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The Great Shadow

A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy

by Susan Wise Bauer ...

Narrated by Jennifer Pickens ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."―Library Journal, starred"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."―KirkusAnti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be... ... Read more

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"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."―Library Journal, starred"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."―KirkusAnti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be...
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Bullshit Jobs

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by David Graeber ...

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, read by Christopher Ragland.Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.In the early twentieth century, people ... Read more

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, read by Christopher Ragland.Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.In the early twentieth century, people
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future

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by Douglas Adams ...

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Technology affects almost everything we do, and its possibilities can be both exhilarating and daunting. This collection features two radio documentaries exploring Douglas Adams’ vision of the digital future, plus Did Douglas Get it Right?, presented by Mitch Benn.Douglas Adams was a passionate technology enthusiast. His bestselling The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is full of futuristic tech, ... Read more

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Starry Messenger

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"This engaging, conversational book begs to be read aloud, and who better than its author?... Tyson’s warmth and erudition make him a superb narrator of this excellent, thought-provoking book."- Library Journal"Like a spaceship traveling the stars, Tyson's voice flows smoothly as he delivers complex topics and positive perspectives on the future..."- AudioFile**This program is read by the author, ... Read more

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Hello World

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by Hannah Fry ...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Hello World, written and read by Hannah Fry.You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence.You need a liver transplant to save your life. Who would you want in charge of ... Read more

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Hello World, written and read by Hannah Fry.You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence.You need a liver transplant to save your life. Who would you want in charge of
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Reasoning With An Optimist

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by Jack Bresette-Mills ...

Narrated by Jack Bresette-Mills ...

Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

This book seems short and simple, but is actually a guide to the depths of your relationship with yourself and the world. Through it, you may discover how to understand and manipulate your belief system, which will then alter (for the better) how you see yourself as part of a living, responsive world/universe. At every point, you will let your sense of health be your guide, and as you gain a sense ... Read more

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The Secret of Creation

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Narrated by Walter Russell, John Riddle ...

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2 hours 31 min

The Secret of Creation, a profound exploration of universal laws, human potential, and the divine essence that permeates all of creation. Russell presents his unique insights into the nature of light, energy, and consciousness, offering practical wisdom on how to achieve balance, unlock creativity, and align with the rhythms of the universe.This work represents the culmination of a lifetime of ... Read more

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The Secret of Creation, a profound exploration of universal laws, human potential, and the divine essence that permeates all of creation. Russell presents his unique insights into the nature of light, energy, and consciousness, offering practical wisdom on how to achieve balance, unlock creativity, and align with the rhythms of the universe.This work represents the culmination of a lifetime of
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Unexplained Deaths

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by Bruce Goldfarb ...

Narrated by Jeff Harding ...

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8 hours 29 min

For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training. People often got away with murder. Modern forensic investigation originates with Frances Glessner Lee - a pivotal figure in police science.'Disturbing dioramas created by an American millionairess revolutionised the art of ... Read more

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For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training. People often got away with murder. Modern forensic investigation originates with Frances Glessner Lee - a pivotal figure in police science.'Disturbing dioramas created by an American millionairess revolutionised the art of
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Comer sin miedo

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by J.M. Mulet ...

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¿Era mejor la comida de antes que la de ahora? ¿Es más sano comer ecológico? ¿Estamos consumiendo mucha química? ¿Nos envenenan los aditivos? ¿Son tan malos los productos transgénicos como nos quieren hacer creer? ¿Existen las dietas milagro o las píldoras mágicas para adelgazar? ¿Cómo será la comida del futuro? ¿Anda suelta por ahí alguna enzima que lo cura todo?En un momento en el que palabras ... Read more

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¿Era mejor la comida de antes que la de ahora? ¿Es más sano comer ecológico? ¿Estamos consumiendo mucha química? ¿Nos envenenan los aditivos? ¿Son tan malos los productos transgénicos como nos quieren hacer creer? ¿Existen las dietas milagro o las píldoras mágicas para adelgazar? ¿Cómo será la comida del futuro? ¿Anda suelta por ahí alguna enzima que lo cura todo?En un momento en el que palabras
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Moral AI

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by Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Vincent Conitzer ...

Narrated by Rory Alexander ...

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7 hours 42 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.A reassuring and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics**Should robots ever be considered free? Will computers transcend human intelligence? And what can we do to make sure AI is safe?The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our streets, autonomous weapons in our armies, robot surgeons in our ... Read more

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Decoding the World

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A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta, venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their unique and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline from today's chaotic news cycle: Dying bees. Rogue ... Read more

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by Simone Bedetti ...

Narrated by Valentina Palmieri ...

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3 hours 39 min

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Spektrum Kompakt: Was ist real? - Am Übergang von Wissenschaft und Philosophie

by Spektrum Kompakt, Spektrum Kompakt ...

Narrated by Maren Ulrich ...

