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Un pericoloso miracolo

L'incredibile avventura degli antibiotici

de Liam Shaw ...

Traducido por Sara Caraffini ...

Nel gelo eterno della regione del Klondike, nel Canada nord-occidentale, il permafrost custodisce un segreto sconcertante: alcuni batteri intrappolati e conservati nel ghiaccio possedevano, già trentamila anni fa, geni resistenti ad antibiotici moderni come la vancomicina. Ma com’è possibile che batteri così antichi fossero immuni a un antibiotico reso disponibile sul mercato solo a partire dagli ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Nel gelo eterno della regione del Klondike, nel Canada nord-occidentale, il permafrost custodisce un segreto sconcertante: alcuni batteri intrappolati e conservati nel ghiaccio possedevano, già trentamila anni fa, geni resistenti ad antibiotici moderni come la vancomicina. Ma com’è possibile che batteri così antichi fossero immuni a un antibiotico reso disponibile sul mercato solo a partire dagli
... Leer más
Dangerous Miracle

The Astonishing Rise and Looming Disaster of Antibiotics

de Liam Shaw ...

An Oxford University biologist reveals the fascinating history of antibiotics, how we burned through them, and what that means for our future health.The discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Since their advent less than a century ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, marking one of the greatest medical advances in our history. Much like oil in the previous ... Leer más

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An Oxford University biologist reveals the fascinating history of antibiotics, how we burned through them, and what that means for our future health.The discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Since their advent less than a century ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, marking one of the greatest medical advances in our history. Much like oil in the previous
... Leer más

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Dangerous Miracle

The Astonishing Rise and Looming Disaster of Antibiotics

de Liam Shaw ...

Narrado por Liam Shaw ...

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9 hora 32 minutos

An Oxford University biologist reveals the fascinating history of antibiotics, how we burned through them, and what that means for our future health.The discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Since their advent less than a century ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, marking one of the greatest medical advances in our history. Much like oil in the previous ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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An Oxford University biologist reveals the fascinating history of antibiotics, how we burned through them, and what that means for our future health.The discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Since their advent less than a century ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, marking one of the greatest medical advances in our history. Much like oil in the previous
... Leer más

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Averting Catastrophe

Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of All Kinds

de Cass R. Sunstein ...

Narrado por David Marantz ...

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3 hora 48 minutos

The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes of avoiding catastrophe. Lacking full information, should decision-makers focus on avoiding the most ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes of avoiding catastrophe. Lacking full information, should decision-makers focus on avoiding the most
... Leer más

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The Turnaround Kid

What I Learned Rescuing America's Most Troubled Companies

de Steve Miller ...

Narrado por Dick Hill ...

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10 hora 24 minutos

"Steve Miller has a knack for taking over companies just before they are about to smash into a wall," the Wall Street Journal observed. "In fact, it is his specialty." For thirty years—beginning with the legendary Chrysler bailout, which he negotiated as a key member of Lee Iacocca's team, to the revival of the U.S. steel industry—Miller has done the messy, unpleasant work of salvaging America's ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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"Steve Miller has a knack for taking over companies just before they are about to smash into a wall," the Wall Street Journal observed. "In fact, it is his specialty." For thirty years—beginning with the legendary Chrysler bailout, which he negotiated as a key member of Lee Iacocca's team, to the revival of the U.S. steel industry—Miller has done the messy, unpleasant work of salvaging America's
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Peatlands

Countryfile Book of the Year

de Alys Fowler ...

Narrado por Alys Fowler ...

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7 hora 56 minutos

'Why do I like bogs so much? I think it is because I feel very at home with them, I think this has something to do with my queerness and their queer nature as a space.'The value of peat bogs as a natural resource and haven of biodiversity is undisputed, yet few of us have been lucky enough to experience their beauty and richness. In Peatlands, Wainwright Prize-shortlisted author Alys Fowler calls ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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'Why do I like bogs so much? I think it is because I feel very at home with them, I think this has something to do with my queerness and their queer nature as a space.'The value of peat bogs as a natural resource and haven of biodiversity is undisputed, yet few of us have been lucky enough to experience their beauty and richness. In Peatlands, Wainwright Prize-shortlisted author Alys Fowler calls
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Alien Oceans

The Search for Life in the Depths of Space

de Kevin Hand ...

Narrado por Kevin Hand ...

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10 hora 20 minutos

This audiobook narrated by pioneering NASA scientist Kevin Peter Hand takes you inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar systemWhere is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may ... Leer más

$20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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This audiobook narrated by pioneering NASA scientist Kevin Peter Hand takes you inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar systemWhere is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may
... Leer más

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Secret Weapons of World War II

The Undercover Innovations in Military Armaments, 1939-45

de Chris McNab ...

Narrado por Matt Bates ...

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8 hora 22 minutos

The dropping of two atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their shocking aftermath finally ended World War II in the eastern theatre. But they weren't the only experimental weaponry at the time.In this fascinating account, Chris McNab examines the development of a range of hitherto unknown and at times shockingly effective weapons that were developed and unleashed on an ... Leer más

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The dropping of two atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their shocking aftermath finally ended World War II in the eastern theatre. But they weren't the only experimental weaponry at the time.In this fascinating account, Chris McNab examines the development of a range of hitherto unknown and at times shockingly effective weapons that were developed and unleashed on an
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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The Yugo

The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History

de Jason Vuic ...

Narrado por Erik Synnestvedt ...

Completo

8 hora 57 minutos

Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends.Hardly.The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends.Hardly.The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it
... Leer más

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Becoming George

The Invention of George Sand

de Fiona Sampson ...

Narrado por Fiona Sampson ...

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10 hora 43 minutos

A long-overdue reappraisal of the groundbreaking nineteenth-century writer who reshaped the literary and social norms of her age.By the age of thirty, the young woman who was born Aurore Dupin in 1804 in a Paris garret had become the internationally renowned George Sand. In English, her novels were outselling even Victor Hugo. Her enormous and radical corpus would grow to include seventy novels, ... Leer más

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A long-overdue reappraisal of the groundbreaking nineteenth-century writer who reshaped the literary and social norms of her age.By the age of thirty, the young woman who was born Aurore Dupin in 1804 in a Paris garret had become the internationally renowned George Sand. In English, her novels were outselling even Victor Hugo. Her enormous and radical corpus would grow to include seventy novels,
... Leer más

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Brilliant Green

The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

de Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain ...

Completo

4 hora 36 minutos

Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary—just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

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Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary—just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past
... Leer más

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A Short History of America

From Tea Party to Trump

de Simon Jenkins ...

Narrado por Simon Jenkins ...

Completo

10 hora 15 minutos

Brought to you by Penguin.The global powerhouse that is the United States of America is younger even than the British Museum, Guinness and the flushing toilet. In 2026 it will celebrate its 250th birthday. How did this vast land, long inhabited by diverse indigenous cultures, come to be dominated by English speakers? How has it grappled with the stark contradictions between its ideals of liberty ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

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Brought to you by Penguin.The global powerhouse that is the United States of America is younger even than the British Museum, Guinness and the flushing toilet. In 2026 it will celebrate its 250th birthday. How did this vast land, long inhabited by diverse indigenous cultures, come to be dominated by English speakers? How has it grappled with the stark contradictions between its ideals of liberty
... Leer más

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