Best Sellers
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Inspired
- How to Create Tech Products Customers Love, Second Edition
- Written by: Marty Cagan
- Narrated by: Marty Cagan
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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How do today's most successful tech companies - Amazon, Google, Facebook - design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world? Find out....
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Good for beginners
- By Mr. P on 2021-09-27
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Transformed
- Moving to the Product Operating Model
- Written by: Marty Cagan
- Narrated by: Marty Cagan
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Help transform your business and innovate like the world's top tech companies!
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The Design of Everyday Things
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- Written by: Don Norman
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible....
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Good book on design but lacks some fact checking
- By LJ on 2020-10-01
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AI Superpowers
- China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
- Written by: Kai-Fu Lee
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected....
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Great Insight to the Future
- By Geoff on 2020-09-08
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Surviving to Drive
- A Year Inside Formula 1: An F1 Book
- Written by: Guenther Steiner
- Narrated by: Guenther Steiner
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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A high-octane, no-holds-barred account of a year inside Formula 1 from Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Drive to Survive, one of the most successful Netflix series of all time....
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thank you
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-05-01
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Dominion
- The Railway and the Rise of Canada
- Written by: Stephen Bown
- Narrated by: Wayne Ward
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nation....
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Woke garbage
- By Can't Read Enough - Kindle Rocks! on 2023-12-15
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Inspired
- How to Create Tech Products Customers Love, Second Edition
- Written by: Marty Cagan
- Narrated by: Marty Cagan
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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How do today's most successful tech companies - Amazon, Google, Facebook - design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world? Find out....
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Good for beginners
- By Mr. P on 2021-09-27
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Transformed
- Moving to the Product Operating Model
- Written by: Marty Cagan
- Narrated by: Marty Cagan
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Help transform your business and innovate like the world's top tech companies!
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The Design of Everyday Things
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- Written by: Don Norman
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible....
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Good book on design but lacks some fact checking
- By LJ on 2020-10-01
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AI Superpowers
- China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
- Written by: Kai-Fu Lee
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected....
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Great Insight to the Future
- By Geoff on 2020-09-08
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Surviving to Drive
- A Year Inside Formula 1: An F1 Book
- Written by: Guenther Steiner
- Narrated by: Guenther Steiner
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A high-octane, no-holds-barred account of a year inside Formula 1 from Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Drive to Survive, one of the most successful Netflix series of all time....
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thank you
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-05-01
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Dominion
- The Railway and the Rise of Canada
- Written by: Stephen Bown
- Narrated by: Wayne Ward
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nation....
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Woke garbage
- By Can't Read Enough - Kindle Rocks! on 2023-12-15
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Fossil Future
- Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
- Written by: Alex Epstein
- Narrated by: Alex Epstein
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data and new insights to challenge everything you thought you knew about the future of energy....
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Clearly a salesman paid for by big energy.
- By Ben on 2022-10-04
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Stuff Matters
- Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- Written by: Mark Miodownik
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, Stuff Matters will make you see stuff in a whole new way....
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Awesome overview of materials science for scientists and non-commercial experts alike
- By Toby Bond on 2019-10-13
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Co-Intelligence
- Living and Working with AI
- Written by: Ethan Mollick
- Narrated by: Ethan Mollick
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI....
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Short, Sweet & Relevant to our times
- By Jose Amaya on 2024-04-17
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....
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The people who built our digital world
- By philip moss on 2021-03-20
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Flying Blind
- The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
- Written by: Peter Robison
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Boeing is a century-old titan of industry. It played a major role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings....
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Gripping and well told
- By pinkmarshmellow on 2022-04-30
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Life 3.0
- Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Written by: Max Tegmark
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....
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This performance bit is driving me crazy
- By Dan Thomson on 2018-02-05
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Ham Radio for Dummies (4th Edition)
- Written by: H. Ward Silver
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite its old-school reputation, amateur radio is on the rise, and the airwaves are busier than ever. That's no surprise: Being a ham is a lot of fun, providing an independent way to keep in touch with friends, family, and new acquaintances around the world....
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gets you started
- By payne on 2021-12-16
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
- Written by: Jason Schreier
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves....
