Physical Culture

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    • Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
    • By: John D. Fair
    • Narrated by: Brian McKiernan
    • Length: 19 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 06-16-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • For most of the 20th century, the “Mr. America” image epitomized muscular manhood. From humble beginnings in 1939 at a small gym in Schenectady, New York, the Mr. America Contest became the world’s premier bodybuilding event over the next 30 years....

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    • How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World
    • By: Danielle Friedman
    • Narrated by: Danielle Friedman
    • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • For American women today, working out is as accepted as it is expected, fueling a multibillion-dollar fitness industrial complex. But it wasn’t always this way. For much of the 20th century, sweating was considered unladylike....

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    • By: Andro Linklater
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-04
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
    • Sagely argued and beautifully written, Measuring America offers readers nothing less than the opportunity to see America's history, and our democracy, in a brilliant new light....

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    • The Story of Louis Braille
    • By: Russell Freedman
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Blind since the age of three, Louis Braille wanted to be able to read. He spent every spare moment punching holes in paper with a stylus until, by the age of 15, he had invented his own alphabet....

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    • The Solid Man Conquers Wrestling and Physical Culture
    • By: Ken Zimmerman Jr.
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
    • Release date: 02-11-24
    • Language: English
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    • The One Man John L. Sullivan Feared New York City detective William Muldoon reigned as undefeated World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion for 9 years ...

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    • By: Jennifer Mathieu
    • Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Maria Liatis, Christian Barillas
    • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Every year, summer begins when the Callahans arrive on Mariposa Island. That's when Elena Finney gets to escape her unstable, controlling mother by babysitting for their two children. And the summer of 1986 promises to be extra special when she meets J.C., the new boy in town....

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    • The Culture and Science of Pain
    • By: Connie R. Faltynek PhD
    • Narrated by: Warren Kati
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 11-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Pain is the number one reason people schedule medical appointments. Yet many people do not receive adequate relief, especially for chronic pain. Pain: The Culture and Science of Pain describes the multiple factors that contribute to the ongoing problem of unrelieved pain.

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    • Cultures and Traditions, Ancestry and Identity
    • By: Catherine Herbert Howell
    • Narrated by: Pam Ward
    • Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • People of the World becomes a fascinating round-the-world tour of customs and traditions, as well as a go-to source for background information to round out one's own family history....

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    • The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America
    • By: Kate Pickert
    • Narrated by: Kate Pickert
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well - but always from a distance, through the stories of her subjects. That is, until she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer....

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    • Ladybird Audio Adventures
    • By: Ladybird
    • Narrated by: Ben Bailey-Smith
    • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
    • Release date: 07-21-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • On this adventure, we're going to travel all around the globe and learn more about the seven natural wonders of the world....

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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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    • How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It
    • By: Jason Karlawish
    • Narrated by: Jason Karlawish, Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • Rich in science, history, and characters, The Problem of Alzheimer's takes us inside laboratories, patients' homes, caregivers’ support groups, progressive care communities, and Jason Karlawish's own practice at the Penn Memory Center....

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    • Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past
    • By: Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray
    • Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
    • Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where - rather than reforming the children in their care - school officials tortured, raped, and killed them....

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    • How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting
    • By: Casey Johnston
    • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 05-06-25
    • Language: English
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    • A Physical Education asks why so many of us spend our lives trying to “get healthy” by actively making our bodies weaker. Casey Johnston is a voice for those of us who feel underdeveloped and unfulfilled in our bodies, for all of us looking to come home to ourselves.

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    • How a Germophobic Safety Culture Makes Us Less Safe
    • By: Steve Templeton
    • Narrated by: David Turner
    • Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 08-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Fear of a Microbial Planet, a sweeping treatise on the COVID era published by Brownstone Institute, offers desperately needed clarity and science on the organization and management of individual social life in the presence of pathogenic infection....

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    • By: Renee Drummond-Brown
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 27 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-24
    • Language: English
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    • Paper Dolls by: Author Reneé Drummond-Brown sheds light on domestic abuse. This poetry book illustrates physical and psychological torment. Abuse ...

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    • By: Bridget Parker
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Series: States
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 03-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Visit the Nation's Capital! Learn about Washington, D.C.'s, history, geography, weather, people, and more in this book that's all about our nation's capital....

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    • Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained (Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports)
    • By: Jonathan Silverman
    • Narrated by: Ray Montecalvo
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 08-12-24
    • Language: English
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    • An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom.

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    • Let's Look at Countries
    • By: Nikki Bruno Clapper
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Series: Let's Look At
    • Length: 2 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Welcome to Peru! Hike through the clouds to ancient cities of the Andes Mountains. Hear the calls of birds in the Amazon rain forest. Learn about the people, places, and traditions of this beautiful South American country....

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