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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
February 27, 2022
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Ecology, Social Science

Bird Brother

Gillian
February 27, 2022
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Ecology, Social Science
Bird Brother

A Falconer's Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife

By: Rodney Stotts, Kate Pipkin - contributor / Narrated By: James Fouhey

Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins

Listen to the Universe; Lean into the Dream…!

Tagged: Commuting, Natural World, Black History, Favorite

Gillian
January 30, 2022
Nonfiction, Ecology, Animals

One Wild Bird at a Time

Gillian
January 30, 2022
Nonfiction, Ecology, Animals
One Wild Bird at a Time

By: Bernd Heinrich / Narrated By: Rick Adamson

Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins

Soooo good I had to interrupt listening to go check out pissed off blue jays… What a treat!

Tagged: Natural World, Favorite

Gillian
January 22, 2022
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military, History, European, 20th Century, Science & Technology

Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Gillian
January 22, 2022
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military, History, European, 20th Century, Science & Technology
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

Written and Narrated By: Giles Milton

Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins

ZOUNDS!!!!!!

Tagged: WWII, Favorite

Gillian
January 22, 2022
Nonfiction, Ecology, Animals, Bio & Memoir, Action & Adventure

The Secret Lives of Bats

Gillian
January 22, 2022
Nonfiction, Ecology, Animals, Bio & Memoir, Action & Adventure
The Secret Lives of Bats

My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals

By: Merlin Tuttle / Narrated By: Sean Runnette

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Oh gosh, went into this with loooow expectations but hopeful…? Finished oh soooo enchanted!!!

Tagged: Natural World, Helping Hand, Favorite

Gillian
November 13, 2021
Nonfiction, Self Development, Religion & Spirituality, Bio & Memoir, Thanatology

Dying Well

Gillian
November 13, 2021
Nonfiction, Self Development, Religion & Spirituality, Bio & Memoir, Thanatology
Dying Well

Our Journey of Love and Loss

By: Susan Ducharme Hoben / Narrated By: Marie Hoffman

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Come to this—No judgment and with an open mind and heart

Tagged: Grief, Life's Winter

Gillian
October 30, 2021
Fiction, Animals, Fantasy, Kids, Humor, Horror, Science & Technology

The Gates

Gillian
October 30, 2021
Fiction, Animals, Fantasy, Kids, Humor, Horror, Science & Technology
The Gates

A Novel

Series: Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil, Book 1

By: John Connolly / Narrated By: Jonathan Cake

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Jolly good fun! FANTASTIC!!!

Tagged: Halloween, Favorite, Dead & Undead

Gillian
October 16, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Ecology, Animals

Don't Die in Autumn

Gillian
October 16, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Ecology, Animals
Don't Die in Autumn

The Magic and Madness of a Life for the Birds

Written and Narrated By: Eric Dempsey

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Yeh yeh yeh—like watching paint dry… BUT if you’re NUTTY about birds? AWESOME!!!

Tagged: Autumn, Natural World, Favorite, Father's Day

Gillian
October 2, 2021
Nonfiction, Ecology, Social Science, Bio & Memoir

A Walk in the Woods

Gillian
October 2, 2021
Nonfiction, Ecology, Social Science, Bio & Memoir
A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

By: Bill Bryson / Narrated By: Rob McQuay

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! …oops… wait… is it okay to laugh…?

Tagged: Accomplices Faves

Gillian
August 28, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Biology & Medicine

Dr. Mutter's Marvels

Gillian
August 28, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Biology & Medicine
Dr. Mutter's Marvels

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!

Gillian
July 17, 2021
Nonfiction, Ecology

Silent Spring

Gillian
July 17, 2021
Nonfiction, Ecology
Silent Spring

By: Rachel Carson / Narrated By: Kaiulani Lee

Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins

The Classic that inspired the EPA. Boy, I’ll bet Carson is turning in her grave to see what the EPA became in the last presidency…

Tagged: Big Sis

Gillian
April 17, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals

My Penguin Year

Gillian
April 17, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals
My Penguin Year

Life Among the Emperors

Written and Narrated By: Lindsay McCrae

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Okay okay writing’s not the best okay! -BUT- It has freaking penguins!!!

Tagged: Natural World, Favorite

Gillian
April 10, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Science & Technology, Animals

Elephants

Gillian
April 10, 2021
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Science & Technology, Animals
Elephants

Birth, Life, and Death in the World of the Giants

By: Hannah Mumby / Narrated By: Gemma Lawrence

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Unwieldy wordsmithing, a LOT of time hopping, odd segues, leave this a very near miss

Tagged: Natural World

Gillian
March 13, 2021
Fiction, Autobiographical, Science & Technology, Performance

The Half-Life of Marie Curie

Gillian
March 13, 2021
Fiction, Autobiographical, Science & Technology, Performance
The Half-Life of Marie Curie

By: Lauren Gunderson / Narrated By: Kate Mulgrew, Francesca Faridany

Length: 1 hr and 19 mins

SAVED! by Kate Mulgrew’s character, Kate Mulgrew’s performance

Tagged: Commuting, Women's History

Gillian
January 23, 2021
Nonfiction, History, Science & Technology

How We Got to Now

Gillian
January 23, 2021
Nonfiction, History, Science & Technology
How We Got to Now

Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

By: Steven Johnson / Narrated By: George Newbern

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Oh how I do so love Steven Johnson! This one neither disappoints, nor does it go off on a meandering tangent in the end. Rather, it’s one looooong meandering and delightful tangent!!!

Gillian
November 28, 2020
Nonfiction, Military, Biology & Medicine

Surgeon in Blue

Gillian
November 28, 2020
Nonfiction, Military, Biology & Medicine
Surgeon in Blue

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…

Tagged: Civil War

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, History, European, Biology & Medicine

The Great Mortality

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, History, European, Biology & Medicine
The Great Mortality

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

Tagged: Pandemic

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine

Get Well Soon

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine
Get Well Soon

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…!

Tagged: Pandemic

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, Politics, Biology & Medicine, Thriller

The Demon in the Freezer

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, Politics, Biology & Medicine, Thriller
The Demon in the Freezer

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!

Tagged: Pandemic

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Biology & Medicine

The Next Pandemic

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Biology & Medicine
The Next Pandemic

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<

Tagged: Pandemic

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine

Deadly Companions

Gillian
July 11, 2020
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine
Deadly Companions

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

Tagged: Pandemic

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