance ofthinking in our lives: how we do it, why we don't do enough of it, andwhy we need to do more of it.In
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Math Mind

The Simple Path to Loving Math

by Shalinee Sharma ...

Narrated by Shalinee Sharma ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

Bust the math myths that are holding you and your kids back and learn the importance of numeracy with this one-of-a-kind resource for parents, educators, and policymakersShalinee Sharma is one of the world’s top experts on math learning, but when she was in school, she sat in the back row, unsure if she could ever master the subject. Many of us buy into the idea that some people are innately good ... Read more

$17.50 USD

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Bust the math myths that are holding you and your kids back and learn the importance of numeracy with this one-of-a-kind resource for parents, educators, and policymakersShalinee Sharma is one of the world’s top experts on math learning, but when she was in school, she sat in the back row, unsure if she could ever master the subject. Many of us buy into the idea that some people are innately good
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Leave It As It Is

A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness

by David Gessner ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford).“Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s pronouncement signaled the beginning ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford).“Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s pronouncement signaled the beginning
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How Far to the Promised Land

One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

by Esau McCaulley ...

Narrated by Esau McCaulley ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

**From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope“Powerful . . . McCaulley uses examples of his own family’s stories of survival over time to remind readers that some paths to the promised land have detours along the way.”—The Root**A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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**From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope“Powerful . . . McCaulley uses examples of his own family’s stories of survival over time to remind readers that some paths to the promised land have detours along the way.”—The Root**A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE
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Our Moon

How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

by Rebecca Boyle ...

Narrated by Rebecca Lowman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 1 min

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that most familiar of celestial objects into something eerily extraordinary, pivotal to our history, and awesome in the original sense of the word.”—Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense WorldWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE • A NEW YORKER AND SMITHSONIAN ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that most familiar of celestial objects into something eerily extraordinary, pivotal to our history, and awesome in the original sense of the word.”—Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense WorldWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE • A NEW YORKER AND SMITHSONIAN
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Vanishing Treasures

A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures

by Katherine Rundell ...

Narrated by Katherine Rundell, Lenny Henry ...

Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

A Most Anticipated Book from Boston Globe, Parade, & Literary Hub • From the award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural worldThe world is more astonishing, more miraculous, and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this brilliant and passionately persuasive book, Katherine Rundell takes us on a ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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A Most Anticipated Book from Boston Globe, Parade, & Literary Hub • From the award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural worldThe world is more astonishing, more miraculous, and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this brilliant and passionately persuasive book, Katherine Rundell takes us on a
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Long Live Latin

The Pleasures of a Useless Language

by Nicola Gardini ...

Narrated by Todd Portnowitz ...

Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

**"It's a genuine pleasure to hear spoken Latin--lots of it, and by many of the great classical authors, including Cicero, Ovid, and Virgil--and to follow the story of Gardini's lifelong infatuation with a language that is nowhere and everywhere in our modern lives... This is an audiobook to appreciate on many levels, most of all, to hear the sound of Latin again, so familiar and so essential to ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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**"It's a genuine pleasure to hear spoken Latin--lots of it, and by many of the great classical authors, including Cicero, Ovid, and Virgil--and to follow the story of Gardini's lifelong infatuation with a language that is nowhere and everywhere in our modern lives... This is an audiobook to appreciate on many levels, most of all, to hear the sound of Latin again, so familiar and so essential to
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