The Science category has 986 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 9,896 ratings. The most-rated is Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
La vita del mare
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La Terra è il pianeta blu. Ma la nostra conoscenza del mare è spesso approssimativa e superficiale. L'autrice ci guida alla scoperta dei suoi abitanti adottando un punto di vista tutto particolare: il loro! Scopriremo così come si muovono, in che modo si corteggiano e riproducono, come percepiscono quanto li circonda e interagiscono tra loro. Nel mare troviamo un gran numero di specie viventi, molte ancora da scoprire. Conoscere la ricchezza e la fragilità del mondo sommerso significa anche porsi il problema di tutelarlo e difenderlo da un uso sconsiderato delle sue risorse. Perché tutti dobbiamo vivere e far vivere il mare.
©2012 Società editrice il Mulino Spa (P)2019 Audible Studios
The History of Physics
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How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalized enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects that hunt down fundamental particles and industrial laboratories that manufacture marvels? This Very Short Introduction introduces us to Islamic astronomers and mathematicians calculating the size of the Earth while their caliphs conquered much of it; to medieval scholar-theologians investigating light; to Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton, measuring, and trying to explain, the universe. We visit the "House of Wisdom" in ninth-century Baghdad; Europe's first universities; the courts of the Renaissance; the Scientific Revolution and the academies of the 18th century; and the increasingly specialized world of 20th- and 21st-century science. Highlighting the shifting relationship between physics, philosophy, mathematics, and technology - and the implications for humankind's self-understanding - Heilbron explores the changing place and purpose of physics in the cultures and societies that have nurtured it over the centuries.
©2018 J. L. Heilbron (P)2018 Tantor
Space 2.0
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No longer the exclusive domain of government entities such as NASA and other national agencies, space exploration is rapidly becoming privatized, with entrepreneurial startups building huge rocket boosters, satellites, rocket engines, asteroid probes, prospecting craft, and even commercial lunar cargo landers to open this new frontier. Research into ever more sophisticated propulsion and life support systems will soon enable the journey to Mars and destinations deeper in our solar system. As these technologies continue to move forward, there are virtually no limits to human spaceflight and robotic exploration. While the world has waited since the Apollo lunar program for the next "giant leap," these critical innovations, most of which are within our grasp with today's technology, will change the way we live, both in space and on Earth. A new space age-and with it, a new age of peace and prosperity on Earth, and settlement beyond our planet-can be ours. Speaking with key leaders of the latest space programs and innovations, Rod Pyle shares the excitement and promise of this new era of exploration and economic development. From NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, to emerging leaders in the private sector, Space 2.0 examines the new partnerships that are revolutionizing spaceflight and changing the way we reach for the stars.
©2019 Rod Pyle (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
British Mammals
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The chilling screams of the Red Fox, the rutting calls of the Fallow Deer, and the rumbling growls of the Badger are just a few of the sounds featured in this publication. This identification guide from the British Library presents a comprehensive collection of recordings that will help listeners learn how to identify the sounds of British mammals. It includes the calls of species such as the Red Deer, Red Squirrel, and Grey Seal that are celebrated hallmarks of the British landscape. It also features the sounds of our more secretive mammals such as the Otter, Yellow-necked Mouse and Pine Marten.Track listing:1. Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris2. Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis3. Edible Dormouse, Glis glis4. Water Vole, Arvicola terrestris5. Yellow-necked Mouse, Apodemus flavicollis6. Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus7. Hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus8. Common Shrew, Sorex araneus9. Water Shrew, Neomys fodiens10. Greater Horseshoe, Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum11. Noctule, Nyctalus noctula12. Common Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus13. Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes14. Badger, Meles meles15. Otter, Lutra lutra16. Pine Marten, Martes martes17. Stoat, Mustela ermine18. Common Seal, Phoca vitulina19. Atlantic Grey Seal, Halichoerus grypus20. Wild Boar, Sus scrofa21. Reeves’ Muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi22. Red Deer, Cervus elaphus23. Sika Deer, Cervus Nippon24. Fallow Deer, Dama dama25. Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus26. Chinese Water Deer, Hydropotes inermis
©2009 The British Library Board (P)2009 The British Library Board
The Case for Space
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A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it.
A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are not superpowers but competing entrepreneurs. These daring pioneers are creating a revolution in spaceflight that promises to transform the near future.
Astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin spells out the potential of these new developments in an engrossing narrative that is visionary yet grounded by a deep understanding of the practical challenges. Fueled by the combined expertise of the old aerospace industry and the talents of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, spaceflight is becoming cheaper. The new generation of space explorers has already achieved a major breakthrough by creating reusable rockets. Zubrin foresees more rapid innovation, including global travel from any point on Earth to another in an hour or less; orbital hotels; moon bases with incredible space observatories; human settlements on Mars, the asteroids, and the moons of the outer planets; and then, breaking all limits, pushing onward to the stars. Zubrin shows how projects that sound like science fiction can actually become reality.
But beyond the how, he makes an even more compelling case for why we need to do this - to increase our knowledge of the universe, to make unforeseen discoveries on new frontiers, to harness the natural resources of other planets, to safeguard Earth from stray asteroids, to ensure the future of humanity by expanding beyond its home base, and to protect us from being catastrophically set against each other by the false belief that there isn't enough for all.
©2019 Robert Zubrin (P)2020 Rowman & Littlefield
Gardening for Beginners, 3 in 1 Collection
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Want to learn the ins and outs of gardening for beginners? Here is a preview of what you'll learn about container gardening.... Getting the containers for your garden Creating a good environment for the container plants Choosing the right time to plant The best plants to grow in your container garden Tips for helping your plants to thrive Much, much, more! Here is a preview of what you'll learn about greenhouse gardening.... Setting up a greenhouse garden Growing plants in your greenhouse Ways to control the climate in the greenhouse Some of the best planting methods in the greenhouse How to get rid of the pests Much, much, more! Here is a preview of what you'll learn about vertical gardening.... Setting up the base you need in your garden Working on the maintenance of your vertical garden Making room for the plants Picking out the right plants Some tips for your vertical garden Much, much, more!
©2017 Michael van der Voort (P)2017 Michael van der Voort
Mars Direct
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The human race is at a crossroads. In the coming years, we will make decisions regarding our human spaceflight program that will lead to one of two familiar futures: the open universe of Star Trek, where we allow ourselves the opportunity to spread our wings and attempt to flourish as an interplanetary species - or the closed, dystopian, and ultimately self-destructive world of Soylent Green. If we ever hope to live in the future that is the former scenario, our first stepping stone must be a manned mission to Mars. Dr. Robert Zubrin details the challenges of a manned Earth-to-Mars mission. Challenges which, according to Zubrin, we are technologically more prepared to overcome than the obstacles of the missions to the moon of the sixties and seventies. Dr. Zubrin's relatively simple plan, called Mars Direct, could feasibly have humans on the surface of Mars within a decade. Zubrin also discusses the current predicament of NASA, the promise of privatized space flight from companies like SpaceX, and the larger implication behind the absolute necessity to open the final frontier to humanity - the human race's future as a species that takes the necessary baby steps away from the cradle that is planet Earth or, ultimately, perishes here.
©2013 Robert Zubrin (P)2013 Gildan Media LLC
Understanding the Atmosphere
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Do you ever wonder how it is that only earth can support life yet there are at least eight planets in the solar system? Or why it is that the burning sun does not roast the living things on earth alive? Understanding the Atmosphere: Comparing the Planets is just what you need to understand how the earth supports life while the rest of the universe cannot. Discover the aspects of the sun ant terrestrial planets that help life to or not to thrive. Children love nonfiction books that provide captivating details and ideas especially about the universe, the galaxy, the world, and life. Everyone is captivated by the facts of the universe, and there is an insatiable desire in many children to understand the strange phenomena. This book explains, to the children, in a simple language, about the atmosphere. To that end, you will find many interesting facts about Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars and why or why not they can sustain life. This knowledge will not only entertain children but also offer good information that will improve their knowledge in science. Inside you will find: Facts about Earth, life, and the four terrestrial planets. How the atmosphere helps to sustain life on earth. Why the earth is not on fire, why we get warmth. The reason behind the weather, why mercury is not the brightest planet. The reasons behind the names of the terrestrial planets, and why Mars is called the red planet. The atmosphere and its structure on earth and the other planets. And much more...
©2019 Avery M. Fox (P)2019 Avery M. Fox
Nothingness Matters?
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When we look out into the depths of the cosmos, we see that matter isn't evenly distributed. Mixed in amongst the nebulae, galaxies, and whatnot, there are regions that contain massive voids. Some voids are billions of light years in length. One has to ask, then, how visible matter came to be so unevenly distributed. Moreover, why does hadronic matter only account for four percent of the stuff that makes up the universe? This audiobook takes a look at what nothingness is and asks the question - where did everything come from in the first place?
