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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

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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
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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs

An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

by Riley Black ...

Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

Unabridged

8 hours 53 min

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks listeners through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life’s losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks listeners through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life’s losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the
... Read more
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Epic Earth

A Wild Ride through the History of Life on Our Planet

by Lindsay Nikole ...

Narrated by Lindsay Nikole ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

Hold on tight for a bold and epically fascinating journey through time packed with bizarre creatures, jaw-dropping facts, and all the chaotic drama Earth has to offer.Known for turning TikTok and YouTube into her own digital science classroom, viral content creator Lindsay Nikole brings her signature energy and storytelling to Epic Earth—a book that transforms 4.6 billion years of history—from the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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Hold on tight for a bold and epically fascinating journey through time packed with bizarre creatures, jaw-dropping facts, and all the chaotic drama Earth has to offer.Known for turning TikTok and YouTube into her own digital science classroom, viral content creator Lindsay Nikole brings her signature energy and storytelling to Epic Earth—a book that transforms 4.6 billion years of history—from the
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50 Great Myths of Human Evolution

Understanding Misconceptions about Our Origins

by John H. Relethford ...

Narrated by Steven Menasche ...

Unabridged

14 hours 11 min

50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers, listeners and students.Examines intriguing—yet widely misunderstood—topics, from general ideas about evolution and human origins to the evolution of modern humans and recent trends in the fieldDescribes what fossils, ... Read more

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50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers, listeners and students.Examines intriguing—yet widely misunderstood—topics, from general ideas about evolution and human origins to the evolution of modern humans and recent trends in the fieldDescribes what fossils,
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Sleeping Beauties

The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture

by Andreas Wagner ...

Narrated by Ulf Bjorklund ...

Unabridged

7 hours 41 min

Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species—but there's a catch.Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these 'sleeping beauties' crop up everywhere. But why?Looking at the book of life, from apex predators to keystone crops, ... Read more

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Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species—but there's a catch.Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these 'sleeping beauties' crop up everywhere. But why?Looking at the book of life, from apex predators to keystone crops,
... Read more
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The Last Lost World

Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene

by Lydia V. Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural ideaThe Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions—of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths, and not least early species of Homo. It’s the world that created ours.But outside that environmental story there ... Read more

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An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural ideaThe Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions—of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths, and not least early species of Homo. It’s the world that created ours.But outside that environmental story there
... Read more
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Sharks: The Ancient Predators That Outlived the Dinosaurs

by Edward Holm ...

Narrated by Edward Holm ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Uncover the ultimate natural history survival story as ancient apex predators outlasted cataclysms to rule our oceans. Perfect for an educational commute, this immersive exploration brings you face-to-face with marine biology's most misunderstood survivors. Trade fear for fascination as you travel four hundred million years into the deep time of our ancient seas.Feel the tension of modern ... Read more

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Uncover the ultimate natural history survival story as ancient apex predators outlasted cataclysms to rule our oceans. Perfect for an educational commute, this immersive exploration brings you face-to-face with marine biology's most misunderstood survivors. Trade fear for fascination as you travel four hundred million years into the deep time of our ancient seas.Feel the tension of modern
... Read more
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How To Keep Dinosaurs

The perfect mix of humour and science

by Robert Mash ...

Narrated by Neil Gardner ...

Unabridged

5 hours

Perfect Christmas gift for any dinosaur enthusiast!'Who could resist a handbook about potential pets that has a little symbol for "likes children" and a separate one for "likes children to eat"... wonderful' GUARDIANHollywood and the popular press would have us believe that all dinosaurs are gigantic, hostile and untameable. In fact, there are many species that make charming and even useful ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Perfect Christmas gift for any dinosaur enthusiast!'Who could resist a handbook about potential pets that has a little symbol for "likes children" and a separate one for "likes children to eat"... wonderful' GUARDIANHollywood and the popular press would have us believe that all dinosaurs are gigantic, hostile and untameable. In fact, there are many species that make charming and even useful
... Read more
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The Animals Among Us

How Pets Make Us Human

by John Bradshaw ...

Narrated by Graeme Malcolm ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

A leading anthrozoologist and the bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why we are so drawn to pets.Historically, we relied on our pets to herd livestock, guard homes, and catch pests. But most of us don't need animals to do these things anymore. Pets have never been less necessary. And yet, pet ownership has never been more common than it is today: half of American households ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

A leading anthrozoologist and the bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why we are so drawn to pets.Historically, we relied on our pets to herd livestock, guard homes, and catch pests. But most of us don't need animals to do these things anymore. Pets have never been less necessary. And yet, pet ownership has never been more common than it is today: half of American households
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Creazione Ed Evoluzione

Un Confronto Fra Evoluzionismo Teista, Darwinismo Casualista E Creazionismo - Saggio

by Guido Pagliarino ...

