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How Algorithms Flattened Culture

by Kyle Chayka ...

**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself."[Filterworld] is about how algorithms changed culture…[Chayka asks] what is taste? What is a sense of aesthetics? And what happens to it when it collides with the homogenizing ... Read more

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**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself."[Filterworld] is about how algorithms changed culture…[Chayka asks] what is taste? What is a sense of aesthetics? And what happens to it when it collides with the homogenizing
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The Longing for Less

What's Missing from Minimalism

by Kyle Chayka ...

The New Yorker staff writer and Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the deep roots—and untapped possibilities—of our newfound, all-consuming drive to reduce."Less is more": Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction ... Read more

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The New Yorker staff writer and Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the deep roots—and untapped possibilities—of our newfound, all-consuming drive to reduce."Less is more": Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction
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Hurrah for Gin

THE BESTSELLING CLASSIC HUMOUR BOOK FOR PERFECTLY IMPERFECT PARENTS

by Katie Kirby, Kyle Chayka ...

Series Book 1 - Hurrah for Gin
FROM THE BESTSELLLING AUTHOR OF THE LOTTIE BROOKS SERIES, KATIE KIRBYThis book is not a how-to-guide. It won't tell you how to get your baby to sleep, how to deal with toddler tantrums, how to be a good parent, a cool parent or even a renegade parent. It is a book about parenting that contains absolutely no useful advice whatsoever.Instead it shares beautifully honest anecdotes and illustrations ... Read more

$2.99 USD

FROM THE BESTSELLLING AUTHOR OF THE LOTTIE BROOKS SERIES, KATIE KIRBYThis book is not a how-to-guide. It won't tell you how to get your baby to sleep, how to deal with toddler tantrums, how to be a good parent, a cool parent or even a renegade parent. It is a book about parenting that contains absolutely no useful advice whatsoever.Instead it shares beautifully honest anecdotes and illustrations
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Filterworld

How Algorithms Flattened Culture

by Kyle Chayka ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself."[Filterworld] is about how algorithms changed culture…[Chayka asks] what is taste? What is a sense of aesthetics? And what happens to it when it collides with the homogenizing ... Read more

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**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself."[Filterworld] is about how algorithms changed culture…[Chayka asks] what is taste? What is a sense of aesthetics? And what happens to it when it collides with the homogenizing
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The Longing for Less

Living with Minimalism

by Kyle Chayka ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

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7 hours 48 min

Bloomsbury presents The Longing for Less by Kyle Chayka, read by Christopher Ragland.New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive." —Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing“Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra. ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Longing for Less by Kyle Chayka, read by Christopher Ragland.New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive." —Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing“Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra.
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Hurrah for Gin: The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams (Aged 2 ¼)

The perfect gift for mums

by Katie Kirby ...

Series Book 2 - Hurrah for Gin
Life is hard for Archie. It often seems like the world is out to get him. People are always telling him what to do... 'Eat your tea Archie!', 'Don't lick the bus stop Archie!', 'Stop putting Mummy's phone in the bin Archie!'And then one day his heart is shattered when he learns his parents are to replace him with a younger sibling - the utter bastards!The only comforts he finds are in his best ... Read more

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Life is hard for Archie. It often seems like the world is out to get him. People are always telling him what to do... 'Eat your tea Archie!', 'Don't lick the bus stop Archie!', 'Stop putting Mummy's phone in the bin Archie!'And then one day his heart is shattered when he learns his parents are to replace him with a younger sibling - the utter bastards!The only comforts he finds are in his best
... Read more
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The Attention Fix

How to Focus in a World That Wants to Distract You

by Anders Hansen ...

Narrated by Anders Hansen, Nikolas Salmon ...

Unabridged

5 hours 6 min

**“Anders Hansen’s work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.”—Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of The Stress SolutionTake charge of your attention and break free from the digital overload with The Attention Fix by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen.**In this powerful guide, Dr. Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental ... Read more

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**“Anders Hansen’s work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.”—Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of The Stress SolutionTake charge of your attention and break free from the digital overload with The Attention Fix by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen.**In this powerful guide, Dr. Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental
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Unmasking AI

My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

by Joy Buolamwini ...

Narrated by Joy Buolamwini ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.“AI is not coming, it’s here. If we answer the beautiful call inside these pages, we can decide who we are going to be and how we’re going to use technology in service of what it means to be fully human.”—Brené Brown, #1 ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.“AI is not coming, it’s here. If we answer the beautiful call inside these pages, we can decide who we are going to be and how we’re going to use technology in service of what it means to be fully human.”—Brené Brown, #1
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Shatterproof

How to Thrive in a World of Constant Chaos (And Why Resilience Alone Isn't Enough)

by Tasha Eurich ...

Narrated by Tasha Eurich ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

This new roadmap for stressed-out strivers reveals the surprising limits of resilience and offers a second skillset for overcoming life’s greatest challenges.Are you working too much but feel like it’s never enough? Have you turned the act of pretending you’re “fine” into an art form? Have your best coping tools stopped working the way they used to, leaving you feeling tapped out and teetering on ... Read more

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This new roadmap for stressed-out strivers reveals the surprising limits of resilience and offers a second skillset for overcoming life’s greatest challenges.Are you working too much but feel like it’s never enough? Have you turned the act of pretending you’re “fine” into an art form? Have your best coping tools stopped working the way they used to, leaving you feeling tapped out and teetering on
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The Times

How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism

by Adam Nagourney ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

18 hours 53 min

A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing events, internal scandals, and faced the existential threat of the internet“An often enthralling chronicle [that] delivers the gossipy goods . . . Like Robert Caro’s biographies, [The Times] should appeal to anyone interested in power.”—Los Angeles ... Read more

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A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing events, internal scandals, and faced the existential threat of the internet“An often enthralling chronicle [that] delivers the gossipy goods . . . Like Robert Caro’s biographies, [The Times] should appeal to anyone interested in power.”—Los Angeles
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The Good Enough Job

Reclaiming Life from Work

by Simone Stolzoff ...

Narrated by Simone Stolzoff ...

Unabridged

5 hours 33 min

**"Superb."—Oliver BurkemanA challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches.**From the moment we ask children what they want to “be” when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life’s ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success.In The Good Enough ... Read more

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**"Superb."—Oliver BurkemanA challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches.**From the moment we ask children what they want to “be” when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life’s ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success.In The Good Enough
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How Work Works

The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself

by Michelle P. King ...

Narrated by Siho Ellsmore ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

A unique and revelatory guide to understanding and navigating the unwritten rules of the workplace—the key to achieving success, finding meaning, and staying true to your authentic self in today’s business world—from the organizational expert and celebrated author of The Fix.In her two decades researching organizations, Michelle King has discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly ... Read more

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A unique and revelatory guide to understanding and navigating the unwritten rules of the workplace—the key to achieving success, finding meaning, and staying true to your authentic self in today’s business world—from the organizational expert and celebrated author of The Fix.In her two decades researching organizations, Michelle King has discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly
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