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Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings Audiobooks

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    The 99% Invisible City

    A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

    by Roman Mars, 99% Invisible, Kurt Kohlstedt ...
    Narrated by Roman Mars ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    An entertaining guide to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, featuring new and exclusive material from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast.Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?Or stopped to ponder who gets to name the streets we walk along?Or what the story is behind those dancing inflatable figures in car ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Brunelleschi's Dome

    How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

    by Ross King ...
    Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 36 min

    On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore was announced: "Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome . . . shall do so before the end of the month of September." The proposed dome was regarded far and wide as all but impossible to build. The dome would literally need to be erected over thin air. Of ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    Narrated by Scott Brick ...

    Unabridged

    31 min

    Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture.Krakauer delves into Alexander’s life and career, from his theories on a timeless “pattern language” that could be used to create buildings and towns that were simultaneously more livable and more beautiful, to his belief ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Castles

    Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain

    by Marc Morris ...
    Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 18 min

    Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples. At times this is an epic tale, driven by characters like William the Conqueror, King John, and Edward I, full of sieges and conquest on an awesome scale. But it ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Healthy Buildings

    How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity

    by Joseph G. Allen, John D. Macomber ...
    Narrated by Adam Lofbomm ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 42 min

    From our offices and homes to schools, hospitals, and restaurants, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized impact on our performance and well-being. They affect our creativity, focus, and problem-solving ability and can make us sick-jeopardizing our future and dragging down profits in the process. Joseph Allen and John Macomber make a compelling case in this ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues

    by Peter Hughes ...
    Narrated by Peter Hughes ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 39 min

    'Fascinating analysis. A great read.’ Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkRADIO TV Breakfast Show“This book considers why statues, and their removal, continue to provoke strong emotions. It also tells us the stories of 21 acts of statue destruction, why they took place, and what they tell us about our view of the past.”BBC HISTORY MAGAZINEFrom antiquity to the present day, this book offers a fascinating ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rift in the Earth, A

    Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

    by James Reston, Jr. ...
    Narrated by Jeff Cummings ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 52 min

    A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Vietnam Vet Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam MemorialA Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should be built to honor the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. The story intertwines art, ... Read more

    $52.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Pigen i muren

    by Jørn Jensen ...
    Narrated by Mikkel Bay Mortensen ...

    Unabridged

    10 min

    Da Mikkel en dag er på omvisning på et gammelt slot, hører han en uhyggelig historie om en ung pige, der blev muret inde på slottet af sin far. Nu siges det, at hun spøger på slottet om natten. Mikkel har svært ved at glemme historien igen, og han har lyst til at se stedet igen. Men da han kommer ud fra sit værelse, ser han en uhyggelig hvid skygge... Jørn Jensen, født 1946, yderst produktiv og ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD

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    Building and Stocking a Nuclear Bunker For Under $10,000

    by Martin K. Ettington ...
    Narrated by Martin K. Ettington ...

    Unabridged

    19 min

    Building Shelters to protect individuals and their families from emergency situations has become extremely popular in the United States.I have my own experience of building a nuclear bomb shelter in 2002 and stocking it with supplies. I did it for less than $10,000 and thought you would all be interested in how I did it for so little money.I’m also a nuclear engineer and used my knowledge and some ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How To Build a Chicken Coop

    Your Step By Step Guide To Making a Chicken Coop

    by HowExpert ...
    Narrated by Lenny Bunn ...

    Unabridged

    31 min

    If you want to learn how to build a chicken coop, then get "How To Build a Chicken Coop".In this step-by-step guide, you will discover the best tips to realistically build a chicken coop without having any experience.- How to build a chicken coop in 3 days.- Discover the simple and easy way to build an attractive chicken coop without spending a lot of money.- No special tools needed.- Step-by-step ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    One World Trade Center

    Biography of the Building

    by Judith Dupré ...
    Narrated by Judith Dupré ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 15 min

    From the bestselling author of Skyscrapers, the behind-the-scenes story of the most extraordinary building in the world: One World Trade Center.The new World Trade Center represents one of the most complex collaborations in human history. Nearly every state in the nation, a dozen countries around the world, and more than 25,000 workers helped raise the tower, which consumed ninety million pounds ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Krone der Welt (Ungekürzt)

    by Sabine Weiß ...
    Narrated by Detlef Bierstedt ...

