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The Invention of Yesterday

A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection

by Tamim Ansary ...

Narrated by Tamim Ansary ...

Unabridged

17 hours 4 min

**In this extraordinary book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age“Terrific… Tamim Ansary explores the underappreciated ways that empires, nations, and smaller sets of people have responded to their surroundings, influenced one another, and developed stories that give their lives meaning.” ―San Francisco Chronicle**Traveling ... Read more

$85.99 NZD

**In this extraordinary book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age“Terrific… Tamim Ansary explores the underappreciated ways that empires, nations, and smaller sets of people have responded to their surroundings, influenced one another, and developed stories that give their lives meaning.” ―San Francisco Chronicle**Traveling
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Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition

by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ...

Narrated by Robert Fass, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Vivienne Leheny, Jennifer Ikeda, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, various narrators, Justin D. Torres ...

Unabridged

31 hours 15 min

Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking ... Read more

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Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking
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Millennium

The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

by Tom Holland ...

Narrated by Tom Holland, Mark Meadows ...

Unabridged

17 hours 32 min

Bestselling historian and broadcaster Tom Holland gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000'An exhilarating sweep across European history either side of the year 1000; riveting' ALLAN MASSIE, SPECTATOR'I relished the blood and thunder narrative - the work of a great storyteller at his best' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, EVENING STANDARD'A splendid, highly ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

Bestselling historian and broadcaster Tom Holland gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000'An exhilarating sweep across European history either side of the year 1000; riveting' ALLAN MASSIE, SPECTATOR'I relished the blood and thunder narrative - the work of a great storyteller at his best' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, EVENING STANDARD'A splendid, highly
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Die Freimaurer - Der mächtigste Geheimbund der Welt (Ungekürzte Lesung)

by John Dickie ...

Narrated by Julian Mehne ...

Unabridged

16 hours 58 min

Die wahre Geschichte hinter dem Mythos. Der Historiker und Mafia-Experte John Dickie liefert die erste umfassende und seriöse Geschichte der Freimaurer - des Geheimbunds, der seit seiner Gründung im 18. Jahrhundert die Geschicke des Westens entscheidend mitbestimmt hat. Mozart, Goethe und Friedrich der Große gehörten dazu. George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt und Winston Churchill auch. ... Read more

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Die wahre Geschichte hinter dem Mythos. Der Historiker und Mafia-Experte John Dickie liefert die erste umfassende und seriöse Geschichte der Freimaurer - des Geheimbunds, der seit seiner Gründung im 18. Jahrhundert die Geschicke des Westens entscheidend mitbestimmt hat. Mozart, Goethe und Friedrich der Große gehörten dazu. George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt und Winston Churchill auch.
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El apasionante origen de las palabras

by Daniel Balmaceda ...

Narrated by Nicolás Ginesin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

En este nuevo libro Daniel Balmaceda aumenta su colección sobre el origen de las palabras. Con términos novedosos y que hacen al contexto en el que vivimos (como deadline, free-lance o target), hasta el origen de la palabra "cuarentena" que tanto utilizamos en este año. Sin embargo, no deja de lado ciertas frases que utilizamos en la Argentina, como "Quedar en Pampa y la vía", o los maravillosos ... Read more

$29.89 NZD

En este nuevo libro Daniel Balmaceda aumenta su colección sobre el origen de las palabras. Con términos novedosos y que hacen al contexto en el que vivimos (como deadline, free-lance o target), hasta el origen de la palabra "cuarentena" que tanto utilizamos en este año. Sin embargo, no deja de lado ciertas frases que utilizamos en la Argentina, como "Quedar en Pampa y la vía", o los maravillosos
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Smriti Chitre

by Laxamibai Tilak ...

Narrated by Mrunal Kulkarni ...

Unabridged

20 hours 52 min

दोन टोकांचे अंतर असलेले सर्व आयुष्य... एक चित्र वरवर हलक्या फुलक्या पण आतून दाट गहिर् ... Read more

Was $43.99 NZD Now $35.99 NZD

दोन टोकांचे अंतर असलेले सर्व आयुष्य... एक चित्र वरवर हलक्या फुलक्या पण आतून दाट गहिर्
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The Light Between Apple Trees

Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit

by Priyanka Kumar ...

Narrated by Priyanka Kumar ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light ... Read more

$37.96 NZD

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light
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The Frontiers of Knowledge

What We Know About Science, History and The Mind

by A. C. Grayling ...

Narrated by Richard Goulding ...

Unabridged

13 hours 43 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the ... Read more

$29.30 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the
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Hanging Ruth Blay

An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy

by Carolyn Marvin ...

Narrated by Hannah Cabell ...

