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New from the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (“A masterpiece of science writing.” —Washington Post) and “one of the stars of modern paleontology” (National Geographic), a sweeping and revelatory history of mammals, illuminating the lost story ...  Show more

A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists."THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY." — Scientific AmericanThe dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our pl ...  Show more

War and Peace, Volume 2 by Leo Tolstoy audiobook. Genre: history In War and Peace, Volume 2, Leo Tolstoy deepens his sweeping portrait of Russia as private lives and public events tighten their grip on one another. The glittering salons of St. Petersburg and Moscow still pulse wi ...  Show more

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - Book 1 - Book 17: Second Epilogue

Title: War and Peace, Book 17: Second Epilogue

Overview: War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a literary work mixed with ...

War and Peace, Volume 3 by Leo Tolstoy audiobook. Genre: history In War and Peace, Volume 3, Leo Tolstoy deepens his sweeping portrait of Russia at war and in turmoil, following several intertwined families as private lives collide with the grinding forces of history. Prince Andr ...  Show more

For Virginia Woolf, Leo Tolstoy was "the greatest of all novelists," and her argument was simple: "[W]hat else can we call the author of War and Peace?" In this episode, Jacke takes a look at Tolstoy's original plans for the novel; the unusual nature of the book, which Henry Jame ...  Show more