Unabridged

2 hours 31 min

Was ist real? Bevor wir in der Naturwissenschaft ein Experiment durchführen, bilden wir auf theoretischer Basis bestimmte Annahmen. Das Versuchsergebnis gleichen wir damit ab. Passt alles? Wunderbar, wir haben ein Modell der Realität! Ähnliches leistet unser Gehirn andauernd. Im Lauf unseres Lebens lernt es, erstaunlich gute Hypothesen für die Wirklichkeit zu erstellen. In letzter Zeit hat sich ... Read more

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Was ist real? Bevor wir in der Naturwissenschaft ein Experiment durchführen, bilden wir auf theoretischer Basis bestimmte Annahmen. Das Versuchsergebnis gleichen wir damit ab. Passt alles? Wunderbar, wir haben ein Modell der Realität! Ähnliches leistet unser Gehirn andauernd. Im Lauf unseres Lebens lernt es, erstaunlich gute Hypothesen für die Wirklichkeit zu erstellen. In letzter Zeit hat sich
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Reflections on the Mind of Plato

by Joseph Norio Uemura ...

Narrated by Ray Childs ...

Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

"Plato was not a Platonist! I would like to show in the following audio that anyone who reads the dialogues of Plato without bias or an ax to grind will find a humorous, witty, pleasant friend and not a desiccated scholarly mandarin. Plato was an open-minded, tolerant, reasonable individual, not a tight-lipped, pietistic puritan. In a word, Plato was an Athenian, not a Spartan!"In the 24 centuries ... Read more

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"Plato was not a Platonist! I would like to show in the following audio that anyone who reads the dialogues of Plato without bias or an ax to grind will find a humorous, witty, pleasant friend and not a desiccated scholarly mandarin. Plato was an open-minded, tolerant, reasonable individual, not a tight-lipped, pietistic puritan. In a word, Plato was an Athenian, not a Spartan!"In the 24 centuries
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Whole Self: A Concise History of the Birth & Evolution of Human Consciousness

by Kendrick Mercer ...

Narrated by Michael Ahr ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

Kendrick Mercer's Whole Self tells the story of the birth, evolution, and history of human consciousness and its impact on the human psyche. Human consciousness is the most powerful unfolding force on the Earth with the potential either to lead us to annihilate ourselves by generating conflict or to work together wisely and in common purpose. Deep inside of everybody living today is an elemental ... Read more

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Kendrick Mercer's Whole Self tells the story of the birth, evolution, and history of human consciousness and its impact on the human psyche. Human consciousness is the most powerful unfolding force on the Earth with the potential either to lead us to annihilate ourselves by generating conflict or to work together wisely and in common purpose. Deep inside of everybody living today is an elemental
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Teaching Methods

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Tracy Tupman ...

Unabridged

47 min

The theories and techniques used by teachers to allow pupil learning is included in the teaching methods. These approaches are calculated in portion by the content to be studied and besides by the learner's temperament. To be suitable and profitable for a specific teaching method, it must be related to the learner's characteristics and the species of learning it is assumed to bring about. There ... Read more

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The theories and techniques used by teachers to allow pupil learning is included in the teaching methods. These approaches are calculated in portion by the content to be studied and besides by the learner's temperament. To be suitable and profitable for a specific teaching method, it must be related to the learner's characteristics and the species of learning it is assumed to bring about. There
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The Madness Pill

One Doctor's Quest to Understand Schizophrenia

by Justin Garson ...

Narrated by Justin Garson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

A rollicking history of the life and work of an unheralded genius: Dr. Solomon Snyder, whose experiments with mind-altering drugs helped change the way we think about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia. This program is read by the author.In the 1950s, the field of psychiatry had nothing to show for itself. While polio was being cured, antibiotics were being discovered, and cancer research ... Read more

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A rollicking history of the life and work of an unheralded genius: Dr. Solomon Snyder, whose experiments with mind-altering drugs helped change the way we think about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia. This program is read by the author.In the 1950s, the field of psychiatry had nothing to show for itself. While polio was being cured, antibiotics were being discovered, and cancer research
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Always Day One

How the Tech Titans Stay on Top

by Alex Kantrowitz ...

Narrated by Alex Kantrowitz ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

Brought to you by Penguin.At Amazon, 'Day One' is code for inventing like a startup with little regard for legacy. Day Two is, in Jeff Bezos's own words, is 'stasis, followed by irrelevance, followed by excruciating, painful decline, followed by death.'Most companies today are set up for Day Two. They build advantages and defend them fiercely rather than invent the future. But Amazon and fellow ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.At Amazon, 'Day One' is code for inventing like a startup with little regard for legacy. Day Two is, in Jeff Bezos's own words, is 'stasis, followed by irrelevance, followed by excruciating, painful decline, followed by death.'Most companies today are set up for Day Two. They build advantages and defend them fiercely rather than invent the future. But Amazon and fellow
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Scientific Methods

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

Unabridged

38 min

Science is the essence of almost everything which is present in the world. Basically, science is a very systematic and a logical manner in order to discover how certain things are taking place in the universe and how some things work. Science is also about the knowledge and discoveries which are so much related to the universe and the solar system. Science is basically the knowledge with which is ... Read more

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Science is the essence of almost everything which is present in the world. Basically, science is a very systematic and a logical manner in order to discover how certain things are taking place in the universe and how some things work. Science is also about the knowledge and discoveries which are so much related to the universe and the solar system. Science is basically the knowledge with which is
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Думай как великие. Говорим с мыслителями о самом важном

by Алекс Белл ...

