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The vehicles, routes, and innovations that connect the world

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Catch Me If You Can
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Frank Abagnale

12 min read·
5.0

The True Story of a Real Fake. Broadway Books, 2002.

Go Like Hell
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A.J. Baime

15 min read·
5.0

Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Bantam, 2010.

The Children of Ash and Elm
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Neil Price

22 min read·
5.0

A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.

A Splendid Exchange
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William J. Bernstein

16 min read·
4.0

How Trade Shaped the World. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008.

Hidden Figures
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Charles Fishman

14 min read

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. William Morrow, 2016.

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Traffic
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Tom Vanderbilt

21 min read

Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us). Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Alexander the Great
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Tania Gergel

15 min read

The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History’s Greatest Conqueror as Told by His Original Biographers. Penguin Books, 2004.

What If?
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Randall Munroe

17 min read

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

The Children of Ash and Elm
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Neil Price

22 min read·
5.0

A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.

Two Wheels Good
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Jody Rosen

21 min read

The History and Mystery of the Bicycle. Crown, 2022

Foolproof
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Greg Ip

20 min read

Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Blame It on the Rain
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Laura Lee

20 min read

How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.

Power Play
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Tim Higgins

21 min read

Tesla, Musk, and the Bet of the Century. Anchor Books, 2021.

Into the Abyss
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Carol Shaben

21 min read

An Extraordinary True Story. Grand Central Publishing. 2012.

A Geek in Japan
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Hector Garcia

17 min read

Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony. Tuttle Publishing, 2019.

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Hidden Figures
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Margot Lee Shetterly

14 min read

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. William Morrow, 2016.

Blame It on the Rain
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Laura Lee

20 min read

How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.

Catch Me If You Can
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Frank Abagnale

12 min read·
5.0

The True Story of a Real Fake. Broadway Books, 2002.

The Alchemy of Us
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Ainissa Ramirez

19 min read

How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. MIT Press, 2020.

Go Like Hell
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A.J. Baime

15 min read·
5.0

Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Bantam, 2010.

Sea People
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Christina Thompson

19 min read

The Puzzle of Polynesia. HarperCollins, 2019.

What If?
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Randall Munroe

17 min read

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

A Splendid Exchange
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William J. Bernstein

16 min read·
4.0

How Trade Shaped the World. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008.

Falling Upwards
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Richard Holmes

27 min read

How We Took to the Air Pantheon, 2013.

Energy
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Richard Rhodes

15 min read

A Human History. Simon and Schuster, 2018.

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A Splendid Exchange
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William J. Bernstein

16 min read·
4.0

How Trade Shaped the World. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008.

Catch Me If You Can
Free SampleListen

Frank Abagnale

12 min read·
5.0

The True Story of a Real Fake. Broadway Books, 2002.

Go Like Hell
Free SampleListen

A.J. Baime

15 min read·
5.0

Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Bantam, 2010.

The Children of Ash and Elm
Free SampleListen

Neil Price

22 min read·
5.0

A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.

Hidden Figures
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Charles Fishman

14 min read

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. William Morrow, 2016.

Falling Upwards
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Richard Holmes

27 min read

How We Took to the Air Pantheon, 2013.

Dying for a Paycheck
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Jeffrey Pfeffer

14 min read

How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance―and What We Can Do About It. Harper Business, 2018.

The Lincoln Conspiracy
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Brad Meltzer

16 min read

The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President-and Why It Failed. Flatiron Books, 2020.

Energy
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Richard Rhodes

15 min read

A Human History. Simon and Schuster, 2018.

The Alchemy of Us
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Ainissa Ramirez

19 min read

How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. MIT Press, 2020.

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Rejection Proof

Rejection Proof

Jia Jiang

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A fascinating look at rejection from every angle, from understanding and overcoming the fear of rejection to learning how to increase your chances of a yes while becoming perfectly okay with a no.

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