Unabridged

2 hours 36 min

The true story of a woman hanged in colonial Portsmouth for burying her stillborn out-of-wedlock baby.On a cold December morning in 1768, thirty-one-year-old Ruth Blay approached the gallows for her execution. Standing on the high ground in the northwest corner of what is now Portsmouth's old South Cemetery, she would have had a clear view across the pasture to the harbor and open sea.The ... Read more

$20.87 NZD

The true story of a woman hanged in colonial Portsmouth for burying her stillborn out-of-wedlock baby.On a cold December morning in 1768, thirty-one-year-old Ruth Blay approached the gallows for her execution. Standing on the high ground in the northwest corner of what is now Portsmouth's old South Cemetery, she would have had a clear view across the pasture to the harbor and open sea.The
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Zeiten der Erkenntnis

Wie uns die großen historischen Veränderungen bis heute prägen

by Ian Mortimer ...

Narrated by Michael A. Grimm ...

Abridged

15 hours 42 min

Welches der vergangenen zehn Jahrhunderte hat die größten Veränderungen erlebt, welches hat die Menschheit am weitesten vorangebracht? Was war das Besondere eines jeden Jahrhunderts? Auf einem Streifzug durch die vergangenen 1000 Jahre führt uns Ian Mortimer zu den großen Zeiten der Erkenntnis und des Wandels. Wir begegnen gottesfürchtigen Forschern, gewitzten Bauern, kühl kalkulierenden ... Read more

$49.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Welches der vergangenen zehn Jahrhunderte hat die größten Veränderungen erlebt, welches hat die Menschheit am weitesten vorangebracht? Was war das Besondere eines jeden Jahrhunderts? Auf einem Streifzug durch die vergangenen 1000 Jahre führt uns Ian Mortimer zu den großen Zeiten der Erkenntnis und des Wandels. Wir begegnen gottesfürchtigen Forschern, gewitzten Bauern, kühl kalkulierenden
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The Private Life of the Diary

From Pepys to Tweets – A History of the Diary as an Art Form

by Sally Bayley ...

Narrated by Camilla Rockley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 21 min

In a beautiful literary exploration, Sally Bayley tracks the evolution – and the potential twenty first century death of – the diary, mourning what it means to lose the art of writing simply for oneself.Diaries hold all manner of things: they allow us a moment to be completely personal, to self-aggrandise, to focus on self-reflection without concern of what someone on the outside might think. ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

In a beautiful literary exploration, Sally Bayley tracks the evolution – and the potential twenty first century death of – the diary, mourning what it means to lose the art of writing simply for oneself.Diaries hold all manner of things: they allow us a moment to be completely personal, to self-aggrandise, to focus on self-reflection without concern of what someone on the outside might think.
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Os caucheiros: Trechos selecionados de "À margem da história"

by Euclides da Cunha ...

Narrated by Yuri Ribeiro ...

Series series MiniPops
Abridged

36 min

Um testemunho pungente da violência com que tribos inteiras eram exterminadas por conta do caucho – gênero de goma concorrente da seringa: eis o teor de "Os caucheiros", de Euclides da Cunha, extraído do livro "À margem da história". Que é caucheiro? O autor bem o define: "O caucheiro é irritantemente absurdo na sua brutalidade elegante... É o homúnculo da civilização". ... Read more

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Um testemunho pungente da violência com que tribos inteiras eram exterminadas por conta do caucho – gênero de goma concorrente da seringa: eis o teor de "Os caucheiros", de Euclides da Cunha, extraído do livro "À margem da história". Que é caucheiro? O autor bem o define: "O caucheiro é irritantemente absurdo na sua brutalidade elegante... É o homúnculo da civilização".
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Audiobook

O Estoicismo

by George Stock ...

Narrated by Mateus Prado ...

Unabridged

2 hours 30 min

Neste volume introdutório, o ilustre professor de Oxford George Stock proporciona um panorama esclarecedor a respeito do estoicismo, escola filosófica helenística mais influente da história, examinando suas doutrinas básicas, bem como sua relação com o pensamento de grandes mestres como Sócrates, Platão e Cícero. Ao final do volume, George Stock expõe as principais datas e autoridades ligadas aos ... Read more

$11.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Neste volume introdutório, o ilustre professor de Oxford George Stock proporciona um panorama esclarecedor a respeito do estoicismo, escola filosófica helenística mais influente da história, examinando suas doutrinas básicas, bem como sua relação com o pensamento de grandes mestres como Sócrates, Platão e Cícero. Ao final do volume, George Stock expõe as principais datas e autoridades ligadas aos
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Audiobook

England und die Fußball WM 2026

Die Geschichte der englischen Nationalmannschaft

by Michele Martin ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Fussball WM 2026 Die Geschichte der Champions
Unabridged

4 hours 18 min

England und die Fußball WM 2026. England ist das Mutterland des modernen Fußballs. Hier wurden die ersten Regeln festgelegt, hier entstanden die ältesten Vereine der Welt und hier begann die Erfolgsgeschichte einer Sportart, die heute Milliarden Menschen begeistert. Dieses Hörbuch nimmt Sie mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch mehr als einhundertfünfzig Jahre englischer Fußballgeschichte. Von ... Read more

