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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ... Read more

$32.40 CAD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging
... Read more
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The Elephant in the Brain

Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson ...

Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the
... Read more
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Masters of the Planet

The Search for Our Human Origins

by Ian Tattersall ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Fifty thousand years ago—merely a blip in evolutionary time—our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

Fifty thousand years ago—merely a blip in evolutionary time—our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of
... Read more
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Power, Sex, Suicide

Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

by Nick Lane ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 54 min

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell
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Life on a Young Planet

The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth

by Andrew H. Knoll ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites—such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites—such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a
... Read more
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The Deep History of Ourselves

The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains

by Joseph LeDoux ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from unicellular organisms to the complexity of animals and human beings todayRenowned neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux digs into the natural history of life on earth to provide a new perspective on the similarities between us and our ancestors in deep time. This page-turning survey of the whole of terrestrial evolution sheds new ... Read more

$24.30 CAD

A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from unicellular organisms to the complexity of animals and human beings todayRenowned neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux digs into the natural history of life on earth to provide a new perspective on the similarities between us and our ancestors in deep time. This page-turning survey of the whole of terrestrial evolution sheds new
... Read more
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Free Your Emotional Brain Think Again

by N. Micklem ...

Narrated by Phillip Law ...

Unabridged

1 hour 21 min

Free Your Emotional Brain explores the built-in world of our emotions and how we can make best use of them. Based upon what neuroscience tells us about the raw machinery of our brains, it explores the pursuit of happiness and exposes the hidden power of spirituality.With humanity so often "filthy rich and mean as hell", what has gone so terribly wrong? Looking at the subject of climate change: is ... Read more

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Free Your Emotional Brain explores the built-in world of our emotions and how we can make best use of them. Based upon what neuroscience tells us about the raw machinery of our brains, it explores the pursuit of happiness and exposes the hidden power of spirituality.With humanity so often "filthy rich and mean as hell", what has gone so terribly wrong? Looking at the subject of climate change: is
... Read more
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How To Save Our Planet

The Facts

by Mark A. Maslin ...

Narrated by Esh Alladi ...

Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Penguin.How can we save our planet and survive the 21st century? How can you argue with deniers? How can we create positive change in the midst of the climate crisis?Professor Mark Maslin has the key facts that we need to protect our future.Global awareness of climate change is growing rapidly. Science has proven that our planet and species are facing a massive environmental ... Read more

$14.65 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.How can we save our planet and survive the 21st century? How can you argue with deniers? How can we create positive change in the midst of the climate crisis?Professor Mark Maslin has the key facts that we need to protect our future.Global awareness of climate change is growing rapidly. Science has proven that our planet and species are facing a massive environmental
... Read more
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Homo Sapiens. Обезьяна, которая отказалась взрослеть

Занимательная наука об эволюции и невероятно длинном детстве

by Бренна Хассетт ...

Narrated by Ирина Булекова ...

Series series Хиты научпопа
Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

Антрополог и биоархеолог Бренна Хассетт бросает вызов устоявшимся представлениям об эволюции Homo Sapiens и предлагает свои ответы на одни из самых занимательных вопросов всех времен: • Как и почему два миллиона лет назад на земле появился человек? • Зачем человеку нужен такой необоснованно длинный с точки зрения биологии период взросления? • Как в природе связаны плодовитость и жир? • Какие тайны ... Read more

$14.30 CAD

Антрополог и биоархеолог Бренна Хассетт бросает вызов устоявшимся представлениям об эволюции Homo Sapiens и предлагает свои ответы на одни из самых занимательных вопросов всех времен: • Как и почему два миллиона лет назад на земле появился человек? • Зачем человеку нужен такой необоснованно длинный с точки зрения биологии период взросления? • Как в природе связаны плодовитость и жир? • Какие тайны
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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Summarized

Why We Do What We Do: The Biology of Human Nature, Mating Strategies, and Social Behavior

by Devon Kade ...

Narrated by Digital Voice DO E ...

Series Audiobook 13 - Psychology Summit Collection
Unabridged

8 hours 35 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.YOU ARE RUNNING 200,000-YEAR-OLD SOFTWARE IN A 21ST-CENTURY WORLD.Why do you crave sugar even when you’re full? Why does a rejection on a dating app feel like a physical blow? Why do we gossip, worry about status, and divide the world into "us" vs. "them"?We like to believe we are rational beings in full control of our choices. But beneath the surface ... Read more

$18.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.YOU ARE RUNNING 200,000-YEAR-OLD SOFTWARE IN A 21ST-CENTURY WORLD.Why do you crave sugar even when you’re full? Why does a rejection on a dating app feel like a physical blow? Why do we gossip, worry about status, and divide the world into "us" vs. "them"?We like to believe we are rational beings in full control of our choices. But beneath the surface
... Read more
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The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt

by Josh Smith, William Nothdurft ...

Narrated by Michael C. Hall ...

