Bestsellers
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The Light Eaters
- How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
- By: Zoë Schlanger
- Narrated by: Zoë Schlanger
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning Atlantic staff writer Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom....
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Entertaining perhaps but not science.
- By Jerry Miller on 07-31-24
By: Zoë Schlanger
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Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- By: Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford - contributor
- Narrated by: Peter Attia MD
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health....
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Too Much Filler
- By J. Badaracco on 04-09-23
By: Peter Attia MD, and others
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking narrative that explores the ways in which biology and history have shaped our understanding of what it means to be “human”.
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Should be required reading
- By Blue Zion on 12-22-18
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Breath
- The New Science of a Lost Art
- 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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Does NOT coincide with Book text
- By FamAzz on 07-13-20
By: James Nestor
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- By: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Interesting but feels incomplete
- By Chris on 09-02-21
By: Dr. Anna Lembke
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Eve
- How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
- By: Cat Bohannon
- Narrated by: Cat Bohannon
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting, and groundbreaking, Eve is a landmark book, offering a true paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters....
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Stronger on reproductive bio, flimsy on sexuality
- By Elenita on 12-20-23
By: Cat Bohannon
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The Light Eaters
- How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
- By: Zoë Schlanger
- Narrated by: Zoë Schlanger
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning Atlantic staff writer Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom....
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Entertaining perhaps but not science.
- By Jerry Miller on 07-31-24
By: Zoë Schlanger
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Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- By: Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford - contributor
- Narrated by: Peter Attia MD
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health....
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Too Much Filler
- By J. Badaracco on 04-09-23
By: Peter Attia MD, and others
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking narrative that explores the ways in which biology and history have shaped our understanding of what it means to be “human”.
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Should be required reading
- By Blue Zion on 12-22-18
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Breath
- The New Science of a Lost Art
- 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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Does NOT coincide with Book text
- By FamAzz on 07-13-20
By: James Nestor
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- By: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Interesting but feels incomplete
- By Chris on 09-02-21
By: Dr. Anna Lembke
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Eve
- How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
- By: Cat Bohannon
- Narrated by: Cat Bohannon
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting, and groundbreaking, Eve is a landmark book, offering a true paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters....
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Stronger on reproductive bio, flimsy on sexuality
- By Elenita on 12-20-23
By: Cat Bohannon
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Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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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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I recommend this to EVERYONE
- By meggiemine on 12-11-17
By: Matthew Walker
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Hope for Cynics
- The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
- By: Jamil Zaki
- Narrated by: Jamil Zaki
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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For thousands of years, people have argued about whether humanity is selfish or generous, cruel or kind. But recently, our answers have changed. In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, only a third did.
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Persuasive, faithful to the science, and hopeful.
- By Rob Chavez on 09-13-24
By: Jamil Zaki
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The Real Anthony Fauci
- Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
- 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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Could be shorter
- By Evan Snow on 01-03-22
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The Confident Mind
- A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
- By: Dr. Nate Zinsser
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Dr. Nate Zinsser has spent his career training the minds of the U.S. Military Academy’s cadets as they prepare to lead and perform when the stakes are the very highest—on the battlefield....
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Redundant and uninsightful
- By Chris Rogers on 06-06-23
By: Dr. Nate Zinsser
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Compelling pre-history and emergent history
- By Doug on 08-25-11
By: Jared Diamond
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The Singularity Is Nearer
- When We Merge with AI
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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The noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come....
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victory lap
- By Anonymous User on 06-30-24
By: Ray Kurzweil
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How the Mind Works
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 26 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In this delightful, acclaimed bestseller, one of the world’s leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind....
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Excellent, but a difficult listen.
- By David Roseberry on 12-11-11
By: Steven Pinker
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Homo Deus
- A Brief History of Tomorrow
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Yuval Noah Harari returns with an original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future and our quest to upgrade humans into gods....
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Fun But With A Couple O' Caveats--
- By Gillian on 02-22-17
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Mind Magic
- The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything
- By: James R. Doty MD
- Narrated by: James R. Doty MD
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty explores the neuroscience behind manifestation, with a six-part plan for realizing your dreams....
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Good content. Terrible narration.
- By Narine Harrylall on 05-14-24
By: James R. Doty MD
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Rewire Your Anxious Brain
- How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
- By: Catherine M. Pittman PhD, Elizabeth M. Karle MLIS
- Narrated by: Susannah Mars
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overcome anxiety and rewire your brain with tested advice from psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle.
