Academic Life

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    • A Life
    • By: Oliver Sacks
    • Narrated by: Dan Woren
    • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 11-20-24
    • Language: English
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    • An impassioned, tender and joyous memoir by the author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.....

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    • The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds
    • By: Joel L. Kraemer
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 158 ratings
    • This first definitive biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver....

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    • By: Shaun Bythell
    • Narrated by: Robin Laing
    • Series: The Diary of a Bookseller, Book 1
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 339 ratings
    • In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade. He recommends books - both lost classics and new discoveries - introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the charms of small-town life....

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    • A Life in War, Law, and Ideas
    • By: Stephen Budiansky
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 428 ratings
    • Oliver Wendell Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket balls missed his heart and spinal cord by a fraction of an inch. He lived ever after with unwavering moral courage, unremitting scorn for dogma, and an insatiable intellectual curiosity....

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    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16,697 ratings
    • Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

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    • Reflections on Physics and Finance
    • By: Emanuel Derman
    • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
    • Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 07-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Derman details his adventures in this field....

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    • A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
    • By: Suleika Jaouad
    • Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
    • Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3,892 ratings
    • A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to reentry into “normal” life....

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    • By: Anthony Pompliano
    • Narrated by: Anthony Pompliano
    • Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • Anthony Pompliano writes 65 letters to his children with inspiring lessons on how to succeed in business, have great relationships, do well with money, and live a healthier and happier life.

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    • The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 12-30-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,976 ratings
    • Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist....

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    • His Life and Universe
    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
    • Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 03-28-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15,391 ratings
    • Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....

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    • By: Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
    • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,273 ratings
    • In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found "her true calling"....

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    • A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better
    • By: Wendy Suzuki, Billie Fitzpatrick
    • Narrated by: Wendy Suzuki
    • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 238 ratings
    • A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brains, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide....

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    • My Life Through Food
    • By: Stanley Tucci
    • Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4,450 ratings
    • From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen....

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    • A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
    • By: Robert Kanigel
    • Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
    • Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 339 ratings
    • In 1913, an unschooled young Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging that preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Hardy, realizing the letter was the work of a genius, arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England....

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    • By: Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,176 ratings
    • The book that has inspired entrepreneurs for generations, not only is My Life and Work by Henry Ford a memoir of an American icon but it also shows the spirit that built America....

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    • The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
    • By: Ian Stewart
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 253 ratings
    • In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history....

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    • A Complete Biography
    • By: A.K. Gandhi
    • Narrated by: Meghan Sardar
    • Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-24
    • Language: English
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    • Discover the remarkable journey of one of India's most iconic business leaders in Ratan Tata: A Complete Biography by A.K. Gandhi.

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Marsha M. Linehan
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Stephen Mendel
    • Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 755 ratings
    • Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT, using her own struggle to develop life skills for others....

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