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An Elegant Defense
- The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system - the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind audiobook, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist.
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Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses
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- By: Heather E. Quinlan
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
It can come in waves - like tidal waves. It changes societies. It disrupts life. It ends lives. As far back as 3000 B.C.E. (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. COVID-19 is just the latest example, but history shows that life continues. It shows that knowledge and social cooperation can save lives. Viruses are neither alive nor dead and are the closest thing we have to zombies. Their only known function is to replicate themselves, which can have devastating consequences on their hosts.
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Somewhat elemental
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Plague of Corruption
- Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science
- By: Dr. Judy Mikovits, Kent Heckenlively, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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- Unabridged
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Dr. Judy Mikovits is a modern-day Rosalind Franklin, a brilliant researcher shaking up the old boys' club of science with her groundbreaking discoveries. And like many women who have trespassed into the world of men, she uncovered decades-old secrets that many would prefer to stay buried.
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If only most of the public knew these facts
- By David Getoff, CCN on 06-18-20
By: Dr. Judy Mikovits, and others
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Ten Drugs
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- By: Thomas Hager
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,206
Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
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Engrossing to physicians & lay persons alike
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By: Thomas Hager
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State of the Heart
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- By: Haider Warraich
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In State of the Heart, the journey to rid the world of heart disease is shown to be reflective of the journey of medical science at large. We are learning not only that women have as much heart disease as men, but that the type of heart disease women experience is diametrically different from that in men. We are learning that heart disease and cancer may have more in common than we could have imagined. And we are learning how human evolution itself may have led to the epidemic of heart disease
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Good information, bad organization
- By Conor Cox on 09-03-19
By: Haider Warraich
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An Epidemic of Absence
- A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
- By: Moises Velasquez-Manoff
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
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- Unabridged
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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5 out of 5 stars
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The point of view from a Veterinarian immunologist
- By rtgymnast on 11-03-17
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p53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code
- By: Sue Armstrong
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
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- Unabridged
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
p53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code reveals the tale of the search for this gene, as well as the excitement of the hunt for new cures - the hype, the lost opportunities, the blind alleys, and the thrilling breakthroughs. As the long-anticipated revolution in cancer treatment tailored to each individual patient's symptoms starts to take off at last, p53 is still at the forefront of the game. This is a timely tale of scientific discovery and advances in our understanding of a disease that still affects more than one in three of us at some point in our lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story! Unfortunate narration at start
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By: Sue Armstrong
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The Emperor of All Maladies
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- By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
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Happy Accidents
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Happy Accidents is a fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity has played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the 20th century. What do penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra have in common? They were each discovered accidentally, stumbled upon in the search for something else. In discussing medical breakthroughs, Dr. Morton Meyers makes a cogent, highly engaging argument for a more creative, rather than purely linear, approach to science. And it may just save our lives!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste your money!
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By: Morton A. Meyers
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COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science
- By: Marc Siegel MD
- Narrated by: Peter Van Norden
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
COVID-19 has stolen our security and our nation's peace of mind. There is a pandemic virus as well as a crippling epidemic of fear sweeping America. Why? The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we already lived in an artificially created culture of fear that was just waiting to be unleashed. In COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear - government, the media, and our own psyche.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative and well sourced
- By A. Powers on 10-12-21
By: Marc Siegel MD
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Evolving Ourselves
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- By: Juan Enriquez, Steve Gullans
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Why are conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at unprecedented rates? Why are we living longer, getting smarter, having far fewer kids? If Darwin were alive today, how would he explain this new world?
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5 out of 5 stars
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fascinating ideas and science
- By Joel on 07-04-15
By: Juan Enriquez, and others
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The Compatibility Gene
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- By: Daniel M. Davis
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the different ways each of us fights disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If interested in medicine, got to read
- By Howard Sterling on 06-29-16
By: Daniel M. Davis
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Less Medicine, More Health
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- By: H. Gilbert Welch
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
The author of the highly acclaimed Overdiagnosed describes seven widespread assumptions that encourage excessive, often ineffective, and sometimes harmful medical care. You might think the biggest problem in medical care is that it costs too much. Or that health insurance is too expensive, too uneven, too complicated - and gives you too many forms to fill out. But the central problem is that too much medical care has too little value.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The truth will set you free
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By: H. Gilbert Welch
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The Cancer Chronicles
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- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way - an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from. In a provocative and intellectually vibrant exploration, he takes us on an adventure through the history and recent advances of cancer research that will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A quick read - hard to put down
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A Shot to Save the World
- The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
- By: Gregory Zuckerman
- Narrated by: Jack Armstrong
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China, in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders, and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world’s biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn’t muster an effective response. It was up to a small group of unlikely and untested scientists and executives to save civilization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! Do not miss this one.