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Accurate info, well explained
- By rebekah higgins on 01-31-20
By: Catherine M. Pittman PhD, and others
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The Hidden Life of Trees
- What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World
- By: Peter Wohlleben
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Tree Hugger
- By Darwin8u on 04-18-19
By: Peter Wohlleben
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- By: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- By Cynthia on 08-10-13
By: Rebecca Skloot
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state", political violence, and social inequality—revealing new possibilities for human emancipation....
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exactly what I've been looking for
- By DankTurtle on 11-10-21
By: David Graeber, and others
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The Secret Life of Plants
- A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man
- By: Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird
- Narrated by: D. Michael Hope
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Explore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. A perennial best seller....
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Skeptics beware. Lots of psychobabble.
- By Aardvarkmikey on 03-08-21
By: Peter Tompkins, and others
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Lifespan
- Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To
- By: David A. Sinclair PhD, Matthew D. LaPlante
- Narrated by: David A. Sinclair PhD
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Incredible
- By Nikolai B.G on 09-13-19
By: David A. Sinclair PhD, and others
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Bryson, best-selling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-listen owner's manual for everybody....
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Must Read for the Sheer Fun of It
- By J.B. on 10-16-19
By: Bill Bryson
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- 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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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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Over-acting voice actors
- By John on 11-09-17
By: Carl Sagan
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- By: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
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From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic....
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Insightful
- By Doug Hay on 07-27-17
By: Robert Sapolsky
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Determined
- A Science of Life Without Free Will
- By: Robert M. Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.
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Abridged - no Appendix!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-02-23
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Protocols
- An Operating Manual for the Human Body
- By: Andrew D. Huberman Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Andrew D. Huberman Ph.D.
- Length: 10 hrs
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Dr. Andrew Huberman introduces Protocols, an essential guide to improving brain function, enhancing mood and energy, optimizing bodily health and physical performance, and rewiring your nervous system to learn new skills and behaviors that can transform your life.
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An Immense World
- How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
- By: Ed Yong
- Narrated by: Ed Yong
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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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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If you’ve never read about the wonder of animal sensory capabilities this is for you
- By MediaBaron on 06-27-22
By: Ed Yong
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Gut Check
- Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
- By: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Narrated by: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home—us!—revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease....
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Growing with Dr. G!
- By Theresa on 01-17-24
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All Creatures Great and Small
- The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
- By: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In this first volume of his memoirs, then-newly-qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and he has no idea what to expect....
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A Wonderful Listen--Stories That Never Get Old
- By Sara on 09-10-14
By: James Herriot
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- By: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems....
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Mycology for Everyone
- By Cephalopods Revenge on 05-12-20
By: Merlin Sheldrake
New releases
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Hope for Cynics
- The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
- By: Jamil Zaki
- Narrated by: Jamil Zaki
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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For thousands of years, people have argued about whether humanity is selfish or generous, cruel or kind. But recently, our answers have changed. In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, only a third did. Different generations, genders, religions, and political parties can’t seem to agree on anything, except that they all think human virtue is evaporating.
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Persuasive, faithful to the science, and hopeful.
- By Rob Chavez on 09-13-24
By: Jamil Zaki
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Grizzly Confidential
- An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator
- By: Kevin Grange
- Narrated by: Timothy Pabon, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Author Kevin Grange—former paramedic and park ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Teton—comes face-to-face with North America’s most fearsome predator, Ursus Arctos. His quest takes him from his home in the Tetons to an eerie, mist-shrouded island of gigantic bruins; from the Bear Center at Washington State University—where scientists believe the secrets of hibernation might help treat diabetes, heart disease, and obesity in humans—to the dark underbelly of for-profit wildlife parks, illegal animal trade and black markets hawking bear bile.
By: Kevin Grange
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Puppy Kindergarten
- The New Science of Raising a Great Dog
- By: Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
- Narrated by: Isabella Rossellini, Daniel Henning
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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What does it take to raise a great dog? This was the question that husband-and-wife team Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods hoped to answer when they enrolled one hundred and one puppies in the Duke Puppy Kindergarten. With the help of a retired service dog named Congo, Brian, Vanessa, and their team set out to understand the secrets of the puppy mind: What factors might predict whether a puppy will grow up to change someone’s life?
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Entertaining and educational
- By Anonymous User on 09-13-24
By: Brian Hare, and others
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Living on Earth
- Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World
- By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Narrated by: Mitch Riley, Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years—most of our planet’s history and over a quarter of the age of the universe (as far as we can tell). What have these organisms—bacteria, animals, plants, and the rest—done in all this time? In Living on Earth, the philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith proposes a new way of understanding how the actions of living beings have shaped our planet.
