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Pandemic

Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

by Sonia Shah ...

Narrated by Sonia Shah ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

From the author of The Fever, a wide-ranging inquiry into the origins of pandemicsInterweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origin of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera--one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens--and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today, from Ebola and avian influenza to drug-resistant ... Read more

$20.00 USD

From the author of The Fever, a wide-ranging inquiry into the origins of pandemicsInterweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origin of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera--one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens--and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today, from Ebola and avian influenza to drug-resistant
... Read more
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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

by John Green ...

Narrated by John Green ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun ... Read more

$15.00 USD

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun
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Air-Borne

The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe

by Carl Zimmer ...

Narrated by Joe Ochman ...

Unabridged

15 hours 52 min

**One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2025The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down**Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great biological frontier remains ... Read more

$27.00 USD

**One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2025The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down**Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great biological frontier remains
... Read more
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Plagues upon the Earth

Disease and the Course of Human History

by Kyle Harper ...

Narrated by Tim Fannon ...

Unabridged

19 hours 47 min

A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in ourevolutionary past, and why its growth is acceleratedby ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in ourevolutionary past, and why its growth is acceleratedby
... Read more
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Crypt

Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond

by Alice Roberts ...

Narrated by Alice Roberts ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R... ... Read more

$23.99 USD

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R...
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The Great Shadow

A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy

by Susan Wise Bauer ...

Narrated by Jennifer Pickens ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."―Library Journal, starred"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."―KirkusAnti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be... ... Read more

$26.99 USD

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."―Library Journal, starred"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."―KirkusAnti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be...
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Epidemics and Society

From the Black Death to the Present

by Frank M. Snowden ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

23 hours 34 min

A "brilliant and sobering" (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on 60 MinutesThe World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreakThis sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A "brilliant and sobering" (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on 60 MinutesThe World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreakThis sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface
... Read more
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Vaccines: Do They Work & Do They Cause Autism?

by Johan Dousteph ...

Narrated by Johan Dousteph ...

Unabridged

6 hours 4 min

Do you worry about your health and the health of your children? Does the thought of injecting your child with an unknown concoction made by pharmaceutical companies scare you? Do you distrust what you hear in the news regarding vaccines?YOU ARE NOT ALONEThrough painstaking inquiries into the realm of science, Drr. Johan Dousteph (Ph) has uncovered the truth about vaccines, and the link between ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you worry about your health and the health of your children? Does the thought of injecting your child with an unknown concoction made by pharmaceutical companies scare you? Do you distrust what you hear in the news regarding vaccines?YOU ARE NOT ALONEThrough painstaking inquiries into the realm of science, Drr. Johan Dousteph (Ph) has uncovered the truth about vaccines, and the link between
... Read more
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Flesh Eaters, The

The World’s Deadliest Flesh-Eating Diseases

by J.D. Sherwood ...

Narrated by Todd Eflin ...

Unabridged

3 hours 20 min

Are you prepared for what you are about to discover in the chilling world of flesh-eating diseases? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to face the devastating effects of such a terrifying affliction?Have you ever heard of the term necrotizing fasciitis? If you haven’t, then brace yourself for an eye-opening journey that will forever change your perception of flesh-eating diseases.If you ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you prepared for what you are about to discover in the chilling world of flesh-eating diseases? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to face the devastating effects of such a terrifying affliction?Have you ever heard of the term necrotizing fasciitis? If you haven’t, then brace yourself for an eye-opening journey that will forever change your perception of flesh-eating diseases.If you
... Read more
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The Rules of Contagion

Why Things Spread--And Why They Stop

by Adam Kucharski ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial TimesOne of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington PostOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The Times of LondonOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The GuardianFrom ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern lifeThese days, whenever anything... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial TimesOne of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington PostOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The Times of LondonOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The GuardianFrom ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern lifeThese days, whenever anything...
... Read more
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Infectious Disease History: How Plagues Shaped Civilization, Science, and the Modern World

by Martin Feldman ...

Narrated by Martin Feldman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

Microscopic organisms have repeatedly rewritten human history, toppling empires and sparking scientific revolutions. Perfect for an educational commute, this gripping medical history explores the unseen enemies that triggered civilization-shaking plagues. You will travel from ancient agricultural societies to crowded industrial cities, witnessing firsthand how biology and human behavior collide ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Microscopic organisms have repeatedly rewritten human history, toppling empires and sparking scientific revolutions. Perfect for an educational commute, this gripping medical history explores the unseen enemies that triggered civilization-shaking plagues. You will travel from ancient agricultural societies to crowded industrial cities, witnessing firsthand how biology and human behavior collide
... Read more
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Vaccinated

From Cowpox to mRNA, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines

by Paul A. Offit ...

