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Bestsellers
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Bomb
- The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
- By: Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Roy Roy Samuelson
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents....
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Clear and Concise History of the First Bomb
- By Chrissie on 10-18-13
By: Steve Sheinkin
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The Disappearing Spoon: Young Listeners Edition
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A young listeners edition of the New York Times best seller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table....
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Great stories for science lovers!
- By Emmilie on 09-22-20
By: Sam Kean
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Who Was Albert Einstein?
- By: Jess Brallier
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein - but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life....
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A good look at Einstein made clear
- By rodney kelsey on 04-29-23
By: Jess Brallier
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Team Moon
- How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
- By: Catherine Thimmesh
- Narrated by: Andy Paris
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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When three heroic men traveled aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft bound for the moon, the entire world sat glued to their TVs in suspense. But few knew just how much it took to get that far....
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It's ok...
- By Eric on 10-01-09
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What Linnaeus Saw
- A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing
- By: Karen Magnuson Beil
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The globetrotting naturalists of the 18th century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology....
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An excellent biography
- By Gael Dalton on 05-10-24
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The Story of Salt
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life....
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Nice snapshot for the young
- By IreneMBBT on 07-03-17
By: Mark Kurlansky
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Bomb
- The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
- By: Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Roy Roy Samuelson
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents....
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Clear and Concise History of the First Bomb
- By Chrissie on 10-18-13
By: Steve Sheinkin
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The Disappearing Spoon: Young Listeners Edition
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A young listeners edition of the New York Times best seller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table....
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Great stories for science lovers!
- By Emmilie on 09-22-20
By: Sam Kean
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Who Was Albert Einstein?
- By: Jess Brallier
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein - but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life....
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A good look at Einstein made clear
- By rodney kelsey on 04-29-23
By: Jess Brallier
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Team Moon
- How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
- By: Catherine Thimmesh
- Narrated by: Andy Paris
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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When three heroic men traveled aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft bound for the moon, the entire world sat glued to their TVs in suspense. But few knew just how much it took to get that far....
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It's ok...
- By Eric on 10-01-09
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What Linnaeus Saw
- A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing
- By: Karen Magnuson Beil
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The globetrotting naturalists of the 18th century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology....
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An excellent biography
- By Gael Dalton on 05-10-24
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The Story of Salt
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life....
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Nice snapshot for the young
- By IreneMBBT on 07-03-17
By: Mark Kurlansky
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Radioactive!
- How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
- By: Winifred Conkling
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb....
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Young Adult book
- By Richard Taylor on 06-28-17
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Plague-Busters!
- Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases
- By: Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal
- Narrated by: Hunter Johns
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by...well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome—but the remedies were even worse....
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Another great book!
- By Dani on 10-26-23
By: Lindsey Fitzharris, and others
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Sun! One in a Billion
- Our Universe, Book 2
- By: Stacy McAnulty
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Sun: He's a star! And not just any star - he's one in a billion. He lights up our solar system and makes life possible....
By: Stacy McAnulty
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What Is Climate Change?
- What Was?
- By: Gail Herman, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Earth is definitely getting warmer. While the vast majority of scientists who study the environment agree that humans play a large part in climate change, there is a counterargument. Author Gail Herman presents both sides of the debate....
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propaganda not a serious attempt to explain
- By mats on 07-05-18
By: Gail Herman, and others
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History Stinks!
- Poo Through the Ages
- By: Suzie Edge, Luke Newell - illustrator
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover loads about the loo, piles about poo and the funniest and foulest facts from the smelliest corners of history, from TikTok historian, Dr Suzie Edge - perfect for fans of Horrible Histories and Adam Kay....
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interesting and silly
- By Minecraft Guy on 06-17-24
By: Suzie Edge, and others
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Outer Space
- Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides
- By: Ken Jennings
- Narrated by: Ken Jennings
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Let your inner astronaut explore outer space with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! champ and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings....
By: Ken Jennings
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Indigenous Ingenuity
- A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge
- By: Deidre Havrelock, Edward Kay
- Narrated by: Erin Tripp
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrate Indigenous thinkers and inventions with this award-winning interactive nonfiction book—perfect for fans of Braiding Sweetgrass.
By: Deidre Havrelock, and others
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Isaac Newton
- The Giants of Science Series, Book 2
- By: Kathleen Krull
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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What was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive, and oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just “by thinking on it”, he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity....