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Good, but a little one sided
- By Kindle Customer on 2020-11-25
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Longitude
- Written by: Dava Sobel
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Neil Armstrong
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, Longitude is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd....
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- Written by: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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Terrible Audio
- By SL on 2024-03-20
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Blood in the Machine
- The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
- Written by: Brian Merchant
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)....
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Flight to Heaven
- A Plane Crash...a Lone Survivor...a Journey to Heaven - and Back
- Written by: Dale Black
- Narrated by: Dale Black
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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At age 19, pilot Dale Black survived an airplane crash that killed the other two pilots on board. Hovering between life and death, he had a breathtaking experience of heaven....
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Well-narrated and written—somewhat repetitive
- By yukonnaise on 2023-08-21
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Jupiter's Travels
- Written by: Ted Simon
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas, Ted Simon
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 6, 1973, Ted Simon knew there was no going back. He loaded up his 500cc Triumph Tiger in the pouring rain and said good-bye to London....
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Kind of depressing
- By Brian on 2019-03-18
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The American Trap
- My Battle to Expose America's Secret Economic War Against the Rest of the World
- Written by: Frédéric Pierucci, Matthieu Aron
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of a man caught in the middle of a huge American destabilising operation, illustrating the secret economic war that the United States is waging against developed nations across the world....
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- Written by: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants....
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This is a great book
- By Barbara on 2018-09-13
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- Written by: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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From best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima....
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So good!
- By Knowhere on 2022-12-10
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
- The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
- Written by: Bill Gates
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions....
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Who's this for?
- By SB The Student on 2021-02-21
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Variable Valve Timings
- Memoirs of a Car Tragic
- Written by: Chris Harris
- Narrated by: Chris Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Chris Harris has driven more cars than most people could ever dream of. His vast knowledge is legendary. And now for the first time, Harris is going all out, taking us down the road of his life-long adventure with the automobile....
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Highly Enjoyable
- By G A PERRY on 2024-01-22
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Jony Ive
- The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
- Written by: Leander Kahney
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The best-selling author of Inside Steve's Brain profiles Apple's legendary chief designer, Jonathan Ive....
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Interesting content, timeline broken
- By Mike Hamilton on 2023-09-28
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The Soul of a New Machine
- Written by: Tracy Kidder
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the 20th century....
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interesting story
- By Hayden barker on 2018-05-24
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
- Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
- Written by: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
- Narrated by: Chike Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery....
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A Must Listen(read)!!!!
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-06-25
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Beyond the Coffee Shop
- Riding 1970s Moto Guzzi Motorcycles in Northern Canada
- Written by: Nick Adams
- Narrated by: Nick Adams
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Canada is blessed with thousands of kilometers of empty roads which seem to wind on forever through forested hills and between still blue lakes. What better way to explore them than by riding 40-year-old Italian motorbikes....
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Riding feelings for any rainy day
- By Roadkill on 2020-12-06
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Eldorado to the Klondike: Riding Inappropriate Motorcycles to Out-of-the-Way Places
- Written by: Nick Adams
- Narrated by: Nick Adams
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Old or unsuitable motorbikes, distant places, poor weather, and gravel roads, these are the common threads in Nick’s motorcycle travels. He’d been hoping to ride out west a couple of years ago until a little heart trouble intervened....
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a well-written well read audiobook by Nick Adams.
- By david pianosi on 2020-04-14
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The Joy of x
- A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
- Written by: Steven Strogatz
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series to explain the big ideas of math gently and clearly, with wit, and insight....
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interesting
- By LeAnna Kolbuch on 2021-04-20
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The Liberation Line
- The Untold Story of How American Engineering and Ingenuity Won World War II
- Written by: Christian Wolmar
- Narrated by: Christian Wolmar
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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The epic story of the engineers and rail workers who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, by an award-winning expert on trains and transportation.
Written by: Christian Wolmar
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Statistics Behind the Headlines
- ASA-CRC Series on Statistical Reasoning in Science and Society
- Written by: A. John Bailer, Rosemary Pennington
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If you are looking to start developing your data self-defense and critical news consumption skills, this book is for you! It reflects a long-term collaboration between a statistician and a journalist to shed light on the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics. The only prerequisite for enjoying this book is an interest in developing the skills and insights for better understanding news stories that incorporate quantitative information.