Narrated by Tim Dixon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

Updated with a New Foreword""Medical writing at its finest.""—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryRespected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Updated with a New Foreword""Medical writing at its finest.""—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryRespected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions
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Inferno

A Doctor’s Ebola Story

by Steven Hatch MD ...

Narrated by Steven Hatch MD ...

Unabridged

11 hours 31 min

A first-hand account of the Ebola epidemic by an American doctor who has been featured on the front page of the New York Times.Dr. Steven Hatch first came to Liberia in November 2013, to work at a hospital in Monrovia. Six months later, several of the physicians Dr. Hatch had mentored and served with were dead or barely clinging to life, and Ebola had become a world health emergency. Hundreds of ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A first-hand account of the Ebola epidemic by an American doctor who has been featured on the front page of the New York Times.Dr. Steven Hatch first came to Liberia in November 2013, to work at a hospital in Monrovia. Six months later, several of the physicians Dr. Hatch had mentored and served with were dead or barely clinging to life, and Ebola had become a world health emergency. Hundreds of
... Read more
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The Big One

How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics

by Mark Olshaker, Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH ...

Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

Unabridged

14 hours 7 min

As bad as Covid-19 was, the next pandemic could be worse—but we have the tools to prepare, as revealed in this urgent, gripping warning by the New York Times bestselling authors of Deadliest Enemy.The Covid-19 pandemic was the most devastating natural event of the last century, killing more than 7 million people around the globe, straining the fabric of societies internationally, and shaking the ... Read more

$31.99 USD

As bad as Covid-19 was, the next pandemic could be worse—but we have the tools to prepare, as revealed in this urgent, gripping warning by the New York Times bestselling authors of Deadliest Enemy.The Covid-19 pandemic was the most devastating natural event of the last century, killing more than 7 million people around the globe, straining the fabric of societies internationally, and shaking the
... Read more
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Science Goes Viral

Captivating Accounts of Science in Everyday Life

by Dr. Joe Schwarcz ...

Narrated by Raoul Bhaneja ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

Bestselling popular science author Dr. Joe Schwarcz breaks down the science of essential oils, placenta creams, intermittent fasting, and of course the spread of COVID-19 misinformation in this new collection from the master of demarcating non-science from scienceScience has gone viral! In more ways than one.Since we first heard rumblings about a novel type of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, terms like ... Read more

$22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bestselling popular science author Dr. Joe Schwarcz breaks down the science of essential oils, placenta creams, intermittent fasting, and of course the spread of COVID-19 misinformation in this new collection from the master of demarcating non-science from scienceScience has gone viral! In more ways than one.Since we first heard rumblings about a novel type of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, terms like
... Read more
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A Nurse's Story

My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis

by Louise Curtis ...

Narrated by Louise Curtis ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. ... Read more

$13.41 USD

Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
... Read more
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Healing Lyme Disease Naturally

History, Analysis, and Treatments

by Wolf D. Storl ...

Narrated by Ulf Bjorklund ...

Unabridged

8 hours 55 min

In Healing Lyme Disease Naturally, anthropologist Wolf D. Storl shares his own success in overcoming a difficult, sometimes deadly disease that is reaching epidemic proportions. When he was diagnosed, Dr. Storl refused standard treatments because of antibiotic intolerance. Instead, he researched healing systems of various cultures including Traditional Chinese Medicine, American Indian healing ... Read more

$36.95 USD

In Healing Lyme Disease Naturally, anthropologist Wolf D. Storl shares his own success in overcoming a difficult, sometimes deadly disease that is reaching epidemic proportions. When he was diagnosed, Dr. Storl refused standard treatments because of antibiotic intolerance. Instead, he researched healing systems of various cultures including Traditional Chinese Medicine, American Indian healing
... Read more
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La Pandemia de Gripe Española

La Pandemia Más Mortal de la Historia y Cómo Cambió el Mundo

by Elliot Frank ...

Narrated by Samuel Pelemonte ...

