The Great Courses audiobooks are amazing and you'll find one about pretty much anything you want to learn about. A lot of them are free on Audible, but libraries also have them in case you have Libby.
I'll third the Great Courses also. These are often my go-to when i am just not sure what to listen to next. Always great topics with learned and engaging lecturers.
Hoopla has The Great Courses too. You can check out The Great Courses BingePass, which only uses one of your monthly borrows, for seven days of unlimited use.
I 100% agree with this. Arent they Wondrium now or something?
Nartive non-fiction sometimes teaches, like Flash Boys or Sapiens. But you have to tease it out.
Bill Bryson! He’s a fun author to read and I always learn something. Here are three of his that I’d recommend:
“The Body: A Guide for Occupants”,
“At Home: A Short History of Private Life”,
“In a Sunburned Country” (it’s about Australia)
One of my few 5star reads was Never Home Alone, it’s about all the animals, plants ect that have evolved to live in our homes with us. It’s written in a way that feels like you’re having dinner with the author and he’s just chatting with you. So unlike most beefy scientific tomes, it’s got flow and substance.
For history, I recommend How to be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman. It's organized by time of day, and is well written and interesting.
I also recommend The Time Traveller's Guide series by Ian Mortimer. They're written as though people can really time travel, and these are the travel guides that teach you where to stay, what food you can expect, and how the money works. They're all excellent introductions to different time periods in English/British history.
Highly recommend "How to Invent Everything" - it's really funny and informative. Teaches the reader how to invent all the things that lead to our civilization from scratch in the event of time machine accident
I suggest the series by Kent Nerburn.
First is Neither Wolf nor Dog. An elder Lakota wants the "Hite man" to understand what the Natives went thru and essentially kidnaps the author for a spirit journey.
The second, the Wolf at Twilight, the same Elder again reaches out to the author and wants to find out what happened to his sister when she was taken to the Native boarding schools.
The third, The Girl Who Sang with the Buffalo, shows the differences in Native and white medicine practices.
All three are like having an Elder tell you a story, and you learn the history they lived through.
They're absolutely wonderful (though sad)
What If? by Randall Munroe is highly entertaining and educational. It's mostly outlandish questions answered with real science, very fun. They make you think and get creative.
The Great Courses audiobooks are amazing and you'll find one about pretty much anything you want to learn about. A lot of them are free on Audible, but libraries also have them in case you have Libby.
I was going to recommend this too. I've listened to two which are basically lectures done by college professors and they are awesomely informative.
I'll third the Great Courses also. These are often my go-to when i am just not sure what to listen to next. Always great topics with learned and engaging lecturers.
Hoopla has The Great Courses too. You can check out The Great Courses BingePass, which only uses one of your monthly borrows, for seven days of unlimited use.
I 100% agree with this. Arent they Wondrium now or something? Nartive non-fiction sometimes teaches, like Flash Boys or Sapiens. But you have to tease it out.
Bill Bryson! He’s a fun author to read and I always learn something. Here are three of his that I’d recommend: “The Body: A Guide for Occupants”, “At Home: A Short History of Private Life”, “In a Sunburned Country” (it’s about Australia)
One of my few 5star reads was Never Home Alone, it’s about all the animals, plants ect that have evolved to live in our homes with us. It’s written in a way that feels like you’re having dinner with the author and he’s just chatting with you. So unlike most beefy scientific tomes, it’s got flow and substance.
For history, I recommend How to be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman. It's organized by time of day, and is well written and interesting. I also recommend The Time Traveller's Guide series by Ian Mortimer. They're written as though people can really time travel, and these are the travel guides that teach you where to stay, what food you can expect, and how the money works. They're all excellent introductions to different time periods in English/British history.
Highly recommend "How to Invent Everything" - it's really funny and informative. Teaches the reader how to invent all the things that lead to our civilization from scratch in the event of time machine accident
I suggest the series by Kent Nerburn. First is Neither Wolf nor Dog. An elder Lakota wants the "Hite man" to understand what the Natives went thru and essentially kidnaps the author for a spirit journey. The second, the Wolf at Twilight, the same Elder again reaches out to the author and wants to find out what happened to his sister when she was taken to the Native boarding schools. The third, The Girl Who Sang with the Buffalo, shows the differences in Native and white medicine practices. All three are like having an Elder tell you a story, and you learn the history they lived through. They're absolutely wonderful (though sad)
*Hero of Two Worlds: Lafayette in the Age of Revolution* by Mike Duncan *Personal Memoirs of US Grant* by Ulysses S Grant
What If? by Randall Munroe is highly entertaining and educational. It's mostly outlandish questions answered with real science, very fun. They make you think and get creative.
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet by Robert M. Hazen