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2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition

How Artificial Intelligence Informs Our Future

by John C. Lennox ...

Narrated by John C. Lennox ...

Unabridged

17 hours

Read by the author.Will technology change what it means to be human?You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance ... Read more

$53.99 CAD

Read by the author.Will technology change what it means to be human?You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance
... Read more
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Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life

by Helen Scales ...

Narrated by Tania Rodrigues ...

Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

This is an inspiring tour of the world's oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. The book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life - whether in our medicine, culture or folklore - in often surprising and unexpected ways. ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

This is an inspiring tour of the world's oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. The book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life - whether in our medicine, culture or folklore - in often surprising and unexpected ways.
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The Elements of Marie Curie

How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

by Dava Sobel ...

Narrated by Patricia Rodriguez ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the remarkable young women trained in her laboratory“Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,” writes Dava Sobel at the ... Read more

$4.91 CAD

The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the remarkable young women trained in her laboratory“Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,” writes Dava Sobel at the
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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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Take Me To Your Leader

Practical Advice for Your First Alien Encounter

by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 5 min

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials."Close encounters of the hilarious kind." —Kirkus Reviews"It's the perfect pocket-sized [book] ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials."Close encounters of the hilarious kind." —Kirkus Reviews"It's the perfect pocket-sized [book]
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .

Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life

by Steven Pinker ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

9 hours 1 min

From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a “fascinating” (Financial Times), brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but “superlatively gifted science writer” (The Times) Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a “fascinating” (Financial Times), brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but “superlatively gifted science writer” (The Times) Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is
... Read more
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Into the Magic Shop

A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets ofthe Heart

by James R. Doty MD ...

Narrated by James R. Doty MD ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

**The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart“It’s Doty’s ability to describe his journey so lyrically, and then his willingness to share his methods, that make this book a gem.”—Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone**Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

**The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart“It’s Doty’s ability to describe his journey so lyrically, and then his willingness to share his methods, that make this book a gem.”—Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone**Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor,
... Read more
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Enlightenment Now

The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

by Steven Pinker ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

19 hours 49 min

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality.Is the w... ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality.Is the w...
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American Poison

A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice

by Daniel Stone ...

Narrated by Daniel Stone ...

Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry—and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America.At noon on October 27, 1924, a factory worker was admitted to a hospital in New York City, suffering from ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry—and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America.At noon on October 27, 1924, a factory worker was admitted to a hospital in New York City, suffering from
... Read more
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National Geographic Birding Basics

Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Great Bird-watching

by Noah Strycker ...

Narrated by Dan Bittner ...

Unabridged

5 hours 4 min

Targeted to beginners and beyond, National Geographic's fun, inspiring guide to the art, craft, and science of bird-watching combines practical know-how and expert knowledge. Browsable and bursting with helpful illustrations and photographs, Birding Basics offers new ideas for when, where, and how to get to know the birds in your world. Not a field guide but a primer in best practices, authored by ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Targeted to beginners and beyond, National Geographic's fun, inspiring guide to the art, craft, and science of bird-watching combines practical know-how and expert knowledge. Browsable and bursting with helpful illustrations and photographs, Birding Basics offers new ideas for when, where, and how to get to know the birds in your world. Not a field guide but a primer in best practices, authored by
... Read more
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Hot Zone

by Richard Preston ...

Narrated by Richard M. Davidson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of
... Read more
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Carbon

The Book of Life

by Paul Hawken ...

Narrated by Peter Coyote ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

A journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by the New York Times bestselling author Paul HawkenCarbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

A journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by the New York Times bestselling author Paul HawkenCarbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the
... Read more
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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ... Read more

$36.00 CAD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging
... Read more
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Waking Up

A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris ...

Narrated by Sam Harris ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important
... Read more
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Suggestible You

The Curious Science of Your Brain’s Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal

by Erik Vance ...

Narrated by Richard Powers ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

This riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains?Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease, and everyday events. Drawing on centuries of ... Read more

$27.95 CAD

This riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains?Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease, and everyday events. Drawing on centuries of
... Read more
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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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Quantum Physics for Beginners Who Flunked Math And Science

Quantum Mechanics And Physics Made Easy Guide In Plain Simple English

by Donald B. Grey ...

Narrated by Jocelyn LoSole ...

Unabridged

1 hour 33 min

Have you ever wondered where we come from—like where we really come from and what we are made of?Have you ever wondered if, let’s say, teleportation is possible, or if we will ever learn more about the Universe than we already do?Have you ever asked yourself what was Albert Einstein’s true contribution to the science of the 20th century and whether or not there were other scientists just as smart ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you ever wondered where we come from—like where we really come from and what we are made of?Have you ever wondered if, let’s say, teleportation is possible, or if we will ever learn more about the Universe than we already do?Have you ever asked yourself what was Albert Einstein’s true contribution to the science of the 20th century and whether or not there were other scientists just as smart
... Read more
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Prisoners of Geography

FULLY UPDATED NEW EDITION OF THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (Tim Marshall on Geopolitics): Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics

by Tim Marshall ...