    Unabridged

    24 hours 52 min

    Ein großer Historischer Roman über den Ausbau Amsterdams zur Weltmetropole, über Liebe und Hass und den Drang, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen Vincent will als Architekt prächtige Stadthäuser bauen. Ruben sehnt sich nach Abenteuern auf hoher See. Betje ist eine begnadete Köchin. Zusammen sind die Geschwister in Amsterdam gestrandet, einem Ort der märchenhaften Möglichkeiten. Doch es ist ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    A Hidden History of The Tower Of London

    England’s Most Notorious Prisoners

    by John Paul Davis ...
    Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 13 min

    Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilization and those who did, often did so without their head! It is hardly surprising that the Tower has earned itself a reputation among the most infamous ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Fallen Idols

    History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It is made.

    by Alex von Tunzelmann ...
    Narrated by Kristin Atherton ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 5 min

    'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know. Hesitate no longer; buy this book.' Suzannah Lipscomb, author, award-winning historian and broadcaster'Like all the best historians von Tunzelmann uses the past to explain what the hell is going on ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    On a Pedestal

    A Trip around Britain's Statues

    by Roger Lytollis ...
    Narrated by Ben Onwukwe ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 58 min

    This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's Beatles statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh he walks into a row over Greyfriars Bobby's nose and in Glasgow learns ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Stones of London

    A History in Twelve Buildings

    by Leo Hollis ...
    Narrated by Robert Portal ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 50 min

    The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings.'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY'Hollis has a fine eye for architecture, and engagingly describes neo-classical marvels as well as the Labour government's dockside folly of the Millennium Dome.. ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Wie du 30 % Baukosten sparst - Schritt für Schritt 100 % Insiderwissen direkt vom Baugutachter (Ungekürzt)

    by Frank Klausmeier ...
    Narrated by Felix Holm ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 14 min

    Ein Ratgeber für Bauherren und alle, die es werden wollen Beharrlich sein, das eigene Verlangen stärken, ganz konkrete Pläne entwickeln und voller positivem Glauben durchsetzt sein - von dem Glauben daran, sich selbst das schon lange ersehnte Traumhaus zu verwirklichen. Das sind für Frank Klausmeier die Grundvoraussetzungen, um sich auf den Weg zum Eigenheim für sich und seine Liebsten zu machen. ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Architecture Book

    by DK ...
    Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 20 min

    Discover the key architectural concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings and structures.The Architecture Book goes beyond other architecture books to analyse not just buildings themselves, but the ideas and principles that make each of the featured structures key to the history and evolution of our built environment.From ancient and classical architecture through Medieval, Gothic, and ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How To Deal With Termites

    Don'T Lose Your Property To These Small, Voracious, Xylophagous Insects!

    by Owen Jones ...
    Narrated by Kim Somers ...

    Unabridged

    56 min

    Termites are a common household pest that can cause significant damage to homes and buildings. They are small insects that feed on wood and other cellulose-based materials, and can cause structural damage to homes and buildings. In this short book, How to Deal with Termites, we will provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to identify, prevent, and effectively deal with termite ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Noble Ambitions

    The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II

    by Adrian Tinniswood ...
    Narrated by Roger May ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 35 min

    A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided with aristocratic valuesAs the sun set slowly on the British Empire, its mansions fell and rose. Ancient families were reduced to demolishing the parts of their stately homes they could no longer afford, dukes and duchesses desperately clung to their ancestral seats, and a new class of homeowners bought ... Read more

    $63.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Supertall

    How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

    by Stefan Al ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 40 min

    The global boom in skyscrapers-why it's happening now, how they're made, and what they do to cities and people. We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al-himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Die geheime Welt der Bauwerke (Ungekürzte Lesung)

    by Roma Agrawal ...
    Narrated by Luise Helm ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 11 min

    Wir arbeiten in ihnen, spazieren über sie und fahren durch sie hindurch: Dass Hochhäuser dem Sturm trotzen, Brücken und Tunnel dem Verkehr und der Schwerkraft standhalten, ist jedoch nicht selbstverständlich, sondern fast ein Wunder - und der Kunst der Ingenieure zu verdanken. Roma Agrawal, die Westeuropas zweithöchsten Wolkenkratzer plante, weiht uns ein in die Geheimnisse der Statik. Auf ihrer ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    public housing project where healthy living is the foundation, A

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

    Unabridged

    6 min

    In downtown Denver, a recently built public housing project is designed to foster healthy living, with access to nutritious food, access to doctors and ease of exercise. Jeffrey Brown reports. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Story of the Statue of Liberty, The

    by Benjamin Levine, Isabelle F. Story ...
    Narrated by Karen Commins ...

    Unabridged

    33 min

    The Statue of Liberty, one of the world’s most iconic symbols, was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. Standing proudly in New York Harbor, it became a welcoming sight to scores of immigrants.Although the statue commemorates the friendship between two countries, the gift almost didn’t occur!In this concise history, developed by the US National Park Service, you ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial