Best Sellers
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- Written by: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 750
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 652
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 650
Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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3 out of 5 stars
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LeVar is like listening to a breathy James T. Kirk
- By Robert on 2018-04-04
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals
- A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
- Written by: Steve Brusatte
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story5 out of 5 stars 31
We humans are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Follow Up That Stands On It’s Own
- By Sebastian on 2022-07-12
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Material World
- The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
- Written by: Ed Conway
- Narrated by: Ed Conway
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Ed Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent in linking raw materials w/daily lives
- By Billy on 2024-01-01
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The Outlaw Ocean
- Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
- Written by: Ian Urbina
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Ian Urbina
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well written, extremely important book
- By Paulina Zelitsky on 2020-09-10
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The Year Without Summer
- 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
- Written by: William K. Klingaman, Nicholas P. Klingaman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
1816 was a remarkable year - mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall....
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How the Earth Works
- Written by: Michael E. Wysession, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael E. Wysession
- Length: 24 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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very informative
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-04-19
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- Written by: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 750
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 652
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 650
Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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3 out of 5 stars
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LeVar is like listening to a breathy James T. Kirk
- By Robert on 2018-04-04
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals
- A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
- Written by: Steve Brusatte
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story5 out of 5 stars 31
We humans are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Follow Up That Stands On It’s Own
- By Sebastian on 2022-07-12
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Material World
- The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
- Written by: Ed Conway
- Narrated by: Ed Conway
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Ed Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent in linking raw materials w/daily lives
- By Billy on 2024-01-01
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The Outlaw Ocean
- Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
- Written by: Ian Urbina
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Ian Urbina
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well written, extremely important book
- By Paulina Zelitsky on 2020-09-10
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The Year Without Summer
- 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
- Written by: William K. Klingaman, Nicholas P. Klingaman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
1816 was a remarkable year - mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall....
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How the Earth Works
- Written by: Michael E. Wysession, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael E. Wysession
- Length: 24 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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very informative
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-04-19
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The Invention of Prehistory
- Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
- Written by: Stefanos Geroulanos
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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In this coruscating work, acclaimed historian Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims about the earliest humans not only shaped Western intellectual culture, but gave rise to our modern world.
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Salt
- A World History
- Written by: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
So much of our human body is made up of salt that we'd be dead without it...
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very salty history
- By Ron Smallwood on 2021-02-11
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18 Miles
- The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
- Written by: Christopher Dewdney
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
18 Miles is a kaleidoscopic and fact-filled journey that uncovers our obsession with the atmosphere and weather - as both evocative metaphor and physical reality. Chris Dewdney entertains as he gives listeners a long overdue look at the very air we breathe....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By Wm. G. O'Farrell on 2019-10-19
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Oceans of Kansas
- A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea
- Written by: Michael J. Everhart
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of Oceans of Kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America during the Age of Dinosaurs....
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Climategate
- A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam
- Written by: Brian Sussman
- Narrated by: Brian McKiernan
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Notorious intercepted emails documenting scientists conspiring to squelch global-warming skeptics and falsifying data proved exactly what Brian Sussman has been saying for years....
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- A New History of a Lost World
- Written by: Steve Brusatte
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
The dinosaurs. 66 million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome and spectacular creatures vanished. Today their extraordinary true story remains one of our planet's great mysteries. In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not bad
- By Mark on 2018-06-23
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Evolution
- What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters: Adapted for Audio
- Written by: Donald R. Prothero
- Narrated by: John Bishop
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Over the past 20 years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries....
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Deep
- Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
- Written by: James Nestor
- Narrated by: James Nestor
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 242
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 209
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Story5 out of 5 stars 208
Deep is a voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Educational
- By Kim on 2020-04-05
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Unsettled
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- Written by: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story5 out of 5 stars 76
When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Climate science unsettled? Yes and very much so.
- By Norman Klippenstein on 2021-05-22
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Isaac's Storm
- A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
- Written by: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Richard Davidson
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
At the dawn of the 20th century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best
- By Tim Mabey on 2023-01-15
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The Travels of Marco Polo
- Written by: Marco Polo
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo Read by Walter Covell. Take a fascinating journey through strange and exotic countries...
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5 out of 5 stars
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good content
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-03-08
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Neanderthal Man
- In Search of Lost Genomes
- Written by: Svante Pääbo
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A riveting story about a visionary researcher and the nature of scientific inquiry, Neanderthal Man offers rich insight into the fundamental question of who we are....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spell-binding; a great popularization of science
- By Nick Overduin on 2021-12-25
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Jewels
- A Secret History
- Written by: Victoria Finlay
- Narrated by: Victoria Finlay
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most....
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The Invention of Nature
- Alexander von Humboldt's New World
- Written by: Andrea Wulf
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story5 out of 5 stars 36
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story
- By Thomas M on 2023-03-31
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Storms of My Grandchildren
- The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe
- Written by: James Hansen
- Narrated by: John Allen Nelson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
In Storms of My Grandchildren, James Hansen - the nation's leading scientist on climate issues - speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming....
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The Blue Machine
- How the Ocean Works
- Written by: Helen Czerski
- Narrated by: Helen Czerski
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski explores the “ocean engine”—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters....
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The Weather Detective
- Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs
- Written by: Peter Wohlleben
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
In this first-ever English translation of The Weather Detective, Peter Wohlleben uses his long experience and deep love of nature to help decipher the weather and our local environments....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative on the surface...
- By soberlin on 2019-08-29
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No Miracles Needed
- How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air
- Written by: Mark Z. Jacobson
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Find out what you can do to improve the health, climate, and economic state of our planet. Together, we can solve the climate crisis, eliminate air pollution, and safely secure energy supplies for everyone....
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Salmon
- A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
- Written by: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Mark Kurlansky
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky employs his signature multi-century storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle of salmon....
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4 out of 5 stars
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good read
- By Anonymous User on 2022-09-12
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Wild New World
- The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
- Written by: Dan Flores
- Narrated by: Clark Cornell
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
Distinguished scholar Dan Flores's ambitious history chronicles the epoch in which humans and animals have coexisted in the "wild new world" of North America—a place shaped both by its own grand evolutionary forces and by momentous arrivals from Asia, Africa, and Europe....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Annoying Accents
- By Rob Larmer on 2023-10-29
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The Spinning Magnet
- The Electromagnetic Force that Created the Modern World - and Could Destroy It
- Written by: Alanna Mitchell
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
An engrossing history of the science of one of the four fundamental physical forces in the universe, electromagnetism, right up to the latest indications that the poles are soon to reverse....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth a credit!!
- By clevrgrl on 2018-06-01
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Krakatoa
- The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883
- Written by: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa - the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster - was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A compelling story, well narrated
- By G A Strong on 2023-02-25
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Don't Know Much About Geography: Revised and Updated Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About the World But Never Learned, Revised and Updated
- Written by: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrated by: Kenneth C. Davis, Joe Ochman, Mark Bramhall, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our world.
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The Three Ages of Water
- Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
- Written by: Peter Gleick
- Narrated by: Jonathan Beville
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Three Ages of Water, Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our relationship to this precious resource....