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    The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth

    And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine

    by Thomas Morris ...
    Narrated by Thomas Morris, Ruper Farley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    "Delightfully horrifying."--Popular ScienceOne of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness.A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century is just one of many... ... Read more

    $27.00 CAD

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    Blood Memory

    The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo

    by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today—a moving work of natural history inspired by the PBS series American BuffaloThe American buffalo—our nation's official mammal—is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Exhumed

    Unearthing the History of the American Vampire

    by Aaron Mahnke ...
    Narrated by Aaron Mahnke ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    An engrossing and macabre exploration of the folklore and early medical practices that led to the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s, from critically acclaimed podcaster and bestselling author Aaron Mahnke.What would drive a man to exhume the body of his daughter and remove her heart? That question has haunted Aaron Mahnke, creator and host of the award-winning podcast Lore. Fueled by a decade ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages

    The World through Medieval Eyes

    by Anthony Bale ...
    Narrated by Esh Alladi ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 7 min

    Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid and alluring history, medievalist Anthony Bale invites listeners on an odyssey across the medieval world.Journeying alongside scholars, spies, and saints, from Western Europe to the Far East, the ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Infernal Library

    On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy

    by Daniel Kalder ...
    Narrated by Chris Ciulla ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 26 min

    The Infernal Library is a harrowing audiobook tour of “dictator literature” in the twentieth-century, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao, and many more, which shows how books have sometimes shaped the world for the worse.Since the days of the Roman Empire dictators have written books. But in the twentieth-century despots enjoyed unprecedented print runs to (literall... ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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    Skeleton Keys

    The Secret Life of Bone

    by Riley Black (Brian Switek) ...
    Narrated by Will Damron ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    “A provocative and entertaining magical mineral tour through the life and afterlife of bone.” —Wall Street JournalOur bones have many stories to tell, if you know how to listen.Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over more than four hundred million years of evolutionary history. It gives your body its shape and the ability to move. It grows and changes with you ... Read more

    $23.00 CAD

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    A Dark and Wild Wood

    A Novel

    by Sarah Nicole Lemon ...
    Narrated by Alex Picard ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 35 min

    "[Lemon] is a poet with knives for teeth." —Roshani Chokshi"Reads like a grimoire for overcoming." —Hannah Whitten"A gorgeously gothic fairy tale." —Ava ReidInspired by the tale of Bluebeard, A Dark and Wild Wood is the lush and atmospheric story of a maiden with dark magic who becomes the apprentice to Lord Death—for a price.Ever since she was a child, Salomé has been plagued by vi... ... Read more

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    What We Knew

    Terror, Mass Murder, and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany

    by Eric A. Johnson, Karl-Heinz Reuband ...
    Narrated by BJ Harrison ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 36 min

    An American historian and a German sociologist seek answers from those who lived through Nazi Germany: how did the country stand by while one of the biggest genocides in history took place?**“A very important book.” —**Financial TimesThe horrors of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust still present some of the most disturbing questions in modern history: Why did Hitler's party appeal to millions of ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

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    Pink Slime

    A Novel

    by Fernanda Trías ...
    Narrated by Frankie Corzo ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 25 min

    Longlisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature • Named a BEST BOOK of the Year by NPR, Esquire**,** Publishers Weekly**, and** ScreenRant **• “The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you.” —**EsquireA hair-raising, poetic work of literary horror and climate fiction about a woman and the people who depend... ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    Varieties of Scientific Experience, The

    A Personal View of the Search for God

    by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ...
    Narrated by Adrienne C. Moore ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 34 min

    Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spiritualityThe late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD

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    Humanish

    What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize

    by Justin Gregg ...
    Narrated by Justin Gregg ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 56 min

    A playful deep dive into anthropomorphism (our peculiar tendency to humanize the nonhuman) that will resonate with anyone who has thrown a birthday party for their dog.Bestselling science writer Justin Gregg explores the science behind our instinct to see ourselves in the creatures and objects around us. Ours is a world filled with emotional support alligators, a woman who married her briefcase, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    Strange Medicine

    A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages

    by Nathan Belofsky ...
    Narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 10 min

    Now published in five languages, Strange Medicine casts a gimlet eye on the practice of medicine through the ages that highlights the most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders. From bad science and oafish behavior to stomach-turning procedures that hurt more than helped, Strange Medicine presents strange but true facts and an honor roll of doctors, scientists, and dreamers who ... Read more

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