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The Secrets of our DNA

How Genetics Has Changed the World

by Turi King ...

Narrated by Turi King ...

Unabridged

14 hours 50 min

From one of the world's most pre-eminent authorities on DNA and genetic research, comes a myth-busting book that provides a window into the world of modern genetics and shows how it informs so many areas of twenty-first century life.Just twenty-five years ago, DNA was a topic only encountered in academic journals—today the topic is a cultural phenomenon, from movie plots to its role in crime ... Read more

$38.00 CAD

From one of the world's most pre-eminent authorities on DNA and genetic research, comes a myth-busting book that provides a window into the world of modern genetics and shows how it informs so many areas of twenty-first century life.Just twenty-five years ago, DNA was a topic only encountered in academic journals—today the topic is a cultural phenomenon, from movie plots to its role in crime
... Read more
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Proto

How One Ancient Language Went Global

by Laura Spinney ...

Narrated by Emma Spurgin-Hussey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

Bloomsbury presents Proto by Laura Spinney, read by Emma Spurgin-HusseyThe enthralling story of how today’s largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world’s population, descended from one ancient dialect.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Proto by Laura Spinney, read by Emma Spurgin-HusseyThe enthralling story of how today’s largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world’s population, descended from one ancient dialect.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely
... Read more
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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

by Bryan Sykes ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery
... Read more
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Lifespan

Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

by Matthew D. LaPlante, David Sinclair ...

Narrated by David Sinclair ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel... ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel...
... Read more
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

by Adam Rutherford ...

Narrated by Adam Rutherford ...

Unabridged

12 hours 13 min

A National Geographic Best Book of the YearIn our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away—until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has completely upended what we ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

A National Geographic Best Book of the YearIn our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away—until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has completely upended what we
... Read more
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Who We Are and How We Got Here

Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

by David Reich ...

Narrated by John Lescault ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human historyGeneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome ... Read more

$32.15 CAD

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human historyGeneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome
... Read more
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Origin

A Genetic History of the Americas

by Jennifer Raff ...

Narrated by Jennifer Raff, Tanis Parenteau, Yvonne Russo ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories
... Read more
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Human Diversity

The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

by Charles Murray ...

Narrated by David Baker ...

Unabridged

14 hours 15 min

A fascinating investigation of the genetics and neuroscience of human differences.The thesis of Human Diversity is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas:Gender is a social construct.Race is a social construct.Class is a function of privilege.The problem ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

A fascinating investigation of the genetics and neuroscience of human differences.The thesis of Human Diversity is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas:Gender is a social construct.Race is a social construct.Class is a function of privilege.The problem
... Read more
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The Secret of Life

Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

by Howard Markel ...

Narrated by Donald Corren ...

Unabridged

15 hours 5 min

An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the
... Read more
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The Miracle Century

Making Sense of the Cell Therapy Revolution

by Scott Gottlieb ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

12 hours

New York Times bestselling author and former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb provides a glimpse of a promising future that is quickly approaching: a world with cures for chronic illnesses and cancers.While traditional drugs mostly help us manage the effects of disease, cell therapies promise genuine cures for a broad range of intractable ailments, from Alzheimer’s to heart damage to cancer. They ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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New York Times bestselling author and former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb provides a glimpse of a promising future that is quickly approaching: a world with cures for chronic illnesses and cancers.While traditional drugs mostly help us manage the effects of disease, cell therapies promise genuine cures for a broad range of intractable ailments, from Alzheimer’s to heart damage to cancer. They
... Read more
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Fatal Invention

How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century

by Dorothy Roberts ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

14 hours 54 min

An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a
... Read more
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The End of Genetics

Designing Humanity's DNA

by David B. Goldstein ...

Narrated by Christopher Douyard ...

Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

An urgent plea for a broader understanding and awareness of the unconsidered dangers of new genetic technologiesSince 2010 it has been possible to determine a person's genetic makeup in a matter of days at an accessible cost for many millions of people. Along with this technological breakthrough there has emerged a movement to use this information to help prospective parents "eliminate preventable ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

An urgent plea for a broader understanding and awareness of the unconsidered dangers of new genetic technologiesSince 2010 it has been possible to determine a person's genetic makeup in a matter of days at an accessible cost for many millions of people. Along with this technological breakthrough there has emerged a movement to use this information to help prospective parents "eliminate preventable
... Read more
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Evolving Ourselves

How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth

by Juan Enriquez, Steve Gullans ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

A sweeping, paradigm-shifting account of how evolution is no longer driven just by nature but also by human choicesWhy are conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at unprecedented rates? Why are we living longer, getting smarter, having far fewer kids? If Darwin was alive today, how would he explain this new world?Today’s humans have developed such profound capabilities ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

A sweeping, paradigm-shifting account of how evolution is no longer driven just by nature but also by human choicesWhy are conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at unprecedented rates? Why are we living longer, getting smarter, having far fewer kids? If Darwin was alive today, how would he explain this new world?Today’s humans have developed such profound capabilities
... Read more
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Innate

How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are

by Kevin J. Mitchell ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you thinkWhat makes you the way you are—and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell traces human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level: in the wiring of our brains. Deftly guiding us through important new ... Read more

$35.27 CAD

A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you thinkWhat makes you the way you are—and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell traces human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level: in the wiring of our brains. Deftly guiding us through important new
... Read more
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Superhuman: The Future of Drugs, Bioelectronics, and Genetic Medicine

by Michael Bess ...

Narrated by Michael Bess ...

