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Bestsellers
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- By: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- By Amazon Customer on 04-19-24
By: David E. Sanger, and others
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How the World Really Works
- The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish....
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Let me save you a credit: progress is hard
- By Dalton on 06-06-22
By: Vaclav Smil
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- By: Andy Greenberg
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen....
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Thru the eyes of the Sandworm's hunters and prey
- By ndru1 on 11-12-19
By: Andy Greenberg
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A City on Mars
- Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
- By: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp....
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Excellent Book, As the Weinersmiths Are Known to Do!
- By R. Carr on 02-03-24
By: Kelly Weinersmith, and others
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Genesis
- Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
- By: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie
- Narrated by: Niall Ferguson, Byron Wagner
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dramatically empowered people in all walks of life, from artists to business executives to policymakers. But as the technology becomes more powerful and more ubiquitous, it is giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity.
By: Henry A. Kissinger, and others
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Recoding America
- Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
- By: Jennifer Pahlka
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pahlka
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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A bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to—from President Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America....
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Very good, minimally partisan.
- By Samuel Mebane on 11-25-23
By: Jennifer Pahlka
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- By: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- By Amazon Customer on 04-19-24
By: David E. Sanger, and others
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How the World Really Works
- The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish....
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Let me save you a credit: progress is hard
- By Dalton on 06-06-22
By: Vaclav Smil
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- By: Andy Greenberg
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen....
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Thru the eyes of the Sandworm's hunters and prey
- By ndru1 on 11-12-19
By: Andy Greenberg
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A City on Mars
- Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
- By: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp....
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Excellent Book, As the Weinersmiths Are Known to Do!
- By R. Carr on 02-03-24
By: Kelly Weinersmith, and others
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Genesis
- Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
- By: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie
- Narrated by: Niall Ferguson, Byron Wagner
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dramatically empowered people in all walks of life, from artists to business executives to policymakers. But as the technology becomes more powerful and more ubiquitous, it is giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity.
By: Henry A. Kissinger, and others
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Recoding America
- Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
- By: Jennifer Pahlka
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pahlka
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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A bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to—from President Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America....
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Very good, minimally partisan.
- By Samuel Mebane on 11-25-23
By: Jennifer Pahlka
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Unsettled
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- By: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Excellent science based
- By Russ on 05-08-21
By: Steven E. Koonin
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The Tech Coup
- How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
- By: Marietje Schaake
- Narrated by: Lorna Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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In The Tech Coup, Marietje Schaake explains how technology companies crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments.
By: Marietje Schaake
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Accessory to War
- The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
- By: Avis Lang, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Courtney B. Vance, Neil deGrasse Tyson - introduction
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
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In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war....
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Inspiring, educational, patriotic.
- By Kevin on 09-17-18
By: Avis Lang, and others
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing
- The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
- By: Scott J. Shapiro
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to understand it....
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I can't seem to like this book...
- By Ken Vanden branden on 07-23-23
By: Scott J. Shapiro
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The Fifth Domain
- Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
- By: Richard A. Clarke, Robert K. Knake
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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An urgent new warning from two best-selling security experts - and a gripping inside look at how governments, firms, and ordinary citizens can confront and contain the tyrants, hackers, and criminals bent on turning the digital realm into a war zone....
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The Author Lacks Critical Thinking
- By Thomas Rose on 08-08-20
By: Richard A. Clarke, and others
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The Technological Republic
- Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
- By: Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska
- Length: 11 hrs
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From one of tech’s boldest thinkers and his longtime deputy and advisor, a sweeping indictment of Silicon Valley, showing how the West has slid into a culture of complacency, even as we enter a new era of mounting global threats.
By: Alexander C. Karp, and others
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Physics for Future Presidents
- The Science Behind the Headlines
- By: Richard A. Muller
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hyper-technical times....
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must read for all open minded people
- By John Burrus on 06-23-11
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Space Chronicles
- Facing the Ultimate Frontier
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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With his signature wit and thought-provoking insights, Neil deGrasse Tyson - one of our foremost thinkers on all things space - illuminates the past, present, and future of space exploration....
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The least helpful review of Space Chronicles.
- By Joshua Kring on 06-17-15
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Unsettled, Updated and Expanded Edition
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- By: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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In this updated and expanded edition of climate scientist Steven Koonin’s groundbreaking book, go behind the headlines to discover the latest eye-opening data about climate change—with unbiased facts and realistic steps for the future.
