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    Journal of the Plague Year , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 608min
    First published in March 1722, 57 years after the event that struck more than 100,000 people, Journal of the Plague Year is a compelling portrait of life during London's horrific bubonic plague. Through the eyes of H.F. (speculated to be Defoe's uncle, Henry Foe, from whose journals the book was supposedly adapted) we witness great grief, depravity and despair: crazed sufferers roam the streets, unearthly screams resound across the city, death carts dump their grisly loads into mass graves, and quackery and skulduggery feed on fear. But there is kindness and courage too, as mutual support and caring are upheld through the worst of days. Defoe's Journal is considered one of the most accurate accounts of the plague, and includes many contemporary theories about the disease, along with rolls of the dead and a literary mapping of London, street by street, parish by parish. It is a fascinating and intimate account from one of the earliest proponents of the novel. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Cullum. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001935/bk_naxo_001935_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Specialist: Medicine & Invention, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 47min
    Hone your knowledge with iMinds Specialist Series – have a particular interest? Recognize gaps in your knowledge? iMinds Specialist works across each of our 12 categories bringing you targeted information to broaden your mind. Medicine & Invention Volume One looks at the invention of Penicillin, the history of the Bubonic Plague, the modeling of Epidemics, the nature of REM Sleep, the development of the internet and the disease Hemophilia. Perfect to listen to while commuting, exercising, shopping or cleaning the house.. iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. iMinds offers 12 main categories, become a Generalist by increasing your knowledge of Business, Politics, People, History, Pop Culture, Mystery, Crime, Culture, Religion, Concepts, Science and Sport.. Clean and concise, crisp and engaging, discover what you never knew you were missing. Make your MP3 smarter with iMinds MindTracks, intersperse with music and enjoy learning a little about a lot.. knowledge of your own choice and in your own time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: uncredited. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/imnd/000084/bk_imnd_000084_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Black Death: The Pocket Essential Guide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 210min
    The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. From Central Asia the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died. In England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million. The Black Death was the greatest demographic disaster in European history. Sean Martin looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to the far-flung corners of Scandinavia. He describes contemporary responses to the plague and makes clear how helpless was the medicine of the day in the face of it. He examines the renewed persecution of the Jews, blamed by many Christians for the spread of the disease, and highlights the bizarre attempts by such groups as the Flagellants to ward off what they saw as the wrath of God. His book is a vivid and dramatic account of one of the great catastrophes of history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peta Masters. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/summ/000220/bk_summ_000220_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lord of Secret Agents , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 96min
    Entering Secret Agent fantasyland, you embark on a journey to the "Secret Agent" realm while being captivated in 25 short stories, where you transform into a hero to save Earth from World War III, terrorist plots, bubonic plagues, diseases, financial collapse, and/or the possibly to stop aliens from space from landing and causing havoc on Earth. You will escape reality when you are and have become "The Most Secret Agent" captivated inside "Lord of Secret Agents", as you have been drafted covertly as a "Top Secret Agent/Spy". If you see something and have Intel, say something. You know the code numbers for our "Secret Agent" transmission lines, we left them everywhere. Chart and compass your first real mission! We are counting on you as "The Most Secret Agent". My last several missions have caused severe physical damage and I won't be able to help you in the field, so I will be in the back office with many others waiting for your codes and calls. I will send the cavalry and other Agents to assist you on your missions if needed. You are now "The Most Secret Agent". Good Luck! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roxanne Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/044450/bk_acx0_044450_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Day Detroit Went Dark , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 352min
    Caught in the middle of a fatal car chase and drug-fueled gun battle, Clive Bradshaw decides to call it quits, leave the city and live a simpler life with his wife Emily and young daughter Amy. Emily drops him off at the foot of Detroit on his last day of work. Clive steps out of the car and into a city on the verge of collapse, rife with corruption, no city services, overworked and underpaid police and fire departments manned by skeleton crews, fighting a hopeless battle against brazen, uncontrolled crime...then the pulses hit. Everything that produces or relies on electricity is destroyed. The electrical grid, vehicles, aircraft control systems, machinery, communications, computers, refrigeration, water pumping stations, all the systems that support everyday life, gone in an instant. Nothing gets into the city and street gangs rule supreme. Chaos reigns, but it's all overshadowed by an outbreak of a deadly disease, bubonic plague. The disease threatens not only Detroit but the entire country. The plague must be contained...at all costs. Follow Clive as he struggles to survive, find Emily and Amy and avoid the plague in The Day Detroit Went Dark. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen H. Marsden, Ph.D.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/014055/bk_acx0_014055_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Generalist: Volume 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 96min
