Current Affairs & Reference
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders
Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
by Jonn Elledge
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Many lines on the map are worth far more than a thousand words, going well beyond merely marking divisions between nations. In this eye-opening investigation into the most remarkable points on the map, a single boundary might, upon closer inspection, … Continue reading

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense
by Ali Almossawi, Alejandro Giraldo
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Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school … Continue reading

An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language
Learn to Hear What’s Left Unsaid
by Ali Almossawi, Alejandro Giraldo
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Public discourse? More like public discord. The battle cries of our culture wars are rife with “loaded language”—be it bias, slant, or spin. But listen closely, or you’ll miss what Ali Almossawi finds more frightening still: words that erase accountability, … Continue reading

Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds
100 New Ways to See the World
by Ian Wright, Infographic.ly
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Which countries don’t have rivers? Which ones have North Korean embassies? Who drives on the “wrong” side of the road? How many national economies are bigger than California’s? And where can you still find lions in the wild? You’ll learn … Continue reading

Demagoguery and Democracy
by Patricia Roberts-Miller
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What is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces all questions to us vs. them. Why is it dangerous? … Continue reading

Demagoguery and Democracy
by Patricia Roberts-Miller
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What is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces all questions to us vs. them. Why is it dangerous? … Continue reading

Dimming the Sun
The Urgent Case for Geoengineering
by Thomas Ramge
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“It would be great if humanity could forego solar geoengineering and get climate change under control before the world goes off the rails. I just don’t believe in that anymore.” Time is rapidly running out for humans to reduce the … Continue reading

Freedom
How We Lose It and How We Fight Back
by Nathan Law, Evan Fowler
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Activist Nathan Law experienced firsthand the speed with which our freedom can be taken away. When sovereignty over Hong Kong was handed to China in 1997, Hong Kong was guaranteed freedom of the press, expression, and assembly. However, the Chinese … Continue reading

Gender Explained
A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World
by Diane Ehrensaft, Michelle Jurkiewicz
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Gender is everywhere. Politicians argue over it, educational systems struggle to define it, and our friends, neighbors, and children explore it. More than ever before, young people are questioning their gender identities and redefining the role of gender in their … Continue reading

Gender Explained
A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World
by Diane Ehrensaft, Michelle Jurkiewicz, Stephen M. Rosenthal (Foreword)
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Gender is everywhere. Politicians argue over it, educational systems struggle to define it, and our friends, neighbors, and children explore it. More than ever before, young people are questioning their gender identities and redefining the role of gender in their … Continue reading

Generation Dread
Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety
by Britt Wray, Adam McKay (Foreword)
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When we’re faced with record-breaking temperatures, worsening wildfires, more severe storms, and other devastating effects of climate change, feelings of anxiety and despair are normal. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray reminds us that our distress is, at its heart, a sign of our … Continue reading

Good Thinking
Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
by David Robert Grimes
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In our ever-more-polarized society, there’s at least one thing we still agree on: The world is overrun with misinformation, faulty logic, and the gullible followers who buy into it all. Of course, we’re not among them—are we? Scientist David Robert … Continue reading

How to Argue With a Racist
What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by Adam Rutherford
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Racist pseudoscience has become so commonplace that it can be hard to spot. But its toxic effects on society are plain to see—feeding nationalism, fueling hatred, endangering lives, and corroding our discourse on everything from sports to intelligence. Even well-intentioned … Continue reading

How to Land a Plane
by Mark Vanhoenacker
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The mystery of flight is magical; the reality, still more so—from the physics that keeps a 450-ton vehicle aloft, to the symphony of technology and teamwork that safely sets it down again. Take it from Mark Vanhoenacker—British Airways pilot, internationally … Continue reading

How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars
The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix
by Rowan Hooper
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If we can come up with a trillion dollars to bail out banks, imagine what else we could do. Science journalist Rowan Hooper decided to find out, speaking with experts of all kinds about ten incredibly ambitious projects that— if … Continue reading

If You Go with Your Goat to Vote
by Jan Zauzmer, Andrew Roberts
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If you are a kid, you may chew over the ballot. If you are a bunny, you may hop to the polling place. If you are a piglet, you may squeal with delight when you get a sticker. And best … Continue reading

In Search of Common Ground
Inspiring True Stories of Overcoming Hate in a Divided World
by Bastian Berbner
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Is there nothing we can do? This is the question that inspired award-winning journalist Bastian Berbner to embark on this book as he surveyed the political arenas in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere across Europe, compelled by what … Continue reading

It’s a Numberful World
How Math Is Hiding Everywhere
by Eddie Woo
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These may not look like math questions, but they are—because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns. That realization changed Eddie Woo’s life—by turning the “dry” subject he dreaded in high … Continue reading

Nineteen Reservoirs
On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City
by Lucy Sante, Tim Davis (Photographs)
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From 1907 to 1967, a network of reservoirs and aqueducts was built across more than one million acres in upstate New York, including Greene, Delaware, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. This feat of engineering served to meet New York City’s ever-increasing need … Continue reading

North American Maps for Curious Minds
100 New Ways to See the Continent
by Matthew Bucklan, Victor Cizek, Jack Dunnington
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No matter how well you think you know North America, the 100 infographic maps in this singular atlas uncover a trove of fresh wonders that make the continent seem like the center of the universe. Did you know that North … Continue reading

Nowhere Left to Go
How Climate Change Is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth
by Benjamin von Brackel
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As humans accelerate global warming while laying waste to the environment, animals and plants must flee to the margins: on scattered nature reserves, between major highways, or among urban sprawl. And when even these places become too hot and inhospitable, … Continue reading

Prisoners of Geography
Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps (Illustrated Young Readers Edition)
by Tim Marshall, Grace Easton, Jessica Smith
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History is a story—and it’s impossible to tell the whole tale without understanding the setting. In this eye-opening illustrated edition of the international bestseller Prisoners of Geography, you’ll learn to spot connections between geography and world affairs in ways you … Continue reading

Retracing the Iron Curtain
A 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War
by Timothy Phillips
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Initially a victory line where Allies met at the end of World War Two, the Iron Curtain quickly became the front of a new kind of war. It divided Europe from north to south for a staggering forty-five years. Crossing … Continue reading

Shrink the City
The 15-Minute Urban Experiment and the Cities of the Future
by Natalie Whittle
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Cities define the lives of all those who call them home: where we go, how we get there, how we spend our time. But what if we rethink the ways we plan, live in, and move around our cities? What … Continue reading

Speaking of Race
How to Have Antiracist Conversations That Bring Us Together
by Patricia Roberts-Miller
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It’s easy to say that racism is wrong. But it’s surprisingly hard to agree on what it is. Does a tired stereotype in your favorite movie make it racist? Does watching it anyway mean you’re racist? Even among like-minded friends, … Continue reading

The Brompton
Engineering for Change
by Will Butler-Adams, Dan Davies
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Lightweight, compact, distinctively styled, and now, electric: The Brompton isn’t the only folding bicycle—or even the first. But everyone who has been on one will enthusiastically testify to its marvelous design (virtually unchanged over decades) and the particular joy of … Continue reading

The Global Economy as You’ve Never Seen It
99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together
by Thomas Ramge, Jan Schwochow, Adrian Garcia-Landa (Contributor)
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The economy is a complex, world-spanning, layer-upon-layer-upon-layer behemoth: One could argue that almost every aspect of our lives is connected to the realms of business and finance. And yet few of us truly understand it—even the world’s foremost economists can’t … Continue reading

The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric
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So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent it—forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved. Salk’s radical generosity to future generations should inspire us. But when leading philosopher Roman Krznaric examines … Continue reading

The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric
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When Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, he refused to patent it—forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved. His radical generosity to future generations should inspire us, but leading philosopher Roman Krznaric sees the opposite happening: Our short-term, … Continue reading

The Long COVID Survival Guide
How to Take Care of Yourself and What Comes Next
by Fiona Lowenstein
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For people living with Long COVID, navigating the uncharted territory of this new chronic illness can be challenging. With over two hundred unique symptoms, and with doctors continuing to work toward a cure, people experiencing Long COVID are often left … Continue reading

The Planets Are Very, Very, Very Far Away
A Journey Through the Amazing Scale of the Solar System
by Mike Vago
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Quick: Picture the solar system. Do you see nine planets on tidy rings around the Sun? Then you have been lied to! It’s not without reason: We have to draw the solar system that way to fit it on a … Continue reading

The Shortest History of China
From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower—A Retelling for Our Times
by Linda Jaivin
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As we enter the “Asian century,” China demands our attention for being an economic powerhouse, a beacon of rapid modernization, and an assertive geopolitical player. To understand the nation behind the headlines, we must take in its vibrant, tumultuous past—a … Continue reading

