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Dark Archives

A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

by Megan Rosenbloom ...

Narrated by Justis Bolding ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. ... Read more

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On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering.
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Medical Apartheid

The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

by Harriet A. Washington ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

19 hours 2 min

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge—a tradition that continues today ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge—a tradition that continues today
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Medical Bondage

Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

by Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 39 min

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied
... Read more
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The Criminal Mind

Gripping encounters with serial killers and true crime from Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist

by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Narrated by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder... ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder...
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The Distracted Mind

Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

by Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 56 min

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves ... Read more

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A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves
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Better Never to Have Been

The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar ...

Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence—rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should—they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence—rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should—they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into
... Read more
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Immortality, Inc.

Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever

by Chip Walter ...

Narrated by Graham Winton ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are ... Read more

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This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are
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Bad Faith

When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine

by Paul A. Offit, MD ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio’s Amish country—despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses. In twenty ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio’s Amish country—despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses. In twenty
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Confessions of a Male Nurse

by Michael Alexander ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Series series The Confessions Series
Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands; ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands;
... Read more
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Dangerous Medicine

The Story Behind Human Experiments with Hepatitis

by Sydney A. Halpern ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

The untold history of America's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage the project caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers were attempting to discover the basic features of the disease and the viruses causing it, and ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

The untold history of America's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage the project caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers were attempting to discover the basic features of the disease and the viruses causing it, and
... Read more
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Still Not Safe

Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine

by Robert L. Wears, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe ...

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement—and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem: the ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement—and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem: the
... Read more
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The Stem Cell Hope

How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives

by Alice Park ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

A landmark book by the senior science writer at Time magazine introduces us to a medical breakthrough that can save our lives.Few people know much about stem cell research beyond the ethical questions raised by using embryos. But in the last decade, stem cell research has made huge advances toward eliminating some of our most intractable diseases. Now this sweeping and accessible book introduces ... Read more

$48.99 CAD

A landmark book by the senior science writer at Time magazine introduces us to a medical breakthrough that can save our lives.Few people know much about stem cell research beyond the ethical questions raised by using embryos. But in the last decade, stem cell research has made huge advances toward eliminating some of our most intractable diseases. Now this sweeping and accessible book introduces
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The Book of Body Positivity

How We Got It All Wrong and What We Can Do About It

by Rajeev Kurapati ...

Narrated by ERROL RODRIGUES ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic ... Read more

$23.46 CAD

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic
... Read more
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Further Confessions of a GP

by Benjamin Daniels ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Series series The Confessions Series
Unabridged

6 hours 19 min

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.Benjamin Daniels is back. He may be older, wiser and more experienced, but his patients are no less outrageous. Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general practitioner, Dr Daniels would like to introduce you to …The old age ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.Benjamin Daniels is back. He may be older, wiser and more experienced, but his patients are no less outrageous. Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general practitioner, Dr Daniels would like to introduce you to …The old age
... Read more
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Selbstoptimierung

Zwei Originalvorträge

by Reinhard Ziegler, Dietrich Grönemeyer ...

Narrated by Reinhard Ziegler, Dietrich Grönemeyer, Reinhard Ziegler, Dietrich Grönemeyer ...

Series series O-Ton-Wissenschaft
Unabridged

57 min

1 | Reinhard Ziegler: Anti-Aging – Ein Markt der Illusionen Sendung: 23.09.2001, SWR2, Redaktion: Ralf Caspary Anti-Aging Medizin ist ein Begriff, der misstrauisch macht, meint er doch Medizin gegen das Älterwerden. Dem Altern sind alle Lebewesen vom Anfang der Evolution an unterworfen, damit einher geht eine jeweils durchschnittliche Lebenserwartungen. Die Phasen dieses Prozesses sind bekannt, ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

1 | Reinhard Ziegler: Anti-Aging – Ein Markt der Illusionen Sendung: 23.09.2001, SWR2, Redaktion: Ralf Caspary Anti-Aging Medizin ist ein Begriff, der misstrauisch macht, meint er doch Medizin gegen das Älterwerden. Dem Altern sind alle Lebewesen vom Anfang der Evolution an unterworfen, damit einher geht eine jeweils durchschnittliche Lebenserwartungen. Die Phasen dieses Prozesses sind bekannt,
... Read more
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The Doctor Will See You Now

The funny and moving account of life on the NHS frontline from the bestselling author of Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

by Max Pemberton ...

Narrated by Alexi Armitage ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

From the Daily Mail's mind doctor: this is the unmissable final book in the hilarious, bestselling Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor series.The doctor is back again and on the wards! Now in his third year as junior doctor, Max looks and sounds the part. But this time around, things are not at all as he expected . . .After a year on the streets treating outreach patients, Max Pemberton is back in the ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

From the Daily Mail's mind doctor: this is the unmissable final book in the hilarious, bestselling Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor series.The doctor is back again and on the wards! Now in his third year as junior doctor, Max looks and sounds the part. But this time around, things are not at all as he expected . . .After a year on the streets treating outreach patients, Max Pemberton is back in the
... Read more
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Atomic Doctors

Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

by James L. Nolan, Jr. ...

