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Poisoner in Chief

Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

by Stephen Kinzer ...

Narrated by James Linkin ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

The bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA’s secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s.The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s master magician and gentlehearted torturer—the agency’s “poisoner in chief.” As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

The bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA’s secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s.The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s master magician and gentlehearted torturer—the agency’s “poisoner in chief.” As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

12 hours 31 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK ... Read more

$24.95 CAD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK
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Dancing with Elephants

Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain

by Jarem Sawatsky ...

Narrated by Jarem Sawatsky ...

Series series How to Die Smiling
Unabridged

4 hours 36 min

If you need some encouragement in living with joy, read this book. It will change your perspective on everything. —Lana PhilipsSawatsky beautifully models a way to dance in the gale of full catastrophe, to celebrate life, to laugh with it and at himself. —Jon Kabat-Zinn, national bestselling author...beautiful and inspiring book...full of humor and wisdom about the pain of loss in our life, by ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you need some encouragement in living with joy, read this book. It will change your perspective on everything. —Lana PhilipsSawatsky beautifully models a way to dance in the gale of full catastrophe, to celebrate life, to laugh with it and at himself. —Jon Kabat-Zinn, national bestselling author...beautiful and inspiring book...full of humor and wisdom about the pain of loss in our life, by
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The Accidental Billionaires

The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

by Ben Mezrich ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky awkwardness with women.Eduardo ... Read more

$24.95 CAD

The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky awkwardness with women.Eduardo
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Tough Crimes

True Cases by Top Criminal Lawyers

Narrated by Bonnie Horton ...

Series Audiobook 1 - True Cases Series
Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We’ve all heard the media’s take on notorious criminals, but when have we had a chance to hear directly from the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them? We’ve all lamented the fate ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We’ve all heard the media’s take on notorious criminals, but when have we had a chance to hear directly from the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them? We’ve all lamented the fate
... Read more
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Fortunate Pilgrim, The

by Mario Puzo ...

Narrated by John Kenneth ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

Before The Godfather and The Last Don, Mario Puzo wrote The Fortunate Pilgrim, a novel many believe to be one of the classics of Italian-American fiction. In this special edition, Mario Puzo's legions of fans will discover a different side of this legendary author, writing for the first time about an Italian family in which a woman holds the power.Lucia Santa has traveled three thousand miles of ... Read more

$48.99 CAD

Before The Godfather and The Last Don, Mario Puzo wrote The Fortunate Pilgrim, a novel many believe to be one of the classics of Italian-American fiction. In this special edition, Mario Puzo's legions of fans will discover a different side of this legendary author, writing for the first time about an Italian family in which a woman holds the power.Lucia Santa has traveled three thousand miles of
... Read more
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Mind Electric

A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains

by Pria Anand ...

Narrated by Pria Anand ...

Unabridged

8 hours 59 min

Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardNamed a Best Book of Summer by The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Publishers Weekly, and Book RiotThe Observer (London)’s Summer Reads SelectIn this collection of medical tales “reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing” (Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water), a neurologist reckons with the... ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardNamed a Best Book of Summer by The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Publishers Weekly, and Book RiotThe Observer (London)’s Summer Reads SelectIn this collection of medical tales “reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing” (Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water), a neurologist reckons with the...
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Klaus-Dieter John

Hope in the Land of the Incas

by Janet Benge, Geoff Benge ...

Narrated by Tim Gregory ...

Series series Christian Heroes: Then & Now
Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

It was totally dark. The lights in the city were turned off, and there were no street lamps, no neon signs, and no extra glow in shop windows. Klaus noticed that theirs was the only car on the road. How would they slip by the checkpoint? Klaus glanced at his wife Tina, whose eyes were shut in prayer. Suddenly he heard a thunderous crash, then saw a bright flash of light.Klaus-Dieter John (1960-) ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

It was totally dark. The lights in the city were turned off, and there were no street lamps, no neon signs, and no extra glow in shop windows. Klaus noticed that theirs was the only car on the road. How would they slip by the checkpoint? Klaus glanced at his wife Tina, whose eyes were shut in prayer. Suddenly he heard a thunderous crash, then saw a bright flash of light.Klaus-Dieter John (1960-)
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A World Appears

A Journey into Consciousness

by Michael Pollan ...

