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Albert Einstein

The Biography of a Genius Who Changed Science and World History

by Adam Brown ...

Narrated by Jim D. Johnston ...

Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

While his early childhood was unimpressive, Einstein later earned the respect of the entire world and won the coveted Nobel Prize. His name is the most revered in physics. Even though he was a well-respected genius, Einstein mingled freely among ordinary folk, just as easily as he did scholars and politicians. And while Einstein had a great sense of humor, he was also a bit reckless in the way he ... Read more

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While his early childhood was unimpressive, Einstein later earned the respect of the entire world and won the coveted Nobel Prize. His name is the most revered in physics. Even though he was a well-respected genius, Einstein mingled freely among ordinary folk, just as easily as he did scholars and politicians. And while Einstein had a great sense of humor, he was also a bit reckless in the way he
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Elon Musk

How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future

by Ashlee Vance ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A remarkable man in possession of limitless curiosity and intellect, Elon Musk makes a fascinating subject.Tech reporter Ashlee Vance has shadowed him for a year to bring us an engaging and deeply personal account of the man who wants to send us into outer space.South African-born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.A remarkable man in possession of limitless curiosity and intellect, Elon Musk makes a fascinating subject.Tech reporter Ashlee Vance has shadowed him for a year to bring us an engaging and deeply personal account of the man who wants to send us into outer space.South African-born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and
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When Breath Becomes Air

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

by Paul Kalanithi ...

Narrated by Sunil Malhotra, Lucy Kalanithi ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

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

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

The Bestselling Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

by Adam Kay ...

Narrated by Adam Kay ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

**Read by the author, Adam Kay.The multi-million copy bestseller**Book of the Year at The National Book Awards‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen FryWelcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter ... Read more

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**Read by the author, Adam Kay.The multi-million copy bestseller**Book of the Year at The National Book Awards‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen FryWelcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter
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Everything Happens for a Reason

And Other Lies I've Loved

by Kate Bowler ...

Narrated by Kate Bowler ...

Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified.”—Lucy KalanithiNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE**Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified.”—Lucy KalanithiNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE**Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a
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Don Failla "Own Your Life The 45 Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life!"

Own Your Life Success Audio Book

by Don Failla ...

Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

Don & Nancy Failla - Own Your Life, the 45 Second Presentation that will Change Your Life!The teachings in this audio book is what “cracked the code” for Don & Nancy Failla to build a duplicable organization to over 1,000,000 people. As Don said, “100 percent of people outside Network Marketing don’t understand it. And 90 percent of people inside Network Marketing don’t understand it!”Don's ... Read more

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Don & Nancy Failla - Own Your Life, the 45 Second Presentation that will Change Your Life!The teachings in this audio book is what “cracked the code” for Don & Nancy Failla to build a duplicable organization to over 1,000,000 people. As Don said, “100 percent of people outside Network Marketing don’t understand it. And 90 percent of people inside Network Marketing don’t understand it!”Don's
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Hunt, Gather, Parent

What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about Raising Children

by Michaeleen Doucleff ...

Narrated by Michaeleen Doucleff ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

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

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

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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
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The Innocent Man

A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

by John Grisham ...

Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

Brought to you by Penguin.***NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES***A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham, author of A Time to Kill, The Firm and The Whistler.In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and l... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.***NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES***A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham, author of A Time to Kill, The Firm and The Whistler.In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and l...
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The Year I Met My Brain

A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD

by Matilda Boseley ...

Narrated by Matilda Boseley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had.The Year I Met ... Read more

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Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had.The Year I Met
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions

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

by Stephen Hawking ...

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

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

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

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

Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

by Kathryn Mannix ...

Narrated by Kathryn Mannix, Elizabeth Carling ...

Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

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

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

Insight and Analysis into the Life and Accomplishments of a Technology Mogul

by JR MacGregor ...

Narrated by Kevin Kollins ...

