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Category: Greatest Hits • Page 2/10
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Welcome to the Jungle

An 18th-century Peruvian woman encounters a staggering amount of bad luck as she attempts to reunite with the husband she hasn't seen in twenty years.
Written by Marisa Brook • 07 Jul 2014 • Read/Listen →
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The Clockmaker

A patient German inventor in Nazi Germany takes matters into his own hands.
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 May 2014 • Read/Listen →
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White Death

A lone Finnish sniper repels enough invading Russians in WW2 to earn the nickname "White Death".
Written by Jason Bellows • 04 May 2014 • Read/Listen →
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Absolute Zero is 0K

Victorian scientists struggle to reach and understand the vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly cold universe at Absolute Zero.
Written by Alan Bellows • 20 Mar 2014 • Read/Listen →
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Three Thrown Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

An unlikely and unethical psychological experiment is undertaken at Michigan's Ypsilanti State Hospital in 1959.
Written by Alan Bellows • 22 Nov 2013 • Read/Listen →
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Andrée and the Aeronauts’ Voyage to the Top of the World

The story of three adventurers who tried to reach the North Pole via hydrogen balloon in 1897.
Written by Alan Bellows • 24 Jun 2013 • Read/Listen →
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The Spy Who Loved Nothing

The story of an American who was dead-set on spying for the KGB.
Written by Gustaf Hildebrand • 18 Feb 2013 • Read/Listen →
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The Science of Mental Fitness

Intensive imagining can have measurable effects on the physical body.
Written by Marisa Brook • 13 Nov 2012 • Read/Listen →
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Nineteen Seventy Three

Chile's audacious 1970s-era plan to network and automate the country's entire economy, hindered by political upheaval and CIA maneuvering.
Written by Alan Bellows • 19 Oct 2012 • Read/Listen →
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Night Takes Rook

The rise and fall of a life-saving lighthouse built on a scrap of rock by a determined yet under-qualified builder.
Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 04 Sep 2012 • Read →
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