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The Spanish Flu Epidemic and Its Influence on History

by Jaime Breitnauer ...

A look at the 1918 influenza pandemic from its outbreak to its effects on the global population and its legacy.On the second Monday of March, 1918, the world changed forever. What seemed like a harmless cold morphed into a global pandemic that would wipe out as many as a hundred-million people—ten times as many as the Great War. German troops faltered, lending the allies the winning advantage, and ... Read more

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A look at the 1918 influenza pandemic from its outbreak to its effects on the global population and its legacy.On the second Monday of March, 1918, the world changed forever. What seemed like a harmless cold morphed into a global pandemic that would wipe out as many as a hundred-million people—ten times as many as the Great War. German troops faltered, lending the allies the winning advantage, and
... Read more

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How the Black Death Gave Us the NHS

by Jaime Breitnauer ...

As the world is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, all eyes in the UK have been on our NHS heroes. But where did they come from? Why do we have such a unique free at the point of use healthcare system? How has this benefitted British society? And how does healthcare in other countries work? Going back to pre-history, we will take a look at epidemics and pandemics through the ages and how they ... Read more

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As the world is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, all eyes in the UK have been on our NHS heroes. But where did they come from? Why do we have such a unique free at the point of use healthcare system? How has this benefitted British society? And how does healthcare in other countries work? Going back to pre-history, we will take a look at epidemics and pandemics through the ages and how they
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The Spanish Flu Epidemic and Its Influence on History

by Jaime Breitnauer ...

Narrated by Gabrielle Baker ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

Where did Spanish flu come from, and what can the possible sites of origin tell us today? This book looks at how Spanish flu changed the focus of scientific thought from eugenics to the creation of public health, and how it unfolded across each continent.In Budapest, a lone woman dies quietly on a bench in the late afternoon sun, while in South Africa, a group of men plunge to their death in the ... Read more

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Where did Spanish flu come from, and what can the possible sites of origin tell us today? This book looks at how Spanish flu changed the focus of scientific thought from eugenics to the creation of public health, and how it unfolded across each continent.In Budapest, a lone woman dies quietly on a bench in the late afternoon sun, while in South Africa, a group of men plunge to their death in the
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Vaccine Nation

America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization

by Elena Conis ...

Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

With employers offering free flu shots and pharmacies expanding into one-stop shops to prevent everything from shingles to tetanus, vaccines are ubiquitous in contemporary life. The past fifty years have witnessed an enormous upsurge in vaccines and immunization in the United States: American children now receive more vaccines than any previous generation, and laws requiring their immunization ... Read more

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With employers offering free flu shots and pharmacies expanding into one-stop shops to prevent everything from shingles to tetanus, vaccines are ubiquitous in contemporary life. The past fifty years have witnessed an enormous upsurge in vaccines and immunization in the United States: American children now receive more vaccines than any previous generation, and laws requiring their immunization
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Out of Italy

Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise

by Fernand Braudel ...

Narrated by Paul Brion ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

From the author of Memory and the Mediterranean, a comprehensive history of the Italian city states from 1450 to 1650.In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean. Its cultural, economic, and political ... Read more

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From the author of Memory and the Mediterranean, a comprehensive history of the Italian city states from 1450 to 1650.In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean. Its cultural, economic, and political
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The Next Pandemic

On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers

by William Patrick, Dr. Ali S Khan ...

Narrated by Ben Sullivan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse.Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus -- ... Read more

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An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse.Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus --
... Read more
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Jefferson Bible, The

by Thomas Jefferson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In 1804 Thomas Jefferson decided to study the gospels to see if he could distill the essence of Jesus" teachings into a concise book that could be quickly read and easily understood. This volume is the result, offering valuable insights into the teachings of Jesus Christ and into the mind and beliefs of Thomas Jefferson. ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In 1804 Thomas Jefferson decided to study the gospels to see if he could distill the essence of Jesus" teachings into a concise book that could be quickly read and easily understood. This volume is the result, offering valuable insights into the teachings of Jesus Christ and into the mind and beliefs of Thomas Jefferson.
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Witness to the Storm

A Jewish Journey from Nazi Berlin to the 82nd Airborne, 1920–1945

by Werner T. Angress, Claire Bloom ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

15 hours 22 min

On June 6, 1944, Werner T. Angress parachuted down from a C-47 into German-occupied France with the 82nd Airborne Division. Nine days later, he was captured behind enemy lines and, concealing his identity as a German-born Jew, became a prisoner of war. Eventually, he was freed by US forces, rejoined the fight, and participated in the liberation of a concentration camp.Although he was an American ... Read more

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On June 6, 1944, Werner T. Angress parachuted down from a C-47 into German-occupied France with the 82nd Airborne Division. Nine days later, he was captured behind enemy lines and, concealing his identity as a German-born Jew, became a prisoner of war. Eventually, he was freed by US forces, rejoined the fight, and participated in the liberation of a concentration camp.Although he was an American
... Read more

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Whose Middle Ages?

Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past

by Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Nicholas L. Paul, Nina Rowe, Thomas O'Donnell, David Perry, Geraldine Heng ...

Narrated by Linda Henning ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

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Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in
... Read more

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Hotel Honolulu

A Novel

by Paul Theroux ...

Narrated by Joe Knezevich ...

Unabridged

16 hours 12 min

In this wickedly satiric romp, Paul Theroux captures the essence of Hawaii as it has never been depicted. The novel's narrator, a down-on-his-luck writer, escapes to Waikiki and soon finds himself the manager of the Hotel Honolulu, a low-rent establishment a few blocks off the beach. Honeymooners, vacationers, wanderers, mythomaniacs, soldiers, and families all check in to the hotel. Like the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

In this wickedly satiric romp, Paul Theroux captures the essence of Hawaii as it has never been depicted. The novel's narrator, a down-on-his-luck writer, escapes to Waikiki and soon finds himself the manager of the Hotel Honolulu, a low-rent establishment a few blocks off the beach. Honeymooners, vacationers, wanderers, mythomaniacs, soldiers, and families all check in to the hotel. Like the
... Read more
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The Beginning or the End

How Hollywood - and America - Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

by Greg Mitchell ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

Soon after atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, MGM set out to make a movie studio chief Louis B. Mayer called "the most important story" he would ever film: a big budget dramatization of the Manhattan Project and the invention and use of the revolutionary new weapon.Over at Paramount, Hal B. Wallis was ramping up his own film version. His screenwriter: the novelist Ayn Rand, ... Read more

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Soon after atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, MGM set out to make a movie studio chief Louis B. Mayer called "the most important story" he would ever film: a big budget dramatization of the Manhattan Project and the invention and use of the revolutionary new weapon.Over at Paramount, Hal B. Wallis was ramping up his own film version. His screenwriter: the novelist Ayn Rand,
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All the President's Women

Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator

by Barry Levine, Monique El-Faizy ...

Narrated by Barry Levine, Monique El-Faizy, Molly Parker Myers ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

With groundbreaking interviews, behind-the-scenes reporting, and never-before-seen photos, All the President's Women records 43 allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, including that of E. Jean Carroll, the woman at the center of the civil trial that found Trump liable for sexual abuse in 2023.During his 2016 presidential run, the revelation of the Access Hollywood tape and ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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With groundbreaking interviews, behind-the-scenes reporting, and never-before-seen photos, All the President's Women records 43 allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, including that of E. Jean Carroll, the woman at the center of the civil trial that found Trump liable for sexual abuse in 2023.During his 2016 presidential run, the revelation of the Access Hollywood tape and
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