American Disease

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    • A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War
    • By: Thomas Fleming
    • Narrated by: William Hughes
    • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 258 ratings
    • By the time his body hung from the gallows for his crimes at Harper’s Ferry, abolitionists had made John Brown a "holy martyr" in the fight against Southern slave owners....

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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 16,684 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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    • The Surprising Truth About How Modern Medicine Keeps You Sick - How to Choose a Healthier, Happier, and Disease-Free Life
    • By: Raymond Francis
    • Narrated by: Dan Gilvezan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In The Great American Health Hoax, Francis exposes the truth about how to stay healthy and introduces us to a way of life that can become a "highway to health", while he quite effectively demonstrates that we really don't have to be sick....

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    • The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History
    • By: Molly Caldwell Crosby
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
    • Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country - and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year....

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    • The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
    • By: Jim Murphy
    • Narrated by: Pat Bottino
    • Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 180 ratings
    • Bizarre medical practices of the time are discussed, as well as popular historical figures, such as George Washington and Benjamin Rush, who were involved in finding a cure....

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    • The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield (Medical Fiascoes, Book 2)
    • By: Gail Jarrow
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Series: Medical Fiascoes
    • Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This thrilling title for young listeners blends science, history, and medical mysteries to tell the story of the assassination and ultimately horrible death of President James Garfield....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Patti Davis
    • Narrated by: Staci Snell
    • Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-04
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, writes about losing her father to Alzheimer's disease, saying goodbye in stages....

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    • Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
    • By: Harriet A. Washington
    • Narrated by: Ron Butler
    • Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 08-07-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 129 ratings
    • A "powerful and indispensable book" (Gerald Markowitz) on the devastating consequences of environmental racism - and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities....

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    • By: Nicholas Sparks
    • Narrated by: Kate Nelligan, Campbell Scott
    • Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 12-16-99
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 236 ratings
    • Noah and Allie fell in love as teenagers, with the purest sort of love, only to be kept apart by Allie's mother. Their feelings survived in spite of everything....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Cherríe Moraga
    • Narrated by: Cherríe Moraga
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • Native Country of the Heart is the writer and activist Cherrie Moraga's love letter to her "unlettered" mother. It begins with her mother, Elvira Isabel Moraga, who as a child, along with her siblings, was hired out by her own father to pick cotton in California's Imperial Valley....

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    • And Other Lies You Tell When You Turn 50
    • By: George Lopez
    • Narrated by: George Lopez
    • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
    • From one of the most celebrated and beloved comedians and actors of our time, George Lopez, comes this hilarious, touching, and often wacky chronicle of life after 50....

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    • Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life
    • By: James Daschuk, Elizabeth A. Fenn - foreword, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
    • Narrated by: J.D. Nicholsen
    • Length: 21 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Revealing how Canada’s first Prime Minister used a policy of starvation against Indigenous people to clear the way for settlement, the multiple award-winning Clearing the Plains sparked widespread debate about genocide in Canada....

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    • An American History
    • By: Michael Willrich
    • Narrated by: K. Todd Freeman
    • Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 60 ratings
    • The untold story of how America's Progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the 20th century....

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    • What You Need to Know About Diabetes - Simply Put
    • By: American Diabetes Association
    • Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
    • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 12-28-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Appropriate for all people with diabetes and their caregivers, and backed by the credibility of The American Diabetes Association, this latest edition to Diabetes A to Z is the home reference every person with diabetes should own....

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    • The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
    • By: Albert Marrin
    • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
    • Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 01-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 162 ratings
    • From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic - and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak....

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