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Oxford Handbook of Medical Education in Practice
edited by Gabrielle Finn, Helen Church, Megan Brown, Matthew Byrne, and Neel Sharma; read by Bruce Mann
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The Oxford Handbook of Medical Education is a practical, accessible guide on medical education for busy doctors and healthcare professionals. Tailored for medical practitioners at all levels who wish to engage in education but may lack the time or expertise for in-depth research, this handbook offers practical advice alongside case studies and scenarios based on experts' educational experiences. Learn More
Pan Am at War
by Mark Cotta Vaz & John H. Hill; read by Mike Chamberlain
Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. Learn More
The Pandemic Century
by Mark Honigsbaum; read by John Lee
A medical historian narrates the last century of scientific struggle against an enduring enemy: deadly contagious disease. Learn More
The Parrot and the Igloo
by David Lipsky; read by Mike Chamberlain
The New York Times bestselling author explores how "anti-science" became so virulent in American life―through a history of climate denial and its consequences. Learn More
Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic
by Richard A. McKay; read by Paul Woodson
The search for a "patient zero"—popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic—has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Yet the term itself did not exist before the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. How did this idea so swiftly come to exert such a strong grip on the scientific, media, and popular consciousness? Learn More
Permanent Present Tense
Suzanne Corkin; read by Pam Ward
The riveting story of the man who couldn’t remember: H. M., the famous brain-damaged patient whose case afforded untold advances in the study of memory. Learn More
Personality
by Daniel Nettle; read by Matthew Waterson
Written by Daniel Nettle—author of the popular book Happiness—this brief volume takes the listener on an exhilarating tour of what modern science can tell us about human personality. Learn More
The Petroleum Papers
by Geoff Dembicki; read by Steve Menasche
Burning fossil fuels will cause catastrophic global warming: this is what top American oil executives were told by scientists in 1959. But they ignored that warning. Instead, they developed one of the biggest, most polluting oil sources in the world―the oil sands in Alberta, Canada. As investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki reveals in this explosive book, the decades-long conspiracy to keep the oil sands flowing into the US would turn out to be one of the biggest reasons for the world's failure to stop the climate crisis. Learn More
The Philadelphia Chromosome
Jessica Wapner; read by Heather Henderson
Science journalist Jessica Wapner goes beyond the headlines to share the fascinating backstory on ground-breaking cancer research and the genetic science behind it.
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The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios; Foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss; read by Kevin T. Collins
A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science. Learn More
Picnic Comma Lightning
by Laurence Scott; read by Laurence Scott
What does it mean to be human in the twenty-first century? In this innovative examination of our present reality, award-winning writer Laurence Scott charts the ways our traditional mental models of the world have started to fray. Learn More
Planta Sapiens
by Paco Calvo; with Natalie Lawrence
An astonishing window into the inner world of plants, and the cutting-edge science in plant intelligence. Learn More
The Planter of Modern Life
by Stephen Heyman; read by Robertson Dean
How a leading writer of the Lost Generation became America's most famous farmer and inspired the organic food movement. Learn More
Playing God
by Anthony Youn, MD with Alan Eisenstock; read by Kyle Tait
In this thrilling and moving memoir, Dr. Anthony Youn reveals that the true metamorphosis from student to doctor occurs not in medical school but in the formative years of residency training and early practice. Learn More
Poached
by Rachel Love Nuwer; read by Christina Delaine
Journalist Rachel Nuwer plunges the listener into the underground of global wildlife trafficking, a topic she has been investigating for nearly a decade. More than a depressing list of statistics, Poached is the story of the people who believe this is a battle that can be won, that our animals are not beyond salvation. Learn More
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching
by Rosemary Mosco; read by Janet Metzger
Fact: Pigeons are amazing, and until recently, humans adored them. We've kept them as pets, held pigeon beauty contests, raced them, used them to carry messages over battlefields, harvested their poop to fertilize our crops—and cooked them in gourmet dishes. Now, with A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, listeners can rediscover the wonder. Learn More
Poor Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo; read by Brian Holsopple
Financial Times’ Best Business Book of the Year
Library Journal Best of Year Selection
Two highly regarded economists relay 15 years of research into a smart, engaging investigation of the real nature of global poverty and why current approaches to addressing miss the mark. Learn More
Pregnant While Black
by Monique Rainford, MD; read by Monique Rainford, MD
A tragedy is unfolding all around us and is receiving well overdue attention. Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy than their white peers. In this book, Dr. Monique Rainford draws on over twenty years of experience working in obstetrics and gynecology to offer a primer on Black pregnancies and how to better care for them. Learn More
Pro-Aging Playbook
by Paul Jarrod Frank, MD; read by Daniel Henning
Hailed as "the Beauty Guru" by his celebrity and international patients, renowned cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank has written a book designed to help people of all ages navigate the latest technologies and lifestyle choices in the beauty and wellness industry so they can positively transform the way they look and feel. Learn More
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