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*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2016* The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history, from bestselling, prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to...

If you are at all interested in life on our planet, then you need to know about insects. They are the most successful group of animals ever to have lived on Earth. Making up three quarters of all animal species, insects conquered the planet long ago. They were among the very first animals to appear on land and were the first to take to the air. Their total biomass is at least 10 times that of all humans and our livestock combined.

Presenter Brett Westwood joins forces with BAFTA award-winning producer and naturalist Stephen Moss for six delightful and informative series, introducing us to some of Britain's most popular and best-loved birds. Together with wildlife sound recordist Chris Moss, they tour the UK, tracking down the rich variety of species that make their home there - from garden and woodland birds to ones that live on water, by the coast, on farms and in the mountains and moors. 

This course chronicles the history of Earth and life on Earth from the point of view of the minerals that made it all happen. A major theme is how minerals and life coevolved, leading to the unprecedented mineral diversity on our world compared to the other planets in the solar system. Professor Hazen tells this epic story in 48 action-packed lectures that take you from the big bang to the formation of the solar system to the major milestones that marked the evolution of Earth and life.

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. 'A study of diseases that we sometimes say are 'all in the mind', and an explanation of how unfair that characterisation is.' – Tom Whipple, The Times Books of the Year 'To compare any book to a Oliver Sacks is unfair, but this one lives up...

At the beginning of Nonzero, Robert Wright sets out to "define the arrow of the history of life, from the primordial soup to the World Wide Web." Twenty-two chapters later, after a sweeping and vivid narrative of the human past, he has succeeded and has mounted a powerful challenge to the conventional view that evolution and human history are aimless.

The story of how our ancestors made the first tentative steps towards becoming human, how we lost our fur but gained language, fire and tools, and how we strode out of Africa, invented farming and cities and ultimately created modern civilisation. Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth.

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic...

Breeders Blueprint is the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of Australia's leading seedstock operations.Each episode features in-depth conversations with some of the country's most respected livestock breeders as we uncover the blueprint behind their success. We explore the breeding philosophies, genetic decisions, business strategies, family histories and management practices that have built some of Australia's most influential seedstock programs.From selecting sires and interpreting performance data to navigating changing markets and preparing for the next generation, our guests share...

Life Sciences Fusion, a Cognizant® Podcast, explores what's next in life sciences—and how leaders are turning breakthrough science, digital innovation, and operational change into real, measurable impact. In each episode, you'll hear practical, down-to-earth conversations with industry peers, partners, and Cognizant thought leaders about the decisions, technologies, and new ways of working that are shaping the future of science and health. Expect clear perspective, real-world insight, and no hype. Tune in for the latest ideas moving the life sciences industry forward.

The OrthoXel Podcast brings together leading orthopaedic surgeons, researchers, and industry experts to discuss the latest advances in fracture healing, trauma care, biomechanics, and orthopaedic innovation. Through expert-led discussions, we explore real-world clinical experience, emerging research, challenging cases, and the technologies shaping the future of fracture fixation and patient recovery. Hosted by OrthoXel, this podcast offers valuable insights into the evolving science of fracture healing and the pursuit of better outcomes for patients worldwide.

Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Dickens's 'Household Worlds' and 'All The Round' until he later years. From 1858 onwards, she also began to publish in other magazines, including 'Harpers New Monthly Magazine', 'The Cornhill Magazine', 'MacMillan's Magazine', 'Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country', and 'Pall Mall Gazette'. This collection brings together her contributions to these publications from 1858 to 1865, the year of Gaskell's untimely death. It includes a number of short fiction and non-fiction pieces. The stand out of the collection is 'The Doom of the Griffiths', ...

Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and the last two in the Century Magazine. Despite the title, the men outnumber the ghosts, since only "The Eyes" and "Afterward" actually call on the supernatural. In only two of the stories are women the central characters, though elsewhere they play important roles. Wharton enjoys subjecting her subjects -- all of them American gentlemen and gentlewomen, in the conventional senses of the word -- to various moral tests and sometimes ironic tests. Some of the ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Eighty-six billion neurons firing in perfect harmony—your brain is the most complex structure in the known universe, and now you can explore its mysteries while drifting into the most peaceful sleep of your life. This comprehensive journey through...

Five early short stories by Edith Wharton, American author of The House of Mirth. Includes “Kerfol,” “Mrs. Manstey's View,” “The Bolted Door,” “The Dilettante,” and “The House of the Dead Hand.” With one possible exception (“The Dilettante”), these early stories are dark tales about ghosts (canine and human), dark deeds of the past and present and how they haunt their perpetrators and victims, and narrators/central characters with a fierce determination to pursue their hearts’ desires at all costs. Even the one exception, which seems more like Wharton’s later tales ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Endymion by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 3, 2019. ------ In classical mythology, Endymion was a young man who, while sleeping in the mountains, was unsuspectingly kissed by the Moon Goddess Diana, who was so taken by his beauty that it warmed her cold heart. When the moon sinks down behind the mountain, it is Diana bending down to kiss Endymion. - Summary by ~ Michele Fry

Alfred Wheeler dedicated the poem for which this collection is named to fellow members of the New York Society of Literature on the occasion its first anniversary (January 11, 1844). - Summary by Brian Fullen

An investigation into how zoos fail to protect the animals they work to save. Few places on Earth force us to reckon with the power we wield over the natural world quite like the modern zoo. Yet, for all our handwringing over the Anthropocene, and at a time of unprecedented concern for animals...

The author worked as a dude wrangler Glacier National Park and lived on his ranch near Eureka, Monatana. This is the first book of his poems, which he often recited for the tourists. His other books include, "Giggles from Glacier Guides" and "Mountain Memories." - Summary by Larry Wilson

Siegfried Sassoon was one of the first to write poetry about the brutal reality of war, based on his real-life experiences in the trenches. He served in World War I on the Western Front and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery under fire. However, he later became a convicted pacifist, threw his Military Cross into the Mersey river, and continued to write and publish poems and political statements against the war. His poems capture the despair he felt towards the war overall, and he paints vivid word pictures that make the reader "pray you'll never know, the hell where youth and laughter ...