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The Last Doctor
By: Jean Marmoreo & Johanna Schneller
Narrated by: Jean Marmoreo & Eve Crawford
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY*
An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners.
Dr. Jean Marmoreo spent her career keeping people alive. But when... Read more
The Accidental Veterinarian
By: Philipp Schott
Narrated by: Tom Perkins
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
With insight and humor, Dr. Philipp Schott shares tales from the unlikely path he took into his career of veterinary science and anecdotes from his successful small-animal clinic. Dr. Schott brings to his writing the benefit of many years of expertise. Wisdom he imparts on listeners includes the best way to give your cat a pill, how to prevent... Read more
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Poisoned
By: Jeff Benedict
Narrated by: Jackie Sanders
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
From Jeff Benedict, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tiger Woods and The Dynasty, Poisoned chronicles the events surrounding the worst food-poisoning epidemic in US history: the deadly Jack in the Box E. coli infections in 1993.
On December 24, 1992, six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was hospitalized with... Read more
Vagina Obscura
By: Rachel E. Gross
Narrated by: Siho Ellsmore
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A scientific journey to the center of the new female body.
The Latin term for the female genitalia, pudendum, means “parts for which you should be ashamed.” Until 1651, ovaries were called female testicles. The fallopian tubes are named for a man. Named, claimed, and shamed: Welcome to the story of the female body, as penned by men.
Today, a new... Read more
The Emergency
By: Thomas Fisher
Narrated by: Thomas Fisher
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind
“Gripping . . . eloquent . . . This book reminds us how permanently interesting our bodies are,... Read more
The Other Dr. Gilmer
By: Benjamin Gilmer
Narrated by: Benjamin Gilmer
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “mesmerizing” (The New York Times Book Review) true story about a shocking crime and a mysterious illness that will forever change your notions of how we punish and how we heal—an expansion on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time
“A remarkable medical detective story–cum–memoir,... Read more
Cost of Living
By: Emily Maloney
Narrated by: Emily Maloney
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams in a collection of essays chronicling one woman’s experiences as both patient and caregiver, giving a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital bed.
What does it cost to live?
When we fall ill, our lives... Read more
Smile
By: Sarah Ruhl
Narrated by: Sarah Ruhl
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
* A People Best Book of the Year * Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List * Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence *
From the MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and playwright, this “captivating, insightful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is “a beautiful meditation on identity and how we... Read more
Everything I Have Is Yours
By: Eleanor Henderson
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Length: 12 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
"Vacker's insightful presentation introduces listeners to this debilitating disease and its effects on marriage and family." - AudioFile Magazine
From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson comes a turbulent love story meets harrowing medical mystery: the true story of the author’s twenty-year marriage defined by her husband’s... Read more
Couple Found Slain
By: Mikita Brottman
Narrated by: Christina Delaine & Mikita Brottman
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes an introduction read by the author.
“Mikita Brottman is one of today’s finest practitioners of nonfiction.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Critically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers literary true crime writing at its best, taking us into the life of a murderer after his conviction—when most stories... Read more
When Life Gives You Pears
By: Jeannie Gaffigan
Narrated by: Jeannie Gaffigan, Jim Gaffigan & Liz Noth
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor.
In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor.... Read more
A Terrible Thing to Waste
By: Harriet A. Washington
Narrated by: Ron Butler
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A "powerful and indispensable" look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism (Gerald Markowitz) -- and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.
Did you know...
Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of... Read more
What the Eyes Don't See
By: Mona Hanna-Attisha
Narrated by: Mona Hanna-Attisha
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power.
“Stirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that ‘the world . . . should be full of people raising their voices.’”—The New York Times
“Revealing, with the gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller.” —O: The... Read more
The Bright Hour
By: Nina Riggs
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
“Stunning…heartrending…this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.” —Nora Krug, The Washington Post
“Beautiful and haunting.” —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY
“Deeply affecting…simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.” —People (Book of the Week)
“Vivid, immediate.” —Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe
Starred... Read more
Life's Work
By: Dr. Willie Parker
Narrated by: Caz Harleaux
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
In this “vivid and companionable memoir of a remarkable life” (The New Yorker), an outspoken, Christian reproductive justice advocate and abortion provider reveals his personal and professional journeys in an effort to seize the moral high ground on the question of choice and reproductive justice.
Dr. Willie Parker grew up in the Deep South,... Read more
The Final Diagnosis
By: Cynric Temple-Camp
Narrated by: John Voce
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
The 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It is the 'why' that really gets people's interest ...
From a rare and deadly amniotic avalanche to a victim of roasted peanuts ... The bestselling author of The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead returns with more stranger-than-fiction stories of death, disease and murder - as well as... Read more
Beyond the Body Bully
By: Bev Aisbett & Dr Rebecca Reynolds
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Australia's bestselling anxiety and mental health author, Bev Aisbett, writing together with Rebecca Reynolds, returns with a new book on the inner Body Bully we all have in our heads. If we can improve the way we think about our bodies, that will in turn improve our lives.
Why do we hate our bodies so much? Why do we constantly criticise and... Read more
Your Postpartum Body
By: Ruth E. Macy, PT, DPT & Courtney Naliboff
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A comprehensive, one-of-a-kind, evidence-based handbook to support postpartum healing and recovery
Pregnancy may have left you feeling that there’s no way to fix common postpartum symptoms , such as pelvic floor issues, exhaustion, and burnout, and lactation woes. But that's simply not true. With this revolutionary resource in hand, you’ll learn... Read more
Lies I Taught in Medical School
By: Robert Lufkin MD
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Modern medicine is lying to you. Discover the true science behind chronic diseases—and implement an actionable plan to restore your health and longevity once and for all.For the first time in history, chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity plague our population on a global scale. From a seasoned physician, this... Read more
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Invisible Labor
By: Rachel Somerstein
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America—the cesarean section—and an exposé on the disturbing state of maternal medical careWhen Rachel Somerstein had an unplanned C-section with her first child, the experience was anything but the “routine” operation her doctor described. A series... Read more
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Comparative Mythology
By: Jaan Puhvel
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-European origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mythological, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on... Read more
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A Last Supper of Queer Apostles
By: Pedro Lemebel
Narrated by: Vico Ortiz, Idra Novey & Gwendolyn Harper
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A galvanizing look at life on the margins of society by a crowning figure of Latin America's queer counterculture who celebrated “melodrama, kitsch, extravagance, and vulgarity of all kinds” (Garth Greenwell) in playful, performative, linguistically inventive essays, now available in English for the first time
A Penguin Classic
“I speak from my... Read more
Never Better
By: Gonzalo Riedel
Narrated by: Kyle Snyder
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
His wife died before their second son turned one. How can he keep her memory alive when there's so much he wants to forget?
There was a time before his wife got sick when Gonzalo could think about other things. Where humor was more than a coping mechanism. Life wasn't all about treatments and recovery, or the emptiness he felt when she... Read more
The Power of Hormones
By: Max Nieuwdorp
Narrated by: Joe Eyre
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
'Every page of this book is fascinating, glorious, and profound. This is one of the great frontiers of science for our age'
Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure and The Secret Body
'Professor Max Nieuwdorp has written a delightfully readable book . . . A deep and fascinating look into a critical aspect of what makes us human and points... Read more