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57 books

The Story of Human Language by John McWhorter

The Story of Human Language

The Great Courses

John McWhorter

18 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction education history informative medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

8 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins by Tom Higham

The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins

Tom Higham

9 hours, 11 minutes • missing pub info (editions) user-added

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction science
The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow

The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation

Cory Doctorow

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction technology informative fast-paced
Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Gabor Maté

11 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction health psychology self help emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson

536 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction biography history science reflective medium-paced
Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History by Lewis Dartnell

Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History

Lewis Dartnell

9 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction history nature science challenging informative slow-paced
Uniquely Human: Updated and Expanded: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant, Tom Fields-Meyer

Uniquely Human: Updated and Expanded: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Barry M. Prizant, Tom Fields-Meyer

368 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction education psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

Neil deGrasse Tyson

7 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction essays science informative lighthearted medium-paced
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

Devon Price

9 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mugunthkumar's review
nonfiction health psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced