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As the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud developed theories that made him one of the most influential psychologists of the last century. In this rare actual recording from 1938, Freud talks about his professional career and his escape from the Nazis at the age of 82. (Some German is spoken.)

Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves - but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from Canada in 1995. This is the incredible true story of one of those wolves.

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2025 From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. Imagine your life changing in a second: one minute you are watching the football with a beer, the next...

Plongez au cœur du cerveau humain : une neurobiologiste raconte sa récupération après un AVC. Le Dr Jill Bolte Taylor, neuroanatomiste reconnue, offre un regard sans précédent sur le cerveau, non seulement en tant que scientifique, mais aussi en tant que patiente. Ce récit détaille son...

** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 ** This audio edition is read by Nicholas Ralph, known for his role as James Herriot in the All Creatures Great and Small TV series. Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks...

En vida de JeanPaul Sartre, su filosofía fue bien conocida por estudiantes, intelectuales y revolucionarios, e incluso entre el gran público de todo el mundo. Esta popularidad, sin precedentes para un filósofo, fue debida en parte a sus propias ideas políticas revolucionarias, pero sobre...

THE INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER START WITH YOURSELF is a new mindset for work and life. Work out what you really want Get out of your own way Let go of ideas that are holding you back Manage your emotions Move forward with confidence Fulfil your potential No one would have expected Emma...

In May 1972, Liese Greensfelder arrived in the small Norwegian town of Øystese to startling news: Johannes, the farmer who hired her for the summer, had just been hospitalized after a stroke. Could she please watch over his place for a month or so, until he got back on his feet? Twenty years old and with no farming experience, Liese was dropped off the next day at a centuries-old mountain farm at the end of a dirt road high above the magnificent Hardanger Fjord—with 115 sheep, two cows, one calf, a draft horse, and a Norwegian herding dog to care for.

Brought to you by Penguin 'Today I woke up on Earth. And I will fall asleep in space' In space the sun rises and sets 16 times a day. You fly over every sea, every mountain and desert, every city and every port. The most ordinary things -- eating, sleeping, brushing your teeth or cutting your...

From Jim Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought, an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries Does time exist?...

The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity - by chewing, brewing, and snorting - some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,000-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze Age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings.

Life and death in a modern hospital, from 'poet-physician' Seamus O'Mahony, the award-winning author of The Way We Die Now and Can Medicine Be Cured? Seamus O'Mahony charts the realities of work in the 'ministry of bodies', that huge complex where people come to be cured and to die. From...

Delve into the profound reflections of Marcus Aurelius, a Stoic philosopher and Roman Emperor, through his timeless work—"Meditations." This enduring collection captures a lifetime of wisdom and a philosophy rooted in self-reflection, personal virtue, and an unwavering sense of duty. Written during moments of solitude amidst a life engulfed in warfare and statecraft, these writings reveal the mind of a philosopher-king striving to live according to nature and reason.

In this audiobook, you'll discover everything you need to know about how, exactly, many of America's most famous (and infamous) millionaires and billionaires acquired their fortunes. The big surprise is that all of the super-wealthy it profiles got where they are today by taking one of just 10 possible roads - including starting a business, buying real estate, investing wisely, and marrying extremely well. Whether you aspire to shameful wealth or just a demure fortune, best-selling author and self-made billionaire Ken Fisher will show you how to walk in the footsteps of tycoons.

Découvrez la biographie historique du génie rebelle qui a défié son époque pour redéfinir les lois de notre univers. De l'enfant curieux mal adapté au système scolaire à l'icône mondiale, suivez le parcours intime d'un esprit indomptable dont les intuitions ont bouleversé la science...

Entdecke diese historische Biografie eines Selfmade-Mannes, dessen unermüdlicher Erfindergeist eine neue Nation formte. Vom bescheidenen Druckerlehrling zum visionären Staatsmann zeigt dieser inspirierende Lebensweg, wie eiserne Selbstdisziplin und grenzenloser Ehrgeiz den Grundstein für...

Begleite einen rebellischen Außenseiter, der in dieser packenden Biografie die Grenzen der modernen Physik sprengt. Ob beim täglichen Pendeln oder beim konzentrierten Lernen – diese inspirierende historische Lebensgeschichte zieht dich sofort in ihren Bann. Vom unscheinbaren Angestellten im...

«Soy médico –escribió la doctora África Sendino–; he metido las manos en la masa del sufrimiento con la noble intención de aliviarlo. Y si he tenido el privilegio de tocar en otros cuerpos tanto dolor, ¿cómo no permitir que otros lo toquen en el mío? Gracias a esta enfermedad que...

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to...

Narrated by the brilliant Stephen Fry, this audiobook features an inspiring prologue read by the author, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and a fascinating bonus conversation between Stephen and Tim. 'Visionary . . . Full of warmth and humanity' – Kate Bush 'Profound' – Al Gore 'Compulsive reading' –...