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No Man's Land

The Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain's Most Extraordinary Military Hospital During World War I

by Wendy Moore ...

The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I.A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's ... Read more

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The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I.A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's
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Wedlock

The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary EleanorBowes, Countess of Strathmore

by Wendy Moore ...

A cinematic and thrilling true story exploring the life and catastrophic marriage of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore—“a tale of wealth, status, and privilege, laced with lust, greed, [and] pride” (The Times)“Spectacular . . . Serious, perceptive, thoughtful and—by no means least—compulsively readable.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington PostWith the death of her fabulously wealthy coal ... Read more

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A cinematic and thrilling true story exploring the life and catastrophic marriage of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore—“a tale of wealth, status, and privilege, laced with lust, greed, [and] pride” (The Times)“Spectacular . . . Serious, perceptive, thoughtful and—by no means least—compulsively readable.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington PostWith the death of her fabulously wealthy coal
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The Knife Man

Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery

by Wendy Moore ...

The vivid, often gruesome portrait of the 18th-century pioneering surgeon and father of modern medicine, John Hunter.When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.From humble origins, John ... Read more

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The vivid, often gruesome portrait of the 18th-century pioneering surgeon and father of modern medicine, John Hunter.When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.From humble origins, John
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How to Create the Perfect Wife

Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and his Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate

by Wendy Moore ...

A captivating tale of one man's mission to groom his ideal mate.Thomas Day, an 18th-century British writer and radical, knew exactly the sort of woman he wanted to marry. Pure and virginal, yet tough and hardy, and completely subervient to his whims. But after being rejected by a number of spirited young women, Day concluded that the perfect partner he envisioned simply did not exist in frivolous, ... Read more

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A captivating tale of one man's mission to groom his ideal mate.Thomas Day, an 18th-century British writer and radical, knew exactly the sort of woman he wanted to marry. Pure and virginal, yet tough and hardy, and completely subervient to his whims. But after being rejected by a number of spirited young women, Day concluded that the perfect partner he envisioned simply did not exist in frivolous,
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Integrated management of insect pests: Current and future developments

by Emeritus Prof. Marcos Kogan, Dr Amy Morey, Professor Michael J. Stout, Emeritus Prof. E. A. Heinrichs, Dr John E. Foster, Dr Steven E. Naranjo, Dr Richard L. Hellmich, Dr Jörg Romeis, Dr Anthony M. Shelton0, Dr Ana M. Vélez1, Dr Ruth Mbabazi2, Dr Karim Maredia3, Dr Charles Vincent4, Dr Guy Hallman5, Dr Phyllis Weintraub6, Dr Francis Fleurat-Lessard7, Prof. Linton Winder8, Dr Rory Flemmer9, Dr Mark S. Hoddle0, Dr Prisila A. Mkenda1, Emeritus Prof. Michael E. Irwin2, Dr Sunita Pandey3, Dr Anne C. Johnson4, Prof. Geoff Gurr5, Emeritus Prof. Joop C. van Lenteren6, Dr Vanda H. P. Bueno7, Prof. Margaret Skinner8, Dr Cheryl Frank Sullivan9, Dr Bruce L. Parker0, Dr Aimee C. McKinnon1, Dr Wendy Moore2, Dr Roma Gwynn3, Dr Michael Brownbridge4, Dr Sean Moore5, Dr Michael Jukes6, Dr David Shapiro-Ilan7, Dr Selcuk Hazir8, Dr Itamar Glazer9, Emeritus Prof. Graham Matthews0, Dr Linda J. Thomson1, Dr Ary A. Hoffmann2, Dr Leonard Coop3, Dr Keith Tyrell4, Dr Sheila Willis5, Dr Stephanie Williamson6, Dr Davo Simplice Vodouhe7, Prof. Anthony Youdeowei8, Dr Rob Liskamp9, Dr Julian Dow0, Prof Hendrika Fourie1, Dr Dirk De Waele2, Dr Brittany S. Barker3, Prof Oscar E. Liburd4, Dr Lorena Lopez5, Dr Daniel Carrillo6, Dr Alexandra M. Revynthi7, Dr Omotola Olaniyi8, Dr Rana Akyazi9, Dr George B. Frisvold0, Prof. Keizi Kiritani1, Prof. Casey Hoy2, Dr Robert Venette3, Dr Ivan Milosavljević4, Professor Travis R. Glare5, Professor Shireen-Anne Davies6 ...