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Is Earth Exceptional?
- The Quest for Cosmic Life
- By: Mario Livio PhD, Jack Szostak PhD
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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For a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists. Charles Darwin speculated about life on Earth beginning in a warm little pond. Some of his contemporaries believed that life existed on Mars. It once seemed inevitable that the truth would be known by now. It is not. For more than a century, the origins and extent of life have remained shrouded in mystery. But, as Mario Livio and Jack Szostak reveal in Is Earth Exceptional?, the veil is finally lifting.
By: Mario Livio PhD, and others
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Cowpuppy
- An Unexpected Friendship and a Scientist’s Journey into the Secret World of Cows
- By: Gregory Berns
- Narrated by: Derek Dysart
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his wife decided to venture into sustainable farming in rural Georgia, they knew that cows were a key part of a successful operation. But that was where his knowledge of cattle ended. As Berns and his small herd of three miniature zebus acclimated to each other and Berns received a crash course in being a cattleman, he turned his powers of scientific observation and innovation on his new charges. Cowpuppy offers a deeper understanding of these complex creatures and what we humans can learn from them.
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The warmth of the story. Quality of narration delivery. Depth of scientific detail and historical background.
- By Wanted... and Wiley on 09-18-24
By: Gregory Berns
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Hope for Cynics
- The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
- By: Jamil Zaki
- Narrated by: Jamil Zaki
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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For thousands of years, people have argued about whether humanity is selfish or generous, cruel or kind. But recently, our answers have changed. In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, only a third did. Different generations, genders, religions, and political parties can’t seem to agree on anything, except that they all think human virtue is evaporating.
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Persuasive, faithful to the science, and hopeful.
- By Rob Chavez on 09-13-24
By: Jamil Zaki
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Grizzly Confidential
- An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator
- By: Kevin Grange
- Narrated by: Timothy Pabon, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Author Kevin Grange—former paramedic and park ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Teton—comes face-to-face with North America’s most fearsome predator, Ursus Arctos. His quest takes him from his home in the Tetons to an eerie, mist-shrouded island of gigantic bruins; from the Bear Center at Washington State University—where scientists believe the secrets of hibernation might help treat diabetes, heart disease, and obesity in humans—to the dark underbelly of for-profit wildlife parks, illegal animal trade and black markets hawking bear bile.
By: Kevin Grange
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Puppy Kindergarten
- The New Science of Raising a Great Dog
- By: Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
- Narrated by: Isabella Rossellini, Daniel Henning
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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What does it take to raise a great dog? This was the question that husband-and-wife team Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods hoped to answer when they enrolled one hundred and one puppies in the Duke Puppy Kindergarten. With the help of a retired service dog named Congo, Brian, Vanessa, and their team set out to understand the secrets of the puppy mind: What factors might predict whether a puppy will grow up to change someone’s life?
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Entertaining and educational
- By Anonymous User on 09-13-24
By: Brian Hare, and others
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Living on Earth
- Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World
- By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Narrated by: Mitch Riley, Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years—most of our planet’s history and over a quarter of the age of the universe (as far as we can tell). What have these organisms—bacteria, animals, plants, and the rest—done in all this time? In Living on Earth, the philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith proposes a new way of understanding how the actions of living beings have shaped our planet.
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Is Earth Exceptional?
- The Quest for Cosmic Life
- By: Mario Livio PhD, Jack Szostak PhD
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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For a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists. Charles Darwin speculated about life on Earth beginning in a warm little pond. Some of his contemporaries believed that life existed on Mars. It once seemed inevitable that the truth would be known by now. It is not. For more than a century, the origins and extent of life have remained shrouded in mystery. But, as Mario Livio and Jack Szostak reveal in Is Earth Exceptional?, the veil is finally lifting.
By: Mario Livio PhD, and others
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Cowpuppy
- An Unexpected Friendship and a Scientist’s Journey into the Secret World of Cows
- By: Gregory Berns
- Narrated by: Derek Dysart
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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When Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his wife decided to venture into sustainable farming in rural Georgia, they knew that cows were a key part of a successful operation. But that was where his knowledge of cattle ended. As Berns and his small herd of three miniature zebus acclimated to each other and Berns received a crash course in being a cattleman, he turned his powers of scientific observation and innovation on his new charges. Cowpuppy offers a deeper understanding of these complex creatures and what we humans can learn from them.
