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How I Learned to Understand the World

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

by Hans Rosling ...

Narrated by Simon Slater ...

Unabridged

8 hours

This is a book that contains very few numbers. Instead, it is about meeting people who have opened my eyes.It was facts that helped him explain how the world works. But it was curiosity and commitment that made the late Hans Rosling, author of worldwide bestseller Factfulness, the most popular researcher of our time.How I Learned to Understand the World is Hans Rosling's own story of how a young ... Read more

£19.99

This is a book that contains very few numbers. Instead, it is about meeting people who have opened my eyes.It was facts that helped him explain how the world works. But it was curiosity and commitment that made the late Hans Rosling, author of worldwide bestseller Factfulness, the most popular researcher of our time.How I Learned to Understand the World is Hans Rosling's own story of how a young
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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

£15.99

‘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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My Inventions

The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

by Nikola Tesla ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

2 hours 45 min

Written by Nikola Tesla at the age of sixty-three, this autobiography is a fascinating glimpse into the interior life of a man who may have contributed more to the fields of electricity, radio, and television than any other person living or dead, a man certainly possessed of genius, and one who some consider the most important man of the twentieth century.My Inventions is a firsthand account not ... Read more

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Written by Nikola Tesla at the age of sixty-three, this autobiography is a fascinating glimpse into the interior life of a man who may have contributed more to the fields of electricity, radio, and television than any other person living or dead, a man certainly possessed of genius, and one who some consider the most important man of the twentieth century.My Inventions is a firsthand account not
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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

£14.99

****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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A Curious Boy

The Making of a Scientist

by Richard Fortey ...

Narrated by Mike Grady ...

Unabridged

10 hours 27 min

'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation'ADAM NICOLSON‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’RICHARD HOLMES‘Gloriously evocative’DAILY MAILWhat makes a scientist?Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard ... ... Read more

£17.99

'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation'ADAM NICOLSON‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’RICHARD HOLMES‘Gloriously evocative’DAILY MAILWhat makes a scientist?Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard ...
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The Age of Diagnosis

Are Medical Labels Doing Us More Harm Than Good?

by Suzanne O’Sullivan ...

Narrated by Suzanne O’Sullivan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

The award-winning doctor investigates whether diagnoses like ADHD and Long Covid do more harm than goodIncludes chapters on:-ADHD-Autism-Long Covid-Lyme Disease-Genetic screening-Cancer screening-Huntington's DiseaseThe boundaries between sickness and health are being redrawn. Mental health c... ... Read more

£24.99

The award-winning doctor investigates whether diagnoses like ADHD and Long Covid do more harm than goodIncludes chapters on:-ADHD-Autism-Long Covid-Lyme Disease-Genetic screening-Cancer screening-Huntington's DiseaseThe boundaries between sickness and health are being redrawn. Mental health c...
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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

£19.99

'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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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death

The Breathtaking Number One Bestseller

by Maggie O'Farrell ...

Narrated by Daisy Donovan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

AS SELECTED FOR THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB, A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH.I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's life in near-death experiences. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish... ... Read more

£19.99

AS SELECTED FOR THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB, A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH.I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's life in near-death experiences. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish...
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Unnatural Causes

Gripping true stories from the Sunday Times bestselling forensic pathologist

by Dr Richard Shepherd ...

Narrated by Dr Richard Shepherd ...

Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin.'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak . . .'He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the Hungerford Massacre, ... Read more

£12.99

Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin.'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak . . .'He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the Hungerford Massacre,
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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

£26.07

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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Undoctored

The No.1 bestseller from the author of 'This Is Going to Hurt'

by Adam Kay ...

Narrated by Adam Kay, Reverend Richard Coles ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story.By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and humbling, Undoctored is about what happens when a doctor hangs up his scrubs, but medicine refuses to let go of him.It's about an extraordinary medical school education ... Read more

£21.99

This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story.By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and humbling, Undoctored is about what happens when a doctor hangs up his scrubs, but medicine refuses to let go of him.It's about an extraordinary medical school education
... Read more
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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

£13.99

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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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

£16.99

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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Nothing But The Truth

Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law

by The Secret Barrister ...

Narrated by Jack Hawkins ...

Unabridged

10 hours 16 min

**From the Number One bestselling author, a memoir full of hilarious, personal and surprising stories from their working life in the law.* The Sunday Times Bestseller ** A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*‘The SB is a gifted writer. Words tumble out with extraordinary fluency . . . entertaining and instructive’ – The Times**__________Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those ... Read more

£14.99

**From the Number One bestselling author, a memoir full of hilarious, personal and surprising stories from their working life in the law.* The Sunday Times Bestseller ** A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*‘The SB is a gifted writer. Words tumble out with extraordinary fluency . . . entertaining and instructive’ – The Times**__________Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those
... Read more
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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

£23.83

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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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

£14.99

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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American Prometheus

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ...

Narrated by Jeff Cummings ...

Unabridged

26 hours 30 min

The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the ... Read more

£26.99

The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the
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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

£15.99

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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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

£18.99

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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And Finally

Reflections on life from the subject of BBC2's Confessions of a Brain Surgeon

by Henry Marsh ...

Narrated by Henry Marsh ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

Brought to you by Penguin.As a neurosurgeon, I lived in a world filled with fear and suffering, death and cancer. But rarely, if ever, did I think about what it would be like if what I witnessed at work every day happened to me. This book is the story of how I became a patient myself.As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his ... Read more

£9.99

Brought to you by Penguin.As a neurosurgeon, I lived in a world filled with fear and suffering, death and cancer. But rarely, if ever, did I think about what it would be like if what I witnessed at work every day happened to me. This book is the story of how I became a patient myself.As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his
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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

£24.99

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

£17.99

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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In My Own Way

by Alan Watts ...

Narrated by Jeremy Arthur ...

Unabridged

13 hours 39 min

Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts's acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio.In this audiobook, Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy convention and think for themselves. From early in this intellectual life, ... Read more

£21.99

Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts's acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio.In this audiobook, Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy convention and think for themselves. From early in this intellectual life,
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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

£24.99

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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