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The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being
- Evolution and the Making of Us
- By: Dr Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Dr Alice Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Alice Roberts takes you on the most incredible journey, revealing your path from a single cell to a complex embryo to a living, breathing, thinking person....
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Ambitious and exhaustive
- By veyza on 26-03-23
By: Dr Alice Roberts
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Gut Check
- Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
- By: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Narrated by: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home—us!—revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease....
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So so disappointed
- By Amazon Customer on 27-04-24
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On the Origin of Species
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals....
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Something Old made Something New
- By Tim on 05-03-11
By: Charles Darwin
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The Wisdom of Your Cells
- How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology
- By: Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Bruce H. Lipton
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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With The Wisdom of Your Cells, this internationally recognized authority on cellular biology takes listeners on an in-depth exploration into the microscopic world....
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Thought provoking
- By Patrick on 18-01-08
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On Human Nature: Revised Edition
- By: Edward O. Wilson
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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With characteristic pungency and simplicity of style, the author of Sociobiology challenges old prejudices and current misconceptions about the nature-nurture debate....
By: Edward O. Wilson
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The Mind of a Bee
- By: Lars Chittka
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities....
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Who on earth chose this narrator?
- By Terry Miles on 07-12-23
By: Lars Chittka
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The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being
- Evolution and the Making of Us
- By: Dr Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Dr Alice Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Alice Roberts takes you on the most incredible journey, revealing your path from a single cell to a complex embryo to a living, breathing, thinking person....
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Ambitious and exhaustive
- By veyza on 26-03-23
By: Dr Alice Roberts
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Gut Check
- Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
- By: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Narrated by: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home—us!—revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease....
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So so disappointed
- By Amazon Customer on 27-04-24
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On the Origin of Species
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Abridged
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A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals....
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Something Old made Something New
- By Tim on 05-03-11
By: Charles Darwin
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The Wisdom of Your Cells
- How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology
- By: Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Bruce H. Lipton
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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With The Wisdom of Your Cells, this internationally recognized authority on cellular biology takes listeners on an in-depth exploration into the microscopic world....
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Thought provoking
- By Patrick on 18-01-08
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On Human Nature: Revised Edition
- By: Edward O. Wilson
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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With characteristic pungency and simplicity of style, the author of Sociobiology challenges old prejudices and current misconceptions about the nature-nurture debate....
By: Edward O. Wilson
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The Mind of a Bee
- By: Lars Chittka
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities....
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Who on earth chose this narrator?
- By Terry Miles on 07-12-23
By: Lars Chittka
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Songs of Garden Birds
- The Definitive Audio Guide to British Garden Birds
- By: Ron Kettle, Richard Ranft
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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This download features top-quality recordings of the typical songs and calls of the fifty-two species most commonly found in British gardens....
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Beautiful, clear and concise.
- By Badger on 29-06-18
By: Ron Kettle, and others
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Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine
- The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself
- By: Lee Know
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine, naturopathic doctor Lee Know tells the epic story of mitochondria - the widely misunderstood and often-overlooked powerhouses of our cells....
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Heavy going
- By mark frendo on 03-06-20
By: Lee Know
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Count Down
- How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
- By: Shanna H. Swan, Stacey Colino - contributor
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent....
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Illuminating
- By Fin Hunt on 28-02-21
By: Shanna H. Swan, and others
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The Blind Watchmaker
- Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
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The Blind Watchmaker is as prescient and timely a book as ever....
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Sparkling with life!
- By Jeremy on 10-08-11
By: Richard Dawkins
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Ever Since Darwin
- Reflections in Natural History
- By: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science....
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A classic of Neo Darwinism
- By veyza on 16-05-23
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On the Origin of Species
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
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Perhaps the most influential science book ever written, On the Origin of Species has continued to fascinate for more than a century after its initial publication....
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Excellently read
- By G Douglas Whistler on 14-02-17
By: Charles Darwin
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful
- The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
- By: Sean B. Carroll
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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For over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo--Evolutionary Developmental Biology--is the new science that has finally cracked open the box.
By: Sean B. Carroll
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The Natural History of Selborne
- By: Gilbert White
- Narrated by: James Taylor
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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More than any other writer, Gilbert White has shaped the relationship between man and nature...