- By Jacob on 11-18-21
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The Family That Couldn't Sleep
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- By: D.T. Max
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 487
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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For 200 years, a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a primitive tribe is nearly obliterated by a sickness whose chief symptom is uncontrollable laughter. Across Europe, millions of sheep rub their fleeces raw before collapsing. What these strange conditions share is their cause: prions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great scientific mystery
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The Language of Life
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4 out of 5 stars 97
A scientific and medical revolution has crept up on us, based on study after study, from hundreds of laboratories around the world. It is no longer just a theoretical shift: every one of us will be touched by it, and many of us already have been. The meaning of disease, our understanding of the human body, and crucial decisions about what we all need to know and what choices we make about our health are at stake. Welcome to the new world of personalized medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The future of medicine
- By Ronald E on 04-12-10
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The Infinite Machine
- How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum
- By: Camila Russo
- Narrated by: Laura Jennings
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of Ethereum begins with Vitalik Buterin, a supremely gifted 19-year-old autodidact who saw the promise of blockchain when the technology was in its earliest stages. He convinced a crack group of coders to join him in his quest to make a super-charged, global computer. The Infinite Machine introduces Vitalik’s ingenious idea and unfolds Ethereum’s chaotic beginnings. It then explores the brilliant innovation and reckless greed the platform has unleashed and the consequences that resulted as the frenzy surrounding it grew.
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1 out of 5 stars
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sensationalist hero worship by parties that have investment in ETH
- By Fernand Dumortier on 12-13-22
By: Camila Russo
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The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
- By: Brandon Webb, John David Mann
- Narrated by: Jon Bailey
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,001
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,638
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,622
Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Red Circle provides a rare and riveting look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career as a lead instructor for the shadowy "sniper cell" that makes his story so compelling.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Decent story, narration left a lot to be desired.
- By Robert on 08-06-12
By: Brandon Webb, and others
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Across the Airless Wilds
- The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings
- By: Earl Swift
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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In this astonishing rediscovery of the final Apollo moon landings, the acclaimed author of Chesapeake Requiem reveals that these extraordinary yet overshadowed missions - distinguished by the use of the revolutionary lunar roving vehicle - deserve to be celebrated as the pinnacle of human adventure and exploration.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insights into the development and use of the rover
- By Douglas H. Holly on 07-19-21
By: Earl Swift
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Enemy at the Gates
- The Battle for Stalingrad
- By: William Craig
- Narrated by: David Baker
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,422
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On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of the 6th Army, an elite German combat unit dispatched by Hitler to capture the industrial city of Stalingrad and press on to the oil fields of Azerbaijan. The Germans were supremely confident; in three years, they had not suffered a single defeat. The Luftwaffe had already bombed the city into ruins. German soldiers hoped to complete their mission and be home in time for Christmas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Unforgettable and Haunting Read
- By Jean on 02-03-16
By: William Craig
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A Wonderful Life
- Insights on Finding a Meaningful Existence
- By: Frank Martela
- Narrated by: Steve Wotjas, Steve Edwards
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 10
In a series of essays that explore the notion of what brings significance to our existences, clarifying why we have this longing beyond the present moment and an insatiable dissatisfaction with where we are, scholar Frank Martela tackles the subject of finding meaning in life. With beautiful decorative elements and an engaging design, the book approaches its subject in a readily digestible form.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Could Have Been a PowerPoint
- By New Market Scott on 08-10-24
By: Frank Martela
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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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Overall4 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 147
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Story4 out of 5 stars 147
Explore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. A perennial best seller! In this truly revolutionary and beloved work, drawn from remarkable research, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird cast light on the rich psychic universe of plants. Now available in a new edition, The Secret Life of Plants explores plants' response to human care and nurturing, their ability to communicate with man, plants' surprising reaction to music, their lie-detection abilities, their creative powers, and much more.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Skeptics beware. Lots of psychobabble.
- By Aardvarkmikey on 03-08-21
By: Peter Tompkins, and others
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- Lauren
- 07-23-21
book of the year!
a story of life intermingled with the latest knowledge of the immune system: a book for those with no prior knowledge of medicine
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a fascinating story
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a must for anyone who wants to learn about immunotherapy
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- 08-10-20
Book of the year
The best science and health book I have ever read, with story, emotional sometimes, funny other times, very interesting. A must read for everybody
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- Karan
- 09-10-21
Laymen’s way to immunology
Inspiring and quite an informational book on immunology. Simplified for someone who doesn’t have a background in biology
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- C. Brieant
- 05-07-19
Good science but too much biography
Very good discussion of the immune system. Could have done without the personal accounts. M
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- Erin Brewer
- 08-28-19
worth reading
interesting but could have done without the politicalization of the immune response. good reading and interesting information.
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- Dutchgirl
- 03-19-19
Excellent
Loved this book. I think everyone should read it! He did an amazing job of explaining a complicated subject.
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- Tater Tot
- 09-22-19
we all need to know this information
made me pay more attention to what I was eating and how to handle my everyday actions
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- Ellen
- 03-30-19
Engrossing and well told
This is one of the most well written books I’ve heard. The narration was patient and well done. The book is not just an explanation of science - but an added perspective that, I think, made the book more relatable and important. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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- Rene Lans
- 06-21-21
Brilliant
It’s been a while that I simply could not put a book down. Refreshing and sobbing
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