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    Miracles We Have Seen

    America's Leading Physicians Share Stories They Can't Forget

    by Harley A. Rotbart, MD ...
    Narrated by Angela Brazil, Stephen R. Thorne ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    This is a book of miracles—medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from unimaginable disasters.Among the extraordinary cases ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Neurology Rounds with the Maverick

    by Bernard M. Patten MD ...
    Narrated by Gregory V. Diehl ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 49 min

    In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    La isla de los ciegos al color

    by Oliver Sacks, Oliver Sacks ...
    Narrated by Luis García Márquez ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    Oliver Sacks siempre se ha sentido atraído por las islas, esos «experimentos de la naturaleza, lugares benditos y malditos por su singularidad geográfica, que albergan formas de vida únicas». En su última obra, esta fascinación le lleva más lejos que nunca, a las remotas islas del Pacífico, donde concilia su afición a explorar el mundo real con su pasión por investigar el mundo de la mente. En ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Древние секреты мастера-целителя восточной медицины

    by Клинт Роджерс ...
    Narrated by Илья Усачев ...
    Series series Медицинские практики Востока

    Unabridged

    9 hours 44 min

    Клинт Дж. Роджерс, известный исследователь и сторонник доказательной медицины, всю свою карьеру посвятил изучению западных научных методов. Но когда болезнь его отца поставила под сомнение эффективность традиционной медицины, Роджерс оказался перед выбором: продолжать следовать устоявшимся канонам или искать альтернативные пути. Его поиски привели его в Гималаи, где он встретился с доктором ... Read more

    $11.66 USD

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    The Art of Seeing

    by Aldous Huxley ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 7 min

    A Natural Path to Better VisionUnlike the dystopian vision described in Brave New World, or the psychedelic vision described in his The Doors of Perception, in The Art of Seeing, Aldous Huxley focuses on the actual vision of the human eye. Documenting his own profound near-blindness and subsequent attempts to improve his own sight, Huxley offers a thorough instruction manual on the controversial ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Overcoming Dyslexia: The Ultimate Guide to Recognizing and Overcoming Dyslexia With Proved Tools and Tactics

    by Terry M. Robertson ...
    Narrated by Nick Dolle ...

    Unabridged

    34 min

    Have you asked yourself what is dyslexia? Learn about the signs of dyslexia in children as well as dyslexia treatment options.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population and it is the most common learning disability. Individuals with this medical condition have difficulty in the areas of language processing. This condition makes it hard to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Этюды о природе человека

    by Илья Мечников ...
    Narrated by Алексей Воскобойников ...
    Series series Эксклюзив: Русская классика

    Unabridged

    11 hours 11 min

    Вопросы старости и смерти всегда занимали важное место в исследованиях Мечникова. В своем труде «Этюды о природе человека» известный биолог в простой и изящной форме рассказывает о жизни и смерти живых существ, о строении тела человека и возможных причинах старения, о достоинствах, недостатках и «дисгармониях» человеческого организма, и о возможностях, которые изначально в нем заложены и должны ... Read more

    $6.11 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Women of the Pandemic

    Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19

    by Lauren McKeon ...
    Narrated by Katie Ryerson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 17 min

    The story of the pandemic is the story of women. This riveting narrative offers an account of COVID-19, reminding us of women's leadership and resilience, reflecting back hope and humanity as we all figure out a new normal, together.Throughout history, men have fought, lost, and led us through the world's defining crises. That all changed with COVID-19. In Canada, women's presence in the response ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

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    Человеку мало века

    by Федор Углов ...
    Narrated by Константин Корольков ...
    Series series МедБестселлер. Лучшее

    Unabridged

    6 hours 18 min

    Федор Григорьевич Углов — знаменитый советский хирург, имя которого занесено в книгу рекордов Гиннеса. Он прожил 104 года и оперировал до 100 лет. Поэтому тема долголетия для него не только чистая теория, но, прежде всего, практика. Нужно соблюдать не так уж много правил, чтобы прожить долгую и активную жизнь. Долголетие по Углову — это, скорее образ жизни, чем свод предписаний. Сохранить здоровье ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    L'Homme, cet inconnu

    by Alexis Carrel ...
    Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.« Pour grandir de nouveau, l’homme est obligé de se refaire. Et il ne peut pas se refaire sans douleur. Car il est à la fois le marbre et le sculpteur. C’est de sa propre substance qu’il doit, à grands coups de marteau, faire voler les éclats afin de reprendre son vrai visage. »L'ouvrage d'Alexis Carrel, Prix Nobel de Médecine en 1912, est ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Great American Medical Show

    The Good, the Not-So-Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    by Bernard Patten ...
    Narrated by Gregory Diehl ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

    What happens when a seasoned physician pulls back the curtain on America's health care system?Dr. Bernard M. Patten has lived medicine from every angle: patient, doctor, advocate, and critic. With wit, candor, and unflinching honesty, he takes readers on an eye-opening journey through decades of encounters that reveal both the brilliance and the failures of modern medicine.From the golden age of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    These Vital Signs

    A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets

    by Sayed Tabatabai ...
    Narrated by Christopher Salazar ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 19 min

    A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Letter to a Young Female Physician

    Notes from a Medical Life

    by Suzanne Koven ...
    Narrated by Suzanne Koven ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 49 min

    In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven's "Letter to a Young Female Physician" has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Complications

    A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

    by Atul Gawande ...
    Narrated by William David Griffith ...