Abridged

5 hours 58 min

The date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a long trek across the bleak plateau of the western desert of Egypt. The scientist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, hopes to find fossil evidence of early mammals. In this, he will be disappointed ... Read more

$17.96 CAD

The date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a long trek across the bleak plateau of the western desert of Egypt. The scientist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, hopes to find fossil evidence of early mammals. In this, he will be disappointed
... Read more
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Life Finds a Way

What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity

by Andreas Wagner ...

Narrated by Alex Hyde-White ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For ... Read more

$29.69 CAD

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For
... Read more
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Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love

by Elizabeth A. Johnson ...

Narrated by Katherine Fenton ...

Unabridged

15 hours 34 min

Bloomsbury presents Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Elizabeth A. Johnson, read by Katherine FentonFor millennia plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right.Focused on the human dilemma of sin and redemptive grace, theology has considered the doctrine of creation to be mainly an overture to the main ... Read more

$24.30 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Elizabeth A. Johnson, read by Katherine FentonFor millennia plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right.Focused on the human dilemma of sin and redemptive grace, theology has considered the doctrine of creation to be mainly an overture to the main
... Read more
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Dinosaur in a Haystack

Reflections in Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrated by Meredith MacRae, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ...

Unabridged

18 hours 20 min

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called "The View of Life" for Natural History magazine. More than thirty entries from that column comprise this collection, which covers topics from dinosaurs to baseball and nearly everything in between related to natural history and evolution. Among the essays included here are "A Humongous Fungus among Us," "The ... Read more

$50.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called "The View of Life" for Natural History magazine. More than thirty entries from that column comprise this collection, which covers topics from dinosaurs to baseball and nearly everything in between related to natural history and evolution. Among the essays included here are "A Humongous Fungus among Us," "The
... Read more
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Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms

Essays on Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrated by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ...

Unabridged

12 hours 43 min

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called "The View of Life" for Natural History magazine. More than twenty entries from that column comprise this collection, which includes such essays as "Boyle's Law and Darwin's Details," "Brotherhood by Inversion (or, As the Worm Turns)," "Darwin's American Soulmate," "The Diet of Worms and Defenestration of Prague ... Read more

$50.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called "The View of Life" for Natural History magazine. More than twenty entries from that column comprise this collection, which includes such essays as "Boyle's Law and Darwin's Details," "Brotherhood by Inversion (or, As the Worm Turns)," "Darwin's American Soulmate," "The Diet of Worms and Defenestration of Prague
... Read more
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Rocks of Ages

Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life

by Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrated by Richard McGonagle ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

Since the Renaissance, people have been plagued by the tense battle between science and religion. Revered evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould suggests instead of choosing between the two, why not opt for a golden mean that accords dignity and distinction to each realm? With intelligence and clarity, Gould renders the complex simple and sheds new light on this dilemma, mending the seeming split between ... Read more

$35.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Since the Renaissance, people have been plagued by the tense battle between science and religion. Revered evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould suggests instead of choosing between the two, why not opt for a golden mean that accords dignity and distinction to each realm? With intelligence and clarity, Gould renders the complex simple and sheds new light on this dilemma, mending the seeming split between
... Read more
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Les douze clefs de la philosophie

by Basile Valentin ...

Narrated by Nicola Charbono ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Plongez dans l'univers mystérieux de l'alchimie avec "Les douze clefs de la philosophie" de Basile Valentin. Ce texte énigmatique du XVIe siècle vous invite à explorer les secrets anciens et les symboles cryptiques qui ont fasciné les esprits curieux à travers les âges. Chaque clef ouvre une porte vers une compréhension plus profonde des mystères de la transformation et de la quête de la pierre ... Read more

$6.29 CAD

Plongez dans l'univers mystérieux de l'alchimie avec "Les douze clefs de la philosophie" de Basile Valentin. Ce texte énigmatique du XVIe siècle vous invite à explorer les secrets anciens et les symboles cryptiques qui ont fasciné les esprits curieux à travers les âges. Chaque clef ouvre une porte vers une compréhension plus profonde des mystères de la transformation et de la quête de la pierre
... Read more
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Exercised

Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

by Daniel E. Lieberman ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

13 hours 13 min

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling ... Read more

$26.55 CAD

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling
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Arrival the Fittest

Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle

by Andreas Wagner ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

“Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature’s many innovations—some uncannily perfect—call for natural principles that accelerate life’s ability to innovate, its innovability.”Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved over time. But the biggest mystery about evolution eluded him. As genetics pioneer Hugo de Vries put it, ... Read more

$35.34 CAD

“Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature’s many innovations—some uncannily perfect—call for natural principles that accelerate life’s ability to innovate, its innovability.”Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved over time. But the biggest mystery about evolution eluded him. As genetics pioneer Hugo de Vries put it,
... Read more
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Ловушка эволюции. Почему наше тело болит

by Алекс Беззеридес ...

