Free Download Frances Oldham Kelsey, the FDA, and the Battle Against Thalidomide (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CQQ5SMYW | 2024 | 16 hours and 41 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 476 MB
Author: Cheryl Krasnick Warsh
Narrator: Andrea Gallo
In the early 1960s, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration became one of the most celebrated women in America when she prevented a deadly sedative from entering the U.S. market. A Canadian-born pharmacologist and physician, Kelsey saved countless Americans from the devastating side effects of thalidomide, routinely given to pregnant women to prevent morning sickness. As the FDA medical officer charged with reviewing Merrell Pharmaceutical's application for approval in 1960-1961, Kelsey was unconvinced that there was sufficient evidence of the drug's efficacy and safety. Despite substantial pressure, she held her ground for nineteen months while the extent of the drug's worldwide damage became known-thousands of stillborn babies, as well as at least 10,000 children across forty-six countries born with severe deformities such as missing limbs, arms, and legs that resembled flippers, and improperly developed eyes, ears, and other organs. As a result of Kelsey's efforts, thalidomide was never sold in the United States. The incident led Congress to pass the 1962 Drug Amendment, which fundamentally changed drug regulation in America.

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Free Download Forgotten War: The British Empire and Commonwealth's Epic Struggle Against Imperial Japan, 1941-1945 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6NNPZ2L | 2024 | 11 hours and 29 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 332 MB
Author: Brian E. Walter
Narrator: Julian Elfer
The monumental struggle fought against Imperial Japan in the Asia/Pacific theater during World War II is primarily viewed as an American affair. While the United States did play a dominant role, the British and Commonwealth forces also made major contributions. It was a difficult and often desperate conflict fought against a skilled and ruthless enemy that initially saw the British suffer the worst series of defeats ever to befall their armed forces. Still, the British persevered and slowly turned the tables on their Japanese antagonists. Fighting over an immense area that stretched from India in the west to the Solomon Islands in the east and Australia in the south to the waters off Japan in the north, British and Commonwealth forces eventually scored a string of stirring victories that avenged their earlier defeats and helped facilitate the demise of the Japanese Empire. Often overlooked by history, this substantial war effort is fully explored in Forgotten War. Meticulously researched, the book provides a complete, balanced and detailed account of the role that British and Commonwealth forces played on land, sea, and in the air during this crucial struggle. It also provides unique analysis regarding the effectiveness and relevance of this collective effort and the contributions it made to the overall Allied victory.

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Free Download Forged in Fire: An Australian Commando's Story of Life and Death on the Frontline (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D73ZFG96 | 2024 | 12 hours and 48 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 342 MB
Author: Scott Ryder
Narrator: David Tredinnick
Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos. Garry made a report on the radio: 'I see around 200 women and children heading north up the valley.' Less than 400 metres below us, a steady stream of women and kids were hurrying away in single file. 'Where are all the men?' I asked Garry. 'Waiting for us,' he responded, with a look of concern I had not seen on his face before. My heart skipped a beat-we were on. From the age of 12, Scott Ryder knew he wanted to join the army, and he signed up as soon as he could. After serving as a paratrooper and in East Timor with 3 RAR, he wanted more.

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Free Download Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals [TTC Audio]
English | December 12, 2014 | ASIN: B00QWMKWOE | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 15m | 347 MB
Lecturer: Elizabeth A. Murray
Modern history is filled with terrible crimes, baffling hoaxes, and seedy scandals. The infamous Jack the Ripper slayings. The alleged survival of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the murdered Tsar. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's public fall from grace. The Chicago Tylenol poisonings and the copycat crimes that followed.
Step into the world of forensic science and study the most fascinating crimes and mysteries from the last two centuries in the 24 lectures of Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals. Professor Murray, a forensic anthropologist with nearly 30 years of experience in the field, has crafted lectures that are a remarkable blend of storytelling and science - a whirlwind tour that takes you from the gas-lit streets of Victorian London to small-town America. As you journey around the world and into the past, you'll re-examine modern history's great crimes and scandals using the tools and insights of forensic science. In doing so, you'll learn how cutting-edge advancements in science and technology are applied to investigations and how to evaluate evidence and think like a forensic scientist.

