I'm a mid 20s PhD student, read a good mix of history, sociology and the odd fiction.
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The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, …
'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' Sunday TimesEngland, 1930s. Christopher …
Is your ability to focus and pay attention in free fall?
You are not alone. The average office worker now …
Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas …
Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that …
Got a bit tedious in the end, I wanted a fact book on eels. This was like that for the first half but ended up trying to be too philosophical
From the author of The Emperor of All Maladies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene, a #1 New …
Slow yet informative, maybe not the vibe I’m after at this point in my life
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities …
Dnf, don’t get the point of it
I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern …
Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our …
"The dramatic story of the brain's role in creating our world, our experience of it, and ourselves; the basis for …