©2014 Alan Hall (P)2016 Alan Hall
Crystal Fire
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On December 16, 1947, two physicists at Bell Laboratories, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium half an inch long. The electrical power coming out of that piece of germanium was 100 times stronger than what went in. In that moment, the transistor was invented and the information age began. Crystal Fire recounts the story of the transistor team at Bell Labs, led by William Shockley, who shared the Nobel Prize with Bardeen and Brattain. While his colleagues went on to other research, Shockley grew increasingly obsessed with the new gadget. He went on to form the first semiconductor company in what would become Silicon Valley. Above all, Crystal Fire is a tale of the human factors in technology: the pride and jealousies coupled with scientific and economic aspirations that led to the creation of modern microelectronics and ignited the greatest technological explosion in history.
©1998 Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson (P)1998 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Dolphin Mysteries
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Dolphins have fascinated humans for millennia, giving rise to an abundance of stories and myths about them, yet the actual details of their lives in the sea have remained elusive. In this enthralling book, Kathleen M. Dudzinski and Toni Frohoff take us into the dolphins' aquatic world to witness firsthand how they live their lives, communicate, and interact with one another and with other species, including people. Kathleen M. Dudzinski and Toni Frohoff are scientists who have collectively dedicated more than 40 years to studying dolphins below the ocean's surface, frequently through a close-up underwater lens. Drawing on their own experiences and on up-to-the-minute research, the authors show that dolphins are decidedly not just members of a group but distinct individuals, able to communicate with one another and with humans. Dudzinski and Frohoff introduce a new way of looking at, and listening to, the vocabulary of dolphins in the sea, and they even provide an introductory "dolphin dictionary", listing complex social signals that dolphins use to share information among themselves and with people. Unveiling an intimate and scientifically accurate portrait of dolphins, this book will appeal to everyone who has wanted a closer glimpse into the hearts and minds of these amazing creatures. The book is published by Yale University Press.
©2008 Kathleen M. Dudzinski and Toni Frohoff (P)2010 Redwood Audiobooks
Homo sapiens - Breve storia naturale della nostra specie
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L'uomo che studia se stesso è di fronte a una delle sfide più affascinanti della conoscenza. L'autore ci accompagna attraverso la storia naturale dell'uomo in quanto specie animale, una fra le tante, pur con tutte le sue formidabili peculiarità. Dopo aver gettato uno sguardo agli albori dell'antropologia come scienza, si confrontano le caratteristiche fondamentali dell'Homo sapiens con quelle delle scimmie antropomorfe. Si parla di evoluzione e della teoria che spiega l'evoluzione in base alla selezione naturale. Il volume si conclude con un'incursione nel tempo profondo, attraverso la narrazione di alcuni episodi-chiave della ricerca dell'anello mancante, metà uomo e metà scimmia, che ci possa ricongiungere fino in fondo al mondo naturale.
©2006 Società Editrice il Mulino (P)2017 il Narratore Srl
Breve storia del corpo umano
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L'autore di "Breve storia di (quasi) tutto" ci accompagna nel viaggio più affascinante: quello dentro di noi. Bill Bryson è un insostituibile compagno di viaggio, qualunque siano la meta e il percorso. Questa volta ci guida in una interessante passeggiata all'interno del corpo umano, dalla testa ai piedi. Molti di noi, infatti, non hanno un'idea precisa di come il corpo funzioni in tutte le sue parti e di cosa succeda al suo interno, della sua capacità di difendersi dalle malattie e di guarire, ma anche dei numerosi modi in cui qualcosa può andare storto... Questo libro è la cura perfetta per debellare la nostra ignoranza, grazie a dosi massicce di irresistibili aneddoti e informazioni curiose (sapevate ad esempio che nel tempo impiegato a leggere queste poche righe avete prodotto un milione di globuli rossi?) L'autore di "Breve storia di (quasi) tutto" è alle prese con il miracolo della vita, della morte e di tutto quello che ci sta in mezzo: una straordinaria esplorazione condotta secondo lo stile tipico di Bryson, che sa rendere ogni argomento comprensibile e divertente per ogni tipo di ascoltatore.
©2019 Guanda (P)2020 Adriano Salani Editore
Calculating the Cosmos
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In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He considers parallel universes, the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life, what forms extraterrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of life on Earth being snuffed out by an asteroid. Beginning with the Babylonian integration of mathematics into the study of astronomy and cosmology, Stewart traces the evolution of our understanding of the cosmos: How Kepler's laws of planetary motion led Newton to formulate his theory of gravity. How, two centuries later, tiny irregularities in the motion of Mars inspired Einstein to devise his general theory of relativity. How, 80 years ago, the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the development of the Big Bang theory of its origins. How single-point origin and expansion led cosmologists to theorize new components of the universe, such as inflation, dark matter, and dark energy. But does inflation explain the structure of today's universe? Does dark matter actually exist? Could a scientific revolution that will challenge the long-held scientific orthodoxy and once again transform our understanding of the universe be on the way? In an exciting and engaging style, Calculating the Cosmos is a mathematical quest through the intricate realms of astronomy and cosmology. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (P)2016 Gildan Media LLC
History of Astronomy
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If you're curious about the universe, this is the perfect book for you! Do you love staring up at the night sky? Are you fascinated by the beautiful images made by telescopes from around the world? Have you ever wondered if we'll ever understand the universe we live in? This audiobook will help you satisfy your curiosity about space. Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. Even thousands of years ago, people were trying to make sense of the mysterious shiny objects in the night sky. Today, astronomy is so well-developed that we can explore other planets and observe other galaxies, and we're getting really close to discovering some really exciting facts about the early days of the universe! However, the universe still has many mysteries. How did it start, and how will it end? What's inside a black hole? How exactly does a star die? Can we colonize other planets? Do space aliens exist? This audiobook will show you some of the possible answers! Here's a sneak peek of what you'll find inside: Everything we know about the Big Bang Intriguing theories about the invisible parts of the universe A brief history of our solar system and our planet The mysteries of supernovae And much more! Don't be discouraged by the word "theories"! This isn't an astronomy textbook. In fact, this book is designed to be as simple and beginner-friendly as possible. There isn't a single math formula in the entire book - just exciting stories and vivid explanations of the mysteries of the universe. Are you ready to learn more about the big, wide world? Scroll up, click on the "buy now" button, and get the audiobook.
©2020 All4bookltd (P)2020 All4bookltd
The Cambrian Period
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Includes a bibliography for further listening Includes a table of contents The early history of Earth covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries, and even millennia become virtually meaningless. Instead, paleontologists and scientists who study geochronology divide time into periods and eras. The current view of science is that Earth is around 4.6 billion years old, and the first four billion years of its development are known as the Precambrian period. For the first billion years or so, there was no life in Earth. Then the first single-celled life-forms, early bacteria and algae, began to emerge. It’s unclear where they came from or even if they originated on this planet at all, but this gradual development continued until around four billion years ago when suddenly (in geological terms) more complex forms of life began to emerge. Scientists call this time of an explosion of new forms of life the Paleozoic Era, and it stretched from around 541-250 million years ago (Mya). In the oceans and then on land, new creatures and plants began to appear in bewildering variety, and by the end of this period, life on Earth had diversified into a myriad of complex forms that filled virtually every habitat and niche available in the seas and on the planet’s only continent, Pangea. Despite all of the scientific advances made in the past few centuries, including an enhanced understanding of Earth’s geological past, very little is known about the planet’s early history. It is generally accepted that the planet formed somewhere in the region of 4.5 billion years ago, and at some point, the first life appeared in the form of tiny, single-celled creatures, but scientists are unsure of what this life looked like. One of the problems for those seeking to trace the history of life on Earth is that modern scholars are almost entirely dependent on fossil records, but the earliest types of life left few fossils. The best fossils are formed from the bones and hard body parts of dead creatures, but the earliest types of life were so small that they had no bones or cartilage and thus left no fossils. Thus, even though the Precambrian Period (4,600–541 millions of years ago (Mya)) covers over 80 percent of the entire history of the planet, scientists have very little idea of what forms of life existed then. Then, as Earth entered the Cambrian Period, there was a relatively sudden increase in life form diversity throughout the oceans. Completely new forms of life, more complex and more diverse than anything that had been seen before, began to spread. This acceleration in the evolution of new forms of life was so dramatic that this has come to be known as the “Cambrian explosion”. Although new species in the Cambrian explosion developed almost entirely in the oceans, the land was not entirely devoid of life. Though there were no plants or animals, mats of cyanobacteria and other types of microbes covered large terrestrial areas. Scientists have discovered the tracks of a creature that were left in mud that existed 551 Mya, and those tracks were left by leg-like appendages. Was this a fish-like creature that temporarily invaded the land, or was it something completely different than anything that exists today? There is no general consensus, but the Cambrian Period left a rich fossil record that provides a clear idea of the development of life during this time. At the same time, new discoveries are continually being made, and the more scientists discover about this mysterious period, the more their understanding of ancient Earth changes. The Cambrian Period: The History and Legacy of the Start of Complex Life on Earth looks at the development of the era, the extinction event that preceded it, and how life began to evolve during it.
