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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

by John Green ...

Narrated by John Green ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun ... Read more

$15.00 USD

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun
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Pandemic

Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

by Sonia Shah ...

Narrated by Sonia Shah ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

From the author of The Fever, a wide-ranging inquiry into the origins of pandemicsInterweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origin of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera--one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens--and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today, from Ebola and avian influenza to drug-resistant ... Read more

$20.00 USD

From the author of The Fever, a wide-ranging inquiry into the origins of pandemicsInterweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origin of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera--one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens--and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today, from Ebola and avian influenza to drug-resistant
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Air-Borne

The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe

by Carl Zimmer ...

Narrated by Joe Ochman ...

Unabridged

15 hours 52 min

**One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2025The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down**Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great biological frontier remains ... Read more

$27.00 USD

**One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2025The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down**Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great biological frontier remains
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Plagues upon the Earth

Disease and the Course of Human History

by Kyle Harper ...

Narrated by Tim Fannon ...

Unabridged

19 hours 47 min

A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in ourevolutionary past, and why its growth is acceleratedby ... Read more

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A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in ourevolutionary past, and why its growth is acceleratedby
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The Great Shadow

A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy

by Susan Wise Bauer ...

Narrated by Jennifer Pickens ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."―Library Journal, starred"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."―KirkusAnti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be... ... Read more

$26.99 USD

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."―Library Journal, starred"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."―KirkusAnti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be...
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Epidemics and Society

From the Black Death to the Present

by Frank M. Snowden ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

23 hours 34 min

A "brilliant and sobering" (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on 60 MinutesThe World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreakThis sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A "brilliant and sobering" (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on 60 MinutesThe World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreakThis sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface
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Crypt

Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond

by Alice Roberts ...

Narrated by Alice Roberts ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R... ... Read more

$23.99 USD

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R...
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Endemic

A Post-Pandemic Playbook

by Monica Gandhi, M.D. ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

4 hours 14 min

A Blueprint for Navigating Future Pandemics: Embrace an Endemic RealityDiscover a roadmap to coexisting with new respiratory diseases and their variants using reason, science, courage, and compassion. This approach acknowledges that eradicating these viruses may be challenging, but controlling them is possible. By utilizing existing tools, we can coexist with these viruses without disrupting ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A Blueprint for Navigating Future Pandemics: Embrace an Endemic RealityDiscover a roadmap to coexisting with new respiratory diseases and their variants using reason, science, courage, and compassion. This approach acknowledges that eradicating these viruses may be challenging, but controlling them is possible. By utilizing existing tools, we can coexist with these viruses without disrupting
... Read more
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Viruses, Plagues, and History

Past, Present, and Future

by Michael B. A. Oldstone ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses.Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses.Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by
... Read more
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After Life

A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America

Narrated by LaNecia Edmonds, Leon Nixon, Eric Jason Martin, David Lee Huynh, Kim Ramirez, Rebecca Mitchell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 9 min

After Life is a collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and the near presidential coup in 2021 following the 2020 election. Inspired by the writers who documented American life during the Great Depression and World War II for the Works Progress Administration ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

After Life is a collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and the near presidential coup in 2021 following the 2020 election. Inspired by the writers who documented American life during the Great Depression and World War II for the Works Progress Administration
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Necropolis

Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom

by Kathryn Olivarius ...

Narrated by Janet Metzger ...

Unabridged

13 hours 51 min

Antebellum New Orleans sat at the heart of America's slave and cotton kingdoms. It was also where yellow fever epidemics killed as many as 150,000 people during the nineteenth century. With little understanding of mosquito-borne viruses, a person's only protection against the scourge was to "get acclimated" by surviving the disease. About half of those who contracted yellow fever died.Repeated ... Read more

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Antebellum New Orleans sat at the heart of America's slave and cotton kingdoms. It was also where yellow fever epidemics killed as many as 150,000 people during the nineteenth century. With little understanding of mosquito-borne viruses, a person's only protection against the scourge was to "get acclimated" by surviving the disease. About half of those who contracted yellow fever died.Repeated
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The Long COVID Survival Guide

How to Take Care of Yourself and What Comes Next Stories and Advice from Twenty Long-Haulers and Experts

by Dr. Akiko Iwasaki ...