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Free Download Forensic Files Now: Inside 40 Unforgettable True Crime Cases (Audiobook)
English | October 15, 2022 | ASIN: B0BGT98FVJ | M4B@64 kbps | 9h 38m | 274 MB
Author: Rebecca Reisner | Narrator: Sandra Murphy
Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files. Examining true crime cases from murders to insurance fraud, hit-and-runs to kidnappings, every case featured on the show is solved in large part with the help of forensic science like DNA evidence.
In Forensic Files Now, author Rebecca Reisner shares her own gripping retellings of 40 favorite cases profiled on the show along with fascinating updates adapted from her popular blog, ForensicFilesNow.com. Featuring classic cases like the Tennessee brothers who terrorized locals for years until the feds rode into town, the Texas lovebirds who robbed a grave in an insurance fraud Description that made international headlines, the Ivy League-educated physician who attempted a fresh start by burying his wife in the basement, and some cases so captivating that they have sparked spinoff miniseries or documentaries of their own, the book will enthrall listeners with its vivid recaps and detailed updates.

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Free Download For the People, for the Country: Patrick Henry's Final Political Battle (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D5SNHR18 | 2024 | 10 hours and 00 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 283 MB
Author: John A. Ragosta
Narrator: Christopher Douyard
In 1799, at the behest of President George Washington, Patrick Henry came out of retirement to defend the Constitution that he had once opposed and to thwart Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, whom Washington accused of putting party over country and threatening the fragile union. For the People, For the Country tells the remarkable story of how the most eloquent public speaker of the American Revolutionary era and a leading antifederalist during debates over ratification of the Constitution reemerged on the side of the federalists and once again changed history. Much more than a fire-breathing demagogue, the Patrick Henry we encounter here comes to life as a principled leader of the young nation who believed above all in working with a government elected by the people, advocating for political change in "a constitutional way"-at the ballot box. A gripping narrative, this book will change long-held views of this great Founding Father.

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Free Download Footsloggers: An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45 (Audiobook)
English | October 31, 2023 | ASIN: B0CL7RDRMF | M4B@128 kbps | 14h 21m | 782 MB
Author: Peter Hart | Narrator: Nigel Patterson
The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.
In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses, and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy, and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.

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Free Download Football Biographies for Kids: Stories of Football's Most Inspiring Players (Audiobook)
By: David Halprin
Narrated by: Ian Hackney
08-13-24 | ASIN: B0DCD7XYH2 | M4B@125 kbps | 2h 24m | 140.31 MB | True Decrypt (Libation)

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Free Download Amy Bruni (Author, Narrator), Julie Tremaine, "Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places"
English | ASIN: B0CNDRYKQ2 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~04:41:00 | 129 MB
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Discover tantalizing recipes, spine-tingling stories, and historic photos from the most notoriously haunted locations across America in this fun and fascinating cookbook. Paranormal investigator and Kindred Spirits co-host Amy Bruni leads you through eerie hotels, haunted homes, hellish hospitals, and spooky ghost towns, giving you stories and a recipe from each place.
Whether you're in the mood for Lizzie Borden's meatloaf or want to serve up spooky prison stories along with sugar cookies from Alcatraz, Food to Die For is your guide to ghoulish gastronomy.

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Free Download Sue Van Raes, Leanne Woodward (Narrator), "Food and Freedom: Discover Your Personal Recipe to Eat, Think, and Live Well"
English | ASIN: B0D484LSF6 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~08:52:00 | 244 MB
EIGHT LIFE-CHANGING STEPS TO MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR PLATE
After working with thousands of clients over two decades, functional nutritionist and food psychology specialist Sue Van Raes knows that food is not just about food. More than ever, our relationship with food highlights other areas of our lives that need our love and attention. Her eight-step system combines the latest science and psychology with practical guidance to help anyone learn to cultivate self-trust based on their bodily sensations and organic intelligence.
Food and Freedom is a journey to reclaiming your wholeness and experiencing more mindfulness, personal fulfillment, and pleasure with food and in life. This trustworthy guide is rich with personal memoir, inspiring case studies from clients, soulful teachings, self-study prompts, nourishing recipes, and techniques to support biochemistry, satiation, and metabolic health. It will help you create body compassion and give you the confidence to show up in life as who you truly are, remedy emotional eating, and prosper with embodied self-care.

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