Series series Billionaire Visionaries
Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

Put aside what you read on the web about Elon Musk. There is a significant amount more to him than just his genius and his accomplishments.This book lays out the life that he had before arriving in the United States and looks at the boy inside who set a path for himself, and literally went through the fires of hell before getting the opportunities that he wished for.He did not fall into wealth and ... Read more

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Put aside what you read on the web about Elon Musk. There is a significant amount more to him than just his genius and his accomplishments.This book lays out the life that he had before arriving in the United States and looks at the boy inside who set a path for himself, and literally went through the fires of hell before getting the opportunities that he wished for.He did not fall into wealth and
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Life of Marie Curie

by Sam Morgan ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Life of
Unabridged

3 hours 54 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Life of Marie Curie" is an inspirational biography that chronicles the incredible journey of one of history's most groundbreaking scientists. From her early life in Poland to her pioneering work in radioactivity, this book captures Marie Curie’s relentless curiosity, determination, and the obstacles she faced as a woman in the male-dominated world of ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Life of Marie Curie" is an inspirational biography that chronicles the incredible journey of one of history's most groundbreaking scientists. From her early life in Poland to her pioneering work in radioactivity, this book captures Marie Curie’s relentless curiosity, determination, and the obstacles she faced as a woman in the male-dominated world of
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Who was Charlie Kirk?

His Ideas, Visions and Why America Is Worth Fighting For

by Charles J. Patriot ...

Narrated by Liam Jefferson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

He was the voice of a generation that refused to apologize for America. Before his tragic assassination cut his journey short, Charlie Kirk ignited a movement that shook the foundations of the political establishment and awakened a sleeping giant: the young patriots of America.This is not a biography. It is an intellectual and spiritual testament—a deep dive into the mind of a man who saw a nation ... Read more

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He was the voice of a generation that refused to apologize for America. Before his tragic assassination cut his journey short, Charlie Kirk ignited a movement that shook the foundations of the political establishment and awakened a sleeping giant: the young patriots of America.This is not a biography. It is an intellectual and spiritual testament—a deep dive into the mind of a man who saw a nation
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هكذا قطفت الزهور

by دينا عماد ...

Narrated by Asya Nabilsi ...

Unabridged

4 hours 57 min

'خلال سنوات حياتى العملية والتى قضيتها في وظيفتي التي أحببتها رغم ألمها... أخصائية نفسية بمؤسسات مختلفة طوال مشواري الوظيفي اكتشفت أن القهر والظلم والالم النفسي الذى تتعرض له المرأة لم ينته رغم التقدم ودعوات التحرر والمساواة. مازالت المرأة يُمارس عليها سادية مجتمع عنصري يفرض سيطرته على الكائن الضعيف. خلال مشوارى قابلت حالات كثيرة لم أنسها يوماً وظلت بذاكرتي وتركت أثرها داخلي. اليوم وبعدما علمت قصة ... Read more

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'خلال سنوات حياتى العملية والتى قضيتها في وظيفتي التي أحببتها رغم ألمها... أخصائية نفسية بمؤسسات مختلفة طوال مشواري الوظيفي اكتشفت أن القهر والظلم والالم النفسي الذى تتعرض له المرأة لم ينته رغم التقدم ودعوات التحرر والمساواة. مازالت المرأة يُمارس عليها سادية مجتمع عنصري يفرض سيطرته على الكائن الضعيف. خلال مشوارى قابلت حالات كثيرة لم أنسها يوماً وظلت بذاكرتي وتركت أثرها داخلي. اليوم وبعدما علمت قصة
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A Texas Education

Learning (And Unlearning) in a Strangely Familiar Land

by Tom Segady ...

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

This is a book about personal experience, but it is not a memoir. While experiencing threatening situations and circumstances that define one’s life, the author invites encounters with others to teach him important life’s lessons, while in fact he has been a college teacher for over thirty years. Learning—and unlearning—can come from anyone at any time. What is critical is remaining open to the ... Read more

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This is a book about personal experience, but it is not a memoir. While experiencing threatening situations and circumstances that define one’s life, the author invites encounters with others to teach him important life’s lessons, while in fact he has been a college teacher for over thirty years. Learning—and unlearning—can come from anyone at any time. What is critical is remaining open to the
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Rodolfo Llinás

La pregunta difícil

by Pablo Correa ...

Narrated by Paulo César Valencia ...

Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

La única biografía sobre Rodolfo Llinás, el científico colombiano más importante en la actualidad.Los hallazgos científicos de Rodolfo Llinás son fascinantes y de una importancia capital para el estudio del cerebro a escala mundial. Muchos de sus descubrimientos, como el de los canales de calcio P, las propiedades intrínsecas de las neuronas (o Ley de Llinás), ya hacen parte del canon de la ... Read more

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La única biografía sobre Rodolfo Llinás, el científico colombiano más importante en la actualidad.Los hallazgos científicos de Rodolfo Llinás son fascinantes y de una importancia capital para el estudio del cerebro a escala mundial. Muchos de sus descubrimientos, como el de los canales de calcio P, las propiedades intrínsecas de las neuronas (o Ley de Llinás), ya hacen parte del canon de la
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Endurance

A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

by Scott Kelly ...

