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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

by Gardiner Harris ...

Narrated by Gardiner Harris ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Read more

$36.00 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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Medicine Chest, The

A Physician's Journey Towards Reconciliation

by Jarol Boan ...

Narrated by Kelley Jo Burke ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

An examination of the barriers facing Indigenous people within the healthcare system from the perspective of an empathetic settler physicianAfter leaving her medical practice in Pennsylvania in 2011, Jarol Boan returned to her childhood home in Saskatchewan, Canada to practice medicine. There she found a healthcare system struggling with preventable chronic diseases and institutional racism. ... Read more

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An examination of the barriers facing Indigenous people within the healthcare system from the perspective of an empathetic settler physicianAfter leaving her medical practice in Pennsylvania in 2011, Jarol Boan returned to her childhood home in Saskatchewan, Canada to practice medicine. There she found a healthcare system struggling with preventable chronic diseases and institutional racism.
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Neurology Rounds with the Maverick

by Bernard M. Patten MD ...

Narrated by Gregory V. Diehl ...

Unabridged

12 hours 49 min

In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for ... Read more

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In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for
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Extreme Measures

Finding a Better Path to the End of Life

by Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D. ...

Narrated by Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D. ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

For readers of Being Mortal and Modern Death, an ICU and Palliative Care specialist offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest levelIn medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die.Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care—to become an ICU physician—and imagined ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

For readers of Being Mortal and Modern Death, an ICU and Palliative Care specialist offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest levelIn medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die.Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care—to become an ICU physician—and imagined
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Quack Quack

The Threat of Pseudoscience

by Dr. Joe Schwarcz ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

Let the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformationWe are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery—loosely defined as the spread of false "knowledge," often accompanied by various versions of "snake oil"—is not a novel phenomenon, it has ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

Let the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformationWe are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery—loosely defined as the spread of false "knowledge," often accompanied by various versions of "snake oil"—is not a novel phenomenon, it has
... Read more
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Bad Faith

When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine

by Paul A. Offit, MD ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio’s Amish country—despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses. In twenty ... Read more

$23.06 CAD

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio’s Amish country—despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses. In twenty
... Read more
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The Sadness Business

by Patrick Landman ...

Narrated by Alan Cook ...

Unabridged

2 hours 43 min

Have you lost a loved one? Your sadness becomes depression. Your child is a little too lively? He or she may be a danger to society. Do you have a penchant for cake? You have a psychiatric disorder. The new standard way of thinking about mental health, dictated by the publication of an international guide, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is authorian and overshadows ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Have you lost a loved one? Your sadness becomes depression. Your child is a little too lively? He or she may be a danger to society. Do you have a penchant for cake? You have a psychiatric disorder. The new standard way of thinking about mental health, dictated by the publication of an international guide, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is authorian and overshadows
... Read more
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The Book of Body Positivity

How We Got It All Wrong and What We Can Do About It

by Rajeev Kurapati ...

Narrated by ERROL RODRIGUES ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic ... Read more

$23.46 CAD

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic
... Read more
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The Conscience of Care

Navigating Health in the Culture Wars

by Dov Fox ...

Narrated by David Marantz ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

Pitched battles over abortion, puberty blockers, and assisted suicide have turned American healthcare into a legal minefield. Faced with mounting restrictions on medical practice, doctors and nurses who follow their conscience to provide standard treatments risk being fined, fired, or even imprisoned, while clinicians who conscientiously deny evidence-based care are shielded without condition from ... Read more

$28.49 CAD

Pitched battles over abortion, puberty blockers, and assisted suicide have turned American healthcare into a legal minefield. Faced with mounting restrictions on medical practice, doctors and nurses who follow their conscience to provide standard treatments risk being fined, fired, or even imprisoned, while clinicians who conscientiously deny evidence-based care are shielded without condition from
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The Distracted Mind

Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

by Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 56 min

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves ... Read more

$35.27 CAD

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves
... Read more
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Dark Science Experiments

The True History of Unethical Human Trials

by Dipesh Piplani ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 50 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark Science Experiments: The True History of Unethical Human TrialsExposing Real-Life Atrocities from MK‑Ultra, Tuskegee, and BeyondUnearth the shocking truth behind some of the most chilling unethical human experiments ever conducted in the name of science, national security, and medical advancement. In this gripping, rigorously documented nonfiction ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark Science Experiments: The True History of Unethical Human TrialsExposing Real-Life Atrocities from MK‑Ultra, Tuskegee, and BeyondUnearth the shocking truth behind some of the most chilling unethical human experiments ever conducted in the name of science, national security, and medical advancement. In this gripping, rigorously documented nonfiction
... Read more
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The Criminal Mind

Gripping encounters with serial killers and true crime from Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist

by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Narrated by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder... ... Read more

$25.94 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder...
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Genetics in the Madhouse

The Unknown History of Human Heredity

by Theodore M. Porter ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

14 hours 1 min

In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing ... Read more

$42.06 CAD

In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing
... Read more
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The Miracle of the Black Leg

Notes on Race, Human Bodies, and the Spirit of the Law

by Patricia J. Williams ...

Narrated by Carmen Jewel Jones ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

Beginning with a jaw-dropping rumination on a centuries-old painting featuring a white man with a Black man's leg surgically attached (with the expired Black leg-donor in the foreground), contracts law scholar and celebrated journalist Patricia J. Williams uses the lens of the law to take on core questions of identity, ethics, and race.With her trademark elegant prose and critical legal studies ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

Beginning with a jaw-dropping rumination on a centuries-old painting featuring a white man with a Black man's leg surgically attached (with the expired Black leg-donor in the foreground), contracts law scholar and celebrated journalist Patricia J. Williams uses the lens of the law to take on core questions of identity, ethics, and race.With her trademark elegant prose and critical legal studies
... Read more
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Control

The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

by Adam Rutherford ...

