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#1 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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#2 21 LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Yuval Noah Harari
Technological, political and social issues in the modern era. Read by Derek Perkins. 11 hours, 41 minutes unabridged.
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#3 BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS
Stephen Hawking
A collection of essays from the late scientist’s personal archive that address 10 imponderables.
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#4 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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#5 BEING MORTAL
Atul Gawande
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better.
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#6 HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
Michael Pollan
A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges. Read by the author. 13 hours, 34 minutes unabridged.
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#7 ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY
Neil deGrasse Tyson
A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.
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#8 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
Daniel Kahneman
When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.
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#9 THE POWER OF HABIT
Charles Duhigg
An examination of the science behind habits, how we form them and break them.
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#10 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rebecca Skloot
The story of a woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.
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