Narrated by Patrizia Barrera ...

Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

Saggio che tratta temi temi legati all’evoluzionismo, relativamente al quale prosperano pregiudizi e imprecisioni come, ad esempio, l'idea che i termini “evoluzionismo” e “darwinismo” siano sinonimi. Le teorie evoluzioniste sono in realtà molteplici. Nel saggio l'autore parla, fra l’altro, del significato del termine caso, fa presente che a base della ricerca scientifica c'è sempre una posizione ... Read more

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Saggio che tratta temi temi legati all’evoluzionismo, relativamente al quale prosperano pregiudizi e imprecisioni come, ad esempio, l'idea che i termini “evoluzionismo” e “darwinismo” siano sinonimi. Le teorie evoluzioniste sono in realtà molteplici. Nel saggio l'autore parla, fra l’altro, del significato del termine caso, fa presente che a base della ricerca scientifica c'è sempre una posizione
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What If the Dinosaurs Never Went Extinct?

An Exploration of Alternative Evolutionary Timelines

by Viruti Shivan ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series series WHAT IF SERIES
Unabridged

26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.An Exploration of Alternative Evolutionary TimelinesWhat if the mighty dinosaurs never disappeared? What would our world look like today? A Prehistoric Persistence provides an exhilarating deep-dive into these tantalizing questions. The book presents scientifically grounded theories intriguing possibilities and explores potential evolutionary scenarios ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.An Exploration of Alternative Evolutionary TimelinesWhat if the mighty dinosaurs never disappeared? What would our world look like today? A Prehistoric Persistence provides an exhilarating deep-dive into these tantalizing questions. The book presents scientifically grounded theories intriguing possibilities and explores potential evolutionary scenarios
... Read more
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Pure Human

The Hidden Truth of Our Divinity, Power, and Destiny

by Gregg Braden ...

Narrated by Gregg Braden ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

In an age where new technologies such as AI threaten to supplant human intelligence, award-winning scientist Gregg Braden explores how the qualities that make us human—emotional intelligence, intuition, compassion, and creativity—may be the most powerful technologies of all.There are rare moments in time when we make choices that irreversibly change the world, and our lives, forever. This is one ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

In an age where new technologies such as AI threaten to supplant human intelligence, award-winning scientist Gregg Braden explores how the qualities that make us human—emotional intelligence, intuition, compassion, and creativity—may be the most powerful technologies of all.There are rare moments in time when we make choices that irreversibly change the world, and our lives, forever. This is one
... Read more
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The Human Instinct

How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will

by Kenneth R. Miller ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

From one of America’s best-known biologists, a revolutionary new way of thinking about evolution that shows “why, in light of our origins, humans are still special” (Edward J. Larson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evolution).Once we had a special place in the hierarchy of life on Earth—a place confirmed by the literature and traditions of every human tribe. But then the theory of evolution ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From one of America’s best-known biologists, a revolutionary new way of thinking about evolution that shows “why, in light of our origins, humans are still special” (Edward J. Larson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evolution).Once we had a special place in the hierarchy of life on Earth—a place confirmed by the literature and traditions of every human tribe. But then the theory of evolution
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Путеводитель зоолога по Галактике: Что земные животные могут рассказать об инопланетянах – и о нас самих

by Арик Кершенбаум, Арик Кершенбаум ...

Narrated by Роман Рассказов ...

Unabridged

13 hours 50 min

Наши представления об инопланетянах как о необычной форме жизни зачастую основаны на зрелищных голливудских фильмах и фантастических рассказах. Однако биологические законы, действующие на нашей планете, работают во всех уголках Вселенной. Опираясь на свои профессиональные знания, наблюдения за животными и дарвиновскую теорию эволюции, зоолог Арик Кершенбаум рассказывает о том, какие черты, ... Read more

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Наши представления об инопланетянах как о необычной форме жизни зачастую основаны на зрелищных голливудских фильмах и фантастических рассказах. Однако биологические законы, действующие на нашей планете, работают во всех уголках Вселенной. Опираясь на свои профессиональные знания, наблюдения за животными и дарвиновскую теорию эволюции, зоолог Арик Кершенбаум рассказывает о том, какие черты,
... Read more
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Saber-Toothed Tigers: The History and Legacy of the Most Famous Extinct Cat Species

