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Endure

Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

by Alexander Hutchinson ...

Narrated by Robert G. Slade ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Reveals how we can all surpass our perceived physical limits." —Adam GrantLimits are an illusion: a revolutionary book that reveals the secrets of accessing your hidden extra potential. Read by Robert G. SladeForeword by Malcolm GladwellThe capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field—from a 100-meter sprint to a 100 ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Reveals how we can all surpass our perceived physical limits." —Adam GrantLimits are an illusion: a revolutionary book that reveals the secrets of accessing your hidden extra potential. Read by Robert G. SladeForeword by Malcolm GladwellThe capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field—from a 100-meter sprint to a 100
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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging
... Read more
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Super Agers

by Eric Topol ...

Narrated by Eric Topol ...

Unabridged

14 hours 43 min

**A New York Times BestsellerSuper Agers is a detailed guide to a revolution transforming human longevity. This is a breakthrough moment in the history of human health care. The person making that bold claim is one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, Eric Topol.**Dr. Topol’s unprecedented, evidenced-based guide is about how you and your family and friends can benefit from new ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

**A New York Times BestsellerSuper Agers is a detailed guide to a revolution transforming human longevity. This is a breakthrough moment in the history of human health care. The person making that bold claim is one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, Eric Topol.**Dr. Topol’s unprecedented, evidenced-based guide is about how you and your family and friends can benefit from new
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Sing Like Fish

How Sound Rules Life Under Water

by Amorina Kingdon ...

Narrated by Angelina Rocca ...

Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer“Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world differently.”—Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and CodLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer“Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world differently.”—Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and CodLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
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Biological War

A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen ...

Narrated by Annie Jacobsen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

**Instant New York Times Bestseller!New York Times Editors' ChoiceOne of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of SummerThe Next Big Idea Club's July 2026 Must-Read BooksOne of the New York Times Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This SummerSunset Magazine's 15 New Books You Don't Want to MissFrom Annie Jacobsen, the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario, a book on a subjec... ... Read more

$33.00 CAD

**Instant New York Times Bestseller!New York Times Editors' ChoiceOne of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of SummerThe Next Big Idea Club's July 2026 Must-Read BooksOne of the New York Times Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This SummerSunset Magazine's 15 New Books You Don't Want to MissFrom Annie Jacobsen, the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario, a book on a subjec...
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Why We Run

A Natural History

by Bernd Heinrich ...

Narrated by Jonathan Beville ...

Unabridged

9 hours 22 min

When Bernd Heinrich decided to write a memoir of his ultramarathon running experience he realized that the preparation for the race was as important, if not more so, than the race itself. Considering the physiology and motivation of running from a scientific point of view, he wondered what he could learn from other animals.In Why We Run, Heinrich considers the flight endurance of birds, the ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

When Bernd Heinrich decided to write a memoir of his ultramarathon running experience he realized that the preparation for the race was as important, if not more so, than the race itself. Considering the physiology and motivation of running from a scientific point of view, he wondered what he could learn from other animals.In Why We Run, Heinrich considers the flight endurance of birds, the
... Read more
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The Only Cure

Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing

by Mark Solms ...

Narrated by Mark Solms ...

Unabridged

11 hours 47 min

'Wide-ranging and engrossing . . . Wonderfully witty and lucid' Raymond Tallis, GUARDIAN'Refreshing . . . Solms makes his case interestingly, sincerely and with passion' SUNDAY TIMES'Extraordinary on so many levels' BRIAN ENO'Brilliant, determined, scrupulous, tactful' OLIVER SACKSOnce dismissed as unscientific, psychoanalytic therapy is proving to be among our most effecti... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

'Wide-ranging and engrossing . . . Wonderfully witty and lucid' Raymond Tallis, GUARDIAN'Refreshing . . . Solms makes his case interestingly, sincerely and with passion' SUNDAY TIMES'Extraordinary on so many levels' BRIAN ENO'Brilliant, determined, scrupulous, tactful' OLIVER SACKSOnce dismissed as unscientific, psychoanalytic therapy is proving to be among our most effecti...
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When the Forest Breathes

Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World

by Suzanne Simard ...

Narrated by Suzanne Simard ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Finding the Mother Tree offers a powerful vision for saving our forests based on nature’s deep-rooted cycles of renewal."A masterclass on the inner workings of forests. . . . This is science as an act of love for the world.” —Zoë Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters**Early one spring morning, I went back to the forest. I wanted to learn what the mother ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Finding the Mother Tree offers a powerful vision for saving our forests based on nature’s deep-rooted cycles of renewal."A masterclass on the inner workings of forests. . . . This is science as an act of love for the world.” —Zoë Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters**Early one spring morning, I went back to the forest. I wanted to learn what the mother
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Wired for Intimacy

How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain

by William M. Struthers ...

Narrated by Claton Butcher ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

Pornography is powerful. Our contemporary culture as been pornified, and it shapes our assumptions about identity, sexuality, the value of women, and the nature of relationships. Countless Christian men struggle with the addictive power of porn. But common spiritual approaches of more prayer and accountability groups are often of limited help.In this book, neuroscientist and researcher William ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Pornography is powerful. Our contemporary culture as been pornified, and it shapes our assumptions about identity, sexuality, the value of women, and the nature of relationships. Countless Christian men struggle with the addictive power of porn. But common spiritual approaches of more prayer and accountability groups are often of limited help.In this book, neuroscientist and researcher William
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A Brief History of Intelligence

Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

by Max S. Bennett ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five “breakthroughs” in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow.In the last decade, ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five “breakthroughs” in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow.In the last decade,
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Dopamine Nation

Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

by Anna Lembke MD ...