Narrated by Michael Pollan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

**The Instant New York Times Bestseller"Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently, he has done it again." —Charles Finch, The AtlanticFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

**The Instant New York Times Bestseller"Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently, he has done it again." —Charles Finch, The AtlanticFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to
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The Jewish State

by Theodor Herzl ...

Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

Delve into a groundbreaking vision for a nation with The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl. This seminal work lays the foundation for modern Zionism, presenting a compelling argument for the establishment of a Jewish homeland as a solution to anti-Semitism and the plight of the Jewish people.**As Herzl articulates his visionary ideals, one might ask: What does it mean to belong to a nation, and can a ... Read more

$4.37 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Delve into a groundbreaking vision for a nation with The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl. This seminal work lays the foundation for modern Zionism, presenting a compelling argument for the establishment of a Jewish homeland as a solution to anti-Semitism and the plight of the Jewish people.**As Herzl articulates his visionary ideals, one might ask: What does it mean to belong to a nation, and can a
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Without Prejudice

My Life as a Gay Judge

by Harvey Brownstone ...

Narrated by Harvey Brownstone ...

Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

Harvey Brownstone’s story is a tumultuous, sometimes hilarious, and uplifting journey from bullied child to outcast after coming out to his parents, to trailblazing lawyer, to distinguished judge.Brownstone colorfully details his momentous and inventive judicial career marked by his numerous innovations of the justice system, particularly revolutionizing Ontario’s child support enforcement program ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Harvey Brownstone’s story is a tumultuous, sometimes hilarious, and uplifting journey from bullied child to outcast after coming out to his parents, to trailblazing lawyer, to distinguished judge.Brownstone colorfully details his momentous and inventive judicial career marked by his numerous innovations of the justice system, particularly revolutionizing Ontario’s child support enforcement program
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A History of Art For Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

by Clara Erskine Clement ...

Unabridged

4 hours 18 min

A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement: Embark on a journey through the history of art with A History of Art for Beginners and Students by Clara Erskine Clement. This comprehensive guide provides an accessible introduction to various art forms, including painting, sculpture, and architecture. From ancient civilizations to the modern ... Read more

$4.37 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement: Embark on a journey through the history of art with A History of Art for Beginners and Students by Clara Erskine Clement. This comprehensive guide provides an accessible introduction to various art forms, including painting, sculpture, and architecture. From ancient civilizations to the modern
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More Tough Crimes

True Cases by Judges and Criminal Lawyers

by Donald Bayne et al ...

Narrated by Bonnie Horton ...

Series Audiobook 3 - True Cases Series
Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

Edited by William Trudell and Lorene Shyba, More Tough Crimes is the third book in the Durvile True Cases series. Like other books in the series More Tough Crimes provides a unique window into the world of criminal justice. These stories are ‘tough crimes’ because of the emotional demands put on the judges and lawyers involved. Many cases in the book are recent, but some from the past were so ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Edited by William Trudell and Lorene Shyba, More Tough Crimes is the third book in the Durvile True Cases series. Like other books in the series More Tough Crimes provides a unique window into the world of criminal justice. These stories are ‘tough crimes’ because of the emotional demands put on the judges and lawyers involved. Many cases in the book are recent, but some from the past were so
... Read more
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Careless People

A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

by Sarah Wynn-Williams ...

Narrated by Sarah Wynn-Williams ...

Unabridged

13 hours 16 min

**#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL,** SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!**“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she al... ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

**#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL,** SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!**“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she al...
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Birth Vibes

Stories and Strategies for an Empowered Birth

by Jen Hamilton ...

