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True Stories and Real-Life Insights Across Fields

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

David Leavitt

Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. Atlas Books, 2006.

18 mins read

2 reads

Make Your Bed

Make Your Bed

Admiral William H. McRaven

Little Things that Can Change Your Life… and Maybe the World. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.

16 mins read

2 reads

The Radium Girls

The Radium Girls

Kate Moore

The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women. Sourcebooks, 2017.

21 mins read

1 reads

Quackery

Quackery

Nate Pedersen

A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing, 2017.

21 mins read

1 reads

The Disappearing Spoon

The Disappearing Spoon

Sam Kean

And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. Little, Brown and Company, 2010.

21 mins read

2 reads

Twice as Hard

Twice as Hard

Jasmine Brown

The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.

19 mins read

4 reads

Talking Across the Divide

Talking Across the Divide

Justin Lee

How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Change the World. TarcherPerigee, 2018.

14 mins read

1 reads

Women in White Coats

Women in White Coats

Olivia Campbell

How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine. Park Row Books, 2021.

21 mins read

0 reads

Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik

Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World. Mariner Books, 2015.

20 mins read

0 reads

Raising Critical Thinkers

Raising Critical Thinkers

Julie Bogart

A Parent’s Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age. TarcherPerigee, 2022.

20 mins read

0 reads

Traffic

Traffic

Tom Vanderbilt

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

21 mins read

1 reads

From Strength to Strength

From Strength to Strength

Arthur C. Brooks

Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. Portfolio, 2022.

17 mins read

6 reads

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