Narrated by Anna Lembke MD ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick,as heard on Fresh AirThis book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick,as heard on Fresh AirThis book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented
... Read more
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The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

by Zoë Schlanger ...

Narrated by Zoë Schlanger ...

Unabridged

10 hours 56 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Audible Best Nonfiction Listen of 2024TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 • A Best Book of the Year: Barnes & Noble and Publishers Weekly • An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year“A masterpiece of science writing.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass“Mesmerizing, world-expandin... ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Audible Best Nonfiction Listen of 2024TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 • A Best Book of the Year: Barnes & Noble and Publishers Weekly • An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year“A masterpiece of science writing.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass“Mesmerizing, world-expandin...
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Molecule of More, The

How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

by Michael E. Long, Daniel Z. Lieberman MD ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out?The answer is found in a single chemical in your ... Read more

$49.46 CAD

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out?The answer is found in a single chemical in your
... Read more
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The Telomere Effect

A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer

by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Dr. Elissa Epel ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

This New York Times bestselling book—coauthored by a Nobel Prize Winner and a health psychologist—explores the aging process and how specific lifestyle changes related to telomeres can increase longevity.Have you wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel like forty-year-olds and why some forty-year-olds look and feel like sixty-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness, ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

This New York Times bestselling book—coauthored by a Nobel Prize Winner and a health psychologist—explores the aging process and how specific lifestyle changes related to telomeres can increase longevity.Have you wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel like forty-year-olds and why some forty-year-olds look and feel like sixty-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness,
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The Earth Transformed

An Untold History

by Peter Frankopan ...

Narrated by Peter Frankopan ...

Unabridged

29 hours 11 min

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development—and demise—of civilizations across timeGlobal warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development—and demise—of civilizations across timeGlobal warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on
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Is That a Fact?

Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

by Dr. Joe Schwarcz ...

Narrated by Garrett Goodison ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes on the quacks and doles out the facts in this eye-opening look at the science around usEat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes on the quacks and doles out the facts in this eye-opening look at the science around usEat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz
... Read more
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Beauty of the Beasts

Rethinking Nature's Least Loved Animals

by Jo Wimpenny ...

Narrated by Bettrys Jones ...

Unabridged

9 hours 35 min

A SPOTIFY BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026Bloomsbury presents Beauty of the Beasts by Jo Wimpenny, read by Bettrys JonesIn an age of catastrophic biodiversity loss, the author of Aesop’s Animals explains why we should champion and protect nature’s underdogs.Wasps. Snakes. Cockroaches. Sharks. We fear them, loathe them and often kill them without question. But what if everything we think we ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

A SPOTIFY BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026Bloomsbury presents Beauty of the Beasts by Jo Wimpenny, read by Bettrys JonesIn an age of catastrophic biodiversity loss, the author of Aesop’s Animals explains why we should champion and protect nature’s underdogs.Wasps. Snakes. Cockroaches. Sharks. We fear them, loathe them and often kill them without question. But what if everything we think we
... Read more
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Healthy Brain, Happy Life

A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better

by Wendy Suzuki, Billie Fitzpatrick ...

Narrated by Wendy Suzuki ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities.Nearing forty, Dr. ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities.Nearing forty, Dr.
... Read more
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The Lost Family

How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are

by Libby Copeland ...

Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual livesYou swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain genetic risks. Or the report could reveal a long-buried family secret and upend your entire sense of ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual livesYou swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain genetic risks. Or the report could reveal a long-buried family secret and upend your entire sense of
... Read more
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Building Your Permaculture Property

A Five-Step Process to Design and Develop Land

by Rob Avis, Takota Coen, Michelle Avis ...

Narrated by Adam Farnsworth ...

Series series Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

The best person to design the property of your dreams is you. This book gives you the tools to succeed.Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design. It distills the authors' decades of experience as engineers, farmers, educators, and consultants into a five-step process complete with principles, ... Read more

$49.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The best person to design the property of your dreams is you. This book gives you the tools to succeed.Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design. It distills the authors' decades of experience as engineers, farmers, educators, and consultants into a five-step process complete with principles,
... Read more
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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 ...

Unabridged

16 hours 4 min

A 2022 Audie Award FinalistA Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babie... ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

A 2022 Audie Award FinalistA Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babie...
... Read more
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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

by Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein ...

Narrated by Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein ...

Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

A provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes—and what we can do about it.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet we are listless, divided, and miserable. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, but our political landscape is unmoored, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do ... Read more

$27.00 CAD

A provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes—and what we can do about it.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet we are listless, divided, and miserable. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, but our political landscape is unmoored, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do
... Read more
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An Elegant Defense

The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

by Matt Richtel ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

12 hours 33 min

A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system–the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind book, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist.“An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel is one of those rare nonfiction books that ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system–the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind book, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist.“An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel is one of those rare nonfiction books that
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The Origin of Politics

How Evolution and Ideology Shape the Fate of Nations

by Nicholas Wade ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

6 hours 41 min

Societies that ignore social disintegration and collapsing birth rates are putting their future in peril. So why are we ignoring the signs??In The Origin Of Politics, Nicholas Wade explains how our political systems compete with a more ancient set of rules for organizing society—those developed by evolution. Modern ideologies are in constant tension with structures inherent in human social ... Read more

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Societies that ignore social disintegration and collapsing birth rates are putting their future in peril. So why are we ignoring the signs??In The Origin Of Politics, Nicholas Wade explains how our political systems compete with a more ancient set of rules for organizing society—those developed by evolution. Modern ideologies are in constant tension with structures inherent in human social
... Read more

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