PUSHING THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE
We humans seem to be on a constant quest for a greater understanding of the world. It’s how we improve our lives. Solve problems. Satisfy our curiosity. We push ourselves to root out information from existing sources — and our own experimentation. KNOWLEDGE is dynamic and expanding, driven by people with an insatiable thirst for more. You’re about to explore how far we humans will push the limits of knowledge.
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FEATURED AUTHOR
Jean Auel
This book concludes
the best-selling Earth’s
Children series, following
the prehistoric life of
Ayla, a Cro-Magnon woman.
It explores the idea of Neanderthal’s knowledge as coming from genetic...
Discussion Questions
Available In English & Spanish
FEATURED BOOK
The Land of the
Painted Caves
AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Jean Auel
Auel considers her work speculative history, combining her deeply researched work with a compelling “what if” question. She never lets her storylines conflict with proven facts. But within the gaps of our understanding, she's free to play. In this interview...
Watch in English
w/ Spanish Subtitles
Chef Sean Brock reaches back into the golden age of Southern cuisine to research and revitalize heritage vegetables and livestock. Leaning forward, he experiments with technology and cooking methods, discovering ways to coax flavor to its peak...
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FEATURED VIDEO
Pushing the Limits
of Knowledge
w/ Spanish Subtitles
SEAN
Chef & Entrepreneur
Take a look at the other offerings below, curated for this theme. How do people
push the limits of knowledge in each
book or video?
The joy is in the discovery! Making those connections as you read will enrich your follow-up conversations.
Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy
The Earth has been
destroyed. It had to go — to make way for a hyperspace bypass. In what has become an international multi-media phenomena, this story follows the misadventures of the last surviving man.
Available In English & Spanish
Discussion Questions
The Lost Symbol
Get onboard for a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths. The setting? The hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C. The high-stakes chase takes place under the watchful eye of Dan Brown’s most terrifying villain to date.
Available In English & Spanish
Discussion Questions
Can Home Cooking
Change the World?
When Gastón Acurio started his now world-famous restaurant, Astrid & Gastón, in the 1990s, no one suspected that he would elevate the Peruvian home-cooking he grew up to a whole new level: haute cuisine. Nearly thirty years...
Watch in Spanish w/ English Subtitles
Seven Elements That
Changed the World
What do silver and silicon have in common? They’re two of the minerals that have changed the course of human history. And there are five others, all vividly portrayed in this personal story from a fellow of the Royal Society.
Available In English & Spanish
Discussion Questions
American Gods
Shadow’s wife is killed in a mysterious car crash. A few days later, Shadow is released from prison. Flying home to an unsure future, he meets someone who will take him on an adventure he could never have imagined
for himself.
Available In English & Spanish
Discussion Questions
1491: New Revelations
of the Americas
Before Columbus
Available In English & Spanish
At the time Columbus hit the shores of the Americas, the lifestyles of the indigenous people were not as you might know it. In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology..
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The Naked Consumer:
How Our Private Lives Become Public
Commodities
After receiving a sudden surge of junk mail directed at new parents — even though his wife at the time was merely pregnant — Erik Larson, the National
Bestselling author, set out to explore the lengths to which..
Available In English & Spanish
Wired
This suspenseful story takes you deep into the world of genetic engineering. And rivets you there. It turns out that tampering with the wiring of the human mind can be risky business.
One with deadly ramifications.
Kira Miller is a brilliant genetic engineer who...
Available In English & Spanish
Discussion Questions
Cat’s Cradle
Available In English & Spanish
The atomic bomb. And an even more dangerous invention. These core ingredients don’t sound like the foundation for a highly entertaining, humorous book. And yet — Vonnegut preys upon your most primal fears while somehow getting you laughing, feeling hopeful, and reflecting..
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