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Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- Written by: Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford - contributor
- Narrated by: Peter Attia MD
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
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A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert....
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A Must Read!
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-05-10
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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- Written by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....
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Fabulous wise, informative, inspiring, beautifully written book!
- By Carolinebp on 2019-10-01
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Scary Smart
- The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
- Written by: Mo Gawdat
- Narrated by: Mo Gawdat
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Scary Smart is an insider look at the future not only of technology and AI, but of our species, together with an accessible blueprint for what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love and the planet itself....
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A must read/listen as we speed into our future.
- By MonikaN on 2023-05-31
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Breath
- The New Science of a Lost Art
- Written by: James Nestor
- Narrated by: James Nestor
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: Take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it....
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Interesting fluff, useful information.
- By zach on 2020-08-09
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The Real Anthony Fauci
- Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
- Written by: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Narrated by: Bruce Wagner
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
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The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19....
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An eye opening look into the corruption of the scientific community
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-01-12
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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One hundred thousand years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the Earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo Sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? Listen to find out more....
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I've learned so much from this book!
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-09-17
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Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- Written by: Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford - contributor
- Narrated by: Peter Attia MD
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert....
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A Must Read!
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-05-10
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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- Written by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....
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Fabulous wise, informative, inspiring, beautifully written book!
- By Carolinebp on 2019-10-01
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Scary Smart
- The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
- Written by: Mo Gawdat
- Narrated by: Mo Gawdat
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Scary Smart is an insider look at the future not only of technology and AI, but of our species, together with an accessible blueprint for what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love and the planet itself....
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A must read/listen as we speed into our future.
- By MonikaN on 2023-05-31
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Breath
- The New Science of a Lost Art
- Written by: James Nestor
- Narrated by: James Nestor
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: Take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it....
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Interesting fluff, useful information.
- By zach on 2020-08-09
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The Real Anthony Fauci
- Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
- Written by: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Narrated by: Bruce Wagner
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19....
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An eye opening look into the corruption of the scientific community
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-01-12
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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One hundred thousand years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the Earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo Sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? Listen to find out more....
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I've learned so much from this book!
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-09-17
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Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- Written by: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Professor Matthew Walker reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better....
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Would be better as a physical book
- By NePatsGirl on 2019-02-06
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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Abridged
- By Robin on 2017-11-29
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- Written by: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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So painfully blah!
- By Myself on 2019-03-13
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- Written by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these questions than astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson....
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make the world smart again.
- By a2thak on 2017-10-19
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The Hidden Life of Trees
- What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World
- Written by: Peter Wohlleben
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? Research is now suggesting trees are capable of much more than we have ever known....
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Totally delightful!
- By eve on 2018-02-12
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- Written by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential....
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I listened to this audiobook on 1.4 X speed
- By JMS on 2021-09-09
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Fire Weather
- The Making of a Beast
- Written by: John Vaillant
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Golden Spruce and The Tiger comes a stunning account of a colossal wildfire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind....
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Excellent and timely
- By Blayne Beacham on 2023-06-06
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....
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Amazing!
- By Spinningwheelgirl on 2021-04-30
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Homo Deus
- A Brief History of Tomorrow
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
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From the author of the international best seller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind comes an extraordinary new book that explores the future of the human species....
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Accept minor defects and enjoy this book
- By Reza on 2017-12-10
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The Golden Spruce
- A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed
- Written by: John Vaillant
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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On a winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence in the mythic Queen Charlotte Islands. His victim was legendary: a unique 300-year-old Sitka spruce tree, 50 metres tall and covered with luminous golden needles....
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Great audiobook
- By Adrienne L Bennest on 2023-02-07
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Life in the City of Dirty Water
- A Memoir of Healing
- Written by: Clayton Thomas-Muller
- Narrated by: Clayton Thomas-Muller
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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There have been many Clayton Thomas-Mullers: The child who played with toy planes as an escape from domestic and sexual abuse, enduring the intergenerational trauma of Canada's residential school system....
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Incredible and Moving: a Must Read!
- By Anonymous User on 2023-05-10
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Solve for Happy
- Engineer Your Path to Joy
- Written by: Mo Gawdat
- Narrated by: Mo Gawdat
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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In 2001 Mo Gawdat realized that despite his incredible success, he was desperately unhappy....
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misleading
- By Harley on 2019-02-15
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Sapiens. Une brève histoire de l'humanité
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Philippe Sollier
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
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Le cadeau idéal pour toute la famille, pour comprendre d'où nous venons, qui nous sommes et vers où va le monde...
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un livre totalement renversant. j'ai adoré !!!!
- By Anonymous User on 2018-10-10
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Finding the Mother Tree
- Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
- Written by: Suzanne Simard
- Narrated by: Suzanne Simard
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery....