Narrated by Scott Kelly ...

Unabridged

13 hours 39 min

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Endurance, written and read by Scott Kelly.From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station – what it’s like out there and what it’s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently.The veteran of four space flights and the American record ... Read more

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Endurance, written and read by Scott Kelly.From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station – what it’s like out there and what it’s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently.The veteran of four space flights and the American record
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Toxic Mayhem

by Vinson Chard ...

Narrated by Paul Bailey ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

This is Vinson Chard's second book recounting stories about his time working as a Chemical Engineer. He 'spills the beans' on all the shenanigans perpetrated in the world of hazardous waste. The stories are of his hazardous and light-hearted misadventures while on these excursions and the colourful characters he meets along with way, with curious incidents like being shown some of the seedier ... Read more

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This is Vinson Chard's second book recounting stories about his time working as a Chemical Engineer. He 'spills the beans' on all the shenanigans perpetrated in the world of hazardous waste. The stories are of his hazardous and light-hearted misadventures while on these excursions and the colourful characters he meets along with way, with curious incidents like being shown some of the seedier
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MS and Me

by Dorothy M. Mitchell ...

Narrated by Robin Howatt Shrock ...

Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

Living with multiple sclerosis was never going to be easy. The phrase 'I rule it, it doesn't rule me' was to become Lydia's benchmark. She clung fiercely to these words. They would booster her strength in the years ahead when at times, fear of the pain and its affects, especially the horrendous agony of an MS attack, would almost break her. ... Read more

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Living with multiple sclerosis was never going to be easy. The phrase 'I rule it, it doesn't rule me' was to become Lydia's benchmark. She clung fiercely to these words. They would booster her strength in the years ahead when at times, fear of the pain and its affects, especially the horrendous agony of an MS attack, would almost break her.
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Copernicus

The Man Who Proposed the Heliocentric Theory

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 1 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The bells of St. John's Cathedral rang out across the medieval city of Toruń on February 19, 1473, marking the birth of a child who would one day move the Earth from the center of the universe and set it spinning around the Sun. Mikołaj Kopernik, as he was christened in the Polish tongue, entered a world poised between the dying embers of the Middle ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The bells of St. John's Cathedral rang out across the medieval city of Toruń on February 19, 1473, marking the birth of a child who would one day move the Earth from the center of the universe and set it spinning around the Sun. Mikołaj Kopernik, as he was christened in the Polish tongue, entered a world poised between the dying embers of the Middle
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The Bee Eater

Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District

by Richard Whitmire ...

Narrated by Paul Costanzo ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

This book chronicles the life and work of the dynamic and controversial Michelle Rhee -- from her first teaching job in a West Baltimore classroom to her current position as chancellor of Washington DC public schools. Along the way, we also learn about the fundamental problems in our current education system, and -- most of all -- about the politics of leadership. When Rhee first arrived in ... Read more

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This book chronicles the life and work of the dynamic and controversial Michelle Rhee -- from her first teaching job in a West Baltimore classroom to her current position as chancellor of Washington DC public schools. Along the way, we also learn about the fundamental problems in our current education system, and -- most of all -- about the politics of leadership. When Rhee first arrived in
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Imperfect Recollections

Memory Fragments from an Ageing Medico

by Erik Hagen ...

Narrated by Matthew Fuller ...

Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

Welcome to the fascinating world of general medical practice in Australia. This book is a collection of stories from the author’s rich and varied career spanning over 40 years. During that time, he has been a country GP, delivering babies and doing anaesthetics, a retrieval doctor with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, worked in the emergency departments of various hospitals and ... Read more

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Welcome to the fascinating world of general medical practice in Australia. This book is a collection of stories from the author’s rich and varied career spanning over 40 years. During that time, he has been a country GP, delivering babies and doing anaesthetics, a retrieval doctor with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, worked in the emergency departments of various hospitals and
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Albert Einstein

Elon Musk

When Breath Becomes Air

This is Going to Hurt

Everything Happens for a Reason

Don Failla "Own Your Life The 45 Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life!"

Hunt, Gather, Parent

Undoctored

The Innocent Man

The Year I Met My Brain

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

With the End in Mind

Elon Musk: Moving the World One Technology at a Time

Life of Marie Curie

Who was Charlie Kirk?

هكذا قطفت الزهور

A Texas Education

Rodolfo Llinás

Endurance

Toxic Mayhem

MS and Me

Copernicus

The Bee Eater

Imperfect Recollections