Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium by Lucy InglisRequirements: .MP3 reader, 370.5 MBOverview: Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the ‘Milk of Paradise’ for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain – and hugely addictive. A commodity without […]
Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut – The Secret Story of the Body’s Most Fascinating Organ by Elsa Richardson / Narrated by Zehra Jane NaqviRequirements: .MP3 player, 268 mbOverview: The fascinating—and often secret—history of the body’s most fascinating system: the gut. The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles, and grumbles while other organs […]
A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Ilan Pappe / Narrated by Jonathan Todd RossRequirements: .MP3 player, 107 mbOverview: An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it. "Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel’s ‘new historians.’" -Avi […]
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw (Author), Carlotta Brentan (Narrator), Cassandra Campbell (Narrator), Gibson Frazier (Narrator), Cindy Kay (Narrator), Pete Simonelli (Narrator)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 330 MbOverview: In this “riveting, atmospheric thriller that messes with your mind in the best way” (Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author), three residents of a secluded, seemingly […]
Five Suns: A Fire History of Mexico by Stephen J. Pyne / Narrated by Emmanuel ChumaceiroRequirements: .MP3 player, 424 mbOverview: A climate defined by wet and dry seasons, a mostly mountainous terrain, a biota prone to disturbances, a human geography characterized by a diversity of peoples all of whom rely on burning in one form […]