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Couldn't put it down...
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-11-28
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The Grieving Brain
- The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
- Written by: Mary-Frances O'Connor
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Based on O’Connor’s own trailblazing neuroimaging work, research in the field, and her real-life stories, The Grieving Brain combines storytelling, accessible science, and practical knowledge that will help us better understand what happens when we grieve and how to navigate loss with more ease....
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- Written by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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A mind-bending journey into the hidden universe of fungi, “one of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you” (Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk)....
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Very cool
- By Zac on 2020-12-13
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Lifespan
- Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To
- Written by: David A. Sinclair PhD, Matthew D. LaPlante
- Narrated by: David A. Sinclair PhD
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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This paradigm-shifting audiobook shows how almost everything we think we know about aging is wrong, offers a front-row seat to the amazing global effort to slow, stop, and reverse aging, and calls listeners to consider a future where aging can be treated....
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Starts good
- By Adam Dee on 2019-10-17
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Starry Messenger
- Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
- Written by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time—war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race—in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all....
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Super!
- By francois dugas on 2023-01-17
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- Written by: Ashlee Vance
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs....
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Hey Elon, you hiring?
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-05-05
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An Immense World
- How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
- Written by: Ed Yong
- Narrated by: Ed Yong
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world....
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Best intro comparitive neuroscience book
- By Lloyd on 2023-04-22
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The Demon-Haunted World
- Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Written by: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Seth MacFarlane
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Find out....
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sobering, humorous and instructive
- By F Clarke on 2020-04-29
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Brain Energy
- A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More
- Written by: Christopher M. Palmer MD
- Narrated by: Christopher M. Palmer MD
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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This is the book that will forever change the way we understand and treat mental health. If you or someone you love is affected by mental illness, it might change your life....
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Simply amazing
- By Lesley on 2023-05-19
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American Buffalo
- In Search of a Lost Icon
- Written by: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Both a captivating narrative and a book of environmental and historical significance, American Buffalo tells us as much about ourselves as Americans as it does about the creature who perhaps best of all embodies the American ethos....
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Amazing Narration
- By Liam McNabb on 2020-01-16
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The Edge of Knowledge
- Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos
- Written by: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Narrated by: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Lawrence Krauss explores the greatest unanswered questions at the forefront of science today, and likely for the coming century and beyond....
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The Bridleway
- How Horses Shaped the British Landscape
- Written by: Tiffany Francis-Baker
- Narrated by: Olivia Mace
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Most of us have enjoyed walking on a bridleway at some time, but we rarely stop to think about how these old routes came to be. These ancient networks criss-cross the British countryside and are so familiar to walkers and riders that they have become almost invisible as we meander our way along them. From atop a horse and on foot, Tiffany Francis-Baker provides listeners with a new perspective on bridleways and a glimpse into their intriguing history.
Written by: Tiffany Francis-Baker
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Message in a Bottle
- Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist
- Written by: Holly Hogan
- Narrated by: Holly Hogan
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a Bottle conjures an exquisite diversity of marine life and warns of a central threat to its survival: ocean plastic.
Written by: Holly Hogan
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Dogs Demystified
- An A-Z Guide to All Things Canine
- Written by: Marc Bekoff, Jane Godall - foreword
- Narrated by: Brian Wiggins
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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No one is better than Dr. Marc Bekoff at turning state-of-the-art animal science into practical, digestible information. His subjects include dog care, dog cognition and emotions, and dog-human relationships, and though he has impressive scientific credentials and much technical expertise, this is the accessible book that every dog lover should have.
Written by: Marc Bekoff, and others
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George
- A Magpie Memoir
- Written by: Frieda Hughes
- Narrated by: Frieda Hughes
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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When Frieda Hughes moved to the depths of the Welsh countryside, she was expecting to take on a few projects: planting a garden, painting, writing her poetry column for The Times (London), and possibly even breathing new life into her ailing marriage. But instead, she found herself rescuing a baby magpie, the sole survivor of a nest destroyed in a storm—and embarking on an obsession that would change the course of her life.
Written by: Frieda Hughes
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The Panda's Thumb
- More Reflections in Natural History
- Written by: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould.
Written by: Stephen Jay Gould
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Comet Madness
- How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization
- Written by: Richard J. Goodrich
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 10 hrs
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Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions, proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood. Despite this scientific advance, when Halley's Comet returned in 1910, newspapers gleefully provoked a global hysteria that unfolded with tragic consequences. Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception.