Narrated by Елена Калиниченко ...

Series series Думай как император
Unabridged

13 hours 32 min

Чтобы расширить свой кругозор и понять окружающий мир, важно знать идеи, которые лежат в его основе. Но мало кто сможет найти достаточно времени, чтобы читать философские трактаты. Эта книга — увлекательный рассказ о главных идеях, которые сформировали наш мир. Платон, Будда, Лао-цзы, Декарт и множество других мыслителей в живых и понятных диалогах расскажут о своей философии. В аудиокниге — 25 ... Read more

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Чтобы расширить свой кругозор и понять окружающий мир, важно знать идеи, которые лежат в его основе. Но мало кто сможет найти достаточно времени, чтобы читать философские трактаты. Эта книга — увлекательный рассказ о главных идеях, которые сформировали наш мир. Платон, Будда, Лао-цзы, Декарт и множество других мыслителей в живых и понятных диалогах расскажут о своей философии. В аудиокниге — 25
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The Elements We Live By

How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table

by Anja Røyne ...

Narrated by Donna Postel ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

WINNER OF THE 2018 BRAGE PRIZE'[T]his lovely book. An enjoyable sweep through topics ranging from respiration to space exploration -solid science presented in an engagingly human way'Andrew Crumey, author of The Great Chain of Unbeing'Perfect popular science . . . not just a well-written story about the elements, but a book about being human in the world today'Åsmund H. Eikene... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2018 BRAGE PRIZE'[T]his lovely book. An enjoyable sweep through topics ranging from respiration to space exploration -solid science presented in an engagingly human way'Andrew Crumey, author of The Great Chain of Unbeing'Perfect popular science . . . not just a well-written story about the elements, but a book about being human in the world today'Åsmund H. Eikene...
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Cheese Trekking

How Microbes, Landscapes, Livestock, and Human Cultures Shape Terroir

by Trevor Warmedahl ...

Narrated by Trevor Warmedahl ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

Cheese Trekking recounts the author’s experiences visiting pastoral communities and cheesemakers in various countries and explains how cheeses can be local manifestations while also representing global archetypes, strategies that have been adopted in many places. It describes the constellations (a range of complementary milk foods that utilize all byproducts of cheesemaking) of various regions ... Read more

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Cheese Trekking recounts the author’s experiences visiting pastoral communities and cheesemakers in various countries and explains how cheeses can be local manifestations while also representing global archetypes, strategies that have been adopted in many places. It describes the constellations (a range of complementary milk foods that utilize all byproducts of cheesemaking) of various regions
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Fundamental Uncertainty

by Gordon Seidoh Worley ...

Narrated by Gordon Seidoh Worley ...

Unabridged

3 hours 38 min

How do you know what's true? And what happens when you can't be sure?We use truth every day-to make decisions, settle arguments, and understand the world. But most of us have never looked closely at how we know what we know. When we do, we find something unsettling: the foundations of our knowledge rest on assumptions we can't justify.In Fundamental Uncertainty, Gordon Seidoh Worley traces this ... Read more

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Mitos alimentarios que te sorprenden

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by Fennel Graysong ...

Narrated by Carlos Hernandez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 1 min

"Mitos alimentarios que te sorprenden"⭐⭐ Guía Simplificada y Explicaciones Incluidas ⭐⭐¿Buscas avanzar en tu carrera y consolidar tus conocimientos sobre mitos alimentarios modernos?¿Estás en la búsqueda de una guía completa que te brinde todos los elementos necesarios para desmentir los mitos alimentarios?¡Tu búsqueda termina aquí!Esta guía es tu compañera definitiv... ... Read more

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Starry Messenger

Hello World

Reasoning With An Optimist

The Secret of Creation

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Comer sin miedo

Moral AI

Decoding the World

La follia degli antichi Vol. 1

Spektrum Kompakt: Was ist real? - Am Übergang von Wissenschaft und Philosophie

Reflections on the Mind of Plato

Whole Self: A Concise History of the Birth & Evolution of Human Consciousness

Teaching Methods

The Madness Pill

Always Day One

Scientific Methods

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The Elements We Live By

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Fundamental Uncertainty

Mitos alimentarios que te sorprenden