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The warmth of the story. Quality of narration delivery. Depth of scientific detail and historical background.
- By Wanted... and Wiley on 09-18-24
By: Gregory Berns
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What It's Like to Be a Bird
- From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing: What Birds Are Doing, and Why (Sibley Guides)
- By: David Allen Sibley
- Narrated by: Evan Sibley
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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In What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special brand-new audio edition is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than 200 species. While its focus is on familiar backyard birds—blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees—it also examines certain species that can be fairly easily observed, such as the seashore-dwelling Atlantic puffin.
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Perché dormiamo
- Poteri e segreti del sonno per una vita sana e felice
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: Paolo Rossini
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
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Bestseller del New York Times! Dal più grande esperto della scienza del sonno. Per molto tempo la scienza non è stata in grado di misurare e spiegare sufficientemente cosa sia e come funzioni il sonno. Ma negli ultimi tempi, con l'avvento delle nuove tecnologie, è diventato possibile avvicinarsi sempre di più al mistero che circonda questa esperienza essenziale che gioca un ruolo così importante nella nostra vita.
By: Matthew Walker
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Life Lessons from a Parasite
- What Tapeworms, Flukes, Lice, and Roundworms Can Teach Us About Humanity's Most Difficult Problems
- By: John Janovy Jr.
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Though you may not be able to see them with the naked eye, parasites inhabit our everyday lives. From headlice to bird droppings, litterboxes to unfiltered water, you have brushed up against the most common way of life on our planet. In this unique book, John Janovy Jr., one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites, reveals what can humans learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, flukes, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside, and how these lessons help us negotiate our own complicated world.
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Disappointed in double agenda.
- By Michael S Derry Jr on 09-17-24
By: John Janovy Jr.
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Blood Memory
- The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
- By: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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The American buffalo-our nation's official mammal-is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors of a mass extinction that erased ancient species that were even larger. For nearly 10,000 years, they evolved alongside Native people who weaved them into every aspect of daily life; relied on them for food, clothing, and shelter; and revered them as equals.
By: Dayton Duncan, and others
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Our Green Heart
- The Soul and Science of Forests
- By: Diana Beresford-Kroeger
- Narrated by: Diana Beresford-Kroeger
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s life’s work as botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown—and then do our part to plant and protect them.
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El Origen del Hombre
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Artur Mas
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Charles Darwin escribió El Origen del Hombre en 1871, donde aplicó sus ideas evolutivas a la comprensión de la historia humana. En este libro, Darwin aplicó los principios de su teoría evolutiva, como la selección natural y la descendencia con modificaciones, a la comprensión de la historia evolutiva de la especie humana. Darwin argumentó que los humanos compartían un ancestro común con otros primates, basándose en evidencias anatómicas, fósiles y comportamentales.
By: Charles Darwin
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Our Future Is Biotech
- A Plain English Guide to How a Tech Revolution is Changing Our Lives and Our Health for the Better
- By: Andrew Craig
- Narrated by: Andrew Craig
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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The Apples, Amazons and Googles of the next few decades will be biotech companies. The tech companies of the last few years have changed how we do things but the businesses driving the biotech revolution are about making life better. These companies will solve many of our most intractable problems: cancer, dementia, diabetes, elderly care, mental health challenges, even power generation and agricultural production. The audiobook explains what biotech is, what is coming next, and in a final section, how interested investors can profit from it.
By: Andrew Craig
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Heart of the Hive
- Inside the Mind of the Honey Bee and the Incredible Life Force of the Colony
- By: Hilary Kearney
- Narrated by: Hilary Kearney
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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Listeners will be awestruck by the hive as superorganism and how the individual bee lives and behaves within it, perfectly suited to each specific job it performs. From their intricate dances and information-rich pheromones to how they sense and respond to their environment, learn, and remember, this immersive journey into the world of bees offers an entirely new perspective on the wisdom of nature and our relationship to it.
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Loved it!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-04-24
By: Hilary Kearney
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Innovations in Biomechanics
- From Woodpecker Skull to Human Head Protective Gear
- By: Kam Ng, ChatGPT
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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In this eBook, we explore the extraordinary relationship between woodpeckers and their remarkable resilience to traumatic brain injury (TBI)—a feat of nature that has captivated scientists and researchers alike. Woodpeckers, with their unique ability to peck thousands of times a day without suffering brain injuries, offer a fascinating glimpse into the possibilities of biomechanical and neurological innovations for human applications. Through an examination of their specialized anatomy, including shock-absorbing skull structures, precise pecking techniques, and evolutionary adaptations, ...
