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  • The Alchemy of Us

    How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

    by Ainissa Ramirez ...
    A “timely, informative, and fascinating” study of 8 inventions—and how they shaped our world—with “totally compelling” insights on little-known inventors throughout history (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction)In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines 8 inventions and reveals how they shaped the human experience:• Clocks• Steel ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • North, South, East, and Gladys West: How a Mathematician Helped Shape GPS

    by Ainissa Ramirez ...
    Illustrated by Tamisha Anthony ...
    Series series Black Innovators
    Gladys’s mind swirls with numbers and shapes as the world enters the high-tech space age. This is the lyrical true story of a groundbreaking Black mathematician whose inventions led to the creation of GPS.Little Gladys is a farm girl who loves math. But as a Black kid growing up in Virginia in the mid-twentieth century, she sees life around her as less than or greater than but never equal. When a ... Read more

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  • There's the Rub

    The Hidden World of Friction

    by Ainissa Ramirez ...
    Illustrated by Marianna Smith ...

    $9.99 USD

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  • Spark: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone

    by Ainissa Ramirez ...
    Illustrated by Setor Fiadzigbey ...
    Series series Black Innovators
    In this first picture book in the Black Innovators series, meet the insatiably curious Jim West, who invented a vital piece of the device we all carry in our pockets—transforming how the world communicates today.Young Jim West loves to pull apart whatever electronics he can get his hands on to see how they work. Those around him say there’s no path for a kid like him to become a scientist, but Jim ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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    The Alchemy of Us

    How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

    by Ainissa Ramirez ...
    Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 53 min

    In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions—clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips—and reveals how they shaped the human experience. Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    The Nobel Prize winner offers "an ideal introduction to the theories of special and general relativity" in clear, comprehensible language ( Nature ).A renowned mathematician and philosopher , and as well as recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bertrand Russell was acclaimed for his ability to address complex subjects in accessible ways. In this classic reference book, Russell delve... ... Read more

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    Gravity’s Century

    From Einstein’s Eclipse to Images of Black Holes

    by Ron Cowen ...
    Narrated by John Patrick Walsh ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 58 min

    A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory.Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919; yet that is when he ... Read more

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    How to Survive in Ancient Egypt

    by Charlotte Booth ...
    Narrated by Mary Sarah ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 34 min

    Focusing on Thebes in 1360 BCE, How to Survive in Ancient Egypt is the ultimate guide to living in ancient Egypt, including all of the religious beliefs and sites to see.Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if ... Read more

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    How to Be Bold

    The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage

    by Ranjay Gulati ...
    Narrated by Fred Stella ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 5 min

    AN INSTANT USA Today BESTSELLER • NAMED A Thinkers50 BEST NEW MANAGEMENT BOOK FOR 2026“I love this book. How to Be Bold is a practical road map filled with real-life stories that will inspire you and help you find courage when it matters most.” —Mel Robbins, New York Times bestselling author and host of The Mel Robbins PodcastFrom the distinguished Harvard Business School professo... ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    How to Speak Science

    Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy until Proven Brilliant

    by Bruce Benamran ...
    Narrated by Braden Wright ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 11 min

    As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edge technologies possible.Wanting everyone to be able to “speak” science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains—as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos ... Read more

    $22.95 USD

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    A History of Delusions

    The Glass King, a Substitute Husband, and a Walking Corpse

    by Victoria Shepherd ...
    Narrated by Antonia Bath ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 31 min

    The extraordinary ways the brain can misfire: Why would someone wake up and claim they’re Napoleon? Or why would they believe they have been turned into a wolf and demand to be fed raw meat?For centuries, people have dismissed delusions as a problem for the shrinks to sort out in distant asylums. But delusions are more than just bizarre case studies. They tell stories of collective anxieties and ... Read more

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    The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

    by David Bercovici ...
    Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 13 min

    Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and ... Read more

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