The Shortest History of Democracy
4,000 Years of Self-Government—A Retelling for Our Times
by John Keane
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This compact history unspools the tumultuous global story that began with democracy’s radical core idea: We can collaborate, as equals, to determine our own futures. Acclaimed political thinker John Keane traces how this concept emerged and evolved, from the earliest … Continue reading

The Shortest History of England
Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit—A Retelling for Our Times
by James Hawes
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England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, … Continue reading

The Shortest History of Europe
How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent—A Retelling for Our Times
by John Hirst
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Propelled by a thesis of startling simplicity, celebrated historian John Hirst’s fast-paced account of the making of modern Europe—from Ancient Greece to today—illuminates the continent as never before. Just three elements—German warrior culture, Greek and Roman learning, and Christianity—account for … Continue reading

The Shortest History of Germany
From Roman Frontier to the Heart of Europe—A Retelling for Our Times
by James Hawes
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A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871—yet today, Germany … Continue reading

The Shortest History of India
From the World’s Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy—A Retelling for Our Times
by John Zubrzycki
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India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has India evolved into the liberal democracy it … Continue reading

The Shortest History of Italy
3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic—A Retelling for Our Times
by Ross King
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The calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It’s hard to imagine a world without Italian influence—and easy to assume that inventions like these could only come from a strong, stable peninsula, sure of … Continue reading

The Shortest History of Migration
When, Why, and How Humans Move—From the Prehistoric Peopling of the Planet to Today and Tomorrow’s Migrants
by Ian Goldin
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We are a species in motion—from the first steps of Homo sapiens across Africa to America’s “melting pot.” And when we move—in search of better things, or against our will—our beliefs and skills clash and combine, reshaping society time and … Continue reading

The Shortest History of Our Universe
The Unlikely Journey from the Big Bang to Us
by David Baker, John Green (Foreword)
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In this thrilling history, David Baker captures the longest-possible time span—from the Big Bang to the present day—in an astonishingly concise retelling. His impressive timeline includes the “rise of complexity” in the cosmos and the creation of the first atoms; … Continue reading

The Shortest History of Sex
Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation
by David Baker, Simon Whistler (Foreword)
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From the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our current love lives? … Continue reading

The Shortest History of War
From Hunter-Gatherers to Nuclear Superpowers—A Retelling for Our Times
by Gwynne Dyer
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War has changed, but we have not. From our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the rival nuclear powers of today, whenever resources have been contested, we’ve gone to battle. Acclaimed historian Gwynne Dyer illuminates our many martial clashes in this brisk account, tracing … Continue reading

This Won’t Help
Modest Proposals for a More Enjoyable Apocalypse
by Eli Grober
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There’s a lot going on, all the time. It may feel overwhelming. Don’t worry. It will all be over soon. Until then, This Won’t Help is here to guide you through the apocalypse—offering 100 modest proposals for how you, too, can bask … Continue reading

Too Big for a Single Mind
How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World
by Tobias Hürter
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There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists—Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, and others—came together to uncover the quantum world, a concept so … Continue reading

Vagabonds
Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
by Oskar Jensen
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London, 1857: A pair of teenage girls holding a sign that says “Fugitive Slaves” ask for money on the corner of Blackman Street. After a constable accosts them and charges them with begging, they end up in court, where national … Continue reading

Wall Disease
The Psychological Toll of Living Up Against a Border
by Jessica Wapner
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East Germans were the first to give the crisis a name: Mauerkrankheit, or “wall disease.” The afflicted—everyday citizens living on both sides of the Berlin wall—displayed some combination of depression, anxiety, excitability, suicidal ideation, and paranoia. The Berlin Wall is … Continue reading

What the Future Looks Like
Scientists Predict the Next Great Discoveries―and Reveal How Today’s Breakthroughs Are Already Shaping Our World
by Jim Al-Khalili
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Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn’t every day you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, award–winning author Jim Al–Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today’s earthshaking … Continue reading

What to Do with Everything You Own to Leave the Legacy You Want
From-the-Heart Estate Planning for Everyone, Whatever Your Financial Situation
by Marni Jameson
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Whether you want the fruits of your life’s work to benefit your family, the environment, science, human rights, the arts, your church, or another cause dear to you, one thing is certain: It won’t happen unless you plan. What to … Continue reading

Wild Maps for Curious Minds
100 New Ways to See the Natural World
by Mike Higgins, Manuel Bortoletti, Christopher Gary Packham (Foreword)
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Which nations have launched animals into space? Where are the world’s cat people? How many humans live in high-risk zones for natural disasters? How far do you have to travel to hug all fifteen of the world’s oldest trees? Where in … Continue reading