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The Dawn of Everything
David Graeber, David Wengrow
Anthropologist David Graeber and archeologist David Wengrow narrate the history of our social evolution, questioning the social constructs dividing human history into distinct demographics.
The Dawn of the Four-Day Week
Today in Focus, Michael Safi, Heather Stewart
In this March 2023 episode of Today in Focus, the Guardian reporter Michael Safi sheds light on the growing global initiatives to shorten the standard workweek.
The Day Sports Stood Still
Antoine Fuqua
The HBO documentary, The Day Sports Stood Still, directed by Antoine Fuqua, explores how professional athletes became full-time activists amid the global pandemic and social justice revolution of 2020.
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
David France
This Netflix documentary explores the life of one of America's most beloved LGBTQ+ rights activists, Marsha P. Johnson, and the circumstances of her death.
The Deepest Breath
Laura McGann
This documentary chronicles the lives and relationship of record-setting freediver Alessia Zecchini and world-renowned safety diver Steve Keenan.
The Defiant Ones
Allen Hughes
The Defiant Ones is a fascinating look behind the curtain at one of hip-hop's most successful duos, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.
The Deficit Myth
Stephanie Kelton
A brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory and how we may be able to use it to build a fairer and more prosperous society.
The Defining Decade
Meg Jay
In The Defining Decade, author Meg Jay uses years of research to explain how your work, relationships, personality, and identity undergo massive shifts during your twenties, and how you can make the most of this pivotal decade.
The Delightful History of Pubs
Stuff You Should Know, Josh Clark, Charles Bryant
In this April 2022 episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast, hosts Josh Clark and Charles Bryant discuss the transitions that pubs have made throughout British and Irish history.
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
Cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker explores the cultural beliefs, practices, and philosophies surrounding death and why we work so hard to avoid it.
The Descent of Man
Grayson Perry
The Turner Prize-winning English artist Grayson Perry critiques and offers alternatives to the prevailing characteristics of masculinity.
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
The Design of Everyday Things shows how the inability to use certain products is often the result of bad design, demonstrating how companies can use cognitive psychology to implement better design principles that will solve problems rather than create them.
The Designer's Guide to Writing and Research
Steven Heller
Art director and design author Steven Heller teaches the essential writing skills for designers wishing to create art through language.
The Desire Map
Danielle LaPorte
The Desire Map gives our goal-setting mechanisms a makeover by showing us that we must rely on our own feelings to navigate life, instead of giving in to the pressure from the outside world.
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
American journalist Erik Larson takes a behind-the-scenes look at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the serial killer it attracted.
The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett
Steven Bartlett – CEO, entrepreneur, and host of the award-winning podcast The Diary of a CEO – takes us through his 33 guiding laws and principles to guarantee success in life and teaches us how to achieve our full potential.
The Diary of a Drag Queen
Crystal Rasmussen
British drag queen Crystal Rasmussen shares her personal diary, providing readers with the intimate and authentic experience of both the onstage and offstage life of a drag performer.
The Dictionary People
Sarah Ogilvie
Linguist and lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie charts the fascinating history of how the first Oxford English Dictionary came to be, telling the stories of the extraordinary people who worked tirelessly to produce it.
The Dip
Seth Godin
Between starting and succeeding, there's a time of struggle when we should either pursue excellence or quit strategically - The Dip teaches us how to choose between the two.
The Disordered Cosmos
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
From the pen of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, theoretical cosmologist and Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, comes an extraordinary tale that intertwines theoretical physics, philosophy, history, sociology, feminism, and politics.
The Dissident
Bryan Fogel
In this documentary, Academy Award-winning director Bryan Fogel exposes the tangled web of power and corruption behind the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.