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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

Brought to you by Penguin.****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.< ... Read more

£16.00

Brought to you by Penguin.****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.<
... Read more
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The Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...

Narrated by Malk Williams ...

Unabridged

24 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a
... Read more
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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward ...

Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types.His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the ... Read more

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The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types.His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the
... Read more
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Otherlands

A World in the Making - The Sunday Times bestseller

by Thomas Halliday ...

Narrated by Adetomiwa Edun ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A dazzlingly original, lyrical and epic encounter with the Earth as it used to beWhat would it be like to visit the ancient landscapes of the past? To experience the Jurassic or Cambrian worlds, to wander among these other lands, as creatures extinct for millions of years roam? In this mesmerizing debut, the award-winning palaeontologist Thomas Halliday gives us a breath ... Read more

£13.00

Brought to you by Penguin.A dazzlingly original, lyrical and epic encounter with the Earth as it used to beWhat would it be like to visit the ancient landscapes of the past? To experience the Jurassic or Cambrian worlds, to wander among these other lands, as creatures extinct for millions of years roam? In this mesmerizing debut, the award-winning palaeontologist Thomas Halliday gives us a breath
... Read more
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Life on Earth

by David Attenborough ...

Narrated by David Attenborough ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ... ... Read more

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A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ...
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Behave

The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M Sapolsky ...

Narrated by Michael Goldstrom ...

Unabridged

26 hours 27 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Behave by Robert Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom.The New York Times best sellerWinner of the 2017 LA Times Book PrizeWhy do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Behave by Robert Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom.The New York Times best sellerWinner of the 2017 LA Times Book PrizeWhy do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over...
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Bitch

A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal

by Lucy Cooke ...

Narrated by Lucy Cooke ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again.In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining the female of the species.Meet the female lemurs of Madagascar, our ancient primate cousins that dominate the males of their ... Read more

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What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again.In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining the female of the species.Meet the female lemurs of Madagascar, our ancient primate cousins that dominate the males of their
... Read more
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The Science Of Discworld II

The Globe

by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett ...

Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs ...

Unabridged

12 hours 44 min

The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with ... Read more

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The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with
... Read more
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Eve

How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution (Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction)

by Cat Bohannon ...

Narrated by Cat Bohannon ...

Unabridged

15 hours 54 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Why do women live longer than men? Why do women have menopause? Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer's? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? And does the female brain really exist?In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless ... Read more

£16.00

Brought to you by Penguin.Why do women live longer than men? Why do women have menopause? Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer's? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? And does the female brain really exist?In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless
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Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch

by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett ...

Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time ... Read more

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Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time
... Read more
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Lifespan

Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To

by Dr David A. Sinclair ...

Narrated by Dr David A. Sinclair ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers live younger, longer.For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for ... Read more

£17.99

In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers live younger, longer.For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for
... Read more
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Blueprint

How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

by Robert Plomin ...

Narrated by Robert Plomin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Blueprint written and read by Robert Plomin.The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA ... Read more

£10.99

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Blueprint written and read by Robert Plomin.The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA
... Read more
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How Life Works

A User’s Guide to the New Biology

by Philip Ball ...

Narrated by Philip Ball ...

Unabridged

17 hours 40 min

***Enticingly read by the author, Philip Ball.'*An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life . . . Excellent . . . Ball is a terrific writer.' – Adam Rutherford, The GuardianA cutting-edge new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is – from Science Book Prize winner Philip Ball.**Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound ... Read more

£12.99

***Enticingly read by the author, Philip Ball.'*An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life . . . Excellent . . . Ball is a terrific writer.' – Adam Rutherford, The GuardianA cutting-edge new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is – from Science Book Prize winner Philip Ball.**Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound
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The Voyage of the Beagle, with eBook

by Charles Darwin ...

Narrated by David Case ...

