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Bad Blood

The shocking true story of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal

by John Carreyrou ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

**The shocking true investigation behind Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything and The Dropout, from the award-winning journalist who first broke the story. Bad Blood details the breathtaking rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes.Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award'A story so incredible you'd think it was ... Read more

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**The shocking true investigation behind Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything and The Dropout, from the award-winning journalist who first broke the story. Bad Blood details the breathtaking rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes.Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award'A story so incredible you'd think it was
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Tesla

Inventor of the Modern

by Richard Munson ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

9 hours 10 min

Nikola Tesla, a Serbian immigrant, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp, and the remote control. His breakthrough came in alternating current, the basis of the electric grid and long-distance electrical transmission. This pitted him against Thomas Edison's direct current empire, and bitter patent battles ensued. But Tesla's technology was superior, and eventually he prevailed. ... Read more

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Nikola Tesla, a Serbian immigrant, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp, and the remote control. His breakthrough came in alternating current, the basis of the electric grid and long-distance electrical transmission. This pitted him against Thomas Edison's direct current empire, and bitter patent battles ensued. But Tesla's technology was superior, and eventually he prevailed.
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Tesla

by Margaret Cheney ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

13 hours 34 min

In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world ... Read more

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In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world
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Carrying the Fire

An Astronaut's Journeys

by Michael Collins ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

20 hours 17 min

'No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly' - New York Times Book ReviewIn July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon. Fifty years later, it is still one of the greatest achievements in human history.In this remarkable memoir, Michael Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and ... Read more

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'No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly' - New York Times Book ReviewIn July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon. Fifty years later, it is still one of the greatest achievements in human history.In this remarkable memoir, Michael Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and
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Every Kind of People

A Journey into the Heart of Care Work. The BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

by Kathryn Faulke ...

Narrated by Ayesha Antoine ...

Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A luminous, uplifting and deeply moving memoir by a care worker, told through her funny, heartbreaking, sometimes frustrating, and always eye-opening encounters with the often overlooked and marginalised people she cares for.'Being as close as this to someone is a uniquely precious place to be. It is a place where secrets are revealed and fears are shared and outrageous ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.A luminous, uplifting and deeply moving memoir by a care worker, told through her funny, heartbreaking, sometimes frustrating, and always eye-opening encounters with the often overlooked and marginalised people she cares for.'Being as close as this to someone is a uniquely precious place to be. It is a place where secrets are revealed and fears are shared and outrageous
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Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

Narrated by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

Unabridged

18 hours 6 min

****Patrick Radden Keefe's new instant No.1 bestseller, London Falling, is on sale now**The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspiration behind the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick. Read by the author, Patrick Radden Keefe.Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize ... Read more

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****Patrick Radden Keefe's new instant No.1 bestseller, London Falling, is on sale now**The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspiration behind the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick. Read by the author, Patrick Radden Keefe.Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life

by Catherine Gray ...

Narrated by Catherine Gray ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ... ... Read more

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'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ...
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All Creatures Great and Small

The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

by James Herriot ...

Narrated by Christopher Timothy ...

Unabridged

15 hours 41 min

** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 **Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James ... Read more

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** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 **Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James
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A Mind of My Own

'Irrepressibly funny' - Sunday Times

by Kathy Burke ...

Narrated by Kathy Burke ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER'Vivid, bright and beautiful' – Guardian'Wonderful. I wish I'd written it – I couldn't put it down' Miriam MargolyesKathy Burke is one of Britain's most distinctive voices. Even as a fearless kid in Islington, she did things her own way; roaming the estate that raised her to find her own path. A place at the Anna Scher Theatre in her teens changed the course of her lif... ... Read more

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THE INSTANT BESTSELLER'Vivid, bright and beautiful' – Guardian'Wonderful. I wish I'd written it – I couldn't put it down' Miriam MargolyesKathy Burke is one of Britain's most distinctive voices. Even as a fearless kid in Islington, she did things her own way; roaming the estate that raised her to find her own path. A place at the Anna Scher Theatre in her teens changed the course of her lif...
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Coming of Age at the End of History

by Lea Ypi ...

Narrated by Lea Ypi, Rachel Bavidge ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford prize and the 2021 Costa Biography Award.Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford prize and the 2021 Costa Biography Award.Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political
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When Breath Becomes Air

The powerful and moving memoir of a doctor, the global bestseller

by Paul Kalanithi ...

Narrated by Sunil Malhotra, Lucy Kalanithi ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

Brought to you by Penguin.THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERAt the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student asking ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERAt the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student asking
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions

'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH

by Stephen Hawking ...

Narrated by Ben Whishaw, Garrick Hagon, Lucy Hawking ...

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

Read by Ben Whishaw and Garrick Hagon, with an afterword read by Lucy Hawking.The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.How did the universe begin? Will humanity survive on Earth? Is there intelligent life beyond our solar system? Could artificial ... Read more

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Read by Ben Whishaw and Garrick Hagon, with an afterword read by Lucy Hawking.The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.How did the universe begin? Will humanity survive on Earth? Is there intelligent life beyond our solar system? Could artificial
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The Prison Doctor

by Dr Amanda Brown ...

Narrated by Sophie Aldred ...

Unabridged

6 hours 3 min

‘Extraordinary’ Daily MailAs seen on BBC BreakfastHorrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.Violence. Drugs. Suicide. Welcome to the world of a Prison Doctor.Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ institutions, then at the ... Read more

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‘Extraordinary’ Daily MailAs seen on BBC BreakfastHorrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.Violence. Drugs. Suicide. Welcome to the world of a Prison Doctor.Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ institutions, then at the
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All Things Bright and Beautiful

The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

by James Herriot ...

Narrated by Christopher Timothy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brothers ... Read more

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The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brothers
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Poor

The Award-Winning Memoir of Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief

by Katriona O'Sullivan ...

