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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
- The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
- By: Bill Gates
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, shares what he has learnt in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address climate problems....
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I feel wiser
- By John on 19-02-21
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A Life on Our Planet
- My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary....
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The most important book of our time.
- By ian on 29-11-20
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Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health....
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Ground-breaking, so the flaws are forgivable
- By Amazon Customer on 20-01-18
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Wild Sounds of Canada
- By: Various writers
- Narrated by: Sarika Cullis-Suzuki
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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Join lauded marine biologist Dr. Sarika Cullis-Suzuki for an intimate tour of the wild heart of the nation....
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Explore the wild beyond even though you’re stuck indoors
- By Amazon Customer on 12-01-21
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
- The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
- By: Bill Gates
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, shares what he has learnt in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address climate problems....
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I feel wiser
- By John on 19-02-21
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A Life on Our Planet
- My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary....
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The most important book of our time.
- By ian on 29-11-20
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Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health....
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Ground-breaking, so the flaws are forgivable
- By Amazon Customer on 20-01-18
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Wild Sounds of Canada
- By: Various writers
- Narrated by: Sarika Cullis-Suzuki
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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Join lauded marine biologist Dr. Sarika Cullis-Suzuki for an intimate tour of the wild heart of the nation....
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Explore the wild beyond even though you’re stuck indoors
- By Amazon Customer on 12-01-21
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Unnatural Causes
- By: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....
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A rollercoaster ride
- By DrDebTranter on 23-09-18
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
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A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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A short Review of Nearly Everything
- By Roy on 08-08-05
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Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
- By: Amanda Owen
- Narrated by: Amanda Owen
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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A charming, evocative collection of Amanda Owen's columns in The Dalesman magazine, describing life on the farm for her family....
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Binged the book in night
- By Anonymous User on 05-03-21
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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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We're living through a golden age of paleontological research that, in the last couple of decades, has radically changed our understanding of dinosaurs....
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What a treat!
- By Amy on 13-07-19
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A Grown-Up Guide to Oceans
- By: Professor Ben Garrod, Ellie Sans
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Kids love the ocean - it’s mysterious and unknown, home to monsters of the imagination and some of the most fascinating life forms on the planet. But while many grown-ups might love being by or on the sea, how much do we actually know about the world beneath the waves....
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Science for everyone!
- By Peter J L on 11-08-20
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
- By: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Neither plant nor animal, it is found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies....
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Willingly entangled
- By Paul on 17-11-20
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Lucy in the Sky: The New Age of Space Travel
- By: Lucy Hawking
- Length: 4 hrs
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Children's author and science communicator Lucy Hawking, daughter of Professor Stephen Hawking, invites listeners to the launch of a new space age....
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A pleasant listen, a look at modern space flight
- By AH on 10-12-20
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological makeup....
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Great book, let down somewhat by the narration
- By Mark D on 28-10-19
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A Brief History of Time
- From Big Bang to Black Holes
- By: Stephen Hawking
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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To this day A Brief History of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wonders....
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Interesting and intelligible
- By Anthony on 21-03-17
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Burn
- The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
- By: Herman Pontzer
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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This book draws on Herman Pontzer's eye-opening research to show how, contrary to received wisdom, exercise does not increase our metabolism....
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- By: Stephen Hawking, Professor Kip Thorne - foreword
- Narrated by: Ben Whishaw, Garrick Hagon - foreword, Lucy Hawking - afterword
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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The final book from Professor Stephen Hawking, the best-selling author of A Brief History of Time and arguably the most famous scientist of our age....
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Science for the masses
- By Paul KENYON on 31-01-19
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these questions than astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson....
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Fascinating, if a little short
- By ian on 23-06-17
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Bill Bryson's Appliance of Science
- By: Bill Bryson
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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Bill Bryson teams up with The Science Museum to celebrate the ideas and inventions of the incurably curious....
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Good exploration of objects in the Science museum.
- By Heisenberg on 12-03-18
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Liftoff
- Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
- By: Eric Berger
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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The dramatic inside story, Liftoff tells the complete story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX - and Elon Musk - from a shaky startup into the world's leading edge rocket company....
