Human Biography

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    • Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
    • By: Sue Black
    • Narrated by: Sue Black
    • Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 06-15-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 174 ratings
    • Internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black takes us on a guided tour of the human skeleton, explaining how each person's life history is revealed in their bones....

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    • Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
    • By: Alua Arthur
    • Narrated by: Alua Arthur
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 215 ratings
    • For her clients and everyone who has been inspired by her humanity, Alua Arthur is a friend at the end of the world. As our country’s leading death doula, she’s spreading a transformative message: thinking about your death—whether imminent or not—will breathe wild, new potential into your life.

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    • A Shocking Exposé of Ritual Killings Worldwide
    • By: Jimmy Lee Shreeve
    • Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 01-20-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 265 ratings
    • Jimmy Lee Shreeve draws on police reports and interviews with the victims' families to paint a horrifying picture of ritual sacrifice at home and abroad....

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    • Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home
    • By: Jane Blasio
    • Narrated by: Jane Blasio, Lisa Larsen
    • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 133 ratings
    • From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a small North Georgia town. Sometimes their babies exited out the back, sold to Northern couples who were desperate to hold a newborn in their arms....

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    • The Complete Story
    • By: Gerald Posner, John Ware, Michael Berenbaum - introduction
    • Narrated by: Bruce Mann
    • Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 01-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 141 ratings
    • Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911-1979) probes the personality and motivations of Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"....

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    • Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
    • By: Karen Abbott
    • Narrated by: Joyce Bean
    • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 329 ratings
    • Operating in Chicago's notorious Levee district at the dawn of the 20th century, the Everleigh Club's proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries, and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where 30 stunning Everleigh "butterflies" awaited their arrival....

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    • Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
    • By: Michael Lopp
    • Narrated by: TJ Johnson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 230 ratings
    • Listen to hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland....

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    • The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
    • By: Vivien Spitz
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 279 ratings
    • This is the account of torture and murder by experiment in the name of scientific research and patriotism....

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    • A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
    • By: Izzeldin Abuelaish
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 01-14-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 122 ratings
    • Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish---now known simply as the "Gaza doctor"---captured hearts and headlines around the world in the aftermath of horrific tragedy....

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    • Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson
    • Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,289 ratings
    • The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with an account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies....

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    • And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
    • By: Azra Raza
    • Narrated by: Sheherzad Raza Preisler
    • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • A world-class oncologist's devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer....

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    • The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church
    • By: Gareth Gore
    • Narrated by: Gareth Gore
    • Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • Investigative journalist Gareth Gore recounts how members of Opus Dei—a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect—pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars siphoned from one of the world’s largest banks.

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    • By: E. Stanly Godbold
    • Narrated by: Graham Winton
    • Length: 31 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The dual biography of the powerful First Couple who attempted to use their presidency to bring peace, human rights, and justice to all peoples of the world and dedicated the remainder of their long lives to making a safer, more caring world....

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    • A Doctor's Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
    • By: Dr. Thomas Cowan
    • Narrated by: David Drummond
    • Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 10-28-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 282 ratings
    • While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate him....

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    • An Account of the Trump Administration's Effect on American Democracy, Human Rights, Science and Public Health
    • By: Jack Hassard
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • This is Citizen Jack’s book, a masterful demonstration of a personal view turned sociopolitical gold. —CHARLES R. AULT JR., Professor Emeritus,...

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    • An Autistic Man’s Guide to Life
    • By: Jory Fleming, Lyric Winik
    • Narrated by: Jory Fleming, Lyric Winik
    • Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 04-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 282 ratings
    • As a child, Jory Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for people, and couldn’t manage the outside world. Slightly more than a decade later, he was bound for England, selected to attend one of the world’s premier universities....

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    • A Story of Persecution
    • By: Nils Melzer
    • Narrated by: Gareth Richards
    • Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 03-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war crimes and torture. In the aftermath, Julian Assange, the founder and spokesman of Wikileaks, found himself at the center of a media storm....

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    • An Odyssey of the Human Spirit
    • By: George Meegan
    • Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
    • Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • George Meegan had a dream, of being the hero in some great “pedestrian epic," only his kept him going for seven years and over 19,000 miles. This is his story, a physical and spiritual odyssey....

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    • (And Other Truths I Need to Hear)
    • By: Kate Bowler
    • Narrated by: Kate Bowler
    • Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 09-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,115 ratings
    • It’s hard to give up on the feeling that the life you really want is just out of reach. A beach body by summer. A trip to Disneyland around the corner. A promotion on the horizon. Everyone wants to believe that they are headed toward good, better, best....

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