Narrated by Михаил Нордшир ...

Series series Науки о Земле и космосе (Лёд)
Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

Эта книга не собирается внушать вам чувство вины. Здесь не будут обсуждаться атеросклероз, легочные заболевания или кариес. Автор и не думает придираться к вашей диете и тому, как много вы занимаетесь спортом. Алекс Беззеридес объясняет биологические несовершенства человека, которые возникли в ходе эволюции и теперь так предсказуемо нас подводят. Автор расскажет о природе кривых зубов, плохого ... Read more

$19.09 CAD

Эта книга не собирается внушать вам чувство вины. Здесь не будут обсуждаться атеросклероз, легочные заболевания или кариес. Автор и не думает придираться к вашей диете и тому, как много вы занимаетесь спортом. Алекс Беззеридес объясняет биологические несовершенства человека, которые возникли в ходе эволюции и теперь так предсказуемо нас подводят. Автор расскажет о природе кривых зубов, плохого
... Read more
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Life is Inevitable

Death is just life, reshaped

by Eduardo Cruz Cabrera ...

Narrated by AI-generated male voice ...

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

What if death weren’t the end—but merely a change of form?An intimate conversation about death, transformation… and the mystery of continued existence.This book doesn’t try to convert you with religion or overwhelm you with science. It’s a direct, warm, and deeply human reflection on what it truly means to die… and to keep on existing.From the mites that feed on your skin to the stars that shaped ... Read more

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What if death weren’t the end—but merely a change of form?An intimate conversation about death, transformation… and the mystery of continued existence.This book doesn’t try to convert you with religion or overwhelm you with science. It’s a direct, warm, and deeply human reflection on what it truly means to die… and to keep on existing.From the mites that feed on your skin to the stars that shaped
... Read more
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Be Less Human

Merge with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

by José Peña Coto ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 48 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Preserving our current human form is to condemn ourselves to extinction."TECHNOLOGY IS THE NEXT EVOLUTIONARY STEP.Do not be left behind. Adapt.Humans must integrate with artificial intelligence to overcome their biological limitations and ensure their survival in a solar system that has numbered days.Accept the invitation to be part of the avant-garde ... Read more

$12.62 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Preserving our current human form is to condemn ourselves to extinction."TECHNOLOGY IS THE NEXT EVOLUTIONARY STEP.Do not be left behind. Adapt.Humans must integrate with artificial intelligence to overcome their biological limitations and ensure their survival in a solar system that has numbered days.Accept the invitation to be part of the avant-garde
... Read more
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Forgiving Humanity

How the Most Innovative Species Became the Most Dangerous - The Curse of Exponential Change

by Peter Russell ...

Narrated by Peter Russell ...

Unabridged

1 hour 46 min

Why has the most innovative of species become so dangerous? The answer, suggests Peter Russell, lies in humanity’s accelerating pace of development. He shows how innovation breeds further innovation—a positive feedback loop leading to exponential rates of change. But our minds cannot grasp the full implications of exponential growth. We think more in terms of linear change, leading to a blind spot ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Why has the most innovative of species become so dangerous? The answer, suggests Peter Russell, lies in humanity’s accelerating pace of development. He shows how innovation breeds further innovation—a positive feedback loop leading to exponential rates of change. But our minds cannot grasp the full implications of exponential growth. We think more in terms of linear change, leading to a blind spot
... Read more
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کتاب ژنتیک مردگان

یک خیالپردازی داروینی

by MalihehEftekhari, MehdiShafa, RayhanehAsadi ...

Narrated by Maliheh Eftekhari ...

Unabridged

13 hours 17 min

از زیستشناسی نامدار و نویسندهای پرفروش، نگاهی نو به موجودات زنده: خواندن آنها همچون اسنادی که جهانهای کهن را توصیف میکنندمارمولکی با استتاری شگفتانگیز، چشماندازی خشک و سنگلاخی از بیابانهای باستانی را بر پوست خود «نقاشی کرده است»؛ نقشی که گویی شرح زیستگاه نیاکانش در گذشتههای دور است. این توصیفها فقط به سطح پوست محدود نمیشوند، بلکه تا ژرفای کل تار و پود جانور نفوذ کردهانددر این جستار بنیادین دربارۀ ... Read more

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از زیستشناسی نامدار و نویسندهای پرفروش، نگاهی نو به موجودات زنده: خواندن آنها همچون اسنادی که جهانهای کهن را توصیف میکنندمارمولکی با استتاری شگفتانگیز، چشماندازی خشک و سنگلاخی از بیابانهای باستانی را بر پوست خود «نقاشی کرده است»؛ نقشی که گویی شرح زیستگاه نیاکانش در گذشتههای دور است. این توصیفها فقط به سطح پوست محدود نمیشوند، بلکه تا ژرفای کل تار و پود جانور نفوذ کردهانددر این جستار بنیادین دربارۀ
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