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Storm of the Century
- The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
- De: Willie Drye
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
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In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets. But the attempt to help them turned into a tragedy. The supervisors in charge of the veterans misunderstood the danger posed by hurricanes in the low-lying Florida Keys. The hurricane that struck the Upper Florida Keys on the evening of September 2, 1935, is still the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the US.
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Labor Day 1935
- De Linda H. en 05-24-25
- Storm of the Century
- The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
- De: Willie Drye
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
Better than I expected
Revisado: 07-23-24
Great look at the big picture of hurricanes in the US and the human struggle with them. It’s always frustrating when books that do massive research, such as this, try to nail down reasons or solutions. This book walked the line of that and pulled it off. It’s an amazing story of our true fragility in a world way stronger than us.
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The Children's Blizzard
- De: David Laskin
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunged as an unprecedented cold front ripped through the center of the continent.
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True Account of 1888 Prairie Blizzard
- De Mary Burnight en 01-09-17
- The Children's Blizzard
- De: David Laskin
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
Great story and narration.
Revisado: 06-08-24
I had never heard of this and am trying to learn more about the western expansion of the US. This book really brings to life what it was like to settle in the plains. I have a deeper understanding of how hard people lived in the past to have even the basic things.
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Storm Kings
- The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
- De: Lee Sandlin
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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Isaac's Storm meets The Age of Wonder in Lee Sandlin's Storm Kings, a riveting tale of the weather's most vicious monster - the super cell tornado - that recreates the origins of meteorology, and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists who helped change America.
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American Meteorological History at its best
- De Leslye Sinn en 10-23-16
- Storm Kings
- The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
- De: Lee Sandlin
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
Great narration, great read
Revisado: 06-04-24
Really enjoyed this! Interesting stories about meteorology and light enough to read on vacation. Definitely recommend.
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What Really Happened in Wuhan
- De: Sharri Markson
- Narrado por: Danielle Carter
- Duración: 16 h y 28 m
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The origins of Covid-19 are shrouded in mystery. Scientists and government officials insisted, for a year and a half, that the virus had a natural origin, ridiculing anyone who dared contradict this view. Tech giants swept the internet, censoring and silencing debate in the most extreme fashion. Yet it is undeniable that a secretive facility in Wuhan was immersed in genetically manipulating bat-coronaviruses in perilous experiments. And as soon as the news of an outbreak in Wuhan leaked, the Chinese military took control and gagged all laboratory insiders.
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Everyone should listen to this
- De Todd en 10-01-21
- What Really Happened in Wuhan
- De: Sharri Markson
- Narrado por: Danielle Carter
Definitely worth the read. Not crazy political.
Revisado: 01-07-22
This is a well written book, with lots of good basic info about the beginning of the pandemic. I read a lot on infectious diseases and have started reading the books that are now coming out about Covid.
Ms. Markson uses a true journalistic approach, providing a wide range of info, without a clear political position or”twisting” info to make a point.
There are a few clear actions that both the US and China made that seriously endanger the respected position of science and this book speaks to that.
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The Perfect Predator
- A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir
- De: Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson, Teresa Barker - contributor
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin, Dan Woren
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down with a stomach bug. What at first seemed like a case of food poisoning quickly turned critical, and by the time Tom had been transferred via emergency medevac to the world-class medical center at UC San Diego, where both he and Steffanie worked, blood work revealed why modern medicine was failing: Tom was fighting one of the most dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world.
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Reads like a Facebook post....
- De Anonymous User en 03-07-19
- The Perfect Predator
- A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir
- De: Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson, Teresa Barker - contributor
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin, Dan Woren
Good story.
Revisado: 11-04-21
I’m a lover of this topic, but it didn’t go deep, to maintain the story’s flow. There’s definitely science in there, but the couple’s experiences definitely steal the show.
Definitely opened my mind to the options that medicine is just beginning to explore as “Super Bugs” become more and more of an issue.
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Denali's Howl
- The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
- De: Andy Hall
- Narrado por: Jim Manchester
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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In 1967, 12 young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali—one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. Journalist Andy Hall, son of the park superintendent at the time, investigates the tragedy. He spent years tracking down survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali's Howl, Hall reveals the full story.
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Disappointing
- De David Shear en 07-07-14
- Denali's Howl
- The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
- De: Andy Hall
- Narrado por: Jim Manchester
Enjoyed this!
Revisado: 08-03-21
I was unfamiliar with this story and found it really interesting. So many stories able Everest, etc. but it was great to hear about the challenging climb of a US mountain. If you like this genre, check this book out. Got it because it was free, but really enjoyed it.
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Dark Summit
- The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
- De: Nick Heil
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter.
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Good summary of the 2006 season
- De Don Lance en 05-30-09
- Dark Summit
- The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
- De: Nick Heil
- Narrado por: David Drummond
Well done
Revisado: 07-24-21
Well written and researched and a well told story that folds in the background of many climber’s stories of recent Everest deaths.
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Very, Very, Very Dreadful
- The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
- De: Albert Marrin
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
- Duración: 5 h y 45 m
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In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself.
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Very, Very, Very Frightening
- De Lulu en 04-22-18
- Very, Very, Very Dreadful
- The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
- De: Albert Marrin
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
More than I expected
Revisado: 07-19-21
I love how this book looks at the big picture, actually discussing modern day H1N1, and the current Flu risks.
I’ve read several books about the 1918 flu, which I’ve found fascinating for years. What I enjoyed in Marrin’s book is that a much broader picture is explored- the War, how the rest of the world was impacted, etc. it’s a through and well told story.
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Crisis in the Red Zone
- The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
- De: Richard Preston
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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An urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses and a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, told through the story of the deadly 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic. From the number-one best-selling author of The Hot Zone, now a National Geographic original miniseries....
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Much thriller, not so much science
- De ahoi en 07-28-19
- Crisis in the Red Zone
- The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
- De: Richard Preston
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Great listen!
Revisado: 06-14-21
Preston tells a great story every time, blending real world science while capturing both the drama and value of those involved. This book is very much the “story” of snapshots of Ebola outbreaks, with basic infectious disease knowledge added in at the right doses at the right times. Not too heavy, but deeply moving at parts. As a healthcare provider, I always appreciate that he tells the whole story but never loses the “human” quality of the real people and their day to day real challenges. VERY worth getting!
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Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- De: Thomas Hager
- Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
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Engrossing to physicians & lay persons alike
- De C. White en 03-08-19
- Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- De: Thomas Hager
- Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto
Very enjoyable!
Revisado: 06-23-19
Hager did a great job of working multiple drugs into interesting stories about their development and educated the reader some about the background hype of some drugs. He’s clear to identify that the book is about the stories, not so much about “Big Pharma”. This is great for those who work in medicine and that every med has good and bad and that individual choice will also play a part.
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