The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Written and Narrated By: Annie Jacobsen
Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
I Am. GUTTED…
Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence
By: Joe Parnar, Robert Dumont / Narrated By: Arthur Flavell
Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
Light on action; heavy on experiences that haunt… for a lifetime
A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
By: Lindsey Fitzharris / Narrated By: Daniel Gillies
Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
Ahhhhh… m’ sister read the Publisher’s Summary… something you should NOT do if you’re going to enjoy this VAStly AWEsome book!
A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South
By: Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary / Narrated By: Ruth Coker Burks
Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
Moving, heartfelt, emotionally evocative, and I could go on. Let’s leave it at simply stunning.
A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
By: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz / Narrated By: Erik Singer
Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
Heads up? Has NOTHING to do with Mutter’s Marvels… a bio, people… which is a category I’m sooo fond of!
Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War Doctor Who Pioneered Battlefield Care
By: Scott McGaugh / Narrated By: Kyle Munley
Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
Premise? COMPELLING!!! Execution? …uhm… not so much…
An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
By: John Kelly / Narrated By: Matthew Lloyd Davies
Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
Yeh, yeh, yeh: It sometimes gets a bit repetitive, but Oh. My. GOD!!! One of the best books on the Plague out there
History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
By: Jennifer Wright / Narrated By: Gabra Zackman
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Maybe not very Academic, but WILDLY entertaining… Plus, the cover has the Creepy Beak-Doctor from my nightmares…!
A True Story
By: Richard Preston / Narrated By: Paul Boehmer
Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
Disjointed? A bit… but soooo exciting: Listened to it in a single sitting!
On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
By: Ali Khan, William Patrick / Narrated By: Ben Sullivan
Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
Kinda good, kinda…. >Meh<
How Microbes Shaped Our History
By: Dorothy H. Crawford / Narrated By: Jennifer M. Dixon
Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
Taken in by the cover; bored to death by the text
A Season of Bounty
By: Bernd Heinrich / Narrated By: Mel Foster
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Oy, the narration—And where the heck are the animals?!?
By: David Quammen / Narrated By: Jonathan Yen
Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
Hunting for the Next Big One… or is it here…? Or do we have even more in our future…? GREAT Book!
A Guide for Occupants
Written and Narrated By: Bill Bryson
Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
You’re not just a brain/thoughts/feelings—You’re attached to something AWEsome!
Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness
Written and Narrated By: Kelli Harding MD MPH
Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
YES! Compassion toward yourself, loving kindness to all make a huuuuge difference!
Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
By: Lindsey Fitzharris / Narrated By: Ralph Lister
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
Superb narration takes us on a downright dirty jaunt into Victorian medicine
A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus
By: Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy / Narrated By: Johnny Heller
Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
Can Rabies be a lot of fun?!? Why, yes! It can! HUZZAH!
Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
Series: The Great Courses
Lecturer: Robert Sapolsky
Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
Holy Cow! You have GOT to listen to this one!!!
A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
By: Nathan H. Lents / Narrated By: LJ Ganser
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
How beautiful the human body is… until it’s NOT!!!
The Medical Backstory of Spinal Tuberculosis Hidden in the Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham
By: Dennis A. Rasbach MD FACS / Narrated By: Ben Collins
Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
Mostly a companion to The War Outside My Window
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