Narrated by Katriona O'Sullivan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

Brought to you by Penguin.'We love a rags-to-riches story, and we love to see someone triumph through sheer determination. But the story is rarely that simple. My story isn't, anyway.'As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. When she became a mother at 15 and ended up homeless, what followed were five years of ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.'We love a rags-to-riches story, and we love to see someone triumph through sheer determination. But the story is rarely that simple. My story isn't, anyway.'As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. When she became a mother at 15 and ended up homeless, what followed were five years of
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All Creatures Great and Small

The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

by James Herriot ...

Narrated by Nicholas Ralph ...

Unabridged

15 hours 24 min

This audio edition is read by Nicholas Ralph, known for his role as James Herriot in the All Creatures Great and Small TV series.** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 **Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination ... Read more

£13.99

This audio edition is read by Nicholas Ralph, known for his role as James Herriot in the All Creatures Great and Small TV series.** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 **Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination
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Leonardo Da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Alfred Molina ...

Unabridged

17 hours 1 min

Read by acclaimed actor Alfred Molina, star of The Da Vinci Code, An Education and Chocolat, this is the definitive biography of Leonardo Da Vinci.Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ... Read more

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Read by acclaimed actor Alfred Molina, star of The Da Vinci Code, An Education and Chocolat, this is the definitive biography of Leonardo Da Vinci.Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in
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Ghost in the Wires

My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon ...

Narrated by Ray Porter ...

Unabridged

13 hours 59 min

Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most wanted computer hacker, managed to hack into some of the country’s most powerful—and seemingly impenetrable—agencies and companies. By conning employees into giving him private information and maneuvering through layers of security, he gained access to data that no one else could.The suspenseful heart of the book unfolds as Mitnick disappears on a three-year run ... Read more

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Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most wanted computer hacker, managed to hack into some of the country’s most powerful—and seemingly impenetrable—agencies and companies. By conning employees into giving him private information and maneuvering through layers of security, he gained access to data that no one else could.The suspenseful heart of the book unfolds as Mitnick disappears on a three-year run
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“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”

Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton ...

Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

Unabridged

11 hours 32 min

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that “buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist” (Science Digest).Richard Feynman, one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists, thrived on adventure. His outrageous exploits once shocked a Princeton dean’s wife to exclaim: “Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!”In ... Read more

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One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that “buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist” (Science Digest).Richard Feynman, one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists, thrived on adventure. His outrageous exploits once shocked a Princeton dean’s wife to exclaim: “Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!”In
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When the Dogs Don't Bark

A Forensic Scientist's Search for the Truth

by Professor Angela Gallop ...

Narrated by Sandra Duncan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

Kathy Reichs meets Fragile Lives in this fascinating and compelling memoir from the UK's most eminent forensic scientist and some of the most fascinating criminal investigations she has worked on.'Finding the right answers is what forensic science is all about. What often matters even more, however, is asking the right questions.'Never before has criminal justice rested so heavily on scientific ... Read more

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Kathy Reichs meets Fragile Lives in this fascinating and compelling memoir from the UK's most eminent forensic scientist and some of the most fascinating criminal investigations she has worked on.'Finding the right answers is what forensic science is all about. What often matters even more, however, is asking the right questions.'Never before has criminal justice rested so heavily on scientific
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With the End in Mind

Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

by Kathryn Mannix ...

Narrated by Kathryn Mannix, Elizabeth Carling ...

Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset’ Sunday Times‘Illuminating and beautiful’ Cathy RentzenbrinkWith the End in Mind is a book for us all: the grieving and bereaved, the ill and the healthy. By turns touching and tragic, funny and wise, it tells powerful human stories of life and death.Eric, the retired head teacher who even with Mot... ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset’ Sunday Times‘Illuminating and beautiful’ Cathy RentzenbrinkWith the End in Mind is a book for us all: the grieving and bereaved, the ill and the healthy. By turns touching and tragic, funny and wise, it tells powerful human stories of life and death.Eric, the retired head teacher who even with Mot...
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The Invention of Nature

The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner

by Andrea Wulf ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

14 hours 3 min

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY PRIZE 2016'Dazzling' Literary Review'Brilliant' Sunday Express'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist'A superb biography' The Economist'An exhilarating armchair voyage' GILES MILTON, Mail on SundayAlexan... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY PRIZE 2016'Dazzling' Literary Review'Brilliant' Sunday Express'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist'A superb biography' The Economist'An exhilarating armchair voyage' GILES MILTON, Mail on SundayAlexan...
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Hunt, Gather, Parent

What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about Raising Children

by Michaeleen Doucleff ...

Narrated by Michaeleen Doucleff ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one ... Read more

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In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one
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Critical

Stories from the front line of intensive care medicine

by Dr Matt Morgan ...

Narrated by Dr Matt Morgan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 41 min

Journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it.‘A very special book filled with stories of survival, hope and loss.’Adam Kay'[Morgan's] wit and compassion are everywhere evident in this enlightening book, and he makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of these extraordinary times.'Sunday TimesThere is no room for ... ... Read more

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Journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it.‘A very special book filled with stories of survival, hope and loss.’Adam Kay'[Morgan's] wit and compassion are everywhere evident in this enlightening book, and he makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of these extraordinary times.'Sunday TimesThere is no room for ...
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Bad Blood

Tesla

Tesla

Carrying the Fire

Every Kind of People

Empire of Pain

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

All Creatures Great and Small

A Mind of My Own

Free

When Breath Becomes Air

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

The Prison Doctor

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Poor

All Creatures Great and Small

Leonardo Da Vinci

Ghost in the Wires

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”

When the Dogs Don't Bark

With the End in Mind

The Invention of Nature

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