By: Kathleen Krull
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Mendeleyev and the Periodic Table
- By: Katherine White
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Dmitri Mendeleyev gave science one of its most important discoveries when he published his periodic table of elements....
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Science for young minds
- By Rick B on 07-11-20
By: Katherine White
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I Am Albert Einstein
- Ordinary People Change the World Series
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Marc Thompson, Various
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Even when he was a kid, Albert Einstein did things his own way. He thought in pictures instead of words, and his special way of thinking helped him understand big ideas like the structure of music and why a compass always points north....
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Great intro to Albert Einstein
- By Bethany Armstrong on 03-14-19
By: Brad Meltzer
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Outbreak!
- Plagues that Changed History
- By: Bryn Barnard
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Filled with fascinating, often gory details about disease and history, Outbreak! is a wonderful combination of science and history....
By: Bryn Barnard
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A Computer Called Katherine
- How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
- By: Suzanne Slade, Veronica Miller Jamison - illustrator
- Narrated by: Jeanette Illidg
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson - made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures - who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon....
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Simple
- By Amazon Customer on 03-01-21
By: Suzanne Slade, and others
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Saving Earth
- Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future
- By: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Nathaniel Rich, Tim Foley - illustrator
- Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A timely and inspiring nonfiction guide for middle-grade listeners about the history of our fight against climate change and how young people today are rising to action....
By: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, and others
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Lives of the Scientists
- Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought)
- By: Kathleen Krull
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The subjects of Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) are revealed as creative, bold, sometimes eccentric - and anything but dull....
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Fast read on science biographies.
- By Stephen Rosenthal on 03-28-21
By: Kathleen Krull
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What's a Germ, Joseph Lister?
- By: Lori Alexander
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1841, a quiet, curious boy who stuttered when nervous committed to becoming a surgeon—a profession then more feared than respected....
By: Lori Alexander
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Kew: Darwin and Hooker
- A Story of Friendship, Curiosity and Discovery that Changed the World
- By: Alexandra Stewart, Joe Todd-Stanton - illustrator
- Narrated by: Henry Nott
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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On 24th November 1859, Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published, selling out almost immediately. However, he couldn’t have done it without the support, encouragement and advice from those who believed in him....
By: Alexandra Stewart, and others
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Eclipse
- By: Darcy Pattison
- Narrated by: Josiah Bildner
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein's new theory of general relativity. The theory talks about how forces push and pull objects in space. Einstein said that the sun's gravity could pull and bend light....
By: Darcy Pattison
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Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation)
- The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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A young listeners adaptation of Steven Johnson's Extra Life, the story of how humans have doubled our lifespan in less than a century—and what to do with the extra life we now have....
By: Steven Johnson
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The Vast Wonder of the World
- Biologist Ernest Everett Just
- By: Mélina Mangal
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Ernest Everett Just was not like other scientists of his time. He saw the whole, where others saw only parts. He noticed details others failed to see. He persisted in his research despite the discrimination and limitations imposed on him as an African American....
By: Mélina Mangal
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Burn
- Michael Faraday's Candle
- By: Darcy Pattison
- Narrated by: Kevin M. Connolly
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Solid wax is somehow changed into light and heat. But how? Travel back in time to December 28, 1848 in London, England to one of the most famous juvenile science Christmas lectures at the Royal Institution....
By: Darcy Pattison
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Let's Make Some Gold!
- Science's Biggest Mistakes About Geology and Ecology
- By: Christine Zuchora-Walske
- Narrated by: Intuitive
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover science's biggest mistakes and oddest assumptions about geology and ecology, and see how scientific thought changed over time....
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Erosion
- By: Darcy Pattison
- Narrated by: Brett Tyler
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the exciting story of a soil scientist confronting politicians to encourage them to pass a law to protect the land, the soil....
By: Darcy Pattison
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History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of Galileo Galilei
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tracey Norman
- Length: 27 mins
- Unabridged
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It would be impossible to overstate the accomplishments and legacy of a man history has dubbed the "Father of Modern Science"....
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Scripts and Songs on Science and Math 2
- By: Regina Shmelkina
- Narrated by: Gary Middleton
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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Scripts and Songs on Science and Math 2 is a collection for school-age students that covers the variety of topics in science with the help of musical theatrical plays and material. They were created to help learn science by singing....
By: Regina Shmelkina