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“emily roach”

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  • The Uprising

    by Emily Roach, Rebecca Rahme ...
    Kenz is under the reign of an oppressive regime led by those they call the Silencers. The youth of the world, who are born into a life with special abilities, are sent on the run, sometimes by their own parents. Now the young refugees must form a resistance and take down the government. Adrian is an anxiety-ridden teenager from Earth whose world was turned upside down five years ago, when her ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    Gulp

    Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

    by Mary Roach ...
    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 21 min

    "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

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    Spook

    Science Tackles the Afterlife

    by Mary Roach ...
    Narrated by Bernadette Quigley ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 29 min

    “What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that’s that—the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?”In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Packing for Mars

    The Curious Science of Life in the Void

    by Mary Roach ...
    Narrated by Sandra Burr ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 28 min

    The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Grunt

    The Curious Science of Humans at War

    by Mary Roach ...
    Narrated by Abby Elvidge ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 54 min

    Bestselling author Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier’s most challenging adversaries—panic, exhaustion, heat, noise—and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    Fuzz

    When Nature Breaks the Law

    by Mary Roach ...
    Narrated by Mary Roach ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 17 min

    One of Audible's Best of 2021One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2021An Instant New York Times Bestseller#1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller#1 Indie Hardcover Nonfiction BestsellerA Washington Post and Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2021Longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionJoin "America’s funniest science writer" (Pet... ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    The Disappearing Spoon

    And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

    by Sam Kean ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 35 min

    The periodic table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Violinist's Thumb

    And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

    by Sam Kean ...
    Narrated by Henry Leyva ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 35 min

    From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA.In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinist's Thumb, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA.There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    My Planet

    Finding Humor in the Oddest Places

    by Mary Roach ...
    Narrated by Angela Dawe ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 42 min

    From acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. She was a hit columnist in the magazine, and this audiobook features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mary explores the ins and outs of the modern world: marriage, friends, family, food, technology, customer service, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    So Very Small

    How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease

    by Thomas Levenson ...
    Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 11 min

    “An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.” ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

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    The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

    The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

    by Sam Kean ...
    Narrated by Henry Leyva ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 37 min

    The author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories.Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents -- and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The Art of X-Ray Reading

    How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    Narrated by Jefferson Mays ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 10 min

    Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, offers writing lessons we can draw from 25 great texts.Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In The Art of X-Ray Reading, Clark invites you to don your ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook