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February 25, 2024
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine, Science & Technology, Politics, American, European
Gillian
Operation Paperclip

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…

Operation Paperclip
December 3, 2023
Nonfiction, History, Ecology
Gillian
Isaac's Storm

A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: Richard Davidson

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

A tragic tale of hubris… engaging once you get past the stuff that makes you doze off…

Isaac's Storm
June 18, 2023
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science, Thanatology
Gillian
Furnishing Eternity

A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life

By: David Giffels / Narrated By: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins

No I didn’t weep; but gosh! did I feel, or what?!

Furnishing Eternity
February 5, 2023
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Biology & Medicine
Gillian
SOG Medic

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

SOG Medic
November 27, 2022
Nonfiction, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Thanatology
Gillian
The Beauty of What Remains

How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

Written and Narrated By: Steve Leder

Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

BeYONd Lovely

The Beauty of What Remains
Gillian
June 27, 2020
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine, Animals

Summer World

Gillian
June 27, 2020
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine, Animals
Summer World

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?!?

Tagged: Summer, Natural World

Gillian
June 13, 2020
Nonfiction, Science & Technology

What If?

Gillian
June 13, 2020
Nonfiction, Science & Technology
What If?

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By: Randall Munroe / Narrated By: Wil Wheaton

Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins

Dunno which I enjoyed more: Munroe’s crafty, hyper intelligent wit? Or Wheaton’s raucous BOOMs?

Tagged: Maman

Gillian
May 9, 2020
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine

Spillover

Gillian
May 9, 2020
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine
Spillover

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!

Tagged: Pandemic

Gillian
May 2, 2020
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science, Science & Technology

Spare Parts

Gillian
May 2, 2020
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science, Science & Technology
Spare Parts

Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream

By: Joshua Davis / Narrated By: Will Damron

Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins

And the battle goes on and on. And on… So very WOW-ish!

Tagged: Hispanic Heritage

Gillian
April 8, 2020
Nonfiction, Social Science, History, 21st Century, Ecology

Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous

Gillian
April 8, 2020
Nonfiction, Social Science, History, 21st Century, Ecology
Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous

Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

By: Ken Wells / Narrated By: Chris Andrews

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Not quite what I thought it was gonna be…

Tagged: Hurricane Katrina

Gillian
January 25, 2020
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine

The Body

Gillian
January 25, 2020
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine
The Body

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!

Gillian
September 21, 2019
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine

The Rabbit Effect

Gillian
September 21, 2019
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine
The Rabbit Effect

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!

Gillian
August 10, 2019
Nonfiction, History, Victorian, Biology & Medicine

The Butchering Art

Gillian
August 10, 2019
Nonfiction, History, Victorian, Biology & Medicine
The Butchering Art

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

Tagged: Nika, Pandemic

Gillian
July 19, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir

The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon

Gillian
July 19, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir
The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon

By: Todd Zwillich / Narrated By: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

A bit of a fistfight, with lots o’ history and personalities thrown in

Tagged: Commuting

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

By: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer / Narrated By: Chike Johnson

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

What a wonderful boy! What a wonderful audiobook!!!

Tagged: Big Sis, Life's Spring

Gillian
June 8, 2019
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine

Rabid

Gillian
June 8, 2019
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine
Rabid

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!

Gillian
June 1, 2019
Nonfiction, Lecture & Course, Biology & Medicine

Being Human

Gillian
June 1, 2019
Nonfiction, Lecture & Course, Biology & Medicine
Being Human

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!!!

Tagged: Commuting

Gillian
May 25, 2019
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine

Human Errors

Gillian
May 25, 2019
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine
Human Errors

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!!!

Gillian
December 23, 2018
Nonfiction, History, Science & Technology, Kids, Holidays

Flight of the Reindeer

Gillian
December 23, 2018
Nonfiction, History, Science & Technology, Kids, Holidays
Flight of the Reindeer

The True Story of Santa Claus and His Christmas Mission

By: Robert Sullivan / Narrated By: John Ritter

Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins

Very entertaining once past the beginning and through some audio glitches…

Tagged: Christmas

Gillian
November 9, 2018
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine

I Am Perhaps Dying

Gillian
November 9, 2018
Nonfiction, Biology & Medicine
I Am Perhaps Dying

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

Tagged: Commuting

Gillian
October 20, 2018
Nonfiction, Social Science, Ecology

Chesapeake Requiem

Gillian
October 20, 2018
Nonfiction, Social Science, Ecology
Chesapeake Requiem

A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island

By: Earl Swift / Narrated By: Tom Parks

Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins

Jeepers! Almost 13 hrs of wanting to throttle people…!

Tagged: Independence Day

Gillian
September 26, 2018
Nonfiction, Lecture & Course, Thanatology, Religion & Spirituality

Death, Dying, and the Afterlife

Gillian
September 26, 2018
Nonfiction, Lecture & Course, Thanatology, Religion & Spirituality
Death, Dying, and the Afterlife

Lessons from World Cultures: The Great Courses

Series: The Great Courses

Lecturer: Mark Berkson

Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins

Distressing here, hopeful there; this is a journey you don’t want to miss

Tagged: Life's Winter

Gillian
September 14, 2018
Nonfiction, Thanatology

At Deaths' Door

Gillian
September 14, 2018
Nonfiction, Thanatology
At Deaths' Door

End of Life Stories from the Bedside

By Gini Graham Scott, Sebastian Sepulveda MD / Narrated By Marlin May

Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins

Sepulveda reminds us that Life is toooo short to waste on books like this!

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