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Microbiology Audiobooks

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    A Silent Fire

    The Story of Inflammation, Diet and Disease

    by Shilpa Ravella ...
    Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 1 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Hidden inflammation lies behind many modern diseases. Shilpa Ravella, an expert in nutrition and the gut, explains why our immune systems are turning against us and what we might do about it.'Controlling Inflammation is the key to good health and this beautifully written and researched book is the best way to understand it' TIM SPECTOR, #1 bestselling author of Food for ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Pleased to Meet Me

    Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are

    by Bill Sullivan ...
    Narrated by Alex Boyles ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 3 min

    Why are you attracted to a certain “type?” Why are you a morning person? Why do you vote the way you do? From a witty new voice in popular science comes a clever, life-changing look at what makes you you.“I can’t believe I just said that.” “What possessed me to do that?” “What’s wrong with me?”We’re constantly seeking answers to these fundamental human questions, and now, science has the answers. ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Breathless

    The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

    by David Quammen ...
    Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 24 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.From the author of the powerful, prescient Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicBreathless is the story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.Here is the story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Duel Without End

    Mankind’s Battle with Microbes

    by Stig S. Frøland ...
    Narrated by Daniel Thomas May ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 41 min

    From pre-dawn to COVID-19, from ancient plagues to future microbial threats, a sweeping look at the past, present, and future of infectious diseases-and how we battle them. In this panoramic and up-to-date account, we learn how the Black Death, smallpox, the 1918 influenza pandemic, and other great epidemics have not only led to enormous suffering and mass death but have also contributed to the ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Genpoolparty - Wie uns die Wissenschaft stärker, schlauer und weniger unausstehlich macht (Ungekürzte Lesung)

    by Martin Moder ...
    Narrated by Thomas Nicolai ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours

    Wie hat die Biologie Sie zu dem wunderbaren Menschen gemacht, der Sie ohne Zweifel sind? Tragen Sie selbst die Verantwortung für Ihre Persönlichkeit und Intelligenz? Oder können Sie die Schuld jemand anderem zuschieben? Das neue Buch von Science-Slam-Europameister Martin Moder entführt uns in die Naturwissenschaft der Zukunft und klärt dabei spielerisch die bedeutendsten Fragen. Wie wird man ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Rise of Yeast

    How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization

    by Nicholas P. Money ...
    Narrated by David Colacci ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    The great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, "I know of no familiar substance forming part of our every-day knowledge and experience, the examination of which, with a little care, tends to open up such very considerable issues as does yeast." Huxley was right. Beneath the very foundations of human civilization lies yeast-also known as the sugar fungus. Yeast is responsible for ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Bacteria

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Sebastian Amyes ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 23 min

    Bacteria form a fundamental branch of life. They are the oldest forms of life and the most prolific of all living organisms, inhabiting every part of the Earth's surface, its ocean depths, and even such inhospitable places as boiling hot springs. In this Very Short Introduction, bacteriologist Sebastian Amyes explores the nature of bacteria, their origin and evolution, bacteria in the environment, ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Biography of Resistance

    The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens

    by Muhammad H. Zaman ...
    Narrated by Kyle Tait ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 3 min

    Award-winning Boston University educator and researcher Muhammad H. Zaman provides a chilling look at the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, explaining how we got here and what we must do to address this growing global health crisis.In September 2016, a woman in Nevada became the first known case in the U.S. of a person who died of an infection resistant to every antibiotic available. Her ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Cheating Cell

    How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer

    by Athena Aktipis ...
    Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 53 min

    This audiobook narrated by Laurel Lefkow offers a fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancerWhen we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked, for the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary relationship, and shows ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Human Superorganism

    How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life

    by Rodney Dietert PhD ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 19 min

    "Eyeopening... Fascinating... may presage a paradigm shift in medicine.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Teeming with information and big ideas... Outstanding.”—Booklist (starred review)The origin of asthma, autism, Alzheimer's, allergies, cancer, heart disease, obesity, and even some kinds of depression is now clear. Award-winning researcher on the microbiome, professor Rodney Dietert presents a ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Brief History of Creation

    Science and the Search for the Origin of Life

    by Bill Mesler, H. James Cleaves ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 42 min

    How did life begin?It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science’s most revolutionary advances, including van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope, Darwin’s theory of evolution, and Crick and Watson’s unveiling of DNA. Now, in an age of genetic engineering and space exploration, some scientists believe they ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Das Leben der Viren

    Karin Mölling erzählt

    by Karin Mölling, Klaus Sander ...
    Narrated by Karin Mölling ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 14 min

    Viren sind Grenzgänger zwischen lebender und toter Materie. Es gibt sie überall in astronomisch großen Mengen (10 hoch 33). Dabei sind Viren wandlungsfähiger als alles andere, was wir auf der Welt kennen. Vielleicht waren sie sogar der Anfang des Lebens auf der Erde. Gemeinhin werden Viren als Krankmacher definiert und ihr Verhalten mit Kriegsvokabular beschrieben, obwohl viele Viren gar nicht ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Probiotic Planet

    Using Life to Manage Life

    by Jamie Lorimer ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 18 min

    Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal health. In this ambitious and original work, Jamie Lorimer offers a sweeping overview of diverse probiotic approaches and an insightful critique of their promise and limitations. Lorimer describes cases in which scientists and managers are working with biological processes to improve human, environmental, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Superbugs

