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Bad Blood

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword.“Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the Theranos story] virtually to perfection.” —The New York Times Book ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword.“Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the Theranos story] virtually to perfection.” —The New York Times Book
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The Great Bridge

The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by David McCullough, David McCullough ...

Narrated by Nelson Runger ...

Unabridged

27 hours 24 min

A monumental tale of American ambition, told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David McCullough. This gripping saga of the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the country’s boldest engineering achievements, reveals not only the politics and personalities behind "America’s Eiffel Tower," but charts New York’s ascent as a thriving metropolis.Around 1870, during the Age of ... Read more

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A monumental tale of American ambition, told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David McCullough. This gripping saga of the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the country’s boldest engineering achievements, reveals not only the politics and personalities behind "America’s Eiffel Tower," but charts New York’s ascent as a thriving metropolis.Around 1870, during the Age of
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Kingpin

How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

by Kevin Poulsen ...

Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone—some brilliant, audacious crook—had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.The FBI rushed to launch an ambitious undercover operation aimed at tracking down this new kingpin. Other agencies around the world deployed dozens of moles ... Read more

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The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone—some brilliant, audacious crook—had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.The FBI rushed to launch an ambitious undercover operation aimed at tracking down this new kingpin. Other agencies around the world deployed dozens of moles
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More Everything Forever

AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity

by Adam Becker ...

Narrated by Greg Tremblay ...

Unabridged

10 hours 57 min

A timely exposé of the ludicrous and cruel obsessions of Silicon Valley’s oligarchs.“In an era when billionaire space races and AI hype dominate headlines, More Everything Forever **arrives as a much-needed reality check.” —**The AtlanticTech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have decided that the only worthwhile future for humanity is one powered by technology: trillions of human... ... Read more

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A timely exposé of the ludicrous and cruel obsessions of Silicon Valley’s oligarchs.“In an era when billionaire space races and AI hype dominate headlines, More Everything Forever **arrives as a much-needed reality check.” —**The AtlanticTech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have decided that the only worthwhile future for humanity is one powered by technology: trillions of human...
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Truth, Lies, and O-Rings

Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

by Allan J. McDonald ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

26 hours 59 min

On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an indelible image in the nation's collective memory.In Truth, Lies, and O-Rings, McDonald, a skilled engineer and executive, relives the tragedy from where ... Read more

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On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an indelible image in the nation's collective memory.In Truth, Lies, and O-Rings, McDonald, a skilled engineer and executive, relives the tragedy from where
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Thermodynamics For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Michael Pauken ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

14 hours 1 min

The thermodynamics knowledge you need to succeed in class—and in your careerThermodynamics For Dummies, 2nd Edition covers the topics found in a typical undergraduate introductory thermodynamic course (which is an essential course to nearly all engineering degree programs). It also brings the subject to life with exciting content on where (and how!) thermodynamics is being used today (spoiler ... Read more

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The thermodynamics knowledge you need to succeed in class—and in your careerThermodynamics For Dummies, 2nd Edition covers the topics found in a typical undergraduate introductory thermodynamic course (which is an essential course to nearly all engineering degree programs). It also brings the subject to life with exciting content on where (and how!) thermodynamics is being used today (spoiler
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The Manager's Path

A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

by Camille Fournier ...

Narrated by Janet Metzger ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring ... Read more

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Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

by David W. Anthony ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

18 hours 25 min

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the ... Read more

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Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the
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The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder ...

Narrated by Ben Sullivan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Read more

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Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not
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Rethinking Narcissism

The Bad-and Surprising Good-About Feeling Special

by Dr. Craig Malkin ...

Narrated by Kiff VandenHeuvel ...

Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

Harvard Medical School psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the "narcissism epidemic," by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism, identifying ways to control the trait, and explaining how too little of it may be a bad thing."What is narcissism?" is one of the fastest rising searches on Google, and articles on the topic routinely go viral. Yet, the word "narcissist" ... Read more

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Harvard Medical School psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the "narcissism epidemic," by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism, identifying ways to control the trait, and explaining how too little of it may be a bad thing."What is narcissism?" is one of the fastest rising searches on Google, and articles on the topic routinely go viral. Yet, the word "narcissist"
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How to Invent Everything

A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

by Ryan North ...

Narrated by Ryan North ...

Unabridged

12 hours 55 min

An NPR Best Book of 2018"How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It's essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times-bestselling author of What If?The only book you need if you're going back in timeWhat would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then br... ... Read more

$22.50 USD

An NPR Best Book of 2018"How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It's essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times-bestselling author of What If?The only book you need if you're going back in timeWhat would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then br...
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LIFT

by Dan Ward ...

Narrated by Dan Ward ...

Unabridged

5 hours 11 min

LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight ... Read more

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LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight
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Crossings

How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

by Ben Goldfarb ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

11 hours 52 min

Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate ... Read more

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Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate
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Artificial Intelligence

From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks

by Clifford A. Pickover ...

Narrated by Steve Menasche ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

A journey through the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, from popular science author Cliff Pickover.From medieval robots and Boolean algebra to facial recognition, artificial neural networks, and adversarial patches, this fascinating history takes readers on a vast tour through the world of artificial intelligence. Award-winning author Clifford A. Pickover explores the historic ... Read more

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A journey through the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, from popular science author Cliff Pickover.From medieval robots and Boolean algebra to facial recognition, artificial neural networks, and adversarial patches, this fascinating history takes readers on a vast tour through the world of artificial intelligence. Award-winning author Clifford A. Pickover explores the historic
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CDL Study Guide 2024-2025

Everything You Need to Know to Pass the Commercial Driver’s License Exam on your First Attempt, with the Most Complete and Up-to-Date Practice Tests - New Version

by Mike Chambers, PL Exam Preparation ...

Narrated by DM Studios ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

Do You Want to Ace Your Commercial Driver's License Test? Now You Can With the Help of This CDL Study Guide.Would you like to prepare yourself for any question on the CDL test and have a perfect test score?If you don't have much time on your hands for studying or if you are a terrible test taker, or even if you have trouble absorbing a lot of information, you don't have to worry at all. This CDL ... Read more

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Do You Want to Ace Your Commercial Driver's License Test? Now You Can With the Help of This CDL Study Guide.Would you like to prepare yourself for any question on the CDL test and have a perfect test score?If you don't have much time on your hands for studying or if you are a terrible test taker, or even if you have trouble absorbing a lot of information, you don't have to worry at all. This CDL
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Conquering the Electron

The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age

by Derek Cheung, Eric Brach ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

14 hours 8 min

Conquering the Electron offers listeners a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad. This book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next on the long journey to our modern-day technologies. Exploring the combination of genius, infighting, and luck ... Read more

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Conquering the Electron offers listeners a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad. This book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next on the long journey to our modern-day technologies. Exploring the combination of genius, infighting, and luck
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The New Geography of Innovation

The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies

by Mehran Gul ...

Narrated by David Thorpe ...

Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

A Financial Times Best Book of the YearA groundbreaking exploration of the shifting landscape of technological innovation and how it has transformed into a global phenomenon, challenging the traditional dominance of Silicon Valley.The US is the source of just about all the technologies that define modern life: personal computers, operating systems, smartphones, e-commerce, web browsers, email, ... Read more

$26.99 USD

A Financial Times Best Book of the YearA groundbreaking exploration of the shifting landscape of technological innovation and how it has transformed into a global phenomenon, challenging the traditional dominance of Silicon Valley.The US is the source of just about all the technologies that define modern life: personal computers, operating systems, smartphones, e-commerce, web browsers, email,
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Geld sparen mit dem Blockheizkraftwerk

Fördermöglichkeiten und Steuervorteile sichern

by Andreas Bauernfeind ...

Narrated by Helmut Stieglbauer (AI) ...