Unabridged

3 hours 40 min

Aprenda todo sobre las tragedias que ocurrieron durante la época de la pandemia de gripe española y adquiera una comprensión más profunda del pasado.¿Sabía que la gripe española de 1918 es la pandemia más mortífera de la historia?Infectó alrededor de un tercio de la población mundial y mató a entre 40 y 100 millones de personas. Al igual que lo que está sucediendo ahora, cuando el SARS-CoV-2 plaga ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Aprenda todo sobre las tragedias que ocurrieron durante la época de la pandemia de gripe española y adquiera una comprensión más profunda del pasado.¿Sabía que la gripe española de 1918 es la pandemia más mortífera de la historia?Infectó alrededor de un tercio de la población mundial y mató a entre 40 y 100 millones de personas. Al igual que lo que está sucediendo ahora, cuando el SARS-CoV-2 plaga
... Read more
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Das Rätsel-Virus

Was die Wissenschaft überrascht – kompakt erklärt

by Wissen in Minuten ...

Narrated by Wissen in Minuten ...

Unabridged

10 min

Ein Virus taucht auf – und plötzlich passen viele Dinge nicht mehr zusammen. Symptome, Verlauf, Immunreaktion: Es gibt Details, die selbst erfahrene Forschende ins Grübeln bringen. Warum ist dieses Virus so schwer zu verstehen? Und was macht es so ungewöhnlich?In diesem kurzen Hörbuch schauen wir uns an, welche Hinweise die Wissenschaft bereits hat, welche Erklärungen plausibel sind – und warum ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ein Virus taucht auf – und plötzlich passen viele Dinge nicht mehr zusammen. Symptome, Verlauf, Immunreaktion: Es gibt Details, die selbst erfahrene Forschende ins Grübeln bringen. Warum ist dieses Virus so schwer zu verstehen? Und was macht es so ungewöhnlich?In diesem kurzen Hörbuch schauen wir uns an, welche Hinweise die Wissenschaft bereits hat, welche Erklärungen plausibel sind – und warum
... Read more
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Maladies of Empire

How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine

by Jim Downs ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

Most stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of London's 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence Nightingale's contributions to the care of soldiers in the Crimean War transformed hospitals from crucibles of infection to sanctuaries of recuperation. Yet histories of individual innovators ignore many key ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Most stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of London's 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence Nightingale's contributions to the care of soldiers in the Crimean War transformed hospitals from crucibles of infection to sanctuaries of recuperation. Yet histories of individual innovators ignore many key
... Read more
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Fevered Planet

How Diseases Emerge When We Harm Nature

by John Vidal ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

10 hours 27 min

Bloomsbury presents Fevered Planet by John Vidal, read by John Sackville.A timely and urgent investigation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the Guardian for nearly thirty years, into how the destruction of nature is releasing disease into our societies'Urgent, fascinating and essential' GEORGE MONBIOT'A searing, vital work' BETTANY HUGHESCovid-19, mpox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents Fevered Planet by John Vidal, read by John Sackville.A timely and urgent investigation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the Guardian for nearly thirty years, into how the destruction of nature is releasing disease into our societies'Urgent, fascinating and essential' GEORGE MONBIOT'A searing, vital work' BETTANY HUGHESCovid-19, mpox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we
... Read more
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Plague

A Very Short Introduction

by Paul Slack ...

Narrated by Gareth Richards ...

Unabridged

32 min

Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the "Plague of Justinian" in 542, the Black Death of 1348, and the Great Plague of London in 1665, as well as for devastating epidemics in China and India between the 1890s and 1920s. In the twenty-first century Coronavirus pandemics have served as a powerful reminder that we have not escaped the global ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the "Plague of Justinian" in 542, the Black Death of 1348, and the Great Plague of London in 1665, as well as for devastating epidemics in China and India between the 1890s and 1920s. In the twenty-first century Coronavirus pandemics have served as a powerful reminder that we have not escaped the global
... Read more
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Herding Immunity

The Startling History of Life Before and After Vaccines

by Stacy Mintzer Herlihy ...

Narrated by Robin Siegerman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

A look at the long history of vaccines, yesterday, today, and still to come.In Herding Immunity, Stacy Mintzer Herlihy explores the compelling history of vaccines and the equally long history of vaccination opposition. By connecting the contemporary anti-vax movement with its historical roots, Herlihy integrates modern conversations and reveals the profound impact vaccines have had on our society, ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A look at the long history of vaccines, yesterday, today, and still to come.In Herding Immunity, Stacy Mintzer Herlihy explores the compelling history of vaccines and the equally long history of vaccination opposition. By connecting the contemporary anti-vax movement with its historical roots, Herlihy integrates modern conversations and reveals the profound impact vaccines have had on our society,
... Read more
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Deadly Companions

How Microbes Shaped Our History

by Dorothy H. Crawford ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be
... Read more

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