©2020 Charles River Editors (P)2020 Charles River Editors
Eureka
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Even in the 21st century, the popular image of a scientist is a reclusive genius in a lab coat, mixing formulas or working out equations inaccessible to all but the initiated few. The idea that scientists are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common yet dangerous misconception, getting us off the hook for not knowing or caring how the world works. How did science become so divorced from our everyday experience? Is scientific understanding so far out of reach for the nonscientists among us? As science popularizer Chad Orzel argues in Eureka, even the people who are most forthright about hating science are doing science, often without even knowing it. Orzel shows that science isn't something alien and inscrutable, beyond the capabilities of ordinary people; it's central to the human experience. Every human can think like a scientist and regularly does so in the course of everyday activities. The disconnect between this reality and most people's perceptions is mostly due to the common misconception that science is a body of (boring, abstract, often mathematical) facts. In truth science is best thought of as a process: Looking at the world, thinking about what makes it work, testing your mental model by comparing it to reality, and telling others about your results. The facts that we too often think of as the whole of science are merely the products of this scientific process. Eureka shows that this process is one we all regularly use and something that everybody can do. By revealing the connection between the everyday activities people do - solving crossword puzzles, playing sports, or even watching mystery shows on television - and the processes used to make great scientific discoveries, Orzel shows that if we recognize the process of doing science as something familiar, we will be better able to appreciate scientific discoveries and use scientific facts and thinking to help address the problems that affect us all.
©2014 Chad Orzel (P)2015 Audible Inc.
Understanding Nature Vol. 1: Enjoying Nature at a Deeper Level!
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If you love nature and being outdoors - hiking, smelling the fresh air, and feeling the warm sun on your skin - you will love this audiobook! This little book is filled with activities to increase your enjoyment and understanding of the natural world. Not only will you understand nature at a deeper level, you will start to understand that you are a part of the natural world and it is part of you!
©2014 Rick McKeon (P)2015 Rick McKeon
Simplexity
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Why are the instruction manuals for cell phones incomprehensible? Why is a truck driver's job as hard as a CEO's? How can 10-percent of every medical dollar cure 90-percent of the world's disease? Complexity is a slippery idea. Things that seem complicated can be astoundingly simple; things that seem simple can be dizzyingly complex. These and other paradoxes are driving a whole new science - simplexity - that is redefining how we look at the world and using that new view to improve our lives. Through the lens of this surprising new science, the world becomes a delicate place filled with predictable patterns, but they're patterns we often fail to see as we're time and again fooled by our instincts, by our fear, by the size of things, even by their beauty. In Simplexity, Jeffrey Kluger shows how a drinking straw can save thousands of lives; how investors behave like atoms; and how physics drives jazz. As simplexity moves from the research lab into popular consciousness, it will challenge our models for modern living. Kluger adeptly translates newly evolving theory into a delightful theory of everything that will have you rethinking the rules of business, family, art - your world.
©2008 Jeffrey Kluger (P)2008 Hyperion
Essential Oils
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This book contains proven steps and strategies on how essential oils can be used to enhance your health and wellbeing. It is no secret that nature holds the key to a bounty of healing ingredients. If you have spent time plucking flowers and whiffing them, then you have exposed yourself to natural essential oils present within the flower. You will have noticed that each flower has a unique smell that is specific to its genus. These essential oils are naturally occurring compounds that not only smell great but also contain medicinal properties. Essential oils have been used since time immemorial to treat ailments and are tapped into for their natural scent. Egyptians are credited as being the first ones to extract essential oils with the likes of Queen Cleopatra using Rose oil to enhance her beauty. The Romans are said to have followed suit and given the world essential oils such as chamomile and tea tree. Given their versatility and ease of application, essential oils continue to be popular around the world. As you continue to listen to this book, you will discover the magical world of essential oils and how they can be used to serve a host of health benefits such as reversing skin conditions, controlling an overactive thyroid, etc. What's more, you will also learn how to make essential oils at home so that you can extract them from your favorite ingredients! By the time you are done listening to this book, you will be raring to get your hands on essential oils! You will learn: What are essential oils? How do they work? Health benefits provided by essential oils Common essential oils and their uses Methods of using essential oils Buying guide and making your own essential oils Precautions to observe while using essential oils Download today!
©2017 Spalypso LLC (P)2017 Spalypso LLC