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Fantastic
- By Linda Nicholson on 21-11-19
By: Gilbert White
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Being a Dog
- By: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrated by: Alexandra Horowitz
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Alexandra Horowitz explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ - the nose - and how we humans can put our underused sense of smell to work in surprising ways....
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A Crack in Creation
- Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
- By: Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers....
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Clear and informative
- By Allan Paterson on 28-04-19
By: Jennifer A. Doudna, and others
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Drunk
- How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
- By: Edward Slingerland
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place....
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Delectable
- By Lizzie Lay on 15-02-24
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David Attenborough: The Early Years Collection
- The BBC Collection
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Original Recording
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David Attenborough, Britain's voice of natural history, narrates his early adventures in Indonesia, New Guinea and Northern Australia....
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Good but a lot of overlap with Life on Air
- By Amazon Customer on 30-09-17
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Ahab's Rolling Sea
- A Natural History of "Moby-Dick"
- By: Richard J. King
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing - or even a novel of the sea....
By: Richard J. King
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All These Worlds Are Yours
- The Scientific Search for Alien Life
- By: Jon Willis
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy....
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is this a machine speaking ?
- By cosylan on 15-04-21
By: Jon Willis
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The Hummingbirds' Gift
- Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
- By: Sy Montgomery
- Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beloved New York Times best-selling author of The Soul of an Octopus comes a charmingly perfect gem of a book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures - hummingbirds....
By: Sy Montgomery
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The Angel and the Assassin
- The Tiny Brain Cell That Changed the Course of Medicine
- By: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- Narrated by: Melinda Wade
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling story of scientific detective work and medical potential that illuminates the newly understood role of microglia - an elusive type of brain cell that is vitally relevant to our everyday lives....
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engaging interesting enlightening book
- By Emma Morrison on 27-04-22
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The Lives of Bees
- The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
- By: Thomas D. Seeley
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Engaging and deeply personal, The Lives of Bees reveals how we can become better custodians of honey bees and make use of their resources in ways that enrich their lives, as well as our own....
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Ideal book for Audible.
- By Amazon Customer on 19-02-21
By: Thomas D. Seeley
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The Perfect Predator
- A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir
- By: Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson, Teresa Barker - contributor
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Dan Woren
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life (Scientific American) - and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more....
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Must read
- By Goldfish fan on 09-07-23
By: Steffanie Strathdee, and others
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The Revolutionary Phenotype
- The Amazing Story of How Life Begins and How It Ends
- By: J.-F. Gariépy
- Narrated by: J.-F. Gariepy
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The Revolutionary Phenotype is a science book that brings us four billion years into the past, when the first living molecules showed up on Earth. Unlike what was previously thought, we learn that the first molecules of DNA were fabricated by a previous life form....
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A less humble and better-structured Dawkins
- By Jan Minar on 06-02-19
By: J.-F. Gariépy
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Countryside Birds
- An Audio Guide to Bird Sounds of the British Countryside
- By: The British Library
- Narrated by: Cookie Weymouth
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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The British countryside is renowned for its natural beauty and diverse wildlife and any walk....
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No commentry. Could barely hear birdsong.
- By Cloudy Bay on 28-07-18
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Light to Life
- The Miracle of Photosynthesis and How It Can Save the Planet
- By: Raffael Jovine
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In Light to Life, biologist Raffael Jovine takes us on a journey of discovery into the intricate, beautiful and often surprising processes that convert energy from the sun into life and how all-important these are to our survival....
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Important, funny guide to what we all depend on.
- By GLK on 16-07-21
By: Raffael Jovine
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Inside of a Dog
- What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
- By: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you ever wondered what your dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you finally can! The answers will surprise and delight you....
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A fascinating and balanced portrayal of the dog
- By Amazon Customer on 03-01-18
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The End of Gender
- Debunking the Myths About Sex and Identity in Our Society
- By: Debra W. Soh
- Narrated by: Debra Soh
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that “is not only eminently reasonable and beautifully-written, it is brave and vital"....
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Finally!
- By Laveyheed on 17-09-20
By: Debra W. Soh
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Darwin's Doubt
- The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
- By: Stephen C. Meyer
- Narrated by: Derek Shetterly
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought he had explained every clue but one. Darwin knew there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain....