By: Steven E. Koonin
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Pill City
- How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire
- By: Kevin Deutsch
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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April 28, 2015, West Baltimore, Maryland: ground zero in America's Opiate Wars....
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Race baiting bullshit.
- By Nick on 02-16-17
By: Kevin Deutsch
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AI Needs You
- How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
- By: Verity Harding
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Daisy Donovan shares an electrifying vision of how we can safeguard AI’s future for the public good.
By: Verity Harding
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Why AI Undermines Democracy and What to Do About It
- By: Mark Coeckelbergh
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Across the world, AI is used as a tool for political manipulation and totalitarian repression. Stories about AI are often stories of polarization, discrimination, surveillance, and oppression. Is democracy in danger? And can we do anything about it?
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Pandora's Gamble
- Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk
- By: Alison Young
- Narrated by: Pamela Almand
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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Investigative journalist Alison Young goes deep into the troubling history—and enormous risks—of leaks and accidents at scientific labs....
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This book again shows the critical role of investigative journalists
- By Anonymous User on 05-24-23
By: Alison Young
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Climate Uncertainty and Risk
- Rethinking Our Response
- By: Judith Curry
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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World leaders have made a forceful statement that climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity in the twenty-first century. However, little progress has been made in implementing policies to address climate change.
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Fantastically balanced and optimistic.
- By aaron on 04-02-24
By: Judith Curry
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The Technology Trap
- Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
- By: Carl Benedikt Frey
- Narrated by: Richard Lyddon
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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The Technology Trap reveals how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation....
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Very good
- By Brad on 07-04-19
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Pharmanomics
- How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health
- By: Nick Dearden
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Iinvestigative journalist Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic consequences....
By: Nick Dearden
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The Handover
- How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
- By: David Runciman
- Narrated by: David Runciman
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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An eminent political thinker uses our history with states and corporations—"artificial agents" to which we have granted immense power—to predict how AI will remake society....
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States and corporations as AIs, before AI
- By W. P. Gardner on 11-21-23
By: David Runciman
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Antisocial Media
- How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
- By: Siva Vaidhyanathan
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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In Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may make personal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging....
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a modest look at what Facebook can repair
- By Elkobri on 01-19-21
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The Seventh Sense
- Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks
- By: Joshua Cooper Ramo
- Narrated by: Joshua Cooper Ramo
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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The digital age we live in is as transformative as the Industrial Revolution, and Joshua Cooper Ramo explains how to survive....
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Ridiculously Relevant
- By Abhinav on 05-21-16
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The Power Brokers
- The Struggle to Shape and Control the Electric Power Industry
- By: Jeremiah D. Lambert
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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For more than a century, the interplay between private, investor-owned electric utilities and government regulators has shaped the electric power industry in the United States....
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Excellent Evolutionary Discourse on US Utilities
- By Bala on 10-31-21
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Tyranny, Inc.
- How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do About It
- By: Sohrab Ahmari
- Narrated by: Sohrab Ahmari
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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Provocative, original, and cutting across partisan lines, Tyranny, Inc. tells the inside story of how our political class enabled an era of unaccountable corporate might that left ordinary Americans isolated and powerless—and how we can fight back....
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Doesn't address the whole picture
- By Penelope M on 09-18-23
By: Sohrab Ahmari
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Lessons from the Covid War
- An Investigative Report
- By: COVID Crisis Group
- Narrated by: Derek Shetterly
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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This powerful report on what went wrong—and right—with America’s COVID response, from a team of 34 experts, shows how Americans faced the worst peacetime catastrophe of modern times....
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Great, but more is needed...
- By Michael on 06-28-23
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The Car
- The Rise and Fall of the Machine That Made the Modern World
- By: Bryan Appleyard
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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This book celebrates the immense drama and beauty of the car. As the age of the car as we know it comes to an end, Bryan Appleyard's brilliantly insightful book tells the story of the rise and fall of the incredible machine that made the modern world what it is today....
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Enaging
- By andrew bengtson on 08-22-23
By: Bryan Appleyard
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The Next Pandemic
- On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
- By: Ali Khan, William Patrick
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases - and the panic and corruption that make them worse....
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Many Outstanding Stories about Many Scary Microbes
- By aaron on 01-24-17
By: Ali Khan, and others