Narrated by Lisa Reneé Pitts, Sara Sheckells ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

The first patient-to-patient guide for people living with Long COVID—with expert advice and an afterword by the leading research scientistFor people living with Long COVID, navigating the uncharted territory of this new chronic illness can be challenging. With over two hundred unique symptoms, and with doctors continuing to work toward a cure, people experiencing Long COVID are often left with ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The first patient-to-patient guide for people living with Long COVID—with expert advice and an afterword by the leading research scientistFor people living with Long COVID, navigating the uncharted territory of this new chronic illness can be challenging. With over two hundred unique symptoms, and with doctors continuing to work toward a cure, people experiencing Long COVID are often left with
... Read more
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The Pandemic Century

One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris

by Mark Honigsbaum ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

13 hours 40 min

Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From the Spanish flu to the 1924 outbreak of pneumonic plague in Los Angeles to the 1930 "parrot fever" pandemic, ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From the Spanish flu to the 1924 outbreak of pneumonic plague in Los Angeles to the 1930 "parrot fever" pandemic,
... Read more
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American Pandemic

The Lost Worlds Of The 1918 Influenza Epidemic

by Nancy Bristow ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Unabridged

12 hours 35 min

Between the years 1918 and 1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past.American Pandemic offers a much-needed corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak. It ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Between the years 1918 and 1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past.American Pandemic offers a much-needed corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak. It
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Pandemic Origins

Tracing the Path of COVID-19 Through Science, Politics, and Ethics

by Quinn Silver ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In Pandemic Origins, readers embark on an eye-opening journey into the origins of COVID-19, exploring the complex history, theories, and scientific investigations surrounding this global crisis. From initial pandemic responses to the intricacies of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, this book delves into both natural and lab-leak theories, offering a ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In Pandemic Origins, readers embark on an eye-opening journey into the origins of COVID-19, exploring the complex history, theories, and scientific investigations surrounding this global crisis. From initial pandemic responses to the intricacies of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, this book delves into both natural and lab-leak theories, offering a
... Read more
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Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World

by Irwin W. Sherman ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 43 min

This book covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.● Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization.● Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.● Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.● Makes clear the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This book covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.● Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization.● Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.● Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.● Makes clear the
... Read more
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Infectious Diseases: A Guided Tour of Viruses, Bacteria, and Outbreaks—and How We Detect, Treat, and Prevent Them

by Sophie van den Berg ...

Narrated by Sophie van den Berg ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

Master the unseen biology of viruses and bacteria to protect your immune health during unpredictable global outbreaks. Perfect for a focused morning commute or late-night study session, this reassuring journey translates complex medical science into engrossing everyday knowledge. You will navigate the invisible battleground of infectious pathogens without the heavy academic jargon.Whether you are ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master the unseen biology of viruses and bacteria to protect your immune health during unpredictable global outbreaks. Perfect for a focused morning commute or late-night study session, this reassuring journey translates complex medical science into engrossing everyday knowledge. You will navigate the invisible battleground of infectious pathogens without the heavy academic jargon.Whether you are
... Read more
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Scourge

The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox

by Jonathan B. Tucker ...

Narrated by John Lescault ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it
... Read more
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Disease & History

From Ancient Times to Covid-19

by Frederick F. Cartwright, Michael Biddiss ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

Arising from collaboration between a doctor and a historian, Disease and History offers the general listener a wide-ranging and accessible account of the ways in which disease has left its dramatic mark on the past.It discusses the impact made by bubonic plague and other infections upon the ancient and medieval worlds; the likely role of syphilis in the careers of Henry VIII and Ivan the Terrible; ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Arising from collaboration between a doctor and a historian, Disease and History offers the general listener a wide-ranging and accessible account of the ways in which disease has left its dramatic mark on the past.It discusses the impact made by bubonic plague and other infections upon the ancient and medieval worlds; the likely role of syphilis in the careers of Henry VIII and Ivan the Terrible;
... Read more
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The Lassa Ward

One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases

by Ross I. Donaldson, MD, MPH ...

Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

Ross Donaldson is one of just a few who have ventured into dark territory of a country ravaged by war to study one of the world's most deadly diseases. As an untried medical student studying the intersection of global health and communicable disease, Donaldson soon found himself in dangerous Sierra Leone, on the border of war-struck Liberia, where he struggled to control the spread of Lassa Fever. ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Ross Donaldson is one of just a few who have ventured into dark territory of a country ravaged by war to study one of the world's most deadly diseases. As an untried medical student studying the intersection of global health and communicable disease, Donaldson soon found himself in dangerous Sierra Leone, on the border of war-struck Liberia, where he struggled to control the spread of Lassa Fever.
... Read more
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Contagio

La evolución de las pandemias

by David Quammen ...

Narrated by Sebastián Rosas ...

Unabridged

22 hours 51 min

«Deslumbrante Quammen: desvela lo que nos hace vivir y lo que nos mata con pasión, humor y conocimiento.»Daniel Arjona, El confidencialEL LIBRO INTERNACIONAL DE REFERENCIA DURANTE LA CUARENTENA.Desde hace años, para los expertos y cualquier persona informada, el estallido de la siguiente pandemia era una cuestión de tiempo, y su origen, evidente: un virus latente en animales que diera el salto al ... Read more

$23.99 USD

«Deslumbrante Quammen: desvela lo que nos hace vivir y lo que nos mata con pasión, humor y conocimiento.»Daniel Arjona, El confidencialEL LIBRO INTERNACIONAL DE REFERENCIA DURANTE LA CUARENTENA.Desde hace años, para los expertos y cualquier persona informada, el estallido de la siguiente pandemia era una cuestión de tiempo, y su origen, evidente: un virus latente en animales que diera el salto al
... Read more
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The End of Violence

A Prescription for a Peaceful Society

by Dr. Gary Slutkin, MD ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

A paradigm-shifting new approach to ending the epidemic of violence in our lifetime, using the same epidemic control playbook that has rid the world of other contagious diseases.“Leads us down an entirely new path to a world beyond violence” —Nicholas KristoffViolence is often described as a social issue, a moral failing, or a universal human instinct. But in fact, argues epidemiologist and ... Read more

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A paradigm-shifting new approach to ending the epidemic of violence in our lifetime, using the same epidemic control playbook that has rid the world of other contagious diseases.“Leads us down an entirely new path to a world beyond violence” —Nicholas KristoffViolence is often described as a social issue, a moral failing, or a universal human instinct. But in fact, argues epidemiologist and
... Read more
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Taking Immunizations Safely

Understanding vaccines and immunizations, and how the body responds to them

by Kerri Ryan ...

Narrated by Michael Smith ...

Unabridged

37 min

Mandatory vaccines are nothing new, we all had to line up for polio shots, MMR shots, and a host of other vaccines before we were allowed to go to school, and with good reason. However, the Mandatory COVID shots and boosters do not fit into this category. They were not properly vetted, and we are now seeing many cases where they did more harm than good.Viruses are living things that mutate and ... Read more

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Mandatory vaccines are nothing new, we all had to line up for polio shots, MMR shots, and a host of other vaccines before we were allowed to go to school, and with good reason. However, the Mandatory COVID shots and boosters do not fit into this category. They were not properly vetted, and we are now seeing many cases where they did more harm than good.Viruses are living things that mutate and
... Read more
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Immune Resilience

The Breakthrough Plan to Protect Your Body and Fight Disease

by Romilly Hodges ...

Narrated by Romilly Hodges ...

Unabridged

13 hours 39 min

A sweeping look at the complexity of our immune system, with a natural, science-based program to help protect against viruses and other pathogens.Some people can fight off infections relatively easily, with minor symptoms, while others suffer severely. But these outcomes—and our immune responses against them—aren’t fixed; we can build immune resilience.But how? The answer goes beyond popping ... Read more

$22.50 USD

A sweeping look at the complexity of our immune system, with a natural, science-based program to help protect against viruses and other pathogens.Some people can fight off infections relatively easily, with minor symptoms, while others suffer severely. But these outcomes—and our immune responses against them—aren’t fixed; we can build immune resilience.But how? The answer goes beyond popping
... Read more

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