Series Book 69 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Particular focus on advances in understanding insect species and landscape ecology, which provide the foundations for effective IPMCovers latest research on classical, conservation and augmentative biological controlReviews key developments in use of entomopathogenic fungi, viruses and nematodes ... Read more

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Particular focus on advances in understanding insect species and landscape ecology, which provide the foundations for effective IPMCovers latest research on classical, conservation and augmentative biological controlReviews key developments in use of entomopathogenic fungi, viruses and nematodes
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No Man's Land

The Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain's Most Extraordinary Military Hospital During World War I

by Wendy Moore ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

12 hours 13 min

The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I.A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's ... Read more

$31.99 USD

The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I.A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's
... Read more
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The Knife Man

The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery

by Wendy Moore ...

Narrated by Steve West ...

Unabridged

13 hours 28 min

When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were ... Read more

$22.99 USD

When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were
... Read more

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Digital Madness

How Social Media Is Driving Our Mental Health Crisis--and How to Restore Our Sanity

by Nicholas Kardaras ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

11 hours 14 min

From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids, Digital Madness explores how we’ve become mad for our devices as our devices our driving us mad, as revolutionary research reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates—and offers a way out.Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is at the forefront of psychologists sounding the alarm about the impact of excessive technology on ... Read more

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From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids, Digital Madness explores how we’ve become mad for our devices as our devices our driving us mad, as revolutionary research reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates—and offers a way out.Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is at the forefront of psychologists sounding the alarm about the impact of excessive technology on
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Down Along with That Devil's Bones

A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy

by Connor Towne O'Neill ...

Narrated by Geoffrey Cantor ...

Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

“We can no longer see ourselves as minor spectators or weary watchers of history after finishing this astonishing work of nonfiction.” —Kiese Laymon, author of HeavyConnor Towne O’Neill’s journey onto the battlefield of white supremacy began with a visit to Selma, Alabama, in 2015. There he had a chance encounter with a group of people preparing to erect a statue to celebrate the memory of Nathan ... Read more

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“We can no longer see ourselves as minor spectators or weary watchers of history after finishing this astonishing work of nonfiction.” —Kiese Laymon, author of HeavyConnor Towne O’Neill’s journey onto the battlefield of white supremacy began with a visit to Selma, Alabama, in 2015. There he had a chance encounter with a group of people preparing to erect a statue to celebrate the memory of Nathan
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Wandering in Strange Lands

A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

by Morgan Jerkins ...

Narrated by Morgan Jerkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

One of Buzzfeed's 24 New Books We Couldn’t Put Down“One of the smartest young writers of her generation.”—Book RiotFrom the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing—a writer whom Roxane Gay has hailed as “a force to be reckoned with”—comes this powerful story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the ... Read more

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One of Buzzfeed's 24 New Books We Couldn’t Put Down“One of the smartest young writers of her generation.”—Book RiotFrom the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing—a writer whom Roxane Gay has hailed as “a force to be reckoned with”—comes this powerful story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the
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Requiem for the Massacre

A Black History on the Conflict, Hope and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

by R.J. Young ...

Narrated by R.J. Young ...

Unabridged

14 hours 30 min

With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one hundred years after the most infamous act of racial violence in American historyMore than one hundred years ago, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, perpetrated a massacre against its Black residents. For generations, the true story was ignored, covered up, and diminished by those in power ... Read more

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With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one hundred years after the most infamous act of racial violence in American historyMore than one hundred years ago, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, perpetrated a massacre against its Black residents. For generations, the true story was ignored, covered up, and diminished by those in power
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Gutenberg's Apprentice

A Novel

by Alix Christie ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

14 hours 9 min

“A finely atmospheric debut…Christie’s novel is a worthy tribute to the technological revolution it reimagines, as well as a haunting elegy to the culture of print…One thinks of Donna Tartt’s obsessive accounts of furniture decoration in The Goldfinch or even Philip Roth’s lovingly twisted empathy with glovemaker Swede Levov in American Pastoral. Such novels of craft and specialization take a ... Read more

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“A finely atmospheric debut…Christie’s novel is a worthy tribute to the technological revolution it reimagines, as well as a haunting elegy to the culture of print…One thinks of Donna Tartt’s obsessive accounts of furniture decoration in The Goldfinch or even Philip Roth’s lovingly twisted empathy with glovemaker Swede Levov in American Pastoral. Such novels of craft and specialization take a
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