    Abridged

    7 hours 48 min

    A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    Personale Sanitario In Tempi Di Pandemia. Una Prospettiva Psicologica.

    by Juan Moisés de la Serna ...
    Narrated by Patrizia Barrera ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 27 min

    In seguito al successo del libro intitolato ”Aspetti psicologici nei tempi della pandemia”, in cui vengono affrontati temi relativi all’ impatto del virus sulla vita dei cittadini dal punto di vista psicologico, e sulla base dell’espressa richiesta da parte dei lettori di un testo incentrato sul personale sanitario, ho deciso di scrivere questo libro. L'obiettivo è quello di offrire informazioni ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    男人的憂傷，只有屌知道：你不可不知的性智慧

    You Can Be Your Own Sex Therapist

    by 梁秀眉 ...
    Narrated by 梁秀眉 ...
    Series Audiobook 200 - Smile

    Unabridged

    6 hours 26 min

    ★心理諮商師梁秀眉獨門性治療方法大公開！搭配個案分析，全面拯救你的男言之隱。★性功能障礙是這個時代的文明病；走進性治療診療室，認識陽痿、性成癮等性功能障礙的成因與自助方法，並覺察己身的性智慧，增進伴侶關係，享受性愉悅。**★音樂人許常德、亞洲首部性治療影集《今夜一起為愛鼓掌》執行製作人曾馨儀強力推薦。 　　 　　****陽具無所不在卻隱而不顯，如同男人的憂傷…… 　　****無論是愈做感情反而愈不睦的醫生與醫生娘； 　　****或是出外獵豔反而會軟屌的博弈業老闆； 　　****還是持續訓練二十年卻仍然早洩的男子； 　　**每個人講述自身的性問題，其實就是在講述他的人生。隨著科技進步與社會變革，二十一世紀的人們正置身於性刺激、性資訊氾濫的時代。現代社會中的「性文化」也正在發生劇變，而這種變化還在不斷加速，但人們對性的理解卻沒能與時俱進，許多人甚或連性知識都沒機會接觸，大... ... Read more

    $8.33 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Doctor Will See You Now

    Essays on the Changing Practice of Medicine

    by Cory Franklin, MD ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 37 min

    Is it smart to skip your annual physical? Should you put your trust in medical research? Is "low T" an actual disease? This book will examine these questions and more you've always wondered about in a collection of fifty essays on the practice of medicine. The Doctor Will See You Now is a quirky and eclectic collection of short essays that explore evolving patient-physician relationship and ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    創造力的修行：打開一切可能

    The Creative Act: A Way of Being

    by 里克・魯賓 Rick Rubin ...
    Narrated by 郝明義 ...
    Series Audiobook 148 - From

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    一個不會任何樂器，也不懂得使用錄音控台的人，卻能贏得八座葛萊美獎，被歐美音樂界的巨星視為「傳奇」。我不懂音樂，但我很了解自己要的是什麼。────《創造力的修行：打開一切可能》作者 里克・魯賓紐約時報暢銷書排行榜 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 創意類 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 大眾心理學類 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 全分類 第四名 蟬聯十六週天神級音樂製作人，公開自己窮極一生累積的心法我的初衷，是要寫一本如何創造偉大藝術的書。然而它揭露了自己，變成了一本關於如何「活著」的書。其中有些想法可能引起共鳴，也有一些可能不會。有些可能喚醒你內心原本已遭遺忘的某種認識。有益的，加以利用。至於其他，就放手。如果世界上的萬事萬物，都是創作的「材料」，我們可以怎麼妥善地運用它們？在橫跨四十年的音樂製作生涯裡，里克・魯賓不但是葛萊美獎的常勝軍，也是許多知名音樂人心中一等一的大師（guru）。然而 ... Read more

    $11.40 USD

  • Audiobook

    Les mystères du cerveau: Connaître et soigner

    by Anne Debroise ...
    Narrated by Frédéric KNEIP ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 29 min

    Extrêmement complexe, notre cerveau livre peu à peu ses mystères grâce aux recherches récentes. On connaît mieux aujourd’hui l’ensemble du système nerveux, la structure du cerveau, les éléments qui le composent, et, contrairement aux idées reçues, ses indéniables capacités d’évolution, voire de régénération.Grand régulateur des fonctions vitales (respiration ou sommeil), siège des fonctions ... Read more

    $20.91 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Unseen Body

    A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy

    by Jonathan Reisman, M.D. ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 21 min

    "Petkoff gives a flawless performance of this doctor/naturalist's memoir, conveying both his inquisitiveness and assuredness with aplomb." - AudioFile"A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine—the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organization of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    No Apparent Distress

    A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine

    by Rachel Pearson MD ...
    Narrated by Rebecca Gibel ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 59 min

    A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at riskIn medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes.Rachel ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Helpers, The

    Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic

    by Kathy Gilsinan ...
    Narrated by Allyson Voller ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

    A deeply moving narrative of the coronavirus pandemic, told through portraits of eight individuals who worked tirelessly to help others.In March 2020, COVID-19 overtook the United States, and life changed for America. In a matter of weeks the virus impacted millions, with lockdown measures radically reshaping the lives of even those who did not become infected. Yet despite the fear, hardship, and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Когти перемен. Истории из жизни ветеринарного врача

    by Ольга Шильцова ...
    Narrated by Алена Френдли ...
    Series series Звезда соцсети

    Unabridged

    5 hours 40 min

    После предательства мужа Надежда уезжает из Петербурга в провинциальный город N, чтобы начать всё с чистого листа. Новая клиника, новые знакомства, насыщенные трудовые будни — и старая добрая надежда на то, что жизнь может заиграть новыми красками. Надю ждет многое: сложные случаи, спасённые животные, чуткие коллеги, порой — равнодушие, порой — благодарность. А ещё кошка по имени Мусильда, которую ... Read more

    $12.77 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Our Malady

    Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary

    by Timothy Snyder ...
    Narrated by Timothy Snyder ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 1 min

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into ... Read more

    $12.50 USD