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Who We Are and How We Got Here
- By: David Reich
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,416
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,217
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,202
Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry. In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, No Maps Available thru Audible
- By Jane W. on 07-15-18
- Who We Are and How We Got Here
- By: David Reich
- Narrated by: John Lescault
Great summary Ancient Genetics
Reviewed: 10-21-24
The author provides an open minded and balanced survey of the current state ancient human genetics. He talks in depth about his own and other researchers work geared to an ededucated lay audience. I took some genetics classes as an undegraduate 30 years ago and I was able to follow the book easily. I have also listened to the author on recent podcasts. He does not disappoint.
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Lost Planet Homicide
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,696
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,242
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,225
When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep into uncharted space. A thousand light years from Earth, with no way home and no way to call for help, the colonists’ only hope for survival was the one barely habitable planet in range, a nightmare world they named Croatoan. Landing on the only five mountain peaks tall enough to rise above the lethal acid clouds, the settlers carved a civilization from the rock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- By Justin H on 10-22-21
- Lost Planet Homicide
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Great sci-fi detective story novella in the noir style
Reviewed: 12-18-23
Fun sci-fi detective story. The main character fits squarely into mid-20th century noir category. The reader's performance embodies the type well. Definitely worth the listen.
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A Master of Djinn
- A Novel
- By: P. Djèlí Clark
- Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,303
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,154
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,149
Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A huge let-down, 2.5 stars
- By Iben Krutt on 07-12-21
- A Master of Djinn
- A Novel
- By: P. Djèlí Clark
- Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
Great fantasy listen with modern perspectives.
Reviewed: 07-06-22
This novel was a good followup to the several preceding short stories. It was a fun, interesting story; an arcanepunk that takes place in an alternate Egypt. The plot was a fairly straightforward whodunit with a climatic battle finish with a few twists and turns and some LGBTQ+ romance thrown in along the way. Could definitely fit into YA, even though I'm much older than that. You can definitely root for the protagonist. The short stories should be read first, and are excellent, actually better than the novel.
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Sugar
- The World Corrupted from Slavery to Obesity
- By: James Walvin
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
How did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating yet again into the cause of a global health epidemic? Prior to 1600, sugar was a costly luxury, the domain of the rich. But with the rise of the sugar colonies in the New World over the following century, sugar became cheap, ubiquitous, and an everyday necessity. Less than 50 years ago, few people suggested that sugar posed a global health problem.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I should have listened to the other reviews
- By L. Bergman on 12-31-18
- Sugar
- The World Corrupted from Slavery to Obesity
- By: James Walvin
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
Epic history of the human use of sugar
Reviewed: 03-19-22
This is a detailed and well researched history of the human use of sugar, particularly of cane and beet sugar. It also touches on the more recent use of high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners. It is fascinating and appalling the cost the use and cultivation sugar has had on human civilization and the world environment. I would even dare to say that it is one of the most corrupting agricultural products of all time based on this book. Listen to it and inform yourself about the tragic history of a seemingly benign food product we all have in our pantries.
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