By: Kam Ng, and others
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Mastering Hydroponics and Aquaponics
- Advanced Techniques for Sustainable Growth
- By: Barrett Williams, ChatGPT ChatGPT
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Unlock the future of sustainable farming with "Mastering Hydroponics and Aquaponics," your ultimate guide to advancing your hydroponic and aquaponic systems. Whether you're a hobbyist seeking to refine your skills or a commercial grower aiming for excellence, this eBook is your comprehensive resource for innovation, productivity, and sustainable practices. Dive into the history and evolution of hydroponics and aquaponics, understanding the many benefits and challenges these systems present. Learn the precise components and tools needed to set up an efficient hydroponics system, harnessing ...
By: Barrett Williams, and others
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Evolutionary History: A Captivating Guide to the Theory of Evolution, Evolutionary History, and Human Evolution
- Exploring the Past
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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Dive into Evolutionary History, a mesmerizing journey through time, tracing the origins and development of all living beings. From the earliest single-celled organisms to the rise of Homo sapiens, this audiobook unravels the intricate tapestry of evolution with clarity and passion. Explore the wonders of life’s evolution across geological epochs, uncovering the secrets of adaptation, survival, and the remarkable journey of our ancestors.
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Buchenleben
- Ein Baum erzählt seine erstaunliche Geschichte
- By: Peter Wohlleben
- Narrated by: Julia Nachtmann, Peter Kaempfe
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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Vom winzigen Samen zum Giganten des Waldes – die aufregende Lebensgeschichte einer Buche als Hörbuch. Was würden uns Bäume erzählen, wenn sie sprechen könnten? Fast zehn Jahre nach Erscheinen von Das geheime Leben der Bäume hat die Forschung so viel neues Wissen erschlossen, dass es an der Zeit ist, die Bäume selbst zu Wort kommen zu lassen. Dazu leiht ihnen Deutschlands berühmtester Förster seine Stimme: Erstmals lässt er eine 250 Jahre alte Buche berichten, was ihr im Laufe der Zeit – vom Samen bis zum Giganten des Waldes – widerfährt.
By: Peter Wohlleben
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Birding for Boomers
- And Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World’s Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity
- By: Sneed B. Collard III
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Birding for Boomers is a friendly, accessible, and humorous guide to discovering the joys of bird watching. Beginning birders of all ages will get answers to every question they may have, like which birds like feeders, the difference between a finch and a flicker, or which birding app to use. The guide also helps birders plan everything from local explorations to exciting "bird-cations."
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Countdown to Extinction
- Navigating the Existential Threats That Could End Humanity
- By: Josh Luberisse
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
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Countdown to Extinction: Navigating the Existential Threats That Could End Humanity is a comprehensive and thought-provoking exploration of the critical risks that could define—or end—the future of human civilization. In a world increasingly shaped by rapid technological advancements, environmental degradation, and global interconnectedness, this book takes a deep dive into the most pressing existential threats of our time and examines how we can navigate them to secure a thriving future for all. Spanning a wide range of topics, Countdown to Extinction begins by laying the groundwork ...
By: Josh Luberisse
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Harnessing Genetics for Practical Applications in Medicine
- Discover: Medical Advancements, Personalized Medicine; Enhance Preventive Care, and Assist with Informed Decisionmaking
- By: SB Wade
- Narrated by: Andrew Rowe
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
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Unleash the Power of the Human Genome: Uncover the secrets of genetics and its transformative potential in medicine, even if you’re new to the world of DNA. Are you intrigued by the concept of personalized healthcare and the role genetics play in shaping, not only our health, but our responses to different treatments? Do you ever question why treatments work effectively on some individuals and not on others, even when they have the same disease or ailment?
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Practical Applications of Genetics
- By Flavio B. on 09-16-24
By: SB Wade
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バッタを倒すぜ アフリカで
- By: 前野 ウルド 浩太郎
- Narrated by: 中川 典
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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自分の婚活よりバッタの婚活!? 日本、モーリタニア、モロッコ、アメリカ、フランス――世界中を飛び回り、13年にわたり重ねてきたフィールドワークと実験は…
By: 前野 ウルド 浩太郎
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Microbes
- The Unseen Agents of Climate Change
- By: David L. Kirchman
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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For billions of years, microbes have produced and consumed greenhouse gases that regulate global temperature and in turn other aspects of our climate. The balance of these gases maintains Earth's habitability. Methane, a greenhouse gas produced only by microbes, may have kept Earth out of a deep freeze billions of years ago. Likewise, variations in carbon dioxide, another greenhouse gas released by microbes and other organisms, help to explain the comings and goings of ice ages over the last million years. Now we face a human-made climate crisis with drastic consequences.
