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Library & Information Services Audiobooks

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    Calling Bullshit

    The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World

    by Jevin D. West, Carl T. Bergstrom ...
    Narrated by Patrick Zeller ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 18 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in the wild from two brilliantly contrarian scientistsThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act.Based on a ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Making Numbers Count

    The art and science of communicating numbers

    by Chip Heath, Karla Starr ...
    Narrated by Kathe Mazur ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 35 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Making Numbers Count is a lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to turning cold, clinical data into a memorable story.Until very recently, most languages had no words for numbers greater than five - anything from six to infinity was known as 'lots'. While the numbers in our world have become increasingly complex, our brains are stuck in the past. Yet the ability to ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Place For Everything

    The Curious History of Alphabetical Order

    by Judith Flanders ...
    Narrated by Julia Winwood ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 31 min

    'Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.' - Jan Morris'Quirky and compelling.' - The TimesOnce we've learned it as children, few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order. And yet the order of the alphabet, that simple knowledge that we take for granted, plays a major role in our adult lives. From the school ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Index, A History of the

    by Dennis Duncan ...
    Narrated by Neil Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 10 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Finder of the Lucky Devil

    by Megan Mackie ...
    Narrated by Mackie ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Lucky Devil

    Unabridged

    13 hours 51 min

    How can she keep her secret safe from his charms?When a charming and deadly corporate cyber-spy, shows up on the doorstep of Rune Leveau's bar, he wants only one thing: For the secretive Finder of the Lucky Devil to use her magical talent to find a wanted criminal. This criminal is the key to something very special... she can lead him to a computer program rumored to do the impossible: cast magic ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Golden Oldies' Book Club

    The BRAND NEW feel-good novel from USA Today Bestseller Judy Leigh for 2023

    by Judy Leigh ...
    Narrated by Phyllida Nash ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    Deep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs to relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting increasingly tired of her husband Mark’s grumpiness and wonders if their son’s ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Big Data

    A Beginner's Introduction

    by Saswat Sarangi, Pankaj Sharma ...
    Narrated by John Palmer ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 22 min

    This book:Will be essential for general readers trying to make sense of digital ageWill essential for the researcher in science and technology studies, media and culture studies, public policy and digital humanitiesIncludes case studies like Amazon, Facebook, the World Cup and the Aadhar Scheme ... Read more

    $68.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Learn Japanese : A Quick and Easy Guide

    by Lynn Franklin ...
    Narrated by Lynn Franklin and Jason Hill ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 16 min

    Learn Japanese : A quick and easy guide is an new and integrated approach to learning Japanese developed by Lynn Franklin. The techniques used in this program has been taught successfully for years. Learn Japanese : A quick and easy guide is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners. ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Reading Allowed

    True Stories and Curious Incidents from a Provincial Library

    by Chris Paling ...
    Narrated by David Thorpe ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 24 min

    'Paling's deftly drawn vignettes are frequently funny, sometimes sad and occasionally troubling . . . Borrow a copy from your local library, if you still have one. Better yet, buy it' Neil Armstrong, Mail on Sunday'Not only was I captivated by Paling's lovingly wrought series of pen portraits, I was amused, moved and - perhaps most surprising of all - uplifted' John Preston, Daily Mail'There are ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    New librarian of Congress on the value of free information

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

    Unabridged

    6 min

    The Library of Congress has a new chief: Carla Hayden. Most of her predecessors in the role have come from scholarly institutions, but Hayden is a librarian through and through. She is also the first woman and the first African American to take charge of the nation's oldest and largest collection. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Hayden about the continuing importance of the library in the digital age. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Get To Grips With Grown Up Topics Thought-provoking & business focused articles on management theory, law, Occupy, political Warner Bros cartoons, and more

    by Chirag Patel ...
    Narrated by Chirag Patel ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 56 min

    Articles on boring-but-interesting topics, including:Management styles and theoryQuality philosophiesThe structure of lawCase studies in reducing crime and recidivismA reflective study on criminal justiceA case study on Warner Brothers' political cartoonsArticles on occupy, disintermediation, and ethical concernsA wide range of short questions and answers about life issues, philosophy, theology, ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Expected Goals: The story of how data conquered football and changed the game forever

    by Rory Smith ...
    Narrated by Simon Darwen ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 46 min

    Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about how you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is played, coached, scouted and consumed. But it’s not the algorithms or new metrics that have made this change, it’s the people behind them ... Read more

    $45.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Big Data, Little Data, No Data

    Scholarship in the Networked World

    by Christine L. Borgman ...
    Narrated by Marguerite Gavin ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 8 min

    "Big Data" is on the covers of Science, Nature, the Economist, and Wired magazines, on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. But despite the media hyperbole, as Christine Borgman points out in this examination of data and scholarly research, having the right data is usually better than having more data; little data can be just as valuable as big data. In many cases, ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Overdue

    Reckoning with the Public Library

    by Amanda Oliver ...
    Narrated by Eva Wilhelm ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 47 min

    Who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society today? Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at an "unusual" branch: Northwest One. Using her experience at this branch allows Oliver to ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Little Red Reading Hood

    by Lucy Rowland ...

