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Foreign Bodies
- Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Simon Schama
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
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‘This splendid and often moving work of history… Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly amusing asides’ Daily Telegraph ‘Superb’ Observer ‘Extraordinary… A meticulous retelling of a terrible yet scientifically innovative...
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Accessible history of plagues read by the author
- By ProfP on 04-06-23
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Foreign Bodies
- Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
- Narrated by: Simon Schama
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 25-05-23
- Language: English
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How Do We Look
- The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Mary Beard
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as an accompaniment to How Do We Look and The Eye of Faith, the famed Civilizations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art.
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How Do We Look
- The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
- Narrated by: Mary Beard
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-09-18
- Language: English
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Marplot in Lisbon; Or The Second Part of The Busy Body
- By: Susanna Centlivre
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We first met the scheming Marplot in Susanna Centlivre's 1709 play "The Busie Body" (already recorded at Librivox). The play was so successful that Centlivre wrote a sequel, again putting Marplot in the middle of schemes, mistaken identities, confusion, and finally .... well, that would be telling. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Marplot. A sort of a silly Fellow, Cowardly, but very Inquisitive to know every Body's Business, generally spoils all he undertakes, yet without Design: ToddHW Colonel Ravelin, an English Officer: Greg Giordano Charles: HelloCentral Don Lopez, a Grandee of Portugal: ...
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Astronomy- The Science of the Heavenly Bodies
- By: David Todd
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Explore the fascinating journey of astronomy through the ages in this compelling narrative. From the ancient belief that Earth was the center of the universe to the groundbreaking discoveries that reveal our solar system as just one of countless galaxies, this book captures the evolution of our understanding of the cosmos. It highlights the rapid advancements of recent years and presents astronomys rich history as a captivating story, tracing its roots from the shepherds of ancient Chaldea to contemporary insights into the vast scale of the universe and the enormous stars beyond our solar ...
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Body Brokers
- By: Sony Music Entertainment
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For eight years, Megan Hess ran Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in the small town of Montrose, Colorado. She promised clients discounts on normally expensive cremations, a seeming kindness in a town where many are poor. But in the back of the funeral home, Megan’s elderly mother Shirley was actually dismembering the dead. And then Megan was selling the body parts – heads, torsos, legs – to companies that claim to do medical research. The families who trusted Megan –- they had no idea what she was really up to. When they came to pick up the ashes of their loved ones, they instead received a ...
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I-Vada
- By: Body Positive
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An LGBTQIA+ History Podcast Hosted by Jonathan Mayor, Sally Probert-Hill and the fantabulosah Colin Avery, I-Vada brings the rich, rebellious, and often forgotten history of LGBTQIA+ culture to your perfectly-formed ears via the magic of the podcast. With sharp insight, warmth, and a touch of mischief, the hosts explore the people, politics, and stories that have shaped queer life across generations. From hidden histories to headline moments, each episode shines a light on the past to better understand our present.
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Censoring the Body
- Studies in World Art, Book 18
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Teague Dean
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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From the earliest times, human beings have found it difficult to represent their own bodies in a straightforward way. The rare painted images of humans in Paleolithic art are much less naturalistic than the images of animals created at the same epoch. At the dawn of art, representations of the nude body were simply vehicles for statement about the need for fertility if the human race was to survive successfully.
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Censoring the Body
- Studies in World Art, Book 18
- Narrated by: Teague Dean
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 18
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-12-17
- Language: English
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Body Paragraphs
- By: Brittany Reid and Taylor McKee
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Body Paragraphs explores the many connections between the worlds of sport and literature. Brittany Reid and Taylor McKee discuss different topics, considering the surprising ways that sports can be used to understand literature, and literature can be used to understand sport.
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Body of Work Heritage Podcast
- By: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
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Body of Work is the heritage podcast from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. This podcast is all about celebrating collaborations and celebrating them through medical heritage. Each episode will feature a different professional who has worked with us here at the heritage department; we chat about their work, and what drew them to it. We also geek out a bit on medical heritage! Feel free to email us with any questions: library@rcpsg.ac.ukFollow us on twitter: @rcpsgheritage
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Body Count: A History Podcast
- By: Jessica Manor
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Hello and welcome to Body Count, a history podcast where we gab about death and disaster through the ages, highlighting figures, single events, time periods, whatever it may be that resulted in someone, or as is usually the case, a lot of someones dying. Hosted by Jessica Manor and Kara DiDomizio.
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Man - King of Mind, Body and Circumstance
- By: James Allen
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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In this audiobook James Allen makes a trenchant examination of one of the great conundrums of philosophy and religion: the problem of evil. As the author states in the foreword: All the problems of life, whether they be social, political, or religious, subsist in ignorance and wrong living. As they are solved in the heart of each individual, they will be solved in the mass of men.
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Man - King of Mind, Body and Circumstance
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 24-03-15
- Language: English
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Abortion: The Body Politic with Katie Couric
- By: iHeartPodcasts
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Welcome to Katie Couric's special series podcast feed, home to Katie's deep dives into the big issues of the day. The most recent iteration is Abortion: The Body Politic, a 6-part narrative series that crisscrosses the country, exploring the personal, political, and deeply resonant nuances of the history and future of abortion access in this country. If you’re wondering how we got here, what the post-Roe world is like, and what to do next, dive right in.
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