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A book, magnifying glass and pen with a globe in the background - tools for language learning

Guide

Language learning: Quick start guide

A photo of the sunset in Koh Phangan, taken from the beach

Blog Post

Putting things into perspective

The cover of the book Feral by George Monbiot

Book

Feral

The cover of the DVD of the film The Prophet, based on the book by Khalil Gibran and starring Salma Hayek and Liam Neeson

Film

The Prophet (film)

The legs of runners as they cross a finish line

Blog Post

End each day on a high

The cover of the DVD for Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, the film of Pink Floyd's 1971 show at the ancient amphitheatre in Pompeii.

Film

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

A title image for the This Is Water video from David Foster Wallace's Kenyon College commencement speech

Video

This is Water

The cover of the DVD for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, the 2014 follow-up to Carl Sagan's original series on the Universe

TV Series

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

The cover of the DVD of Life Itself, the story of Roger Ebert's life

Film

Life Itself

An infographic showing Cognitive Biases, created by John Manoogian III

Infographic

Cognitive Bias Codex

A person typing on a laptop, perhaps doing work they love

Blog Post

Are we entitled to love what we do?

The cover of the book The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

Book

The 4-Hour Workweek

Rajesh Rao presenting his TED talk on a Rosetta Stone for a lost language — deciphering the ancient Indus script

Video

A Rosetta Stone for a Lost Language

Article

Screened Out

The cover of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Book

Siddhartha

The cover of The War that Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan

Book

The War that Ended Peace

Man with big hair and sunglasses, with lots of enthusiasm

Blog Post

How to avoid killing your enthusiasm

The cover of the book Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

Book

Moonwalking with Einstein

ShaoLan Hsueh presenting her TED talk on learning to read Chinese

Video

Learn to read Chinese… with ease!

The cover of This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

Book

This Changes Everything