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Captivating and Convincing!
- By Kindle Customer on 30-08-18
By: Stephen C. Meyer
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Father Time
- A Natural History of Men and Babies
- By: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton gives a sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies.
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The Cicada Invasion of 2024
- A Natural Phenomenon Unveiled
- By: Anthony Farrior
- Narrated by: John Kostohryz
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 2024, a cacophony unlike any other will fill the air in many parts of the United States. Cicadas, those enigmatic insects known for their distinctive buzzing sound and periodic emergence, are set to make their grand appearance.
By: Anthony Farrior
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Every Living Thing
- The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
- By: Jason Roberts
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Every Living Thing centres on the rivalry pledged between two scientists, Linnaeus and Buffon, who, from 1743 to 1778 raced each other to complete an inventory of all life on Earth. Their focus was on scientific immortality and the core conception of our relationship to the natural world. Their catalogues were starkly different and showed a divergence of opinion on the creation of nature and humanity. Buffon advocating for a natural system of classification, while Linnaeus was dedicated to naming and classifying objects of nature.
By: Jason Roberts
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Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners
- 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved
- By: Thomas D. Seeley
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners takes listeners inside a world seldom seen even by beekeepers, shedding light on twenty of the most compelling mysteries of honey bee behavior.
By: Thomas D. Seeley
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Fantastic Fungi
- How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet
- By: Paul Stamets
- Narrated by: Eugenia Bone
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Viewed in over 100 countries and selling hundreds of thousands of tickets, Schwartzberg’s documentary Fantastic Fungi has brought the mycological revolution to the world stage. This is the film’s official companion audiobook, that expands on the documentary’s message: that mushrooms and fungi will change your life– and save the planet.
By: Paul Stamets
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Eat Your Cricket and Like It!
- By: Chad Raught
- Narrated by: Chad Raught
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In recent years, eating insects has gained popularity, with many people exploring the culinary and nutritional benefits of entomophagy (the practice of eating insects). Among the various insects being farmed and consumed, crickets have emerged as a frontrunner, boasting an impressive nutritional profile and surprisingly delicious flavor. So, why should you consider adding crickets to your diet?
By: Chad Raught
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Father Time
- A Natural History of Men and Babies
- By: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton gives a sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies.
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The Cicada Invasion of 2024
- A Natural Phenomenon Unveiled
- By: Anthony Farrior
- Narrated by: John Kostohryz
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 2024, a cacophony unlike any other will fill the air in many parts of the United States. Cicadas, those enigmatic insects known for their distinctive buzzing sound and periodic emergence, are set to make their grand appearance.
By: Anthony Farrior
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Every Living Thing
- The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
- By: Jason Roberts
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Every Living Thing centres on the rivalry pledged between two scientists, Linnaeus and Buffon, who, from 1743 to 1778 raced each other to complete an inventory of all life on Earth. Their focus was on scientific immortality and the core conception of our relationship to the natural world. Their catalogues were starkly different and showed a divergence of opinion on the creation of nature and humanity. Buffon advocating for a natural system of classification, while Linnaeus was dedicated to naming and classifying objects of nature.
By: Jason Roberts
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Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners
- 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved
- By: Thomas D. Seeley
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners takes listeners inside a world seldom seen even by beekeepers, shedding light on twenty of the most compelling mysteries of honey bee behavior.
By: Thomas D. Seeley
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Fantastic Fungi
- How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet
- By: Paul Stamets
- Narrated by: Eugenia Bone
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Viewed in over 100 countries and selling hundreds of thousands of tickets, Schwartzberg’s documentary Fantastic Fungi has brought the mycological revolution to the world stage. This is the film’s official companion audiobook, that expands on the documentary’s message: that mushrooms and fungi will change your life– and save the planet.
By: Paul Stamets
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Eat Your Cricket and Like It!
- By: Chad Raught
- Narrated by: Chad Raught
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In recent years, eating insects has gained popularity, with many people exploring the culinary and nutritional benefits of entomophagy (the practice of eating insects). Among the various insects being farmed and consumed, crickets have emerged as a frontrunner, boasting an impressive nutritional profile and surprisingly delicious flavor. So, why should you consider adding crickets to your diet?
By: Chad Raught