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
- Why Violence Has Declined
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 36 hrs and 39 mins
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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen....
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A Magnum Opus in every sense!
- By Jeremy on 14-05-12
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Life on Earth
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, now available as an audiobook for the first time....
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Alec Davis on 05-10-18
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- By: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
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A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers....
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Interesting, complex and sometimes flawed!
- By Jim Vaughan on 11-10-12
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The Power of Habit
- Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change
- By: Charles Duhigg
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed....
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Appendix missing
- By Mark Pack on 22-07-12
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Gut
- By: Giulia Enders
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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The key to living a happier, healthier life is inside us. Our gut is almost as important to us as our brain or our heart, yet we know very little about how it works....
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I have to redress the balance
- By David J James on 13-03-16
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Limitless
- The Autobiography
- By: Tim Peake
- Narrated by: Tim Peake
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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Limitless is a book about the power of following our dreams - however unlikely they may seem - and of striving to reach our potential, even when we might not believe in it ourselves....
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Excellent book
- By L Hay on 17-11-20
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The Secrets in Us
- By: Georgina Lawton
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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What happens when your family tells you one thing, but a DNA test tells you another? Georgina Lawton grew up in a loving family but she didn’t look like anyone else. She has dark eyes, curly hair and brown skin. Both her parents were white. Georgina took a DNA test....
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Amazing and interesting
- By Anonymous User on 22-11-20
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Exoplanets: The Search for Another Earth
- By: Danielle George
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Technologically there’s never been a better time to search for a new earth beyond our solar system. Professor Danielle George examines exoplanets in the so-called habitable zone. Those that have liquid water. And maybe even life....
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Ruined by incidental music alongside the narration
- By Swordflasher on 03-06-20
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Waking Up
- By: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology....
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This is Important.
- By Lucas on 15-02-15
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Drug Use for Grown-Ups
- Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
- By: Dr. Carl L. Hart
- Narrated by: Dr. Carl L. Hart
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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In Drug Use for Grown-Ups, Dr. Carl L. Hart draws on decades of research and his own personal experience to argue definitively that the criminalization and demonization of drug use - not drugs themselves - have been a tremendous scourge on America....
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Not much about drug use
- By RLH14 on 27-01-21
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Sue Perkins Earpedia: Animals
- By: Sue Perkins
- Narrated by: Sue Perkins, Margaret Cabourn-Smith
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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Former Bake Off host, passionate animal lover and comedian Sue Perkins, is our indispensable guide to the animal kingdom....
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Really can not recommend enough
- By Ian on 10-03-18
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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....
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Spellbinding
- By Milkmoon Mama on 24-02-20
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Algorithms to Live By
- The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- By: Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
- Narrated by: Brian Christian
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living....
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Simply delightful
- By AR Mijinyawa on 08-12-18
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The Idiot Brain
- A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head Is Really up To
- By: Dean Burnett
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Why do you lose arguments with people who know MUCH LESS than you?Why can you recognise that woman, from that thing...but can't remember her name?....
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WOW! A much needed explanation. Thank you 😊
- By Big G on 25-02-17
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The Planets
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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The best-selling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before....
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Worthwhile Update
- By Majicat on 25-05-19
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The Selfish Gene
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
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Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it....
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Great listen
- By Luke Barton on 20-08-11
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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
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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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Astronomy and so much more
- By Andrei S. on 23-01-18
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The Yorkshire Shepherdess
- By: Amanda Owen
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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In The Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen describes how a rebellious girl from Huddersfield, who always wanted to be a shepherdess, achieved her dreams....
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Funny, uplifting and inspiring in equal measure.
- By Angela on 09-10-20
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Dreaming with Oak
- A Tree Spirit Short Read
- By: Heather Sanderson
- Narrated by: Heather Sanderson
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Dreaming with Oak takes you on a journey into the world of the trees and plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with plant and tree spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant and tree world in general, and oak in particular. Dreaming with Oak also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with oak.
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Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
- By: Amanda Owen
- Narrated by: Amanda Owen
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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In Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda takes listeners on an evocative journey to Ravenseat, where she lives with husband Clive and their nine children, not to mention their flock of sheep, herd of cows, hardworking dogs and a formidable chicken called Linda.