    Continue your iMinds Collection with Generalist Volume 3. A compilation of diverse topics across our twelve categories, in Generalist Volume 3 you will learn about: The story behind Lehman Brothers, the theory of the Tragedy of the Commons, the cultural construct of Flash Mobs, the belief of Creationism, the art of Anime, the theory of Evolution, the history of the Bubonic Plague and the Great Fire of London, the belief in UFOs, the mystery of Stonehenge and the story of the New York Yankees. Perfect to listen to while commuting, exercising, shopping or cleaning the house.. iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. iMinds offers 12 main categories; become a Generalist by increasing your knowledge of Business, Politics, People, History, Pop Culture, Mystery, Crime, Culture, Religion, Concepts, Science and Sport. Clean and concise, crisp and engaging, discover what you never knew you were missing. iMinds is the knowledge solution for the information age cutting through the white noise to give you quick, accurate knowledge .. Perfect your dinner party conversation, impress your boss - an excellent way to discover topics of interest for the future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: iMinds. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/imnd/000075/bk_imnd_000075_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Mask of the Red Death , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 16min
    Award winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads The Mask of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe, a Gothic short story that originally appeared in Graham's magazine in May of 1882. This short story later appears as The Masque of the Red Death. The Red death is fictitious, but it is likely that the disease was inspired by tuberculosis (or consumption, as it was known then), since Poe's wife, Virginia, was suffering from the disease at the time the story was written. Like the character of Prince Prospero, Poe tried to ignore the fatality of the disease. Poe's mother, Eliza; brother William; and foster mother, Frances Allan, had also died of tuberculosis. Alternatively, the Red Death may refer to cholera; Poe would have witnessed an epidemic of cholera in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1831. Others have suggested that the plague is actually Bubonic plague or the Black Death, emphasized by the climax of the story featuring the "Red" Death in the "black" room. One writer likens the description to that of a viral hemorrhagic fever or necrotizing fasciitis. It has been suggested that the Red Death is not a disease or sickness at all but a weakness (like "original sin") that is shared by all of humankind inherently. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Vendetti. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001293/bk_mike_001293_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Review and Analysis of Sonia Shah's Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 21min
    Note: This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book. If you go through history, you will notice that many of the main turning points were preceded by an outbreak of disease. We have small pox and the black plague as the ones that stand out the most. With the breakthroughs in modern technology we have been able to successfully curtail many of these diseases. However, that does not mean we are immune from future outbreaks. For example, HIV may not be the bubonic plague, but it has devastated millions of lives and continues to do so despite the new drugs that control it. We recently had an outbreak of Ebola in Africa that managed to hitch a ride back to the United States and other western countries. It doesn't take that much for a pandemic to take root. Sonia Shah, in her wonderful book Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond, goes into some depth as to how we need to prepare for a future pandemic. In this review, we will analyze, discuss, and summarize the key points in Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond. Enjoy! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doron Alon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098256/bk_acx0_098256_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dress Lodger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 757min
    Fifteen-year-old Gustine is a "dress lodger", a young prostitute who rents a beautiful blue dress from her landlord to attract a higher class of clientele. To make sure she earns her fees and to keep her from running off with his fantastical gown, her pimp has set a malevolent old woman, known only as "the Eye", to follow her through the back alleys of Sunderland. By day a potter's assistant, by night a courtesan of the streets, Gustine works to support her fragile only child, born with a remarkable anatomical defect.Surgeon Henry Chiver is a prisoner of his own past. Implicated in the Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh, in which beggars were murdered so the corpses could be sold to medical schools, he has come to Sunderland to start a new life. He has a loving fiance, an influential uncle, and an anatomy school that is chronically short of teaching cadavers.Doctor and dress lodger come together in the filthy, overgrown East End of Sunderland. Here, during the worst epidemic since the bubonic plague, Gustine secures bodies for the doctor's school, until Henry's greed and his growing obsession with her child challenge her loyalty to him. With cholera bearing down on the city, Gustine must turn to her mortal enemy, the Eye, in her battle for the life and afterlife of her child. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nadia May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/000902/bk_blak_000902_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Calypso Directive: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 786min
    For 155 days, Will Foster has been locked in medical quarantine without his consent. The doctors claim he is infected with a deadly virus, but this is a lie. Encoded in his DNA is a mutation that provides immunity from disease for all who possess it, source code that Vyrogen Pharmaceuticals aims to commercialize as a multi-billion dollar gene therapy. Against all odds, Foster escapes his laboratory prison and steals a virulent strain of bubonic plague as insurance. To help him unravel the mystery inside him, Foster contacts the only person he can trust - a former lover and microbiologist living Vienna - and the two become fugitives, hunted across the heart of Europe. Under the guise of averting a plague pandemic, Vryogen hires an elite, underground Think Tank to track down Foster. But when the team sets a trap for Foster, they discover they're not the only ones in the hunt. In a race against two deadly assassins, can the brilliant minds of the Think Tank unravel the truth before time runs out for their quarry? In a novel where conscience clashes with greed, loyalty with suspicion, and paranoia with reality, The Calypso Directive deftly explores the issues of genetic exploitation and piracy. Captivating, controversial, and courageous, Andrews debut is sure to thrill and leave you wondering what secrets are locked in your DNA. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Childs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008348/bk_adbl_008348_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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