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The Design of Everyday Things

Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman ...

Narrated by Neil Hellegers ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

Design doesn't have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics.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 fault, argues this ingenious -- even liberating -- book, lies not in ourselves, but in product ... Read more

$41.99 AUD

Design doesn't have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics.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 fault, argues this ingenious -- even liberating -- book, lies not in ourselves, but in product
... Read more
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The Elephant in the Brain

Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson ...

Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the ... Read more

$38.57 AUD

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the
... Read more
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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

by John Green ...

Narrated by John Green ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with Partners in Health. John became fast ... Read more

$26.81 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with Partners in Health. John became fast
... Read more
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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward ...

Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types.His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the ... Read more

$26.81 AUD

The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types.His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the
... Read more
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The Pattern Seekers

How Autism Drives Human Invention

by Simon Baron-Cohen ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

Unabridged

5 hours 42 min

A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the ... Read more

$24.68 AUD

A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the
... Read more
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How to Use a Fork

Stories of Mending the Broken Brain

by Orlando Swayne ...

Narrated by Justin Avoth ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

'An incredible voyage of discovery . . . intensely moving and awe-inspiring' - Marina Hyde'Sensational. A moving, thoughtful and truly fascinating read' - Abi Morgan, author of This is Not a Pity MemoirIn How to Use a Fork, the beautiful science of brain plasticity meets remarkable human stories of survival and recovery. We meet the woman who thought her arm was a baby, the man who saw mannequins ... Read more

$39.99 AUD

'An incredible voyage of discovery . . . intensely moving and awe-inspiring' - Marina Hyde'Sensational. A moving, thoughtful and truly fascinating read' - Abi Morgan, author of This is Not a Pity MemoirIn How to Use a Fork, the beautiful science of brain plasticity meets remarkable human stories of survival and recovery. We meet the woman who thought her arm was a baby, the man who saw mannequins
... Read more
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Finding the Mother Tree

Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest

by Suzanne Simard ...

Narrated by Suzanne Simard ...

Unabridged

12 hours 13 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of treesNo one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees: their cooperation, healing capacity, memory, wisdom and sentience ... Read more

$24.90 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.A dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of treesNo one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees: their cooperation, healing capacity, memory, wisdom and sentience
... Read more
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The Serviceberry

An Economy of Gifts and Abundance

by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Narrated by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Brought to you by Penguin.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and communityAs Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, ... Read more

$26.81 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and communityAs Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How,
... Read more
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Burke and Wills

The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers

by Peter FitzSimons ...

Narrated by Michael Carman ...

Unabridged

23 hours 43 min

'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago.MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off, ... Read more

$39.99 AUD

'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago.MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off,
... Read more
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Tiny Habits

The Small Changes That Change Everything

by BJ Fogg ...

Narrated by BJ Fogg ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Improving your life is much easier than you think. Whether it's losing weight, sleeping more, or restoring your work/life balance - the secret is to start small.For years, we've been told that being healthier and productive is a matter of willpower: that we should follow the latest fad and make constant changes to our lifestyles. But whether in our diets, fitness plans or ... Read more

$24.90 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Improving your life is much easier than you think. Whether it's losing weight, sleeping more, or restoring your work/life balance - the secret is to start small.For years, we've been told that being healthier and productive is a matter of willpower: that we should follow the latest fad and make constant changes to our lifestyles. But whether in our diets, fitness plans or
... Read more
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Talk

The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves

by Alison Wood Brooks ...

Narrated by Alison Wood Brooks ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.You might already consider yourself a stellar conversationalist, but could you be even better? This book will help enrich your life, one conversation at a time.**Conversation is at the heart of our relationships and decision-making - but the science behind our everyday interactions, and how to improve them, is little known.In Talk, Harvard Professor Alison Wood Brooks ... Read more

$26.81 AUD

**Brought to you by Penguin.You might already consider yourself a stellar conversationalist, but could you be even better? This book will help enrich your life, one conversation at a time.**Conversation is at the heart of our relationships and decision-making - but the science behind our everyday interactions, and how to improve them, is little known.In Talk, Harvard Professor Alison Wood Brooks
... Read more
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Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch

by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett ...

Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time ... Read more

$21.99 AUD

Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time
... Read more
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Living Planet

The Web of Life on Earth

by David Attenborough ...

Narrated by David Attenborough ...

Unabridged

11 hours 33 min

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean ... Read more

$32.99 AUD

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean
... Read more
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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and ... Read more

$30.64 AUD

****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and
... Read more
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Why We Sleep

The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

13 hours 32 min

Brought to you by PenguinTHE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTLS, OBSERVER, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, ... Read more

$22.98 AUD

Brought to you by PenguinTHE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTLS, OBSERVER, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer,
... Read more
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Breath

Improve your health and wellbeing by discovering the lost art of breathing

by James Nestor ...

Narrated by James Nestor ...

Unabridged

7 hours 56 min

Brought to you by Penguin. Narrated by James Nestor.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health, from snoring to allergies to immunity? A fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations' Dr Rangan ChatterjeeNo matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it ... Read more

$24.90 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin. Narrated by James Nestor.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health, from snoring to allergies to immunity? A fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations' Dr Rangan ChatterjeeNo matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it
... Read more
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Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon

by Dr. Joe Dispenza ...

Narrated by Adam Boyce ...

Unabridged

14 hours 6 min

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most profound scientific information with ancient wisdom to ... Read more

$49.38 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most profound scientific information with ancient wisdom to
... Read more
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Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Narrated by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Unabridged

16 hours 44 min

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer ... Read more

$34.71 AUD

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer
... Read more
Audiobook

A Short History of Nearly Everything

The bestselling popular science book of the 21st Century

by Bill Bryson ...

Narrated by Bill Bryson ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Bryson
Abridged

5 hours 47 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Featuring a special introduction written for the audiobook edition and read by the authorA Radio 4 Book Club Selection.The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant tr... ... Read more

$26.81 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Featuring a special introduction written for the audiobook edition and read by the authorA Radio 4 Book Club Selection.The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant tr...
... Read more
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A Brief History Of Time

From Big Bang To Black Holes

by Stephen Hawking ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?These are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers.It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton ... Read more

$22.98 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?These are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers.It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton
... Read more
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Desert Star

Inspiration for the hit Amazon Prime series BALLARD

by Michael Connelly ...

Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver ...

Series series Ballard and Bosch
Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCHSOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET. OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE.Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is she must first unravel an unsolved murder, or lose this opportunity of a lifetime...<st... ... Read more

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THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCHSOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET. OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE.Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is she must first unravel an unsolved murder, or lose this opportunity of a lifetime...<st...
... Read more
Audiobook

Invisible Women

Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez ...

Narrated by Caroline Criado Perez ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**A TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21st CENTURY**OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD*Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives in this groundbreaking gift of an audiobook edition, read by Caroline Criado Perez.Imagine a world where...· Your phone is too big for your hand· Your doctor prescri... ... Read more

$22.98 AUD

*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**A TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21st CENTURY**OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD*Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives in this groundbreaking gift of an audiobook edition, read by Caroline Criado Perez.Imagine a world where...· Your phone is too big for your hand· Your doctor prescri...
... Read more
Audiobook

The Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...

Narrated by Malk Williams ...

Unabridged

24 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a ... Read more

$30.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a
... Read more
Audiobook

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 41 min

The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the ... Read more

$23.07 AUD

The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the
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