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Binged the book in night
- By Anonymous User on 05-03-21
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Beating Brain Fog
- Your 30-Day Plan to Think Faster, Sharper, Better
- By: Dr Sabina Brennan
- Narrated by: Sabina Brennan
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Brain fog is not a diagnosis in itself, but a sign that things aren't right in your body. In Beating Brain Fog, neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan guides us through the science to show how our brains work, and why we might experience confusion and anxiety. She offers tools to help you identify your own cognitive profile, determining the causes of your specific symptoms, and explains the simple strategies that can help you feel like yourself again.
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The Medicine Book
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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How are illnesses diagnosed? When did the first successful organ transplant take place? Why are some pandemics so deadly? This audiobook explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. The Medicine Book cuts through the jargon and is packed with pithy explanations of the most important milestones in medical history to untangle knotty concepts.
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The Physics of Climate Change
- By: Lawrence Krauss
- Narrated by: Lawrence Krauss
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The news is full of hotly debated divergent claims about the impacts and risks of climate change. Lawrence Krauss, one of the world's most respected physicists and science populizers, cuts through the confusion by succinctly presenting the underlying science of climate change. The audiobook provides a unique, clear, accurate and easily accessible perspective of climate science and the risks of global inaction.
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Technology vs. Humanity
- The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine
- By: Gerd Leonhard
- Narrated by: Ian Anderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Futurist Gerd Leonhard breaks new ground again by bringing together mankind’s urge to upgrade and automate everything - down to human biology itself - with our timeless quest for freedom and happiness.
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Dreaming with Oak
- A Tree Spirit Short Read
- By: Heather Sanderson
- Narrated by: Heather Sanderson
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Dreaming with Oak takes you on a journey into the world of the trees and plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with plant and tree spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant and tree world in general, and oak in particular. Dreaming with Oak also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with oak.
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Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
- By: Amanda Owen
- Narrated by: Amanda Owen
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda takes listeners on an evocative journey to Ravenseat, where she lives with husband Clive and their nine children, not to mention their flock of sheep, herd of cows, hardworking dogs and a formidable chicken called Linda.
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Binged the book in night
- By Anonymous User on 05-03-21
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Beating Brain Fog
- Your 30-Day Plan to Think Faster, Sharper, Better
- By: Dr Sabina Brennan
- Narrated by: Sabina Brennan
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Brain fog is not a diagnosis in itself, but a sign that things aren't right in your body. In Beating Brain Fog, neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan guides us through the science to show how our brains work, and why we might experience confusion and anxiety. She offers tools to help you identify your own cognitive profile, determining the causes of your specific symptoms, and explains the simple strategies that can help you feel like yourself again.
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The Medicine Book
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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How are illnesses diagnosed? When did the first successful organ transplant take place? Why are some pandemics so deadly? This audiobook explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. The Medicine Book cuts through the jargon and is packed with pithy explanations of the most important milestones in medical history to untangle knotty concepts.
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The Physics of Climate Change
- By: Lawrence Krauss
- Narrated by: Lawrence Krauss
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The news is full of hotly debated divergent claims about the impacts and risks of climate change. Lawrence Krauss, one of the world's most respected physicists and science populizers, cuts through the confusion by succinctly presenting the underlying science of climate change. The audiobook provides a unique, clear, accurate and easily accessible perspective of climate science and the risks of global inaction.
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Technology vs. Humanity
- The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine
- By: Gerd Leonhard
- Narrated by: Ian Anderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Futurist Gerd Leonhard breaks new ground again by bringing together mankind’s urge to upgrade and automate everything - down to human biology itself - with our timeless quest for freedom and happiness.
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Birdsong in a Time of Silence
- By: Steven Lovatt
- Narrated by: Nicholas Khan
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Birdsong in a Time of Silence is the story of a man rediscovering his passion for birdsong and nature. Narrated against the backdrop of the current pandemic, the book opens by acknowledging the new awareness of birds and birdsong that was made possible by the coincidence of spring and the experience of lockdown. Starting with a portrait of the blackbird - most prominent and articulate of the early spring singers - the book proceeds through 10 chapters to explore how birds sing, the variety of singing birds and more.
