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Quarterly Essay 81: Getting to Zero
- Australia's Energy Transition
- By: Alan Finkel
- Narrated by: Lewis Fitz-Gerald
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
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The world is overheating, and despite good intentions and significant efforts, emissions increase nearly every year. The challenge is immense, but there are solutions....
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Inspiring future view however lacks policy view
- By fridja on 26-03-2021
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A Life on Our Planet
- My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary....
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His Life for all of us.
- By Kevin on 07-10-2020
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
- The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
- By: Bill Gates
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, shares what he has learnt in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address climate problems....
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Great, wasn't on the edge of my seat though.
- By Amazon Customer on 18-03-2021
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Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health....
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amazing book. loved it. so mush fresh information.
- By Paul Kuhnast on 15-03-2018
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Quarterly Essay 81: Getting to Zero
- Australia's Energy Transition
- By: Alan Finkel
- Narrated by: Lewis Fitz-Gerald
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The world is overheating, and despite good intentions and significant efforts, emissions increase nearly every year. The challenge is immense, but there are solutions....
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Inspiring future view however lacks policy view
- By fridja on 26-03-2021
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A Life on Our Planet
- My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary....
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His Life for all of us.
- By Kevin on 07-10-2020
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
- The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
- By: Bill Gates
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, shares what he has learnt in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address climate problems....
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Great, wasn't on the edge of my seat though.
- By Amazon Customer on 18-03-2021
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Why We Sleep
- The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health....
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amazing book. loved it. so mush fresh information.
- By Paul Kuhnast on 15-03-2018
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A Grown-Up Guide to Oceans
- By: Professor Ben Garrod, Ellie Sans
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Kids love the ocean - it’s mysterious and unknown, home to monsters of the imagination and some of the most fascinating life forms on the planet. But while many grown-ups might love being by or on the sea, how much do we actually know about the world beneath the waves....
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Very informative and interesting
- By Tony on 30-08-2020
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Lucy in the Sky: The New Age of Space Travel
- By: Lucy Hawking
- Length: 4 hrs
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Children's author and science communicator Lucy Hawking, daughter of Professor Stephen Hawking, invites listeners to the launch of a new space age....
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Thought provoking
- By zena pearce on 03-01-2021
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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Not what I expected but brilliant!
- By Michael on 27-11-2015
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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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We're living through a golden age of paleontological research that, in the last couple of decades, has radically changed our understanding of dinosaurs....
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So interesting!
- By Sarah on 10-10-2019
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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
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In the tradition of Silent Spring, an urgent, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing - and endangering - human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan....
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Exoplanets: The Search for Another Earth
- By: Danielle George
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Technologically there’s never been a better time to search for a new earth beyond our solar system. Professor Danielle George examines exoplanets in the so-called habitable zone. Those that have liquid water. And maybe even life....
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Exoplanets
- By Paul Rayment on 02-07-2020
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Wild Sounds of Canada
- By: Various writers
- Narrated by: Sarika Cullis-Suzuki
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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Join lauded marine biologist Dr. Sarika Cullis-Suzuki for an intimate tour of the wild heart of the nation....
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Rock Lobster
- By Michael Jones on 01-02-2021
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Rewire Your Anxious Brain
- How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
- By: Catherine M. Pittman PhD, Elizabeth M. Karle MLIS
- Narrated by: Susannah Mars
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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In this audiobook you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety....
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Great book for scientifically treating anxiety
- By Behrang on 18-03-2017
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The God Equation
- The Quest for a Theory of Everything
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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This is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku takes the listener on a mind-bending ride through the twists and turns of this epic journey....
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I love it..is very small thing to say!!
- By PV REDDY on 13-04-2021
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A Carnivore's Crisis with Rachel Khoo
- By: Rachel Khoo
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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Wrestling with your conscience when you have a burger? Concerned that you should switch to almond milk lattes? Rachel Khoo is worried too. The chef and broadcaster trained in French cuisine and her career has been built on the motto: “Butter makes everything better"....
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Complete waste of time
- By Anonymous User on 02-08-2020
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The Code Breaker
- Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
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The best-selling author of Leonardo da Vinci returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children....