$48.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

England und die Fußball WM 2026. England ist das Mutterland des modernen Fußballs. Hier wurden die ersten Regeln festgelegt, hier entstanden die ältesten Vereine der Welt und hier begann die Erfolgsgeschichte einer Sportart, die heute Milliarden Menschen begeistert. Dieses Hörbuch nimmt Sie mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch mehr als einhundertfünfzig Jahre englischer Fußballgeschichte. Von
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Audiobook

Titanic: The Lost Treasure

by RW Gates and Meredith Carson ...

Narrated by Austin Rising, David Micklem, Becky Parker, Michael Axtell, Samantha Boffin, David Hale, Judith McSpadden, Gina Coyle, Mark Sebastian, Jerrilee Geist ...

Unabridged

58 min

Discover the surprising literary and poetic history of the RMS Titanic!Imagine getting the inside, behind the scenes story of the Titanic tragedy written by those who did not survive - but whose poetry and short accounts of the moments leading up to the Titanic sinking did."If you love poetry, history, and feeling like Indiana Jones, read this book now." 5 Stars from Erin Nicole Cochran for ... Read more

$15.17 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the surprising literary and poetic history of the RMS Titanic!Imagine getting the inside, behind the scenes story of the Titanic tragedy written by those who did not survive - but whose poetry and short accounts of the moments leading up to the Titanic sinking did."If you love poetry, history, and feeling like Indiana Jones, read this book now." 5 Stars from Erin Nicole Cochran for
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De Cabo Frio ao Rio de Janeiro: Trechos selecionados de Tratado descritivo do Brasil

by Gabriel Soares de Sousa ...

Narrated by Mauro Schames ...

Series series MiniPops
Abridged

29 min

Nessa viagem por um dos litorais mais visitados do Brasil, o leitor vai conhecendo grafias pitorescas de nomes de lugares famosos, como "Sacorema" e "ilha de Viragalham". E nesta bela seleção de textos do livro "Tratado descritivo do Brasil", de Gabriel Soares de Sousa, também se conhece uma faceta da fundação da Cidade Maravilhosa. ... Read more

$3.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Nessa viagem por um dos litorais mais visitados do Brasil, o leitor vai conhecendo grafias pitorescas de nomes de lugares famosos, como "Sacorema" e "ilha de Viragalham". E nesta bela seleção de textos do livro "Tratado descritivo do Brasil", de Gabriel Soares de Sousa, também se conhece uma faceta da fundação da Cidade Maravilhosa.
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Um clima caluniado: Trechos selecionados de "À margem da história"

by Euclides da Cunha ...

Narrated by Yuri Ribeiro ...

Series series MiniPops
Abridged

35 min

Este texto de Euclides da Cunha, oriundo de seu livro "À margem da história", traz o ponto de vista do autor para o povoamento do Acre na virada do século XIX para o século XX. Através da riquíssima linguagem característica do escritor, o leitor toma ciência de como brasileiros foram "expatriados dentro da pátria", numa "natureza anfíbia", praticamente sem cuidados por parte do Estado. ... Read more

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Este texto de Euclides da Cunha, oriundo de seu livro "À margem da história", traz o ponto de vista do autor para o povoamento do Acre na virada do século XIX para o século XX. Através da riquíssima linguagem característica do escritor, o leitor toma ciência de como brasileiros foram "expatriados dentro da pátria", numa "natureza anfíbia", praticamente sem cuidados por parte do Estado.
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Yleismaailmallisen historian kokoelma

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 19 min

Lähde kiehtovalle aikamatkalle halki ihmiskunnan historian Valero Pujolin teoksen "Yleismaailmallisen historian kokoelma" parissa. Eloisalla ja mukaansatempaavalla kerronnalla tekijä kuljettaa sinut muinaisten sivilisaatioiden syntyhetkistä suurten käännekohtien kautta kohti modernia maailmaa. Matkalla kohtaat loistokkaita valtakuntia, visionäärisiä johtajia, mullistavia keksintöjä ja ratkaisevia ... Read more

$32.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Lähde kiehtovalle aikamatkalle halki ihmiskunnan historian Valero Pujolin teoksen "Yleismaailmallisen historian kokoelma" parissa. Eloisalla ja mukaansatempaavalla kerronnalla tekijä kuljettaa sinut muinaisten sivilisaatioiden syntyhetkistä suurten käännekohtien kautta kohti modernia maailmaa. Matkalla kohtaat loistokkaita valtakuntia, visionäärisiä johtajia, mullistavia keksintöjä ja ratkaisevia
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Audiobook