    Unabridged

    15 min

    Whilst leaving footpaths should never be done,Straying from stories is all sorts of fun!Little Red Reading Hood loves reading books and making up stories of her own. When she meets a cunning wolf while on her way to the library, he convinces her to stray from the path and read for a little while. But hasn’t she read this in a story before? Perhaps it’s time she came up with a new ending . . .This ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Dear Fahrenheit 451

    Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks

    by Annie Spence ...
    Narrated by Stephanie Spicer ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 36 min

    Librarians spend their lives weeding-not weeds, but books-books that have reached the end of their shelf life both literally and figuratively. They remove books that patrons no longer check out, and they put back books they treasure. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Last Library

    'I really loved this . . . a brilliant first novel' Katie Fforde

    by Freya Sampson ...
    Narrated by Nathalie Pownall ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 12 min

    'The Last Library made me laugh, cry, cheer and want to champion all of our fabulous libraries' Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project**'A truly lovely and endearing read' Nina Pottell'A powerful reminder about the importance of community, kindness and friendship. A truly stunning debut' Hannah Tovey, author of The Education of Ivy Edwards**'I adored every page' Jessica ... ... Read more

    $83.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Piensa claro

    Ocho reglas para descifrar el mundo y tener éxito en la era de los datos

    by Kiko Llaneras ...
    Narrated by Iván Cánovas ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 20 min

    ESQUIVA LAS TRAMPAS DE TU INTUICIÓN Y TOMA DECISIONES MÁS ACERTADAS CON EL MEJOR MAESTRO DE LOS DATOS.¿Qué secuencia de errores provocó la catástrofe de Chernóbil? ¿Cuál es el****secreto de un superpronosticador? ¿Por qué tantos futbolistas nacen en enero?<... ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Little Village Library

    The perfect heartwarming story of kindness and community for 2022

    by Helen Rolfe ...
    Narrated by Karen Cass ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    The Little Village Library is a heartwarming story about kindness, community, and new beginnings, perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley and Rachael LucasOne of Woman & Home's top 5 feel-good fiction!It takes a village...Cloverdale is known for its winding roads, undulating hills and colourful cottages, and now for its Library of Shared Things: a place where locals can borrow anything they might need, ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Information and Society

    by Michael Buckland ...
    Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 48 min

    Using information in its everyday, nonspecialized sense, Michael Buckland explores the influence of information on what we know, the role of communication and recorded information in our daily lives, and the difficulty (or ease) of finding information. He shows that all this involves human perception, social behavior, changing technologies, and issues of trust. Buckland argues that every society ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Book Three Content Marketing Strategies That Work

    by Rae A. Stonehouse ...
    Narrated by Mike A Google generated AI narrator ...
    Audiobook 3 - The Successful Self Publisher Series: How to Write, Publish and Market Your Book Yourself

    Unabridged

    5 hours 33 min

    It can be said that writing your book can take 30% of your time and marketing it 130%.Many self-published authors shy away from marketing their content. It is a lot of work; the learning curve is steep, and it can take them out of their comfort zone. Way out!Self-marketing your content is well within your reach as an author when you know the basics and advanced strategies.Author Rae A. Stonehouse, ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Princeton Guide to Historical Research

    by Zachary M. Schrag ...
    Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours

    The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century The Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries. Zachary Schrag begins by ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    End Times

    Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration

    by Peter Turchin ...

    Unabridged

    **Brought to you by Penguin.A brilliant new theory of how society works from one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time**What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do elites maintain their dominant position? And why do ruling classes sometimes suddenly lose their grip on power?For decades, complexity scientist Peter Turchin has been studying world history like no one else. ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Gonzo Capitalism

    How to Get Ahead in an Economy that Hates You

    by Chris Guillebeau ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    Young people are re-writing the rules of capitalism. In this economy, it's the only option. In Gonzo Capitalism, join bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Chris Guillebeau on a tour of this brave new world.Burdened with massive college debt, stagnant wages and the ever-rising cost of living, Millennials and Generation Z are disillusioned by the outdated nine-to-five model of work. ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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