Narrated by Tim Marshall ...

Unabridged

12 hours 33 min

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – 3 MILLION COPIES SOLDThe iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, now fully updated with brand new content to reflect the changing global geopolitical landscape since it was first published in 2015‘One of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine.’ Evening StandardPrisoners of Geography is the book people need to understand what’... ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – 3 MILLION COPIES SOLDThe iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, now fully updated with brand new content to reflect the changing global geopolitical landscape since it was first published in 2015‘One of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine.’ Evening StandardPrisoners of Geography is the book people need to understand what’...
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The Darwinian Trap

The Hidden Evolutionary Forces That Explain Our World (and Threaten Our Future)

by Kristian Rönn ...

Narrated by Jamie Renell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

A provocative exploration of how humans are wired to seek short-term success at the expense of long-term survival—an evolutionary “glitch” that explains everything from toxic workplaces to climate change“Essential reading . . . a lively, ultimately hopeful examination of how incentivizing the wrong values and actions has led to some of our most intractable problems.”—Eric Ries, New York Times ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

A provocative exploration of how humans are wired to seek short-term success at the expense of long-term survival—an evolutionary “glitch” that explains everything from toxic workplaces to climate change“Essential reading . . . a lively, ultimately hopeful examination of how incentivizing the wrong values and actions has led to some of our most intractable problems.”—Eric Ries, New York Times
... Read more
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The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion -- Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

by Peter Wohlleben, Translation by Jane Billinghurst, Foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson ...

Narrated by Mike Grady ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

"Like The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben's The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do--and that their lives are, to them, as precious as ours are to us."—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an OctopusThrough vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Like The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben's The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do--and that their lives are, to them, as precious as ours are to us."—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an OctopusThrough vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies
... Read more
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Return of the God Hypothesis

Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

by Stephen C. Meyer ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

18 hours 49 min

The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief—that science and belief in God are “at war.” Philosopher of science Stephen ... Read more

Was $50.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief—that science and belief in God are “at war.” Philosopher of science Stephen
... Read more
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Shift

Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You

by Ethan Kross ...

Narrated by Ethan Kross ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

**“A revolutionary guide to mastering your emotional life.”—Charles Duhigg“Brilliant, engaging, and deeply insightful.”—Lisa Damour“A blueprint for navigating the emotional curveballs that life throws at us every day.”—The New York TimesINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of Oprah Daily’s Best Self-Help Books for Personal Growth in 2025, Next Big Idea Club’s Highly Anticipated Books, and Adam Grant ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

**“A revolutionary guide to mastering your emotional life.”—Charles Duhigg“Brilliant, engaging, and deeply insightful.”—Lisa Damour“A blueprint for navigating the emotional curveballs that life throws at us every day.”—The New York TimesINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of Oprah Daily’s Best Self-Help Books for Personal Growth in 2025, Next Big Idea Club’s Highly Anticipated Books, and Adam Grant
... Read more
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The Story of Birds

A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present

by Steve Brusatte ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

11 hours 48 min

From the renowned paleontologist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a sweeping evolutionary history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to the 10,000+ extraordinary species alive today.Tens of billions of birds share the planet with us, an astonishingly diverse array of species that are present nearly everywhere humans call home—and many places we do not. With their ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

From the renowned paleontologist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a sweeping evolutionary history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to the 10,000+ extraordinary species alive today.Tens of billions of birds share the planet with us, an astonishingly diverse array of species that are present nearly everywhere humans call home—and many places we do not. With their
... Read more
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This Is Why You Dream

What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life

by Rahul Jandial MD, PhD ...

Narrated by Rahul Jandial ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

**AN AMAZON EDITORS' BEST BOOKS OF 2024 PICK"Completely transformed my way of thinking about dreams." –Jay Shetty**Dreaming is one of the most underappreciated functions of the human brain, yet our very survival as a species depends on it. In This Is Why You Dream, dual-trained neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr. Rahul Jandial explores the landscape of our subconscious, tracing the latest cutting ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

**AN AMAZON EDITORS' BEST BOOKS OF 2024 PICK"Completely transformed my way of thinking about dreams." –Jay Shetty**Dreaming is one of the most underappreciated functions of the human brain, yet our very survival as a species depends on it. In This Is Why You Dream, dual-trained neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr. Rahul Jandial explores the landscape of our subconscious, tracing the latest cutting
... Read more

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