Written by: Richard J. Goodrich
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The Bridleway
- How Horses Shaped the British Landscape
- Written by: Tiffany Francis-Baker
- Narrated by: Olivia Mace
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Most of us have enjoyed walking on a bridleway at some time, but we rarely stop to think about how these old routes came to be. These ancient networks criss-cross the British countryside and are so familiar to walkers and riders that they have become almost invisible as we meander our way along them. From atop a horse and on foot, Tiffany Francis-Baker provides listeners with a new perspective on bridleways and a glimpse into their intriguing history.
Written by: Tiffany Francis-Baker
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Message in a Bottle
- Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist
- Written by: Holly Hogan
- Narrated by: Holly Hogan
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a Bottle conjures an exquisite diversity of marine life and warns of a central threat to its survival: ocean plastic.
Written by: Holly Hogan
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Dogs Demystified
- An A-Z Guide to All Things Canine
- Written by: Marc Bekoff, Jane Godall - foreword
- Narrated by: Brian Wiggins
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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No one is better than Dr. Marc Bekoff at turning state-of-the-art animal science into practical, digestible information. His subjects include dog care, dog cognition and emotions, and dog-human relationships, and though he has impressive scientific credentials and much technical expertise, this is the accessible book that every dog lover should have.
Written by: Marc Bekoff, and others
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George
- A Magpie Memoir
- Written by: Frieda Hughes
- Narrated by: Frieda Hughes
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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When Frieda Hughes moved to the depths of the Welsh countryside, she was expecting to take on a few projects: planting a garden, painting, writing her poetry column for The Times (London), and possibly even breathing new life into her ailing marriage. But instead, she found herself rescuing a baby magpie, the sole survivor of a nest destroyed in a storm—and embarking on an obsession that would change the course of her life.
Written by: Frieda Hughes
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The Panda's Thumb
- More Reflections in Natural History
- Written by: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould.
Written by: Stephen Jay Gould
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Comet Madness
- How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization
- Written by: Richard J. Goodrich
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 10 hrs
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Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions, proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood. Despite this scientific advance, when Halley's Comet returned in 1910, newspapers gleefully provoked a global hysteria that unfolded with tragic consequences. Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception.
Written by: Richard J. Goodrich
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The Ghost Forest
- Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods
- Written by: Greg King
- Narrated by: Galen Osier
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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In this gripping historical memoir, journalist and famed redwood activist Greg King examines how investors and a growing U.S. economy drove the timber industry to cut down all but 4 percent of the original two-million-acre redwood ecosystem. King first examined redwood logging in the 1980s—as an award-winning reporter. What he found in the woods convinced him to leap the line of neutrality and become an activist dedicated to saving the very last ancient redwood groves remaining in private hands.
Written by: Greg King
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Starstruck
- A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark
- Written by: Sarafine El-Badry Nance
- Narrated by: Sarafina El-Badry Nance
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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As a child, Sarafina El-Badry Nance spent nearly every evening with her father gazing up at the flickering stars and pondering what secrets the night sky held. The daughter of an American father and Egyptian mother who both pushed her toward academic excellence, Sarafina dreamed of becoming an astronomer and untangling the mysteries of the stars overhead. But it wasn’t long before she was told, both explicitly and implicitly, that girls just weren’t cut out for math and science.
Written by: Sarafine El-Badry Nance
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The Sacred Depths of Nature (2nd Edition)
- How Life Has Emerged and Evolved
- Written by: Ursula Goodenough
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age—the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity—point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The Sacred Depths of Nature, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientific world view need not be a source of despair. Indeed, it can be a wellspring of solace and hope. This volume reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity.
Written by: Ursula Goodenough
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The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting
- How to Buy, Sell, Live with and Love a Collectible Car
- Written by: Robert C. Yeager, McKeel Hagerty - introduction
- Narrated by: Brian McGovern
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Satisfy your dream collector-car desires with this one-stop reference for starting or expanding your collection beyond traditional classics and muscle cars. Focusing on the interests and needs of Generation X and Millennial car collectors, The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting offers a concise history of car collecting to present day, guidance on car buying and living the car-collector life, and an overview of collector cars with a focus on cars built from the 1970s through the 1990s while also touching on more contemporary cars.
Written by: Robert C. Yeager, and others
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Nursery Earth
- The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World
- Written by: Dr Danna Staaf, Richard Strathmann - foreword
- Narrated by: Norma Butikofer
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Nursery Earth shines a spotlight on the world’s baby animals, asking us to turn back the clock on our favourite creatures and explore how they develop on a level never before seen! Biologist Danna Staaf takes us on a quest seeking out the most fascinating (and sometimes most bizarre) babies, including the elusive newborn Humboldt squid in the Gulf of California, the unusual yet adorable juvenile echidna 'puggle,' the baby moth that looks and acts like a venomous snake and the bug with the grandest entrance in the animal kingdom – the periodical cicada.