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Daniel Houle ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Saber-toothed tigers were arguably the most fabled of all the Ice Age creatures. The fearsome beast has earned itself quite the reputation, and it has been referenced to, appeared in, and inspired unique characters in endless books, films, comics, and other pop culture mediums. For example, Marvel's Victor Creed, otherwise known as “Sabretooth,” is most known as Wolverine's nemesis, and he’s ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Saber-toothed tigers were arguably the most fabled of all the Ice Age creatures. The fearsome beast has earned itself quite the reputation, and it has been referenced to, appeared in, and inspired unique characters in endless books, films, comics, and other pop culture mediums. For example, Marvel's Victor Creed, otherwise known as “Sabretooth,” is most known as Wolverine's nemesis, and he’s
... Read more
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The Language of Butterflies

How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect

by Wendy Williams ...

Narrated by Angela Brazil ...

Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

In this “deeply personal and lyrical book” (Publishers Weekly) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world’s most resilient creatures—the butterfly—shedding light on the role that they play in our ecosystem and in our human lives.“[A] glorious and exuberant celebration of these biological flying machines…Williams takes us on a ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

In this “deeply personal and lyrical book” (Publishers Weekly) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world’s most resilient creatures—the butterfly—shedding light on the role that they play in our ecosystem and in our human lives.“[A] glorious and exuberant celebration of these biological flying machines…Williams takes us on a
... Read more
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Performance All the Way Down

Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference

by Richard O. Prum ...

Narrated by Graham Winton ...

Unabridged

13 hours 56 min

The idea that gender is a performance—a tenet of queer feminist theory since the 1990s—has spread from college classrooms to popular culture. In Performance All the Way Down, MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard O. Prum brings gender performativity into conversation with genetics, development, and evolutionary biology, arguing that the sexual binary is not essential to human genes, ... Read more

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The idea that gender is a performance—a tenet of queer feminist theory since the 1990s—has spread from college classrooms to popular culture. In Performance All the Way Down, MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard O. Prum brings gender performativity into conversation with genetics, development, and evolutionary biology, arguing that the sexual binary is not essential to human genes,
... Read more
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How Religion Evolved

And Why It Endures

by Robin Dunbar ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

8 hours 4 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Religion is both unique - as far as we can judge - and universal to humans. Our species diverged from the great apes about six to eight million years ago and since then, along with language, our propensity towards spiritual thinking and ritual emerged. How, when and why did this occur, and how did the earliest, informal shamanic practices evolve into the world religions ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.Religion is both unique - as far as we can judge - and universal to humans. Our species diverged from the great apes about six to eight million years ago and since then, along with language, our propensity towards spiritual thinking and ritual emerged. How, when and why did this occur, and how did the earliest, informal shamanic practices evolve into the world religions
... Read more
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Human Evolution

A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition

by Bernard Wood ...

Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, whilst revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations.In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the ... Read more

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The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, whilst revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations.In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the
... Read more
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Inferior

How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story

by Angela Saini ...

Narrated by Hannah Melbourn ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knewFor hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for decades, ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knewFor hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for decades,
... Read more
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What If Our Bodies Kept Evolving? - For Sleep

by What If For Sleep ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Chris E ...

Unabridged

36 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if human evolution accelerated to match modern environmental pressures? This biological exploration envisions rapid adaptations to screen-dominated lives, sedentary work, and urban environments. Eyes develop adjustable corneas and tetrachromatic vision for digital displays. Spines add vertebrae for sitting tolerance. Hands gain enhanced dexterity ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if human evolution accelerated to match modern environmental pressures? This biological exploration envisions rapid adaptations to screen-dominated lives, sedentary work, and urban environments. Eyes develop adjustable corneas and tetrachromatic vision for digital displays. Spines add vertebrae for sitting tolerance. Hands gain enhanced dexterity
... Read more
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ...

Narrated by Ann Druyan, Nick Sagan, Clinnette Minnis ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics--are rooted in the deep ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics--are rooted in the deep
... Read more
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The Invaders

How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

by Pat Shipman ...

Narrated by Donna Postel ...

Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe—descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were identified in 1856 ... Read more

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Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe—descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were identified in 1856
... Read more
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Origin of Language

How We Learned to Speak and Why

by Madeleine Beekman ...

Narrated by Cat Gould ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care for our children.Journeying to the dawn of Homo sapiens, evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman reveals the “happy accidents” hidden in our molecular biology—DNA, chromosomes, and proteins—that ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care for our children.Journeying to the dawn of Homo sapiens, evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman reveals the “happy accidents” hidden in our molecular biology—DNA, chromosomes, and proteins—that
... Read more

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