Unabridged

16 hours 36 min

Charles Darwin was just twenty-two when he went on his first voyage around the world in 1831. Darwin's father at first refused to allow his young son to go on the voyage. Fortunately, his father relented, and Darwin's journal is now considered by many to be the greatest scientific travel narrative ever written.Revised by the author in 1860, this is an account of his experiences on the HMS Beagle, ... Read more

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Charles Darwin was just twenty-two when he went on his first voyage around the world in 1831. Darwin's father at first refused to allow his young son to go on the voyage. Fortunately, his father relented, and Darwin's journal is now considered by many to be the greatest scientific travel narrative ever written.Revised by the author in 1860, this is an account of his experiences on the HMS Beagle,
... Read more
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Case Against Reality, The

Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

by Donald Hoffman ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not ... Read more

£26.99

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not
... Read more
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back

The Evolution of Minds

by Daniel C. Dennett ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

What is human consciousness and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical ... Read more

£22.70

What is human consciousness and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical
... Read more
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Metazoa

Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Narrated by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness.Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals and flower-like worms, whose rooted bodies and ... Read more

£17.99

The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness.Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals and flower-like worms, whose rooted bodies and
... Read more
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The Fourth Age

Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity

by Byron Reese ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. “If you only read just one book about the AI revolution, make it this one” (John Mackey, cofounder and CEO, Whole Foods Market).In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the ... Read more

£19.99

As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. “If you only read just one book about the AI revolution, make it this one” (John Mackey, cofounder and CEO, Whole Foods Market).In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the
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A Pocket History of Human Evolution

How We Became Sapiens

by Silvana Condemi, Francois Savatier ...

Narrated by Christa Lewis ...

Unabridged

3 hours 30 min

Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group—the ... Read more

£11.99

Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group—the
... Read more
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On the Origin of Species

Penguin Classics

by Charles Darwin ...

Narrated by Ben Arogundade ...

Unabridged

19 hours 9 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by accomplished voice actor Ben Arogundade who is known for his voice work in Doctor Who and Horizons. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by William Bynum and the cover design is by Damien Hirst.The Origin of Species is one of the most important and influential books of its time and remains one of the most significant ... Read more

£13.99

**Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by accomplished voice actor Ben Arogundade who is known for his voice work in Doctor Who and Horizons. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by William Bynum and the cover design is by Damien Hirst.The Origin of Species is one of the most important and influential books of its time and remains one of the most significant
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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

£14.99

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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Sapiens. De animales a dioses (Latino)

Una breve historia de la humanidad

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Carlos Manuel Vesga ...

Unabridged

17 hours 26 min

El libro de no ficción del año.Bestseller internacional con más de diez millones de ejemplares vendidos. Número 1 en la lista de The New York Times. Recomendado por Barack Obama, Bill Gates y Mark Zuckerberg. Escucha ahora su versión audiolibro.De la mano de uno de los historiadores más interesantes de la actualidad, he aquí la fascinante interpretación de Yuval Noah <stro... ... Read more

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El libro de no ficción del año.Bestseller internacional con más de diez millones de ejemplares vendidos. Número 1 en la lista de The New York Times. Recomendado por Barack Obama, Bill Gates y Mark Zuckerberg. Escucha ahora su versión audiolibro.De la mano de uno de los historiadores más interesantes de la actualidad, he aquí la fascinante interpretación de Yuval Noah <stro...
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The Social Paradox

Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness

by William von Hippel ...

Narrated by Josh Bloomberg ...

Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

A Next Big Idea Club Must Read of February 2025From the author of The Social Leap comes this thought-provoking exploration into humans’ two core evolutionary needs, for connection and autonomy, how the modern world has thrown them out of whack, and how we can rebalance them to improve our lives.Why do people who have so much—leading comfortable lives filled with unprecedented freedom, choice, and ... Read more

£16.99

A Next Big Idea Club Must Read of February 2025From the author of The Social Leap comes this thought-provoking exploration into humans’ two core evolutionary needs, for connection and autonomy, how the modern world has thrown them out of whack, and how we can rebalance them to improve our lives.Why do people who have so much—leading comfortable lives filled with unprecedented freedom, choice, and
... Read more
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A Series of Fortunate Events

Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You

by Sean B. Carroll ...

Narrated by Sean B. Carroll ...

Unabridged

4 hours 48 min

"Fascinating and exhilarating—Sean B. Carroll at his very best."—Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for OccupantsIn this audiobook, acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll narrates the rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the worldWhy is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things ... Read more

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"Fascinating and exhilarating—Sean B. Carroll at his very best."—Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for OccupantsIn this audiobook, acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll narrates the rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the worldWhy is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things
... Read more

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