Written by: Dr Danna Staaf, and others
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Ice
- From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—a Cool History of a Hot Commodity
- Written by: Amy Brady
- Narrated by: Jennifer Aquino
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Ice is everywhere: in gas stations, in restaurants, in hospitals, in our homes. Americans think nothing of dropping a few ice cubes into tall glasses of tea to ward off the heat of a hot summer day. Most refrigerators owned by Americans feature automatic ice machines. Ice on-demand has so revolutionized modern life that it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always this way—and to overlook what aspects of society might just melt away as the planet warms. In Ice, journalist and historian Amy Brady shares the strange and storied two-hundred-year-old history of ice in America
Written by: Amy Brady
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Don't Even Think About It
- Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
- Written by: George Marshall
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Most of us recognize that climate change is real yet we do nothing to stop it. What is the psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George Marshall’s search for the answers brings him face to face with Nobel Prize-winning psychologists and Texas Tea Party activists; the world’s leading climate scientists and those who denounce them; liberal environmentalists and conservative evangelicals. What he discovers is that our values, assumptions, and prejudices can take on lives of their own, gaining authority as they are shared.
Written by: George Marshall
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The Velociraptor
- The History of the Popular but Misunderstood Dinosaur Genus
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The early history of Earth covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries and even millennia become virtually meaningless. The first four billion years of its development are known as the Precambrian period. For the first billion years or so, there was no life in Earth. Then the first single-celled life-forms, early bacteria and algae, began to emerge. We don’t know where they came from or even if they originated on this planet at all.
Written by: Charles River Editors
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Merchants of Doubt
- How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
- Written by: Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, Al Gore - foreword
- Narrated by: Liza Seneca
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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Merchants of Doubt has been praised—and attacked—around the world, for reasons easy to understand. This book tells, with “brutal clarity” (Huffington Post), the disquieting story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.
Written by: Naomi Oreskes, and others
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Modern-Day Mammoths
- Did Mammoths and Mastodons Survive into Recent Times?
- Written by: Denver Michaels
- Narrated by: Uncle Perry
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Do indigenous legends hint at the recent existence of mammoths and mastodons?Join author Denver Michaels as he delves into folklore and eyewitness accounts to learn the truth about these extinction escapees.
Written by: Denver Michaels
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How to Read a Tree
- Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves
- Written by: Tristan Gooley
- Narrated by: Tristan Gooley
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Tristan Gooley helps listeners reconnect with nature by finding direction and searching for hidden clues in stars, clouds, water and more. Now, he turns his attention to perhaps nature’s most beloved feature – the stately, majestic tree. Every single tree tells us an epic story – if we know how to read it! Here you’ll discover hundreds of astonishing secrets hiding in plain sight among the living network of branches, trunks, roots, bark, leaves, buds, flowers, stumps and more.
Written by: Tristan Gooley
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Allergic
- Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
- Written by: Theresa MacPhail
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have an allergy or you know someone who does. Billions of people worldwide—an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the global population—have some form of allergy. Even more concerning, over the last decade the number of people diagnosed with an allergy has been steadily increasing, placing an ever-growing medical burden on individuals, families, communities, and healthcare systems. Medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail, herself an allergy sufferer whose father died of a bee sting, set out to understand why.
Written by: Theresa MacPhail
Trending in the Plus Catalogue: Science & Engineering
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Quantum
- Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality
- Written by: Manjit Kumar
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you aren’t shocked by quantum theory, you don’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution.
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Good introduction for non-physicists
- By Canuck2016 on 2019-08-20
Written by: Manjit Kumar
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The Higgs Boson and Beyond
- Written by: Sean Carroll, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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In this 12-lecture masterpiece of scientific reporting, you'll learn everything you need to know to fully grasp the significance of this discovery, including the basics of quantum mechanics; the four forces that comprise the Standard Model of particle physics; how these forces are transmitted by fields and particles; and the importance of symmetry in physics.
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One of the greatest
- By josh brolin on 2020-11-27
Written by: Sean Carroll, and others
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What If?
- Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- Written by: Randall Munroe
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent of the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there were a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last?
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For those curious minds
- By Macfarlanee on 2018-09-18
Written by: Randall Munroe
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Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations
- Written by: Brian M. Fagan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Brian M. Fagan
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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Where do we come from? How did our ancestors settle this planet? How did the great historic civilizations of the world develop? How does a past so shadowy that it has to be painstakingly reconstructed from fragmentary, largely unwritten records nonetheless make us who and what we are?
These 36 lectures bring you the answers that the latest scientific and archaeological research and theorizing suggest about human origins, how populations developed, and the ways in which civilizations spread throughout the globe.
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over rated
- By Anonymous User on 2019-12-16
Written by: Brian M. Fagan, and others