Narrated by Adam Lofbomm ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather's role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure. A talented ob-gyn radiologist, he cared for the scientists on the project, organized safety ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather's role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure. A talented ob-gyn radiologist, he cared for the scientists on the project, organized safety
... Read more
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Killer Nurses and Doctors: Medical Murderers Exposed

by Sean Dupree ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the chilling world of medical professionals who broke their oath to heal and instead chose the path of death. Killer Nurses and Doctors: Medical Murderers Exposed by Sean Dupree pulls back the curtain on horrifying true stories of nurses, doctors, and caregivers who became killers. This gripping exposé reveals the shocking truth behind those ... Read more

$9.62 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the chilling world of medical professionals who broke their oath to heal and instead chose the path of death. Killer Nurses and Doctors: Medical Murderers Exposed by Sean Dupree pulls back the curtain on horrifying true stories of nurses, doctors, and caregivers who became killers. This gripping exposé reveals the shocking truth behind those
... Read more
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Mejores Prácticas en Pediatría

by Charles Raymond Bell M.D. ...

Unabridged

7 hours 13 min

Esta elocuente antología encapsula la esencia del cuidado pediátrico, entrelazando delicadamente la pericia médica con una empatía genuina. Guía a los cuidadores a través de los múltiples paisajes de la salud y las emociones en la infancia, promoviendo la equidad en la atención sanitaria y defendiendo la unión entre la ciencia y la compasión. Desde abordar los matices de la dinámica familiar hasta ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Esta elocuente antología encapsula la esencia del cuidado pediátrico, entrelazando delicadamente la pericia médica con una empatía genuina. Guía a los cuidadores a través de los múltiples paisajes de la salud y las emociones en la infancia, promoviendo la equidad en la atención sanitaria y defendiendo la unión entre la ciencia y la compasión. Desde abordar los matices de la dinámica familiar hasta
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Welfare of Future Children, The: Reproductive Ethics and Disability Screening

by Rebecca Bennett ...

Narrated by Rebecca Bennett ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

Narrated by Rebecca Bennett, this open access practical guide to reproductive ethics navigates the complex subject of the policy around IVF treatment and disability screening based on the concerns around the welfare of future children. It focuses on 3 questions in order to examine these often complex philosophical issues:· Should we allow prospective parents using IVF to implant an embryo with a ... Read more

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Narrated by Rebecca Bennett, this open access practical guide to reproductive ethics navigates the complex subject of the policy around IVF treatment and disability screening based on the concerns around the welfare of future children. It focuses on 3 questions in order to examine these often complex philosophical issues:· Should we allow prospective parents using IVF to implant an embryo with a
... Read more
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In Two Minds

Shocking true stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist

by Dr Sohom Das ...

Narrated by Dr Sohom Das ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

Shocking, eye-opening and grimly fascinating, these are the true stories, patients and cases that have characterised a career spent treating mentally disordered offenders.Listen to the end of the audiobook for an exclusive bonus chapter, written and read by the author.As a forensic psychiatrist, it's Dr Das's job to treat and rehabilitate what the tabloids might call the 'criminally insane', many ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Shocking, eye-opening and grimly fascinating, these are the true stories, patients and cases that have characterised a career spent treating mentally disordered offenders.Listen to the end of the audiobook for an exclusive bonus chapter, written and read by the author.As a forensic psychiatrist, it's Dr Das's job to treat and rehabilitate what the tabloids might call the 'criminally insane', many
... Read more
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Mercies in Disguise

A Story of Hope, a Family's Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them

by Gina Kolata ...

Narrated by Andrea Gallo ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata follows a family through genetic illness and one courageous daughter who decides her fate shall no longer be decided by a genetic flaw. The phone rings; the doctor has the results. "Are you ready Amanda?" The two people Amanda Baxley loves the most had begged her not to be tested. But she had to find out. If your family carried a mutated gene that ... Read more

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New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata follows a family through genetic illness and one courageous daughter who decides her fate shall no longer be decided by a genetic flaw. The phone rings; the doctor has the results. "Are you ready Amanda?" The two people Amanda Baxley loves the most had begged her not to be tested. But she had to find out. If your family carried a mutated gene that
... Read more
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Negligent by Design

Anti-Blackness in American Medicine and How to Address It

by Vanessa Grubbs MD ...

Narrated by Vanessa Grubbs MD ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

A searing critique of medical racism and a powerful call for health-care professionals to make real change in their field, written by a leading activist and doctorUnequal access to care. Misdiagnosis. Mistreatment. Medical gaslighting. An increasing number of studies show the profound impacts racism has on communities of color—particularly Black Americans. But these disparities in health care and ... Read more

$39.95 CAD

A searing critique of medical racism and a powerful call for health-care professionals to make real change in their field, written by a leading activist and doctorUnequal access to care. Misdiagnosis. Mistreatment. Medical gaslighting. An increasing number of studies show the profound impacts racism has on communities of color—particularly Black Americans. But these disparities in health care and
... Read more
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The Danger Within Us

America’s Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man’s Battle to Survive It

by Jeanne Lenzer ...

Narrated by Jeanne Lenzer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

Did you know...Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America.An estimated 10 percent of Americans are implanted with medical devices -- like pacemakers, artificial hips, cardiac stents, etc.The overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices have never undergone a single clinical trial.In The Danger Within Us, award-winning journalist Jeanne Lenzer brings these ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Did you know...Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America.An estimated 10 percent of Americans are implanted with medical devices -- like pacemakers, artificial hips, cardiac stents, etc.The overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices have never undergone a single clinical trial.In The Danger Within Us, award-winning journalist Jeanne Lenzer brings these
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