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What the Fact?!

de Gabe Henry ...

Every day is strange if you know your history.This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)That time the United States ran out of ... Leer más

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Every day is strange if you know your history.This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)That time the United States ran out of
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Enough Is Enuf

Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell

de Gabe Henry ...

A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, ... Leer más

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A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has,
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Eating Salad Drunk

Haikus for the Burnout Age by Comedy Greats

de Gabe Henry ...

Hilarious Haikus from Today's Top Comedians Offer a Fresh Take on Modern Life's StrugglesVulture's Best Comedy Books of 2022In Eating Salad Drunk, comedy's biggest names come together to deliver succinct, hard-hitting humor in the form of haikus. Tackling topics from modern romance and screentime to self-love and loathing, these poignant and sometimes dirty poems offer a fresh perspective on ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

Hilarious Haikus from Today's Top Comedians Offer a Fresh Take on Modern Life's StrugglesVulture's Best Comedy Books of 2022In Eating Salad Drunk, comedy's biggest names come together to deliver succinct, hard-hitting humor in the form of haikus. Tackling topics from modern romance and screentime to self-love and loathing, these poignant and sometimes dirty poems offer a fresh perspective on
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Enough Is Enuf

Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell

de Gabe Henry ...

Narrado por Johnny Heller ...

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5 hora 49 minutos

A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

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A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has,
... Leer más

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Revisionaries

What We Can Learn from the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers

de Kristopher Jansma ...

Narrado por Greg D. Barnett ...

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8 hora 59 minutos

Find creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of twenty literary superstars.If you like to write—whether it's a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you've probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, "I could never do this! I might as well give up." But if there's one thing every great author has in common, ... Leer más

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Find creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of twenty literary superstars.If you like to write—whether it's a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you've probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, "I could never do this! I might as well give up." But if there's one thing every great author has in common,
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Earthly Materials

Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

de Cutter Wood ...

Narrado por Josh Bloomberg ...

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10 hora 52 minutos

Bill Bryson’s The Body meets Mary Roach’s Gulp (with a dash of What’s Your Poo Telling You?)in this delightfully weird, richly informative, and unexpectedly lyrical tour of our bodily emissions—revealing that the very parts of us that we seek to hide in embarrassment are actually an essential part of human health, with fascinating social history.In biology class, we learn that the body is a ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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Bill Bryson’s The Body meets Mary Roach’s Gulp (with a dash of What’s Your Poo Telling You?)in this delightfully weird, richly informative, and unexpectedly lyrical tour of our bodily emissions—revealing that the very parts of us that we seek to hide in embarrassment are actually an essential part of human health, with fascinating social history.In biology class, we learn that the body is a
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So Very Small

How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease

de Thomas Levenson ...

Narrado por Mike Cooper ...

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10 hora 11 minutos

“An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.” ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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“An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.”
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Pronoun Trouble

The Story of Us in Seven Little Words

de John McWhorter ...

Narrado por John McWhorter ...

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4 hora 43 minutos

With his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronounsThe nature of language is to shift and evolve—but every so often, a new usage creates a whole lot of consternation. These days, pronouns are throwing curveballs, and it matters, because pronoun habits die hard. If you need a ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

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With his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronounsThe nature of language is to shift and evolve—but every so often, a new usage creates a whole lot of consternation. These days, pronouns are throwing curveballs, and it matters, because pronoun habits die hard. If you need a
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Slither

How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World

de Stephen S. Hall ...

Narrado por Jonathan Todd Ross ...

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12 hora 30 minutos

In this "wise and wondrous" (David Quammen) exploration, a science writer reintroduces readers to The Snake, encouraging our initial reaction to the slithery creature to be one of awe rather than disgust.**For millennia, depictions of snakes as alternatively beautiful and menacing creatures have appeared in religious texts, mythology, poetry, and beyond. From the foundational deities of ancient ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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In this "wise and wondrous" (David Quammen) exploration, a science writer reintroduces readers to The Snake, encouraging our initial reaction to the slithery creature to be one of awe rather than disgust.**For millennia, depictions of snakes as alternatively beautiful and menacing creatures have appeared in religious texts, mythology, poetry, and beyond. From the foundational deities of ancient
... Leer más

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Earthly Materials

Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

de Cutter Wood ...

An “UNEXPECTEDLY PROFOUND,” “DEEPLY STRANGE,” and “UTTERLY UNIQUE tour of the human body” (Publishers Weekly)"A must read for anyone who’s ever been amazed or aghast at what just came out." — Rachel Yoder, author of NightbitchTo live, our bodies must continuously shed materials. Stop urinating, stop defecating, stop expelling breath, and death is near. While we often think of these materials as ... Leer más

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An “UNEXPECTEDLY PROFOUND,” “DEEPLY STRANGE,” and “UTTERLY UNIQUE tour of the human body” (Publishers Weekly)"A must read for anyone who’s ever been amazed or aghast at what just came out." — Rachel Yoder, author of NightbitchTo live, our bodies must continuously shed materials. Stop urinating, stop defecating, stop expelling breath, and death is near. While we often think of these materials as
... Leer más

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The Book-Makers

A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives

de Adam Smyth ...

Narrado por Adam Smyth ...

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12 hora 12 minutos

The five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them.**“Smyth breathes both books-as-objects and their creators back into life.” —**Financial TimesAn Economist Book of the YearBooks have transformed humankind, yet we know little about the individuals who brought these fascinating objects into existence. Who were these renegade bo... ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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The five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them.**“Smyth breathes both books-as-objects and their creators back into life.” —**Financial TimesAn Economist Book of the YearBooks have transformed humankind, yet we know little about the individuals who brought these fascinating objects into existence. Who were these renegade bo...
... Leer más

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Same River, Twice

Putin's War on Women

de Sofi Oksanen ...

Narrado por Christa Lewis ...

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6 hora 29 minutos

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 MINNA CANTH AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITINGBlending the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists withthe journalistic rigor of Masha Gessen, “an exquisite feminist critique of Russia’s oppressive tactics" (Kirkus Reviews) revealing how modern Russia’s history of weaponizing sexual violence plays a crucial role in its current ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 MINNA CANTH AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITINGBlending the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists withthe journalistic rigor of Masha Gessen, “an exquisite feminist critique of Russia’s oppressive tactics" (Kirkus Reviews) revealing how modern Russia’s history of weaponizing sexual violence plays a crucial role in its current
... Leer más

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