Narrated by Greg Patmore ...

Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for molding the British population, and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents, ... Read more

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How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for molding the British population, and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents,
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Health Myths Exposed: Shocking Truths You Must Know!

"Transform your understanding of health! Discover eye-opening audio lessons that reveal shocking truths you can't ignore!"

by Jasper Callan ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

Unabridged

1 hour 7 min

Health Myths Exposed: Shocking Truths You Must Know!⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you eager to enhance your understanding of health issues and make informed decisions for your well-being?Do you need a thorough resource filled with critical insights to help you navigate health myths effectively?Your search stops here!This guide is your essential co... ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Health Myths Exposed: Shocking Truths You Must Know!⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you eager to enhance your understanding of health issues and make informed decisions for your well-being?Do you need a thorough resource filled with critical insights to help you navigate health myths effectively?Your search stops here!This guide is your essential co...
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Beyond the Buzz

A Modern Guide to Smart Cannabis Use

by Misty Lake ...

Narrated by AI Voice Diana Pena ...

Unabridged

4 hours 49 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. "Beyond the Buzz skillfully blends personal stories and well-researched data to shed light on the often overlooked aspects and benefits of cannabis use, presenting complex information in an accessible and engaging way that educates and empowers readers" ~ Paula Black, healing coach and author of Life, Cancer and God★★★★★Cannabis is transforming health and ... Read more

$8.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. "Beyond the Buzz skillfully blends personal stories and well-researched data to shed light on the often overlooked aspects and benefits of cannabis use, presenting complex information in an accessible and engaging way that educates and empowers readers" ~ Paula Black, healing coach and author of Life, Cancer and God★★★★★Cannabis is transforming health and
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Who Says You're Dead?

Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned

by Jacob M. Appel, MD ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

8 hours

Drawing upon the author's two decades teaching medical ethics, as well as his work as a practicing psychiatrist, this profound and addictive little book offers up challenging ethical dilemmas and asks listeners, What would you do?● A daughter gets tested to see if she's a match to donate a kidney to her father. The test reveals that she is not the man's biological daughter. Should the doctor tell ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

Drawing upon the author's two decades teaching medical ethics, as well as his work as a practicing psychiatrist, this profound and addictive little book offers up challenging ethical dilemmas and asks listeners, What would you do?● A daughter gets tested to see if she's a match to donate a kidney to her father. The test reveals that she is not the man's biological daughter. Should the doctor tell
... Read more
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Dark Archives

A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

by Megan Rosenbloom ...

Narrated by Justis Bolding ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering.
... Read more
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Dangerous Medicine

The Story Behind Human Experiments with Hepatitis

by Sydney A. Halpern ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

The untold history of America's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage the project caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers were attempting to discover the basic features of the disease and the viruses causing it, and ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

The untold history of America's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage the project caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers were attempting to discover the basic features of the disease and the viruses causing it, and
... Read more
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Medical Malpractice Law Explained: Navigating Legal Issues in Healthcare

by Quinten J. Tenley ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the complex and high-stakes world of healthcare, the line between human error and professional negligence can have life-changing consequences. Medical Malpractice Law Explained: Navigating Legal Issues in Healthcare offers a clear, in-depth exploration of the key principles and regulations governing medical malpractice law. Designed for patients, ... Read more

$13.56 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the complex and high-stakes world of healthcare, the line between human error and professional negligence can have life-changing consequences. Medical Malpractice Law Explained: Navigating Legal Issues in Healthcare offers a clear, in-depth exploration of the key principles and regulations governing medical malpractice law. Designed for patients,
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Better Never to Have Been

The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar ...

Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence—rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should—they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence—rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should—they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into
... Read more
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Carte Blanche

The Erosion of Medical Consent

by Harriet Washington ...

Narrated by William DeMeritt ...

Series series Columbia Global Reports
Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

Carte Blanche is the alarming tale of how the right of Americans to say "no" to risky medical research is eroding at a time when we are racing to produce a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19This medical right that we have long taken for granted was first sacrificed on the altar of military expediency in 1990 when the Department of Defense asked for and received from the FDA a waiver that ... Read more

$13.50 CAD

Carte Blanche is the alarming tale of how the right of Americans to say "no" to risky medical research is eroding at a time when we are racing to produce a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19This medical right that we have long taken for granted was first sacrificed on the altar of military expediency in 1990 when the Department of Defense asked for and received from the FDA a waiver that
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Blouses blanches, colère noire

by Bernard Kron ...

Narrated by Isidore Amos ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

La Covid a mis au grand jour la ruine de notre système de santé. De numéro 1 mondial dans les années 1970, il est tombé au 24e rang des pays de l’OCDE ! Pour la première fois depuis la Guerre, l’espérance de vie recule en France. Dans les hôpitaux, 30.000 patients décèdent d'accidents médicaux chaque année. Dans cet essai, Bernard Kron analyse les causes de cet échec. Il décortique les principales ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

La Covid a mis au grand jour la ruine de notre système de santé. De numéro 1 mondial dans les années 1970, il est tombé au 24e rang des pays de l’OCDE ! Pour la première fois depuis la Guerre, l’espérance de vie recule en France. Dans les hôpitaux, 30.000 patients décèdent d'accidents médicaux chaque année. Dans cet essai, Bernard Kron analyse les causes de cet échec. Il décortique les principales
... Read more

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