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Salvage divers work underwater in a blinding darkness. In their cumbersome diving gear, these men have barely enough room to move around, while at the same time fighting the cold temperatures and fast currents. It is a dirty, unromantic, and highly dangerous way of earning a living.
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What if we were less reliant on our cars? What if there were safe cycling paths to take us places instead? What if those paths led to the next town, the next village and the countryside beyond? This was the dream of a group of Bristolian idealists in the 1970s when they founded Britain’s National Cycle Network, which now runs to nearly 13,000 miles across the country. Journalist Laura Laker sets off on an odyssey around the UK to see where the NCN began, and where it is now.
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Ham Radio DX: A Complete Guide
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A complete guide for Ham Radio Operators looking to work DX, defined as distant stations. Intended for both seasoned hams looking to improve skills and for beginners alike. The book includes sections on getting a ham radio shack setup for DX, hardware and software suggestions, automation, operating awards, QSL procedures as well as DX operating tips. Book covers various operating modes such as CW, phone and digital. A heavy emphasis is put on the currently popular HF digital modes as well as good operating practices to be a successful DXer.
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The Liberation Line
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Statistics Behind the Headlines
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Dream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state, as well as the history of the auto industry’s birth, decline, and rebirth.
Written by: Dimitry Anastakis
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Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin’s Fantastic SV1 and the End of Industrial Modernity, Vol 2
- Written by: Dimitry Anastakis
- Narrated by: Dimitry Anastakis
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Dream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state, as well as the history of the auto industry’s birth, decline, and rebirth.
Written by: Dimitry Anastakis
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Prepper's Ultimate Survival Series
- Off-Grid Self-Sufficiency Collection: A Comprehensive Guide to Water Purification, Survival Strategies, and Self-Sufficient Practices for Preppers
- Written by: Johnathan Nash
- Narrated by: Bill Ayers
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In an era where unpredictability is the only certainty, these essential guides are combined for those determined to be prepared for anything. This collection is not just about survival; it's about thriving in the face of the unknown.
Written by: Johnathan Nash
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The West Texas Power Plant That Saved the World
- Energy, Capitalism, and Climate Change
- Written by: Andy Bowman, Katharine Hayhoe - foreword
- Narrated by: Andy Bowman
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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What if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman’s book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more sustainable future for American capitalism. The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World takes the Barilla solar plant in Pecos County as a test case for the state of renewable energy in the twenty-first century United States.
Written by: Andy Bowman, and others
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The Unwritten Laws of Engineering
- Written by: W. J. King
- Narrated by: Yosef Kent
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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"The Unwritten Laws of Engineering" by W. J. King is a seminal guide that transcends the boundaries of time with its pertinent advice for engineering professionals. Initially published in 1944, this book serves as an indispensable manual for both novice and experienced engineers, outlining essential principles for professional conduct, interpersonal relations, and career advancement within the technical and engineering spheres.
Written by: W. J. King
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Low on Gas—High on Sky
- Nick Mamer's 1929 Venture
- Written by: J.B. Rivard
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Long before the days of jet planes, Nick Mamer and co-pilot Art Walker set an awe-inspiring record. They flew from Spokane, Washington to San Francisco, to New York, and from New York back to Spokane—without landing. This is the true story of the 1929 flight—during which their airplane was again and again refueled in the air with ropes and hose—by other daring airmen flying wood-and-fabric airplanes.
Written by: J.B. Rivard
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Tradition Meets Transformation
- Leadership Strategies to Revitalize Manufacturing
- Written by: Laurie Harbour, Scott Walton
- Narrated by: Chris McCloy
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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In a world of evolving competition, economic challenges, and technological advancements, the success of North American manufacturing hinges on one critical element: leadership. In Tradition Meets Transformation, authors Laurie Harbour and Scott Walton emphasize the pivotal role of leadership in driving transformation and generational improvement within the industry.
Written by: Laurie Harbour, and others