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By far the best book I have ever listened
- By A Bienadarma on 22-03-2021
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Gut
- By: Giulia Enders
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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The key to living a happier, healthier life is inside us. Our gut is almost as important to us as our brain or our heart, yet we know very little about how it works....
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Great book, interesting read
- By Alison Cane on 12-05-2016
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological makeup....
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Another masterpiece.
- By scott on 23-10-2019
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Quarterly Essay 78: The Coal Curse
- Resources, Climate and Australia’s Future
- By: Judith Brett
- Narrated by: Judith Brett
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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Australia is a wealthy nation with the economic profile of a developing country - heavy on raw materials and low on innovation and skilled manufacturing. Once we rode on the sheep’s back for our overseas trade; today we rely on cartloads of coal and tankers of LNG....
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A sharply intelligent essay
- By Ryan G. on 15-08-2020
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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Book contains out of date information and opinions
- By Anonymous User on 14-11-2019
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A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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A best-selling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI....
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Immensely exciting
- By Kaleb Peters on 14-03-2021
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The Power of Habit
- Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change
- By: Charles Duhigg
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed....
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A collection of research stories
- By Steve on 06-08-2016
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Quarterly Essay 77: Cry Me a River
- The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin
- By: Margaret Simons
- Narrated by: Margaret Simons
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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In Cry Me a River, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the Basin, all the way from Queensland to South Australia. She shows that its plight is environmental but also economic, and enmeshed in ideology and identity....
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Listen a few times if you want to fully grasp this
- By Mundayk on 02-12-2020
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Lifespan
- Why We Age - and Why We Don’t Have To
- By: Dr David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante
- Narrated by: Dr David A. Sinclair
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for why we age, and the consensus is that no-one dies of old age; they die of age-related diseases....
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Amazing.
- By Dean on 16-09-2019
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these questions than astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson....
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This book is just brilliant.
- By completeaerogeek on 01-06-2017
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The Power of Geography
- Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
- By: Tim Marshall
- Narrated by: Tim Marshall
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Tim Marshall's global best seller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn't changed, but the world has....
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A Brief History of Time
- From Big Bang to Black Holes
- By: Stephen Hawking
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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To this day A Brief History of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wonders....
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i understood many of the words used
- By Dallas on 18-06-2018
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Batavia
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 17 hrs
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland....
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Amazing, completely amazing
- By A. V. James on 27-02-2017
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
- By: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Narrated by: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry....
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Brilliant. I put it On the shelf with God delusion
- By Steven Di Pietro on 12-02-2021
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- By: Stephen Hawking, Professor Kip Thorne - foreword
- Narrated by: Ben Whishaw, Garrick Hagon - foreword, Lucy Hawking - afterword
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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The final book from Professor Stephen Hawking, the best-selling author of A Brief History of Time and arguably the most famous scientist of our age....
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Funny, informative, and a must read!
- By Anonymous User on 03-08-2019
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....
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Thinking in Systems
- A Primer
- By: Donella H. Meadows
- Narrated by: Tia Rider Sorensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....
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Slow but worth your patience
- By David on 18-01-2019
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed
- By: Jon Ronson
- Narrated by: Jon Ronson
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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From the Sunday Times top ten best-selling author of The Psychopath Test....
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Not for me, but a sound tale for the internet era
- By Sam on 19-09-2015
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Cosmic Queries
- StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson, James Trefil, Lindsey N. Walker - editor
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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For science geeks, space and physics nerds, and all who want to understand their place in the universe, this enlightening new book from Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a unique take on the mysteries and curiosities of the cosmos....
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Fantastic, thought-provoking, educational listen
- By Julia on 20-03-2021
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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incredible book doesn't translate well into audio
- By Anonymous User on 24-08-2018
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Stealing Fire
- How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We LIve and Work
- By: Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving....
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The whole book could fit in a chapter
- By Mr. G. Trabakoulas on 12-10-2017
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This One Wild and Precious Life
- A Hopeful Path Forward in a Fractured World
- By: Sarah Wilson
- Narrated by: Sarah Wilson
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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We live in truly overwhelming times. The climate crisis, political polarisation, racial injustice and coronavirus have left many of us in a state of spiritual PTSD....
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More of a memoir than a self help book
- By Natasha Langford on 16-09-2020