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    • How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
    • By: Tom Lean
    • Narrated by: Mark Meadows
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Release date: 11-02-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 269 ratings
    • Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, as people set aside their worries of electronic brains and Big Brother....

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    • The Molecule That Made the World
    • By: Nick Lane
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Oxygen takes the listener on an enthralling journey, as gripping as a thriller, as it unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death....

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    • Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
    • By: Roger Penrose
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 15-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose puts forward his view that there are some facets of human thinking that can never be emulated by a machine. The book's central concern is what philosophers call the "mind-body problem". He examines what physics can tell us....

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    • Why Are We Here?
    • By: Lawrence M. Krauss
    • Narrated by: Lawrence Krauss
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 21-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 292 ratings
    • In this grand poetic vision of the universe, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world that underlies reality - and our place within it. Reality is not what you think or sense - it’s weird, wild, and counterintuitive....

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    • How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
    • By: Kunal K. Das
    • Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 14-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • The Quantum Rules applies the laws of physics to explain everything from relationships and human nature to the effects of globalization....

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    • What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why
    • By: Michael Shermer, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Michael Shermer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 333 ratings
    • The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, entertaining stories in movies, books, and television. And there is no shortage of subjects: from who really killed JFK to the truth behind 9/11...

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    • UFOs, Religion, Technology
    • By: D.W. Pasulka
    • Narrated by: Norah Tocci
    • Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 01-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 168 ratings
    • American Cosmic examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief system in extraterrestrial life, a system that is changing and even supplanting traditional religions....

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    • A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality
    • By: Paul Levy, Jean Houston - foreword
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • Written for those with no physics background, Paul Levy's latest book, The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality, is for those who have heard that quantum physics is a fascinating subject but don't quite understand how or why....

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    • With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
    • By: Erwin Schrödinger, Roger Penrose - foreword
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 22-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings
    • Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the 20th century and the distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology....

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    • An Unofficial History of Resident Evil
    • By: Alex Aniel
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 15-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
    • This is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Capcom's horror video game series Resident Evil - one of the most popular, innovative, and widely influential franchises of all time....

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    • By: Mark Fleischman, Denise Chatman, Mimi Fleischman
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 20-02-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • In the early 80s, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most glamorous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night....

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    • Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine
    • By: Marty Jopson
    • Narrated by: Marty Jopson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 03-11-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 500 ratings
    • The One Show presenter and all-round science bloke Marty Jopson has the answer to all of these and more baffling questions about the chemistry of everyday stuff....

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    • Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
    • By: Nina Teicholz
    • Narrated by: Erin Bennett
    • Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 13-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 546 ratings
    • Dish up the red meat, eggs, and whole milk! In this well-researched and captivating narrative, veteran food writer Nina Teicholz proves how everything we've been told about fat is wrong....

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    • Gender in the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Carol J. Clover
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 22-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s....

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    • By: Jack Halberstam
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism....

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    • Ten Species That Changed Our World
    • By: Alice Roberts
    • Narrated by: Alice Roberts
    • Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 22-03-18
    • Language: English
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    • Random House presents the audiobook edition of Tamed, written and read by Alice Roberts. The extraordinary story of the species that became our allies....

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