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The Well-Chosen Garden
- By: Christopher Lloyd
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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Would your garden, small or large, in town or country, win a prize? Is there room for improvement? Everybody has favourite plants, but the ability to put them all together to ensure a splendid show throughout the year is a skill that must be acquired. The Well-Chosen Garden will guide you to making the most of your available space, help you avoid untimely gaps, colour clashes and many other pitfalls of garden planning.
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The Fragile Earth
- Writing from the New Yorker on Climate Change
- By: David Remnick, Henry Finder
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Gabra Zackman, Cat Gould
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
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The Fragile Earth tells the story of climate change - its past, present and future - taking listeners from Greenland to the Great Plains and into both laboratories and rain forests. It features some of the best writing on global warming from the last three decades, including Bill McKibben’s seminal essay ‘The End of Nature’, the first piece to popularise both the science and politics of climate change for a general audience.
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Medicinal Mushrooms
- The Complete Guide to Grow Psilocybin Mushrooms and Medicinal Properties
- By: Elia Friedenthal
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Moore
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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Medicinal mushrooms have been used in Eastern medicine for thousands of years and have gained even more popularity as of late. Destined to be taken as powders (they’re never meant to be eaten raw or whole), you can find these fungi in all different forms, including ultra-trendy Los Angeles lattes. One of the easiest ways to get your mushroom fix, though? Simply add a spoonful to whatever’s on the menu - be it your morning smoothie, veggie stir-fry, or a cup of java.
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Planetwalker
- 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.
- By: John Francis PhD
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand: He stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young man took a vow of silence that endured for 17 years.
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Moody
- A Woman's 21st-Century Hormone Guide
- By: Amy Thomson
- Narrated by: Gesella Ohaka
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hormones were something Amy Thomson, founder and CEO of leading women's health app and tech service Moody, never paid attention to, until one day her periods stopped and what had been an inconvenience each month became a barometer for her body's health and mental happiness. In this guide, Amy shares the research and science behind how our hormones work for 21st-century survival, how understanding them can help you build better and healthier routines and why the systems and cycles inside us are an invisible but powerful force.
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Daedalus 149 04 (Fall 2020)
- Climate Change
- By: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Narrated by: Robert Parson
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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The Fall 2020 issue of Dædalus on “Witnessing Climate Change” features 16 personal narratives about climate-related work by professionals from multiple fields, backgrounds, and generations who feel a responsibility to share what they know and take action.
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Burn
- The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
- By: Herman Pontzer
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the past 20 years, Evolutionary Biologist Herman Pontzer has conducted ground-breaking studies across a range of settings, including pioneering fieldwork with Hadza hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania. This book draws on his eye-opening research to show how, contrary to received wisdom, exercise does not increase our metabolism. Instead, we burn calories within a very narrow range: nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level.
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Liftoff
- Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
- By: Eric Berger
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2006, SpaceX - a brand-new venture with fewer than 200 employees - rolled its first, single-engine rocket onto a launch pad at Kwajalein Atoll. After a groundbreaking launch from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Falcon 1 rocket designed by Elon Musk’s engineers rose in the air for approximately 30 seconds. Then, its engine flamed out and the rocket crashed back into the ocean. Eric Berger tells the complete story of this foundational generation that transformed SpaceX into the world’s leading space company.
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A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses map-like structures to build a model of the world - not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought.
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Cosmic Queries
- StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson, James Trefil, Lindsey N. Walker - editor
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In this illuminating audiobook, Tyson and coauthor James Trefil, a renowned physicist and science popularizer, take on the big questions that humanity has been posing for millennia - How did life begin? What is our place in the universe? Are we alone? - and provide answers based on the most current data, observations, and theories.
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Dr Karl's Little Book of Climate Change Science
- By: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
- Narrated by: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Australia's favourite science guru explains the facts about climate change – and how we can fix it. Is the planet reeeeeally warming up? But carbon's natural, isn't it? How could planes fly without fossil fuels? What's a pteropod and why should I care? Kelp? How can it help? One of Dr Karl Kruszelnicki's jobs as Australia's most popular science communicator is to answer people's questions about climate change.