Series series Learn25: History
Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

The next wave of technological change will shape not just our gizmos and gadgets, but our own bodies and minds. Join award-winning historian Michael Bess to learn what to expect from the “Superhuman Revolution.”In the near future, developments in bioenhancement technologies will not only alter how we make a living, communicate, and interact with each other, but will offer direct and precise ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The next wave of technological change will shape not just our gizmos and gadgets, but our own bodies and minds. Join award-winning historian Michael Bess to learn what to expect from the “Superhuman Revolution.”In the near future, developments in bioenhancement technologies will not only alter how we make a living, communicate, and interact with each other, but will offer direct and precise
... Read more
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Genomics

A Very Short Introduction

by John M. Archibald ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

4 hours 12 min

Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's complete genetic makeup has changed the way science is done and the questions that can be asked of it. Its most celebrated achievement was the Human Genome Project, a technologically challenging endeavor that took thousands of scientists around the ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's complete genetic makeup has changed the way science is done and the questions that can be asked of it. Its most celebrated achievement was the Human Genome Project, a technologically challenging endeavor that took thousands of scientists around the
... Read more
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Beasts Before Us

The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

by Elsa Panciroli ...

Narrated by Ruth Urquhart ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last twenty years scientists have uncovered new fossils and used new technologies that have upended this story.In Beasts Before Us, paleontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of the mammal lineage, Synapsida, beginning at their murky split from the reptiles in the ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last twenty years scientists have uncovered new fossils and used new technologies that have upended this story.In Beasts Before Us, paleontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of the mammal lineage, Synapsida, beginning at their murky split from the reptiles in the
... Read more
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The Third Chimpanzee

The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

by Jared Diamond ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

15 hours 33 min

The Development of an Extraordinary SpeciesWe human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

The Development of an Extraordinary SpeciesWe human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic
... Read more
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Sexual Selection

A Very Short Introduction

by Marlene Zuk, Leigh W. Simmons ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

4 hours 15 min

What is responsible for the differences between the sexes in so many animals, from the brilliant plumage of birds-of-paradise to the antlers on deer? Why are the traits that distinguish the sexes sometimes detrimental to survival? And why do males and females sometimes behave differently?Questions like these have intrigued scientists and the public alike for many years. New discoveries are showing ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

What is responsible for the differences between the sexes in so many animals, from the brilliant plumage of birds-of-paradise to the antlers on deer? Why are the traits that distinguish the sexes sometimes detrimental to survival? And why do males and females sometimes behave differently?Questions like these have intrigued scientists and the public alike for many years. New discoveries are showing
... Read more
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The $1,000 Genome

The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine

by Kevin Davies ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

Since the conclusion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, scientists have been racing toward a grand goal: offering individuals a decoding of their complete genetic makeup for just $1,000. As Kevin Davies reveals in this exquisitely reported account, the $1,000 genome will be a reality by 2011 and it will usher in a whole new era of personalized, genomic medicine. Capable of presenting much more ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Since the conclusion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, scientists have been racing toward a grand goal: offering individuals a decoding of their complete genetic makeup for just $1,000. As Kevin Davies reveals in this exquisitely reported account, the $1,000 genome will be a reality by 2011 and it will usher in a whole new era of personalized, genomic medicine. Capable of presenting much more
... Read more
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Crack the Code to Ageless Living: Secrets for a Vibrant Future

"Elevate your journey to ageless living with dynamic audio lessons for a brighter, vibrant life!"

by Sullivan Grimsby ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 17 min

"Crack the Code to Ageless Living: Secrets for a Vibrant Future"Are you ready to enhance your life and unlock the secrets to lasting vitality for a vibrant, fulfilling existence?Searching for a thorough guide that equips you with everything you need to embrace ageless living?Your quest ends here!This audiobook is your ultimate resource for deepening your insights, applying transformative str... ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Crack the Code to Ageless Living: Secrets for a Vibrant Future"Are you ready to enhance your life and unlock the secrets to lasting vitality for a vibrant, fulfilling existence?Searching for a thorough guide that equips you with everything you need to embrace ageless living?Your quest ends here!This audiobook is your ultimate resource for deepening your insights, applying transformative str...
... Read more
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Evolution

A Very Short Introduction

by Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth ...

Unabridged

4 hours 50 min

Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the center of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this center. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the Universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Even less than 150 years ago, the view that living ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the center of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this center. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the Universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Even less than 150 years ago, the view that living
... Read more
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The Naked Neanderthal

by Ludovic Slimak ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

Brought to you by Penguin.What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals?For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. After new discoveries, the pendulum swung the other way and they are generally seen as our relatives: not quite human, but similar enough, and still not equal. Now, thanks to an ongoing revolution in palaeoanthropology in which he has played a key ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals?For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. After new discoveries, the pendulum swung the other way and they are generally seen as our relatives: not quite human, but similar enough, and still not equal. Now, thanks to an ongoing revolution in palaeoanthropology in which he has played a key
... Read more
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Our Future is Biotech

A Plain English Guide to How a Tech Revolution is Changing Our Lives and Our Health for the Better

by Andrew Craig ...

Narrated by Andrew Craig ...

Unabridged

9 hours 44 min

"An essential read for anyone committed to understanding the technologies that will define our future." CHRISTIAN ANGERMAYER, BIOTECH ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF APEIRON INVESTMENT GROUPWelcome to the biotech revolutionIn the last century, technology has transformed the human experience across the world. This has been super-charged by the arrival of the internet, smart phones, AI and machine ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

"An essential read for anyone committed to understanding the technologies that will define our future." CHRISTIAN ANGERMAYER, BIOTECH ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF APEIRON INVESTMENT GROUPWelcome to the biotech revolutionIn the last century, technology has transformed the human experience across the world. This has been super-charged by the arrival of the internet, smart phones, AI and machine
... Read more

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