Unabridged

1 hour 10 min

Stell dir vor, du könntest deine Heizkosten massiv senken und gleichzeitig deinen eigenen Strom produzieren. Genau das ermöglicht dir ein Blockheizkraftwerk. In Zeiten steigender Energiepreise suchen viele Immobilienbesitzer nach Wegen, sich unabhängig zu machen und die Energiewende im Eigenheim voranzutreiben. Dieses Hörbuch ist dein praxisnaher Begleiter auf dem Weg zur effizienten ... Read more

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Stell dir vor, du könntest deine Heizkosten massiv senken und gleichzeitig deinen eigenen Strom produzieren. Genau das ermöglicht dir ein Blockheizkraftwerk. In Zeiten steigender Energiepreise suchen viele Immobilienbesitzer nach Wegen, sich unabhängig zu machen und die Energiewende im Eigenheim voranzutreiben. Dieses Hörbuch ist dein praxisnaher Begleiter auf dem Weg zur effizienten
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Little Blue Dot

How GPS Shaped the Modern World

by Katherine Dunn ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

Bloomsbury presents Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn, read by Laurel LefkowThe unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We’re lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn, read by Laurel LefkowThe unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We’re lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth
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Toyota Standard Work

The Foundation of Kaizen

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 9 min

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no standard. In the classic old way of management, companies were and (many are still) following the Taylor’s ... Read more

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Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no standard. In the classic old way of management, companies were and (many are still) following the Taylor’s
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Quirky

The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

by Melissa A Schilling ...

Narrated by Erin Bennett ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

The science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughsWhat really distinguishes the people who literally change the world -- those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us?Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts ... Read more

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The science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughsWhat really distinguishes the people who literally change the world -- those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us?Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts
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Minute Six

How High-Performance Teams Navigate the Unknown

by Kevin Fong ...

Narrated by Kevin Fong ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

A unique survival guide for an uncertain world - from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and writer-presenter of the hit podcast 13 Minutes to the MoonNo plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for what follows?Kevin Fong has spent his working life in high-risk, high-performance teams – flying as a ... Read more

$18.79 USD

A unique survival guide for an uncertain world - from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and writer-presenter of the hit podcast 13 Minutes to the MoonNo plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for what follows?Kevin Fong has spent his working life in high-risk, high-performance teams – flying as a
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La sed

Una historia antropológica (y personal) de la vida en tierras de lluvia escasa

by Virginia Mendoza ...

Narrated by Isa Puchol ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

Detrás de lo que fuimos, somos y seremos, siempre está la búsqueda del agua.Siempre está la sed«Virginia Mendoza ha escrito un ensayo sobre cómo la escasez de lluvia nos ha influido, no solo a los centro-peninsulares, sino a toda la humanidad; y le ha quedado precioso y de lectura necesaria. Es un texto con el que a... ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Detrás de lo que fuimos, somos y seremos, siempre está la búsqueda del agua.Siempre está la sed«Virginia Mendoza ha escrito un ensayo sobre cómo la escasez de lluvia nos ha influido, no solo a los centro-peninsulares, sino a toda la humanidad; y le ha quedado precioso y de lectura necesaria. Es un texto con el que a...
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Oil And Gas Drilling Guide

by HowExpert, Miguel Ferraz ...

Narrated by Tom Jaramillo ...

Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

If you want to learn about oil drilling as a beginner, then check out this book!How to drill an oil and gas well from A to Z, or in a shorter form from one to seven.The first step is to determine what type of rock we will be drilling. The second step is to refine this preliminary well configuration by determining the exact dimensions required of casing strings. Afterwards, the third stage is to ... Read more

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If you want to learn about oil drilling as a beginner, then check out this book!How to drill an oil and gas well from A to Z, or in a shorter form from one to seven.The first step is to determine what type of rock we will be drilling. The second step is to refine this preliminary well configuration by determining the exact dimensions required of casing strings. Afterwards, the third stage is to
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