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2025

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Ready to dive into the world of Linux but don't know where to start? Feeling intimidated by the command line? Ubuntu Fundamentals: Essential Linux Skills and Administration is your perfect starting point.Designed specifically for absolute beginners, this comprehensive guide requires no prior Linux experience. Forget the confusing jargon; we break down complex topics into simple, step by step instructions, guiding you patiently from novice user to confident administ...

5,99 €

Lines of Control

The Invention of the Barcode and the Silent Takeover of Global Retail

2026

EN

The familiar beep at the grocery store checkout is so ubiquitous that it has become entirely invisible to us. Yet, prior to 1974, every single item in a supermarket had to be individually marked with a price tag and manually keyed into a register, creating staggering logistical bottlenecks and massive inventory errors. The solution required an engineering miracle that bridged the gap between physical objects and digital data. The invention of the Universal Product Code (UPC) and the laser ...

4,99 €

Smuggling the Silk

How Two Monks Stole an Empire's Secret and Broke a Global Monopoly

2026

EN

For centuries, the Roman and Byzantine empires bled gold to purchase a fabric that was lighter than air and stronger than steel. China held an absolute, fiercely guarded monopoly on silk production, protecting the secret of the silkworm under penalty of gruesome death. In the 6th century, Emperor Justinian realized that military might could not solve an economic deficit. He orchestrated one of the earliest and most consequential acts of corporate espionage in human history, dispatching two...

19,99 €

Ubuntu Fundamentals

Essential Linux Skills and Administration

Unabridged

13 hours 55 min

2025

EN

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ready to dive into the world of Linux but don't know where to start? Feeling intimidated by the command line? Ubuntu Fundamentals: Essential Linux Skills and Administration is your perfect starting point.Designed specifically for absolute beginners, this comprehensive guide requires no prior Linux experience. Forget the confusing jargon; we break down complex topics into simple, step by step instructions, guidin...

Unabridged

1 hour 46 min

2026

EN

Break free from the anxiety of high-performance culture and stop burnout by embracing the psychology of "good enough."Relentless striving often masquerades as ambition, but beneath the polished surface lies paralyzing fear and hidden shame. If you are exhausted by procrastination loops, imposter syndrome, or the weight of rigid expectations, this audio guide offers a compassionate exit strategy. It dismantles the mental habits that equate self-worth with flawless execution to help ...

Housemaid’s Secret, The

Lies Behind Closed Doors

Abridged

9 min

2025

EN

A razor-tight 10-minute retelling of The Housemaid’s Secret: Lies Behind Closed Doors.When a “perfect” penthouse hides a locked room and a silenced wife, Millie—the maid who knows captivity too well—turns routine into rescue. A domestic thriller of control, surveillance, and a woman who refuses to leave the door shut.

First Lie Wins

How to Vanish, Reinvent, and Beat the Game.

Abridged

10 min

2025

EN

A master chameleon slips into a new life, a new love, and a job that feels too perfect—until a rival surfaces and the handler who built her lies turns the game against her. To survive, she must flip the board, expose the architect, and choose a name she won’t have to leave behind. A sleek, high-tension thriller about identity, deception, and the price of reinvention.

Manifesting Money?

Use This Behavioral Science Framework Instead

Unabridged

8 min

2025

EN

Forget “manifesting money.” Start engineering it.This powerful 15-minute micro-lesson replaces vague affirmations with a behavioral science framework that actually moves your finances forward.You’ll learn how to shift from wishful thinking to measurable momentum using the 3-step loop of identity → constraints → cues — a proven system that rewires your brain for financial consistency.Instead of forcing motivation, you’ll design habits that m...

DNA Privacy 101

Before You Spit in a Tube, Read This

Unabridged

1 min

2025

EN

Before you spit in that tube and send off your DNA, stop and read the fine print.What begins as a search for ancestry or health secrets can quietly become a lifetime contract you never meant to sign. DNA Privacy 101 reveals the hidden world behind at-home genetic testing — where curiosity meets consent, and where your biological data becomes digital currency.This micro-lesson takes you inside the data pipelines that store, sell, and study your genetic code. You’ll ...

Narrated by
Jade Monroe
Audiobook 10 -
Ten-Minute Classics

Unabridged

6 min

2025

EN

The Unmarried People is a quiet rebellion against the myth of “happily ever after.” In a world built on ceremonies and expectations, it lingers in the silence after the music fades — where those who didn’t marry, couldn’t marry, or simply chose not to stand at the altar are left to write their own vows to life. Through poetic reflection and emotional clarity, it explores the dignity of solitude, the courage of self-definition, and the unspoken beauty of living without an audience....

Abridged

10 min

2025

EN

A 10-minute retelling of The 5 AM Club – Master Your Morning, Expand Your Power. A lost entrepreneur, an uninspired artist, and a wise mentor uncover the transformative power of the first hour of the day. Through discipline, reflection, and learning, they discover that waking early isn’t about productivity—it’s about identity, mastery, and peace.

Martyr!

A Pilgrimage for a Meaning That Won’t Hold Still

Abridged

9 min

2025

EN

A visceral 10-minute retelling of Martyr!: A Pilgrimage for a Meaning That Won’t Hold Still (Condensed Edition).A poet haunted by loss chases the true cost of sacrifice—from a living “saint” in a glass coffin to the small, ordinary heroism of staying alive, sober, and useful. History, performance art, and recovery collide as he learns the opposite of martyrdom might be service—and that meaning lives where we make ourselves useful to the living.