    An Arms Race against Bacteria

    by William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, Jim O'Neill ...
    Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 32 min

    Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Resistance develops because the bacteria that antibiotics target can evolve ways to defend themselves against these drugs. When antibiotics fail, there is very little else to prevent an infection from spreading. Unnecessary use of antibiotics in both humans and ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Good Virus

    The Untold Story of Phages: The Most Abundant Life Forms on Earth and What They Can Do For Us

    by Tom Ireland ...
    Narrated by Ben Deery ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    The untold story of the most abundant life form on Earth, bacteriophages, and how they play a crucial role in our lives, our health and the health of our planet.Winner of the Giles St Aubyn Award 2021Not all viruses are out to get us - in fact, the viruses that do us harm are vastly outnumbered by viruses that can actually save lives.At every moment, within your body and all around you, trillions ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Biocivilisations

    A New Look at the Science of Life

    by Predrag B. Slijepcevic ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 33 min

    Biocivilisations is an important, original rethinking of the mystery of life and its deep uncertainty**, exploring the complex civilisations that existed on Earth long before humans.**What is life? Many scientists believe life can be reduced to ‘mechanistic’ factors, such as genes and information codes. Yet there is a growing army of scientists, philosophers and artists who reject this view. The ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cazadores de microbios

    Los principales descubrimientos del mundo microscópico

    by Paul de Kruif, Paul de Kruif, Emilio Ayllón Rull (Translator), Emilio Ayllón Rull (Translator) ...
    Narrated by Roger Vidal ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 8 min

    Más pertinente que nunca, esta historia de los microbios, las bacterias y cómo la enfermedad afecta nuestra vida cotidiana y la prosperidad de nuestras sociedades no ha dejado de fascinar a quien se adentra en ella desde que se publicó por primera vez, hace ya unos cuantos años. Los superhéroes aquí son los científicos, bacteriólogos, médicos y técnicos médicos, que descubrieron los microbios e ... Read more

    $40.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19

    by Alina Chan, Matt Ridley ...
    Narrated by Gavin Osborn ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 1 min

    Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind.Determining whether the virus came from nature or from a lab will help us to safeguard against the next pandemic.This disease will forever punctuate modern history. It has led to the deaths of millions, sickened hundreds of millions and affected the lives of almost every person on the planet. We now know ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    COVID-19

    How Covid-19 Can Help Us Save Humanity

    by Debora MacKenzie ...
    Narrated by Cynthia Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 12 min

    An urgent case for how we could have stopped the Covid-19 pandemic—and how to make sure it never happens again**"MacKenzie's fascinating book gives us the scope and scale to be able to put this pandemic in perspective and, it begs the question, will we learn from this in time to prevent to next one?"—Molly Caldwell Crosby, bestselling author of The American Plague.*Named one of the Best Science ... Read more

    $63.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Perfect Predator

    A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

    by Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson ...
    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Dan Woren ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 31 min

    An electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more."A memoir that reads like a thriller." -New York Times Book Review"A fascinating and terrifying peek into the devastating outcomes of antibiotic misuse**-**and what happens when standard health care falls short." **-**Sc... ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Parásitos

    El extraño mundo de las criaturas más peligrosas de la naturaleza

    by Carl Zimmer, Carl Zimmer ...
    Narrated by Roger Vidal ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 33 min

    Desde las junglas húmedas de Costa Rica hasta el fétido entorno de las zonas rebeldes del sur de Sudán, Carl Zimmer nos guía a través de un viaje por el universo de los parásitos, un mundo en el que habitamos sin ser conscientes. Así nos descubre no solo la forma de vida más exitosa del planeta, sino aquella que da forma a los ecosistemas y es el motor de la evolución. Zimmer nos muestra, pues, ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Das Leben der Viren

    Karin Mölling erzählt

    by Karin Mölling, Karin Mölling, Klaus Sander, Klaus Sander ...
    Narrated by Karin Mölling ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 14 min

    Viren sind Grenzgänger zwischen lebender und toter Materie. Es gibt sie überall in astronomisch großen Mengen (10 hoch 33). Dabei sind Viren wandlungsfähiger als alles andere, was wir auf der Welt kennen. Vielleicht waren sie sogar der Anfang des Lebens auf der Erde. Gemeinhin werden Viren als Krankmacher definiert und ihr Verhalten mit Kriegsvokabular beschrieben, obwohl viele Viren gar nicht ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Did You Just Eat That?

    Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five-Second Rule, and other Food Myths in the Lab

    by Paul Dawson, Brian Sheldon ...
    Narrated by Matthew Boston ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 25 min

    Is the five-second rule legitimate? Are electric hand dryers really bacteria blowers? Am I spraying germs everywhere when I blow on my birthday cake? How gross is backwash? When it comes to food safety and germs, there are as many common questions as there are misconceptions. And yet there has never been a book that clearly examines the science behind these important issues-until now. In Did You ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Let Them Eat Dirt

    Saving Your Child from an Oversanitized World

    by Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD, B. Brett Finlay, OC, PhD ...
    Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 21 min

    In the two-hundred years since we discovered that microbes cause infectious diseases, we've battled to keep them at bay. But a recent explosion of scientific knowledge has led to undeniable evidence that early exposure to these organisms is beneficial to our children's well-being. Our current emphasis on hyper-cleanliness is taking a toll on our children's lifelong health. This engaging and ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial