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Original Sin

On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness

by Kathryn Paige Harden ...

Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

A daring and intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment, and moral responsibility, from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic Lottery Kathryn Paige Harden.“An extraordinary book, the very best of science writing, because it is about not just science—it is memoir, history, bleeding-edge genetics, and a completely original take on original sin.” ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A daring and intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment, and moral responsibility, from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic Lottery Kathryn Paige Harden.“An extraordinary book, the very best of science writing, because it is about not just science—it is memoir, history, bleeding-edge genetics, and a completely original take on original sin.”
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Lifespan

Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

by Matthew D. LaPlante, David Sinclair ...

Narrated by David Sinclair ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel... ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel...
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Who We Are and How We Got Here

Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

by David Reich ...

Narrated by John Lescault ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human historyGeneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human historyGeneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome
... Read more
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The Tangled Tree

A Radical New History of Life

by David Quammen ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 49 min

In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and genetics and genomics affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history.In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequencing to ... Read more

$29.99 USD

In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and genetics and genomics affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history.In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequencing to
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Proto

How One Ancient Language Went Global

by Laura Spinney ...

Narrated by Emma Spurgin-Hussey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

Bloomsbury presents Proto by Laura Spinney, read by Emma Spurgin-HusseyThe enthralling story of how today’s largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world’s population, descended from one ancient dialect.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Proto by Laura Spinney, read by Emma Spurgin-HusseyThe enthralling story of how today’s largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world’s population, descended from one ancient dialect.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely
... Read more
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The Psychopath Inside

A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

by James Fallon ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discoveryJames Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discoveryJames Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either
... Read more
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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

by Bryan Sykes ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery ... Read more

$19.99 USD

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery
... Read more
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The Secret of Life

Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

by Howard Markel ...

Narrated by Donald Corren ...

Unabridged

15 hours 5 min

An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the
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Superconvergence

How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World

by Jamie Metzl ...

Narrated by Jamie Metzl, James Anderson Foster ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives–and our future (Sanjay Gupta).New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save our planet. But if we ... Read more

$31.99 USD

From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives–and our future (Sanjay Gupta).New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save our planet. But if we
... Read more
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Life as We Made It

How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—and Redefined—Nature

by Beth Shapiro ...

Narrated by Beth Shapiro ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natureWhen the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natureWhen the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world
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Crypt

Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond

by Alice Roberts ...

Narrated by Alice Roberts ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R... ... Read more

$23.99 USD

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R...
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Beyond Inheritance

Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

by Roxanne Khamsi ...

Narrated by Roxanne Khamsi ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... Read more

$22.00 USD

**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and
... Read more
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The First Human

The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors

by Ann Gibbons ...

Narrated by Renée Raudman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

This dynamic chronicle of the race to find the "missing links" between humans and apes transports readers into the highly competitive world of fossil hunting and into the lives of the ambitious scientists intent on pinpointing the dawn of humankind.The quest to find where and when the earliest human ancestors first appeared is one of the most exciting and challenging of all scientific pursuits. ... Read more

$17.99 USD

This dynamic chronicle of the race to find the "missing links" between humans and apes transports readers into the highly competitive world of fossil hunting and into the lives of the ambitious scientists intent on pinpointing the dawn of humankind.The quest to find where and when the earliest human ancestors first appeared is one of the most exciting and challenging of all scientific pursuits.
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Biology of You, The: Your DNA, Your Blueprint

Understanding your genome - and what you can actually do with what it tells you

by Debra-Ann Smith ...

Narrated by Debra-Ann Smith ...

Series Audiobook 1 - THE BIOLOGY OF YOU
Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

Your genome is already shaping your health, your medication responses, and decisions being made about your biological data — right now, whether you know it or not.Most people have no idea what their genetic test results actually mean. Not because the science is hard, but because no one has explained it plainly — until now.***Your DNA, Your Blueprint***is a complete guide to understanding your ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Your genome is already shaping your health, your medication responses, and decisions being made about your biological data — right now, whether you know it or not.Most people have no idea what their genetic test results actually mean. Not because the science is hard, but because no one has explained it plainly — until now.***Your DNA, Your Blueprint***is a complete guide to understanding your
... Read more
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DNA Is Not Destiny

The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes

by Steven J. Heine ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

Around 250,000 people have had their genomes sequenced, and scientists expect that number to rise to one billion by 2025. Professor Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we will do on receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them completely. Despite breathless (often lightly researched) media coverage about newly discovered "cancer" or "divorce" or "IQ" genes, the prospect of a DNA ... Read more

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Around 250,000 people have had their genomes sequenced, and scientists expect that number to rise to one billion by 2025. Professor Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we will do on receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them completely. Despite breathless (often lightly researched) media coverage about newly discovered "cancer" or "divorce" or "IQ" genes, the prospect of a DNA
... Read more
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Devil On The Run

The Strange Case of a Contagious Tumor, an Endangered Animal, and a Radical New Strategy Against Cancer

by David Quammen ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

From bestselling author David Quammen, a fascinating scientific detective story about how a transmissible cancer first discovered in Tasmanian devils is connected to the discovery that cancer in humans can be treated as a chronic illness, not a fatal one—a radically new approach that promises not only survival but a better quality of life.In Devil on the Run David Quammen introduces us to the ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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From bestselling author David Quammen, a fascinating scientific detective story about how a transmissible cancer first discovered in Tasmanian devils is connected to the discovery that cancer in humans can be treated as a chronic illness, not a fatal one—a radically new approach that promises not only survival but a better quality of life.In Devil on the Run David Quammen introduces us to the
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Genetics and Health for Beginners: A Simple Introduction to How Our Genes Affect Our Bodies

by Rachel Holmgren ...

Narrated by Rachel Holmgren ...

Unabridged

2 hours 9 min

Decode your DNA and transform health anxiety into empowering wellness with this beginner-friendly biology guide. Whether you are listening on your daily commute or relaxing at home, this calm, grounded exploration translates complex genetics into everyday language. Stop worrying about hereditary risks and start understanding how your body actually works.Feeling overwhelmed by at-home testing kits ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Decode your DNA and transform health anxiety into empowering wellness with this beginner-friendly biology guide. Whether you are listening on your daily commute or relaxing at home, this calm, grounded exploration translates complex genetics into everyday language. Stop worrying about hereditary risks and start understanding how your body actually works.Feeling overwhelmed by at-home testing kits
... Read more
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Creating Humans

Ethical Questions Where Reproduction and Science Collide

by Alexander McCall Smith ...

Narrated by Alexander McCall Smith ...

Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

In this course, we will discuss the various moral aspects of human reproduction from methods of conception to methods of ending a pregnancy. We will discuss the moral, cultural, legal, and political influences on reproduction as well as the scientific advances in reproductive technology. ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this course, we will discuss the various moral aspects of human reproduction from methods of conception to methods of ending a pregnancy. We will discuss the moral, cultural, legal, and political influences on reproduction as well as the scientific advances in reproductive technology.
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Useless Space Facts That Will Put You To Sleep

by Melanie Roach ...

Narrated by Cynthia Logan ...

Unabridged

53 min

Drift into deep sleep with this soothing astronomy guide designed to bore you into profound relaxation.Let the vast, quiet universe become your ultimate bedtime routine. This narrative offers a gently monotonous escape from daily stress, specifically crafted for those struggling with insomnia or seeking a peaceful wind-down. Instead of high-stakes drama, find solace in the mild curiosity of ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Drift into deep sleep with this soothing astronomy guide designed to bore you into profound relaxation.Let the vast, quiet universe become your ultimate bedtime routine. This narrative offers a gently monotonous escape from daily stress, specifically crafted for those struggling with insomnia or seeking a peaceful wind-down. Instead of high-stakes drama, find solace in the mild curiosity of
... Read more
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The Last Lost World

Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene

by Lydia V. Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural ideaThe Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions—of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths, and not least early species of Homo. It’s the world that created ours.But outside that environmental story there ... Read more

$34.99 USD

An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural ideaThe Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions—of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths, and not least early species of Homo. It’s the world that created ours.But outside that environmental story there
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The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

Evolution and the Making of Us

by Alice Roberts ...

Narrated by Dr Alice Roberts ...

Unabridged

11 hours 15 min

The presenter of the BBC's The Incredible Human Journey gives us a new and highly accessible look at our own bodies and into the past to uncover the evolutionary secrets hidden in all of us.'From your brain to your fingertips, you emerge from her book entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself' Richard Dawkins'A masterful account of why our bodies are the way they are . . . this book ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The presenter of the BBC's The Incredible Human Journey gives us a new and highly accessible look at our own bodies and into the past to uncover the evolutionary secrets hidden in all of us.'From your brain to your fingertips, you emerge from her book entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself' Richard Dawkins'A masterful account of why our bodies are the way they are . . . this book
... Read more
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The Book of Humans

A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us

by Adam Rutherford ...

Narrated by Adam Rutherford ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

The bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human—and animalEvolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee's. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we?In this original ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human—and animalEvolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee's. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we?In this original
... Read more
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Genetics For Dummies

3rd Edition

by Tara Rodden Robinson, PhD, Lisa Spock, PhD, CGC ...

Narrated by Wendy Tremont King ...

Unabridged

15 hours 51 min

With rapid advances in genomic technologies, genetic testing has become a key part of both clinical practice and research. Scientists are constantly discovering more about how genetics plays a role in health and disease, and healthcare providers are using this information to more accurately identify their patients' particular medical needs. Genetic information is also increasingly being used for a ... Read more

$24.99 USD

With rapid advances in genomic technologies, genetic testing has become a key part of both clinical practice and research. Scientists are constantly discovering more about how genetics plays a role in health and disease, and healthcare providers are using this information to more accurately identify their patients' particular medical needs. Genetic information is also increasingly being used for a
... Read more
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Regenesis

How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves

by George M. Church, Ed Regis ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

A Harvard biologist and master inventor explores how new biotechnologies will enable us to bring species back from the dead, unlock vast supplies of renewable energy, and extend human life.In Regenesis, George Church and science writer Ed Regis explore the possibilities of the emerging field of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology, in which living organisms are selectively altered by modifying ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A Harvard biologist and master inventor explores how new biotechnologies will enable us to bring species back from the dead, unlock vast supplies of renewable energy, and extend human life.In Regenesis, George Church and science writer Ed Regis explore the possibilities of the emerging field of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology, in which living organisms are selectively altered by modifying
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