An Elegant Defense
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
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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.
“An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel is one of those rare nonfiction books that transcends the genre. On one level it is a fascinating and engrossing account of the latest, and quite astonishing, discoveries involving the human immune system and how it works. But it is also a story about people facing mortality, about the passion of scientists searching for truth, and a meditation on death and how all of us struggle with the ultimate mystery. Heartfelt and moving, full of compassion, love, and the human drama, this is the work of a writer of high ethical character who is grappling with big issues and deep humanistic problems. What an inspiring and wonderful read. I highly recommend this extraordinary book.” (Douglas Preston, number-one best-selling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God)
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- Narrado por: Jeff Lawson
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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Jeff Lawson, developer turned CEO of Twilio (one of Bloomberg Businessweek's Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2021), creates a new playbook for unleashing the full potential of software developers in any organization, showing how to help management utilize this coveted and valuable workforce to enable growth, solve a wide range of business problems, and drive digital transformation.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Two and Half Stars
- De Anonymous User en 12-16-21
De: Jeff Lawson
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The Second Brain
- A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine
- De: Michael Gershon
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Dr. Michael Gershon has devoted his career to understanding the human bowel (the stomach, esophagus, small intestine, and colon). His 30 years of research have led to an extraordinary rediscovery: Nerve cells in the gut that act as a brain. This "second brain" can control our gut all by itself. Our two brains - the one in our head and the one in our bowel - must cooperate.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very deep, yet fairly charming
- De mark west en 01-04-20
De: Michael Gershon
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The Breakthrough
- Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer
- De: Charles Graeber
- Narrado por: Will Collyer, Charles Graeber
- Duración: 7 h y 7 m
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Groundbreaking, riveting, and expertly told, The Breakthrough is the story of the game-changing scientific discoveries that unleash our natural ability to recognize and defeat cancer, as told through the experiences of the patients, physicians, and cancer immunotherapy researchers who are on the front lines. This is the incredible true story of the race to find a cure, a dispatch from the life-changing world of modern oncological science, and a brave new chapter in medical history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly gripping
- De Kari Niles en 01-21-19
De: Charles Graeber
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The Song of the Cell
- An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 16 h y 3 m
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From the author of The Emperor of All Maladies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene, a #1 New York Times bestseller, comes his most spectacular book yet, an exploration of medicine and our radical new ability to manipulate cells. Rich with Mukherjee’s revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer’s exploration of what it means to be human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond Words Wonderful
- De Lynn en 11-27-22
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Sleep Smarter
- 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success
- De: Shawn Stevenson, Sara Gottfried MD - foreword
- Narrado por: Sara Gottfried, Shawn Stevenson
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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When it comes to health, there is one criminally overlooked element: sleep. Good sleep helps you shed fat for good, stave off disease, stay productive, and improve virtually every function of your mind and body. That's what Shawn Stevenson learned when a degenerative bone disease crushed his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Like many of us, he gave up on his health and his body...until he decided there must be a better way.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some parts good, but be careful
- De Brian A. Shenk en 12-05-16
De: Shawn Stevenson, y otros
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You're Invited
- The Art and Science of Connection, Trust, and Belonging
- De: Jon Levy
- Narrado por: Jon Levy
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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Regardless of what you want to accomplish, from growing your business, creating a great company culture, championing a social cause, or affecting your habits, you can’t do it alone. The people around you define your success (whatever that means for you) and they have the potential to change the course of your life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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You’re invited...if you’re liberal
- De Anonymous en 05-19-21
De: Jon Levy
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Thinking Better
- The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
- De: Marcus Du Sautoy
- Narrado por: Mark Elstob
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
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We are often told that hard work is the key to success. But success isn’t about hard work - it’s about shortcuts. Shortcuts allow us to solve one problem quickly so that we can tackle an even bigger one. They make us capable of doing great things. And according to Marcus du Sautoy, math is the very art of the shortcut. Thinking Better is a celebration of how math lets us do more with less.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very difficult to flow without diagrams
- De Khaled en 11-03-21
De: Marcus Du Sautoy
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Metabolism Revolution
- Lose 14 Pounds in 14 Days and Keep It off for Life
- De: Haylie Pomroy
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 5 h y 27 m
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Lose 14 pounds in 14 days - harness the power of food to reset your metabolism for good with this breakthrough program complete with recipes and a detailed, easy-to-use diet plan from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Fast Metabolism Diet.
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2 out of 5 stars
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You lost me at 112lbs.
- De L. Divine en 03-10-18
De: Haylie Pomroy
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Introduction to Cognitive Science
- De: Thad A. Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Thad A. Polk
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
- Grabación Original
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For millennia, philosophers and scientists have been trying to unlock the secrets of the mind with only limited success—until now. Today, with modern technologies including the best in neuroscience, medical imaging, and recent advances in artificial intelligence, we are making more progress than ever before. In Introduction to Cognitive Science, Professor Thad A. Polk takes you on a fascinating tour of the latest discoveries in the relatively new field of cognitive science. In 24 exciting lectures, Professor Polk shares dozens of the most challenging questions in cognitive science today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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AI is over rated
- De hilda shurbaji en 01-19-25
De: Thad A. Polk, y otros
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The Laws of Medicine
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Santino Fontana
- Duración: 1 h y 44 m
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Brimming with fascinating historical details and modern medical wonders, this important audiobook is a fascinating glimpse into the struggles and "eureka!" moments that people outside of the medical profession rarely see. Written with Dr. Mukherjee's signature eloquence and passionate prose, The Laws of Medicine is a critical book not just for those in the medical profession but for everyone who is moved to better understand how their health and well-being are being treated.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Insightful, sincere and succinct. Not Mukherjee's best.
- De Saurav en 12-20-15
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The Art of Fear
- Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead
- De: Kristen Ulmer
- Narrado por: Jane Oppenheimer
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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We all feel fear. Yet we are often taught to ignore it, overcome it, push past it. But to what benefit? This is the essential question that guides Kristen Ulmer's remarkable exploration of our most misunderstood emotion in The Art of Fear. Once recognized as the best extreme skier in the world (an honor she held for 12 years), Ulmer knows fear well. In this conversation-changing audiobook, she argues that fear is not here to cause us problems.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lacks efficacy and contradicts herself...hard no!
- De Julie Collins en 10-08-22
De: Kristen Ulmer
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A Deadly Wandering
- A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention
- De: Matt Richtel
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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An ordinary Utah college student named Reggie Shaw fatally strikes two rocket scientists while texting and driving. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Matt Richtel follows Reggie from the moment of the tragedy, through the police investigation, the state's groundbreaking prosecution, and ultimately, Reggie's wrenching admission of responsibility. Richtel parallels Reggie's journey with leading-edge scientific findings regarding human attention and the impact of technology on our brains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required Reading
- De Ann en 05-15-15
De: Matt Richtel
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Merchants of Doubt
- How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
- De: Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, Al Gore - foreword
- Narrado por: Liza Seneca
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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Merchants of Doubt has been praised—and attacked—around the world, for reasons easy to understand. This book tells, with “brutal clarity” (Huffington Post), the disquieting story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required reading for every informed citizen
- De Eddy en 06-27-23
De: Naomi Oreskes, y otros
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Inspired
- Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul
- De: Matt Richtel
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Creativity defines the human experience. It sparks achievement and innovation in art, science, technology, business, sports, and virtually every activity. It has fueled human progress on a global level, but it equally is the source of profound personal satisfaction for individual creators. And yet the origins of creative inspiration and the methods by which great creators tap into it have long been a source of mystery, spoken of in esoteric terms, our rational understanding shrouded in complex jargon. Until now.
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3 out of 5 stars
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UNinspired
- De hd en 07-23-22
De: Matt Richtel
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The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing
- How to Identify the Hottest Markets and Secure the Best Deals
- De: Ken McElroy
- Narrado por: Garrett Sutton Esq.
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 236
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Picking up where he left off in the bestselling ABCs of Real Estate Investing, McElroy reveals the next essential lessons and information that no serious investor can afford to miss. Building on the foundation of Real Estate Investment 101, McElroy tells listeners how to think--and operate--like a real estate mogul, how to identify and close expert deals, why multifamily housing is the best real estate investment out there, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Detailed Information on Multi-Family & Management
- De Gerald en 11-08-22
De: Ken McElroy
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The Pegan Diet
- 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World
- De: Mark Hyman MD
- Narrado por: Mark Hyman MD
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 578
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Twelve-time New York Times best-selling author Mark Hyman, MD, explains how to take the best aspects of the paleo diet (good fats, limited refined carbs, limited sugar) and combine them with the vegan diet (lots and lots of fresh, healthy veggies) to create a delicious diet that is not only good for your brain and your body, but also good for the planet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too Political but good nutrition advice.
- De Amazon Customer en 03-19-21
De: Mark Hyman MD
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Activate Your Vagus Nerve
- Unleash Your Body’s Natural Ability to Overcome Gut Sensitivities, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, Brain Fog, Anxiety and Depression
- De: Dr. Navaz Habib
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 5 h y 12 m
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Your vagus nerve is the largest and most important nerve in your body. It carries messages to and from your brain, gut, heart, and other major muscles and organs. However, common issues like inflammation, stress, or physical trauma can interfere with the nerve's ability to function. Luckily, there are tons of quick-and-easy ways to activate and exercise the nerve, strengthening its function and restoring your body to good health.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Elton John? & Great book
- De Amazon Customer en 10-17-19
De: Dr. Navaz Habib
Laymen’s way to immunology
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Good science but too much biography
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book of the year!
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a great narration
an accurate science
a must for anyone who wants to learn about immunotherapy
fascinating
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Book of the year
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I learned so much!
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worth reading
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Excellent
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we all need to know this information
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Engrossing and well told
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