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“david ropeik”

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  • How Risky Is It, Really?: Why Our Fears Don't Always Match the Facts

    by David Ropeik ...
    "Clear, balanced, and lively." -- Steven Pinker, bestselling author of How the Mind WorksARE YOU AFRAID OF THE "RIGHT" RISKS?Do you worry more about radiation from nuclear power or from the sun?Are you more afraid of getting cancer than heart disease?Are you safer talking on your cell phone or using a hands-free device when you drive?Do you think global warming is a serious threat to your health ... Read more

    $23.39 USD

  • Risk

    A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around You

    by David Ropeik, George Gray ...
    An indispensable and timely guide, Risk is the authority for assessing threats to your health and safety.We continually face new risks in our world. This essential family reference will help you understand worrisome risks so you can decide how to stay safe and how to keeps risks in perspective. Expert authors David Ropeik and George Gray include information on:- 50 top hazards - your likelihood of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Curing Cancerphobia

    How Risk, Fear, and Worry Mislead Us

    by David Ropeik ...
    Our fear of cancer causes great harm to individual health and to society.The fear of cancer is understandable. But that fear is in some ways outdated, as it fails to account for the medical progress made against this family of diseases. In Curing Cancerphobia, David Ropeik reveals the fascinating historical and psychological roots of our fear of cancer and documents the dramatic health and ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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    Curing Cancerphobia

    How Risk, Fear, and Worry Mislead Us

    by David Ropeik ...
    Narrated by David Ropeik ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 54 min

    The fear of cancer is understandable. But that fear is in some ways outdated, as it fails to account for the medical progress made against this family of diseases. In Curing Cancerphobia, David Ropeik reveals the fascinating historical and psychological roots of our fear of cancer and documents the dramatic health and financial harms caused when that fear exceeds the risk.Fear of cancer drives ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    How Risky Is It, Really?

    Why Our Fears Don't Always Match the Facts

    by David Ropeik ...
    Narrated by TJ Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 49 min

    "Clear, balanced, and lively." -- Steven Pinker, bestselling author of How the Mind WorksARE YOU AFRAID OF THE "RIGHT" RISKS?Do you worry more about radiation from nuclear power or from the sun?Are you more afraid of getting cancer than heart disease?Are you safer talking on your cell phone or using a hands-free device when you drive?Do you think global warming is a serious threat to your health ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Think Like a Freak

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    by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...
    Narrated by Stephen J. Dubner ...

    Unabridged

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    The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    When to Rob a Bank

    ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants

    by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...
    Narrated by Erik Bergmann, Therese Plummer, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...

    Unabridged

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    In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The Crusades

    The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

    by Thomas Asbridge ...
    Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 32 min

    Narrated by Derek PerkinsFrom a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume military history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land.Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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    Contagious

    Why Things Catch On

    by Jonah Berger ...
    Narrated by Keith Nobbs ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    The New York Times bestseller that explains why certain products and ideas become popular.“Jonah Berger knows more about what makes information ‘go viral’ than anyone in the world.” —Daniel Gilbert, author of the bestseller Stumbling on HappinessWhat makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don’t listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    To Explain the World

    The Discovery of Modern Science

    by Steven Weinberg ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 43 min

    In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Business Adventures

    Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

    by John Brooks ...
    Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 53 min

    From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion twelve classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial life in America.What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

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    The Canon

    A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science

    by Natalie Angier ...
    Narrated by Nike Doukas ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 16 min

    From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us. The Canon is an ebullient celebration of science that stands to become a classic.Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world’s top scientists and on her own work as a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer for the New York Times, Natalie Angier creates a thoroughly entertaining ... Read more

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