Compêndio de História Universal

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

18 hours 44 min

Embarque em uma viagem fascinante através dos milênios da história humana com o "Compêndio de História Universal" de Valero Pujol. Com um estilo narrativo vivo e envolvente, o autor o conduz desde as origens das primeiras civilizações até os grandes eventos que moldaram o mundo moderno. Você encontrará impérios majestosos, líderes visionários, descobertas revolucionárias e batalhas decisivas que ... Read more

$30.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Embarque em uma viagem fascinante através dos milênios da história humana com o "Compêndio de História Universal" de Valero Pujol. Com um estilo narrativo vivo e envolvente, o autor o conduz desde as origens das primeiras civilizações até os grandes eventos que moldaram o mundo moderno. Você encontrará impérios majestosos, líderes visionários, descobertas revolucionárias e batalhas decisivas que
... Read more
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L'Honda Anomala

Il rapimento Moro, una lettera anonima e un ispettore con le mani legate

by Piero Ratto ...

Narrated by Valeria Milito ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

Dicembre 2010, Questura di Torino. Un ispettore della Digos scopre, tra i documenti in possesso del suo sovrintendente, una lettera anonima mai vista prima. Poche righe su un foglietto che alludono a responsabilità quanto meno scomode, e che delineano scenari davvero inquietanti, relativamente alla Strage di via Fani. L'ispettore Rossi decide di vederci chiaro e di cominciare a indagare, senza ... Read more

$23.10 NZD

Dicembre 2010, Questura di Torino. Un ispettore della Digos scopre, tra i documenti in possesso del suo sovrintendente, una lettera anonima mai vista prima. Poche righe su un foglietto che alludono a responsabilità quanto meno scomode, e che delineano scenari davvero inquietanti, relativamente alla Strage di via Fani. L'ispettore Rossi decide di vederci chiaro e di cominciare a indagare, senza
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Historia Unibertsalaren Konpendioa

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 1 min

Historia unibertsalaren eszenatoki zabalean murgiltzeko gonbidapena da Valero Pujol-en Historia Unibertsalaren Konpendioa. Ahots bizidun baten bidez, entzulea denboran zehar bidaiatzera eramaten du, lehen zibilizazio handien jaiotzagatik hasi eta Erdi Aroaren atarira arte. Babilonia eta Egiptoko misterioak, Greziako distira intelektuala, Erromaren boterearen gorakada eta gainbehera, eta herri ... Read more

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Historia unibertsalaren eszenatoki zabalean murgiltzeko gonbidapena da Valero Pujol-en Historia Unibertsalaren Konpendioa. Ahots bizidun baten bidez, entzulea denboran zehar bidaiatzera eramaten du, lehen zibilizazio handien jaiotzagatik hasi eta Erdi Aroaren atarira arte. Babilonia eta Egiptoko misterioak, Greziako distira intelektuala, Erromaren boterearen gorakada eta gainbehera, eta herri
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C'mon, Get Happy

The Making of Summer Stock

by David Fantle, Tom Johnson ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

12 hours 4 min

In their third and final screen teaming, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly starred together in the MGM musical Summer Stock. In C'mon, Get Happy, authors David Fantle and Tom Johnson present a comprehensive study of this 1950 motion picture. The production coincided at a critical point in the careers of Kelly and an emotionally spent Garland. Kelly, who starred in An American in Paris just one year ... Read more

$47.46 NZD

In their third and final screen teaming, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly starred together in the MGM musical Summer Stock. In C'mon, Get Happy, authors David Fantle and Tom Johnson present a comprehensive study of this 1950 motion picture. The production coincided at a critical point in the careers of Kelly and an emotionally spent Garland. Kelly, who starred in An American in Paris just one year
... Read more
Audiobook

Crímenes sorprendentes de asesinos en serie

by Ricardo Canaletti ...

Narrated by Juan Manuel Abraham ...

Unabridged

19 hours 15 min

Con el estilo inconfundible que lo convirtió en el periodista de casos criminales más leído de la Argentina, Ricardo Canaletti llega al fondo de las mentes más perversas de todos los tiempos.¿Monstruos? ¿Personas comunes que se vuelven malvadas o personas que siempre esconden el deseo de matar? Los asesinos seriales no son bestias legendarias, son individuos que viven entre nosotros. Las escenas ... Read more

$40.24 NZD

Con el estilo inconfundible que lo convirtió en el periodista de casos criminales más leído de la Argentina, Ricardo Canaletti llega al fondo de las mentes más perversas de todos los tiempos.¿Monstruos? ¿Personas comunes que se vuelven malvadas o personas que siempre esconden el deseo de matar? Los asesinos seriales no son bestias legendarias, son individuos que viven entre nosotros. Las escenas
... Read more
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Pseudoscience

An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them

by Lydia Kang, MD, Nate Pedersen ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens. ... Read more

$61.99 NZD

From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens.
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