Rakuten Kobo

Audiobook

Better

A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

by Atul Gawande ...

Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd ...

Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more
... Read more
Audiobook

Letters to a Young Therapist

by Mary Pipher ...

Narrated by Eliza Foss ...

Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their
... Read more
Audiobook

Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

by Atul Gawande ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

****A new unabridged recording**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 ... Read more

$26.99 USD

****A new unabridged recording**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
... Read more
Audiobook

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

$11.99 USD

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
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

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
Audiobook

Ante todo no hagas daño

by Henry Marsh ...

Narrated by Eugenio Barona ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

El eminente neurocirujano británico Henry Marsh expone a ojos del mundo la esencia de una de las especialidades médicas más difíciles, delicadas y fascinantes que existen.El resultado es este volumen que poco tiempo después de su publicación se encaramó a las listas de más vendidos del Sunday Times y el New York Times. Escogido «Mejor Libro del Año» por el Financial Times y The Economist, obtuvo ... Read more

$19.99 USD

El eminente neurocirujano británico Henry Marsh expone a ojos del mundo la esencia de una de las especialidades médicas más difíciles, delicadas y fascinantes que existen.El resultado es este volumen que poco tiempo después de su publicación se encaramó a las listas de más vendidos del Sunday Times y el New York Times. Escogido «Mejor Libro del Año» por el Financial Times y The Economist, obtuvo
... Read more
Audiobook

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

$19.99 USD

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
Audiobook

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

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
Audiobook

Дневник акушера. Реальные истории, рассказанные врачом роддома

by Анастасия Седова ...

Narrated by Екатерина Радостева ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, с чем сталкиваются врачи-акушеры в своей практике? Как проходят их ночные дежурства? Как действуют врачи в сложных или безвыходных ситуациях? Анастасия Седова - врач акушер-гинеколог, о случаях из своей практики рассказывает на Дзен-канале "Блог акушера". Канал стремительно набирает популярность, а один рассказ набирает более 50 тыс. дочитываний. "Дневник акушера. ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, с чем сталкиваются врачи-акушеры в своей практике? Как проходят их ночные дежурства? Как действуют врачи в сложных или безвыходных ситуациях? Анастасия Седова - врач акушер-гинеколог, о случаях из своей практики рассказывает на Дзен-канале "Блог акушера". Канал стремительно набирает популярность, а один рассказ набирает более 50 тыс. дочитываний. "Дневник акушера.
... Read more
Audiobook

Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии

by Юлия Левченко ...

Narrated by Юлия Левченко ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

В книге «Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии» вы посмотрите на мир психиатрии глазами автора, увидите несколько процентов ее жизненных переживаний, и, возможно, кого-то книга даже побудит стать врачом-психиатром. Автор не только рассказывает о сложных, интересных и порой ужасающих случаях из практики, но и открывает читателям то, что происходило в душе юной девушки, вступившей на путь ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

В книге «Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии» вы посмотрите на мир психиатрии глазами автора, увидите несколько процентов ее жизненных переживаний, и, возможно, кого-то книга даже побудит стать врачом-психиатром. Автор не только рассказывает о сложных, интересных и порой ужасающих случаях из практики, но и открывает читателям то, что происходило в душе юной девушки, вступившей на путь
... Read more
Audiobook

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

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
Audiobook

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

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
Audiobook

Accidental Kindness

A Doctor's Notes on Empathy

by Michael Stein ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too ... Read more

$15.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too
... Read more
Audiobook

Близко к сердцу. Истории кардиохирурга

by Алексей Фёдоров, Алексей Фёдоров ...

Narrated by Станислав Иванов ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Жизнь врача сплетена из сирен Скорой, счастливых слёз родственников излеченных пациентов и горьких, увы горьких слёз тех, чьих близких не получилось спасти, острых шуток в ординаторской, новогодних вечеринок в отделении, лекарственного запаха операционных и тревожных звуков реанимации. И каждый случай, каждый пациент оставляют свой след. Автор живым языком делится удивительными историями: они ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Жизнь врача сплетена из сирен Скорой, счастливых слёз родственников излеченных пациентов и горьких, увы горьких слёз тех, чьих близких не получилось спасти, острых шуток в ординаторской, новогодних вечеринок в отделении, лекарственного запаха операционных и тревожных звуков реанимации. И каждый случай, каждый пациент оставляют свой след. Автор живым языком делится удивительными историями: они
... Read more
Audiobook

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

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
Audiobook

Shapeshifters

A Journey Through the Changing Human Body

by Gavin Francis ...

Narrated by Thomas Judd ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies
... Read more
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

$20.99 USD

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
Audiobook

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

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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
Audiobook

A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver

by Adam Weddle ...

Narrated by Chris Reilly ...

Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of the author during his time as an EMT, paramedic and Navy Corpsman. These stories are based on real life situations and told with attention to detail in an attempt to help the reader visualize the experience for him or her self. ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of the author during his time as an EMT, paramedic and Navy Corpsman. These stories are based on real life situations and told with attention to detail in an attempt to help the reader visualize the experience for him or her self.
... Read more
Audiobook

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

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
Audiobook

Основы медицины, о которых пора забыть

by Михаил Глухарев ...

Narrated by Максим Полтавский ...

Series series Фактология
Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

Эта книга — экспресс-курс для тех, кто готов сомневаться во всем! Древняя, античная и средневековая медицина — одни из самых забавных фарсовых страниц в истории, где великие имена — Гиппократ, Гален, Парацельс — на самом деле символы мифов и заблуждений. Эта книга проведет вас от абсолютного незнания до внятного понимания, почему изучение классиков медицины часто оказывается данью устаревшим ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Эта книга — экспресс-курс для тех, кто готов сомневаться во всем! Древняя, античная и средневековая медицина — одни из самых забавных фарсовых страниц в истории, где великие имена — Гиппократ, Гален, Парацельс — на самом деле символы мифов и заблуждений. Эта книга проведет вас от абсолютного незнания до внятного понимания, почему изучение классиков медицины часто оказывается данью устаревшим
... Read more
Audiobook

White Hot Light

Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine

by Frank Huyler ...

Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

Unabridged

6 hours 3 min

Another “pitch-perfect book of short essays” (New York Times BookReview) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this oneexploring the contemporary practice of medicine from the perspective of a doctorwith 25 years of experience in the ER.In thelate 1990s, a young physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, published a stunningmemoir of his exper... ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Another “pitch-perfect book of short essays” (New York Times BookReview) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this oneexploring the contemporary practice of medicine from the perspective of a doctorwith 25 years of experience in the ER.In thelate 1990s, a young physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, published a stunningmemoir of his exper...
... Read more
Audiobook

Little Miss Diagnosed

A Surgeon’s Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules

by Erin Nance, MD ...

Narrated by Erin Nance, MD ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw, ... Read more

$23.99 USD

From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw,
... Read more
Audiobook

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

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

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Essays Audiobooks

Show: