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Mortal Monarchs

1000 Years of Royal Deaths

de Suzie Edge ...

'A brilliant, funny and thought-provoking book' - Jonn Elledge'Compelling, provocative, and utterly brilliant' - Dr Estelle ParanqueTHIS PAPERBACK FEATURES ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH IIHow the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

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'A brilliant, funny and thought-provoking book' - Jonn Elledge'Compelling, provocative, and utterly brilliant' - Dr Estelle ParanqueTHIS PAPERBACK FEATURES ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH IIHow the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian
... Leer más

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Vital Organs

A History of the World's Most Famous Body Parts

de Suzie Edge ...

...a bracing adventure, and one where our ancestors are not reduced to characters of myth and legend, but real people of flesh and blood. It is through this most intimate dissection that the past is brought so vividly to life - The TelegraphIt's an incisive book (pun intended) that will leave you with a newfound appreciation of the vessel that carries you through life - Irish IndependentThe ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

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...a bracing adventure, and one where our ancestors are not reduced to characters of myth and legend, but real people of flesh and blood. It is through this most intimate dissection that the past is brought so vividly to life - The TelegraphIt's an incisive book (pun intended) that will leave you with a newfound appreciation of the vessel that carries you through life - Irish IndependentThe
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O kupie przez wieki. Smrodki historii. Tom 1

de Suzie Edge ...

Dowiedz się wszystkiego o przeszłości i poznaj jej najbardziej cuchnące sekrety!Czy wiesz, że czytanie opowieści o kupie może dostarczyć niesamowitej wiedzy? Tak, dobrze przeczytałeś! Przygotuj się na najbardziej ohydne fakty z NAJSMRODLIWSZYCH zakątków historii.Dzięki tej książce poznasz odpowiedzi na wiele intrygujących pytań, na przykład:Jak starożytni Rzymianie radzili sobie bez papieru ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Dowiedz się wszystkiego o przeszłości i poznaj jej najbardziej cuchnące sekrety!Czy wiesz, że czytanie opowieści o kupie może dostarczyć niesamowitej wiedzy? Tak, dobrze przeczytałeś! Przygotuj się na najbardziej ohydne fakty z NAJSMRODLIWSZYCH zakątków historii.Dzięki tej książce poznasz odpowiedzi na wiele intrygujących pytań, na przykład:Jak starożytni Rzymianie radzili sobie bez papieru
... Leer más
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Mortal Monarchs

1000 Years of Royal Deaths

de Suzie Edge ...

Narrado por Suzie Edge ...

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7 hora 47 minutos

A humorous deep-dive into the varied - and oft-gruesome - deaths of the King and Queens of England and Scotland.How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries, ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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A humorous deep-dive into the varied - and oft-gruesome - deaths of the King and Queens of England and Scotland.How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries,
... Leer más

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Vital Organs

A History of the World's Most Famous Body Parts

de Suzie Edge ...

Narrado por Suzie Edge ...

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6 hora 48 minutos

The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts.Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem.Queen Victoria's armpit led the development of antiseptics.Robert Jenkin's ear started a war.All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than real flesh and blood. These stories of bodies and its parts remind us that history's most-loved, a... ... Leer más

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The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts.Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem.Queen Victoria's armpit led the development of antiseptics.Robert Jenkin's ear started a war.All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than real flesh and blood. These stories of bodies and its parts remind us that history's most-loved, a...
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History Stinks!: Poo Through the Ages

de Suzie Edge ...

Narrado por Suzie Edge ...

Series Audiolibro 1 - History Stinks!
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2 hora 21 minutos

What's that smell? It's HISTORY - and it STINKS!Did you know that you can discover loads about history just from the loo? Or piles about the past just from a poo? If not, then get ready to discover everything from Henry VIII's dodgy diet and poo-tastic Roman plumbing, to the stinky secrets of Victorian sewers and how life, death and everything in between can hang on the humble number two.From ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

What's that smell? It's HISTORY - and it STINKS!Did you know that you can discover loads about history just from the loo? Or piles about the past just from a poo? If not, then get ready to discover everything from Henry VIII's dodgy diet and poo-tastic Roman plumbing, to the stinky secrets of Victorian sewers and how life, death and everything in between can hang on the humble number two.From
... Leer más

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Earthly Materials

Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

de Cutter Wood ...

Narrado por Josh Bloomberg ...

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10 hora 52 minutos

Bill Bryson’s The Body meets Mary Roach’s Gulp (with a dash of What’s Your Poo Telling You?)in this delightfully weird, richly informative, and unexpectedly lyrical tour of our bodily emissions—revealing that the very parts of us that we seek to hide in embarrassment are actually an essential part of human health, with fascinating social history.In biology class, we learn that the body is a ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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Bill Bryson’s The Body meets Mary Roach’s Gulp (with a dash of What’s Your Poo Telling You?)in this delightfully weird, richly informative, and unexpectedly lyrical tour of our bodily emissions—revealing that the very parts of us that we seek to hide in embarrassment are actually an essential part of human health, with fascinating social history.In biology class, we learn that the body is a
... Leer más

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Ask A Historian

50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Greg Jenner, Dan Schreiber, Janina Ramirez, Shappi Khorsandi ...

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11 hora 4 minutos

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through
... Leer más

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Empires of the Normans

Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia

de Levi Roach ...

Narrado por Luke Thompson ...

Completo

10 hora 4 minutos

A brilliant global history of the Normans, who—beyond the conquest of England—spread their empire to eventually dominate Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle EastFourteenth October 1066.As Harold II, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, lay dying in Sussex, the Duke of Normandy was celebrating an unlikely victory. William “The Bastard” had emerged from interloper to successor of the ... Leer más

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A brilliant global history of the Normans, who—beyond the conquest of England—spread their empire to eventually dominate Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle EastFourteenth October 1066.As Harold II, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, lay dying in Sussex, the Duke of Normandy was celebrating an unlikely victory. William “The Bastard” had emerged from interloper to successor of the
... Leer más
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What's Gotten Into You

The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner

de Dan Levitt ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain ...

Completo

12 hora 38 minutos

For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who we are.Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

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For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who we are.Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms
... Leer más

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Earthly Materials

Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

de Cutter Wood ...

An “UNEXPECTEDLY PROFOUND,” “DEEPLY STRANGE,” and “UTTERLY UNIQUE tour of the human body” (Publishers Weekly)"A must read for anyone who’s ever been amazed or aghast at what just came out." — Rachel Yoder, author of NightbitchTo live, our bodies must continuously shed materials. Stop urinating, stop defecating, stop expelling breath, and death is near. While we often think of these materials as ... Leer más

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An “UNEXPECTEDLY PROFOUND,” “DEEPLY STRANGE,” and “UTTERLY UNIQUE tour of the human body” (Publishers Weekly)"A must read for anyone who’s ever been amazed or aghast at what just came out." — Rachel Yoder, author of NightbitchTo live, our bodies must continuously shed materials. Stop urinating, stop defecating, stop expelling breath, and death is near. While we often think of these materials as
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
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Most Delicious Poison

The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices

de Noah Whiteman ...

Narrado por Noah Whiteman ...

Completo

11 hora 8 minutos

An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—to them, in this “magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force” (Neil Shubin).A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes.Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a ... Leer más

$42.99 USD

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An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—to them, in this “magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force” (Neil Shubin).A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes.Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a
... Leer más

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