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De Laetoli a la Luna
- El insólito viaje del cerebro humano
- By: Javier DeFelipe
- Narrated by: Santiago Gómez, Simon Gómez
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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Un libro que invita a reflexionar sobre el cerebro y la esencia de nuestra humanidad. En este libro el autor se ocupa de ciertos aspectos del origen de nuestras ideas, sobre la estructura del cerebro y su relación entre creatividad artística y cognición, temas que representan un puente muy interesante entre la ciencia y la filosofía. Con una sugerente narración, el autor utiliza numerosas obras y pensamientos de artistas y escritores como metáforas para saltar del mundo del arte al de la ciencia y viceversa, y para que al mismo tiempo sirvan de inspiración al lector para meditar sobre la naturaleza del cerebro, la esencia de nuestra humanidad.
By: Javier DeFelipe
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Why the Dose Matters
- Assessing the Health Risk of Exposure to Toxicants
- By: Urs A. Boelsterli
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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Each day we are exposed to a myriad of natural and human-made chemicals in our food, drinking water, air, soil, at home or at the workplace-pesticide residues, food additives, drugs, household products-but how can we gauge the human health risk posed by these chemicals? Should we believe the somber headlines that depict a serious threat for humans and the environment, or should we follow the reassuring voices of others who claim that the angst is totally unfounded?
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The Point of Distraction
- By: Will Eaves
- Narrated by: Will Eaves
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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The Point of Distraction is a unique account of music-making that embraces Bach, film, jazz, literature, neuroscience and the mystery of willpower in its search for meaning. At its heart is a love of skill, an openness to self-doubt, and a belief that we are all more than our declared aims.
By: Will Eaves
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How to Be a Scientist
- Critical Thinking in the Life Sciences
- By: Roslyn A. Kemp, Deborah M. Brown
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Many undergraduate students choose a science degree but are not aware of how science and research work in the real world. This book explains how scientific research is conceived, carried out and analyzed. It outlines how research findings are constantly evolving and why that is exciting and important. Students using this textbook will learn how to design experiments, explain their data, and analyze and interpret the work of others.
By: Roslyn A. Kemp, and others
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The Art of Horsemanship
- By: Xenophon
- Narrated by: Busy Kislig-Shires Byerly
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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Among the earliest known works on choosing, caring for, and riding horses, this book is still hailed--2,300 years after it was written - as one of the most complete, thoughtful, and accessible guides of its type. Civilization has changed radically in the centuries since it was written, but the equestrian arts have remained essentially the same. Much of what we presently accept as common wisdom about horsemanship derives from this volume.
By: Xenophon
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Neurofelicidad
- By: Ana Asensio
- Narrated by: Sharon López
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Solemos pensar que nuestro cerebro lo controla todo, pero el resto de nuestros órganos –el corazón, el hígado, los pulmones, los riñones o el intestino– también tienen memoria neuronal y mucho que ver con lo que sentimos, lo que padecemos y cómo expresamos estas emociones. Descubre cómo funciona la química de la felicidad y aprenderás que, a menudo, eres más lo que sientes que lo que piensas. El cerebro es muy inteligente, pero no tan listo como se cree: está en tu mano conseguir que tu mente no te domine, sino que seas tú quien la controle a ella, para así lograr lo que te propongas.
By: Ana Asensio
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Von Spinnen und Menschen
- Eine verwobene Beziehung
- By: Jan Mohnhaupt
- Narrated by: Olaf Pessler
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Nützliche Mitbewohnerinnen, Ekelobjekte oder verblüffende Wesen? An Spinnen scheiden sich die Geister. Von manchen bewundert für ihre kunstvollen Netze und das Archaische ihrer Erscheinung, von anderen gefürchtet. Aber warum ist das so? Dieses Buch dringt tief in das Beziehungsgeflecht von Spinnen und Menschen vor. Es zeigt den Einfluss der Spinnen auf unsere Sprache, Wissen, Träume und Geschichte. Warum verglich man Napoleon mit einer Spinne? Wie prägte die christliche Symbolik die Abneigung gegenüber Spinnen? Und wieso wurden gleich drei Weltraummissionen von Spinnen begleitet?
By: Jan Mohnhaupt