Narrated by Jen Hamilton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 15 min

Read by the author and featuring eight exclusive bonus sections Jen calls “Vaginal Vignettes”: humorous and unforgettable moments from Jen’s real-life experiences in the labor and delivery room.“A refreshingly compassionate roadmap built on boundaries, clarity, and real communication, because growing a family shouldn’t mean losing yourself.” ―Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Read by the author and featuring eight exclusive bonus sections Jen calls “Vaginal Vignettes”: humorous and unforgettable moments from Jen’s real-life experiences in the labor and delivery room.“A refreshingly compassionate roadmap built on boundaries, clarity, and real communication, because growing a family shouldn’t mean losing yourself.” ―Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair
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Brilliant Blunders

From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

by Mario Livio ...

Narrated by Jeff Cummings ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

We all make mistakes. Nobody’s perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough.Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein were all brilliant scientists. Each made groundbreaking contributions to his field - but each also stumbled badly. Darwin’s theory ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

We all make mistakes. Nobody’s perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough.Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein were all brilliant scientists. Each made groundbreaking contributions to his field - but each also stumbled badly. Darwin’s theory
... Read more
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Between Two Kingdoms

A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

by Suleika Jaouad ...

Narrated by Suleika Jaouad ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American SymphonyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, ... Read more

$29.50 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American SymphonyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads,
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Good Arguments

How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

by Bo Seo ...

Narrated by Bo Seo ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

**“The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter—and everyone around you wiser.” —Adam GrantTwo-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team, Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion**When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to ... Read more

$27.00 CAD

**“The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter—and everyone around you wiser.” —Adam GrantTwo-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team, Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion**When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to
... Read more
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Committed

On Meaning and Madwomen

by Suzanne Scanlon ...

Narrated by Suzanne Scanlon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once.When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother—feeling untethered and swimming through inarticulable pain—she made a suicide attempt that landed her in the New York State Psychiatric Institute.After nearly three years and countless experimental treatments, Suzanne left ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once.When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother—feeling untethered and swimming through inarticulable pain—she made a suicide attempt that landed her in the New York State Psychiatric Institute.After nearly three years and countless experimental treatments, Suzanne left
... Read more
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Crick

A Mind in Motion

by Matthew Cobb ...

Narrated by Neil Gardner ...

Unabridged

17 hours 27 min

A major new biography of Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and twentieth-century geniusWhat are the moments that make a life? In Francis Crick’s, the decisive moment came in 1951, when he first met James Watson. Their ensuing discovery of the structure of DNA made Crick world-famous. But neither that chance meeting nor that discovery made Crick who he ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

A major new biography of Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and twentieth-century geniusWhat are the moments that make a life? In Francis Crick’s, the decisive moment came in 1951, when he first met James Watson. Their ensuing discovery of the structure of DNA made Crick world-famous. But neither that chance meeting nor that discovery made Crick who he
... Read more
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

by Chris Hadfield ...

Narrated by Chris Hadfield ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, reading from his first book, Chris takes listeners deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible.Chris Hadfield decided to become an astronaut after watching the Apollo moon landing with his family on Stag ... Read more

$23.00 CAD

As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, reading from his first book, Chris takes listeners deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible.Chris Hadfield decided to become an astronaut after watching the Apollo moon landing with his family on Stag
... Read more
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Hidden Valley Road

Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

13 hours 8 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease."Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us ... Read more

$29.50 CAD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease."Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us
... Read more
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Leonardo da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Alfred Molina ...

Unabridged

17 hours 1 min

**Now a docuseries from Ken Burns on PBS!The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).**Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

**Now a docuseries from Ken Burns on PBS!The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).**Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and
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The Code Breaker

Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Kathe Mazur ...

Unabridged

16 hours 4 min

A 2022 Audie Award FinalistA Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babie... ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

A 2022 Audie Award FinalistA Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babie...
... Read more

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