Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams

by Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, Nate Walkingshaw ...

Narrated by Mitchell Dorian ...

Unabridged

7 hours 41 min

In today’s lightning-fast technology world, good product management is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage. Yet, managing human beings and navigating complex product roadmaps is no easy task, and it’s rare to find a product leader who can steward a digital product from concept to launch without a couple of major hiccups. Why do some product leaders succeed while others don’t? This ... Read more

$47.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

In today’s lightning-fast technology world, good product management is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage. Yet, managing human beings and navigating complex product roadmaps is no easy task, and it’s rare to find a product leader who can steward a digital product from concept to launch without a couple of major hiccups. Why do some product leaders succeed while others don’t? This
... Read more
Audiobook

The Coming Wave

AI, Power and Our Future: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider

by Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar ...

Narrated by Mustafa Suleyman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 7 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.**A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, Sept 2023********SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023**AI. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. QUANTUM COMPUTING. Everything is about to change. This is the only book you need to understand this new world.**From the ultimate AI insider, Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, part of Google.Soon you will live surrounded ... Read more

$31.56 NZD

**Brought to you by Penguin.**A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, Sept 2023********SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023**AI. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. QUANTUM COMPUTING. Everything is about to change. This is the only book you need to understand this new world.**From the ultimate AI insider, Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, part of Google.Soon you will live surrounded
... Read more
Audiobook

The Falls

The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

by Ian Rankin ...

Narrated by James Macpherson ...

Series Audiobook 12 - A Rebus Novel
Unabridged

16 hours 11 min

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom.Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, ... Read more

$43.99 NZD

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom.Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village,
... Read more
Audiobook

Failure Is Not an Option

Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

18 hours 14 min

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and ... Read more

$45.99 NZD

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and
... Read more
Audiobook

Algorithms to Live By

The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths ...

Narrated by Brian Christian ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindAll our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What ... Read more

$81.64 NZD

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindAll our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What
... Read more
Audiobook

How We Learn

The New Science of Education and the Brain

by Stanislas Dehaene ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain
... Read more
Audiobook

Nexus

The Sunday Times bestselling history about humans, technology and AI from the author of Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Vidish Athavale ...

Unabridged

17 hours 28 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.The mind-blowing story of humans, technology and power from the international and Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens.**Stories brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What will AI do?</... ... Read more

$40.57 NZD

**Brought to you by Penguin.The mind-blowing story of humans, technology and power from the international and Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens.**Stories brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What will AI do?</...
... Read more
Audiobook

Novacene

The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

by James Lovelock ...

Narrated by Roy McMillan ...

Unabridged

3 hours 20 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Novacene written by James Lovelock, read by Roy McMillan.James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after 300 years, coming to an ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Novacene written by James Lovelock, read by Roy McMillan.James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after 300 years, coming to an
... Read more
Audiobook

A Thousand Brains

A New Theory of Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins, Jamie Renell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

A "fascinating book" that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI (Financial Times)For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence?Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses maplike structures to build a model of the world—not just one model, but hundreds of ... Read more

$54.99 NZD

A "fascinating book" that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI (Financial Times)For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence?Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses maplike structures to build a model of the world—not just one model, but hundreds of
... Read more
Audiobook

The Ai-Driven Leader

Harnessing AI to Make Faster, Smarter Decisions

by Geoff Woods ...

Narrated by Geoff Woods ...

Unabridged

6 hours 39 min

The difference between growing your business and going out of business is your ability to think strategically. The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI. While you know AI is the future, current demands leave you with no time to explore its benefits. Meanwhile, ... Read more

$38.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

The difference between growing your business and going out of business is your ability to think strategically. The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI. While you know AI is the future, current demands leave you with no time to explore its benefits. Meanwhile,
... Read more
Audiobook

80,000 Hours

The Sunday Times Bestselling Guide to Finding a Fulfilling, AI-Proof Career

by Benjamin Todd ...

Narrated by Benjamin Todd ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A ridiculously in-depth guide to finding a fulfilling and impactful career in an age of AI.You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. This means your choice of career is the most important decision you’ll ever make.Choose well, and you can have a more rewarding, interesting life, and also help solve some of the world’s most ... Read more

$31.56 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.A ridiculously in-depth guide to finding a fulfilling and impactful career in an age of AI.You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. This means your choice of career is the most important decision you’ll ever make.Choose well, and you can have a more rewarding, interesting life, and also help solve some of the world’s most
... Read more
Audiobook

Life 3.0

Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Max Tegmark ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

13 hours 29 min

Penguin Audio presents Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark, read by Rob Shapiro.We stand at the beginning of a new era. What was once science fiction is fast becoming reality, as AI transforms war, crime, justice, jobs and society-and, even, our very sense of what it means to be human. More than any other technology, AI has the potential to revolutionize our collective future - and there's nobody better ... Read more

$27.99 NZD

Penguin Audio presents Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark, read by Rob Shapiro.We stand at the beginning of a new era. What was once science fiction is fast becoming reality, as AI transforms war, crime, justice, jobs and society-and, even, our very sense of what it means to be human. More than any other technology, AI has the potential to revolutionize our collective future - and there's nobody better
... Read more
Audiobook

The AI Con

How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna ...

Narrated by Jade Wheeler ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who stands to gain from them, and how to fight back.Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to ... Read more

$31.56 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who stands to gain from them, and how to fight back.Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to
... Read more
Audiobook

AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen ...

Narrated by Edelyn Okano ...

Unabridged

21 hours 12 min

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build ... Read more

$56.99 NZD

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build
... Read more
Audiobook

Empire of AI

Inside the reckless race for total domination

by Karen Hao ...

Narrated by Karen Hao ...

Unabridged

17 hours 50 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAI**When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam ... Read more

$36.06 NZD

**Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAI**When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam
... Read more
Audiobook

Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams

by Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden ...

Narrated by Douglas Martin ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

Lean UX has become the preferred approach to interaction design, tailor-made for today’s agile teams. In the second edition of this award winning book, leading advocates Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden expand on the valuable Lean UX principles, tactics, and techniques covered in the first edition to share how product teams can easily incorporate design, experimentation, iteration, and continuous ... Read more

$47.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Lean UX has become the preferred approach to interaction design, tailor-made for today’s agile teams. In the second edition of this award winning book, leading advocates Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden expand on the valuable Lean UX principles, tactics, and techniques covered in the first edition to share how product teams can easily incorporate design, experimentation, iteration, and continuous
... Read more
Audiobook

Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Plan and Build Robust Data Systems

by Joe Reis, Matt Housley ...

Narrated by Adam Verner ...

Unabridged

17 hours 31 min

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle ... Read more

$58.85 NZD

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle
... Read more
Audiobook

The Emperor's New Mind

Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

by Roger Penrose ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

18 hours 27 min

For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster level, but do they understand the game as we do? Can a computer eventually do everything a human mind can do?In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose puts forward his view that there are ... Read more

$66.99 NZD

For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster level, but do they understand the game as we do? Can a computer eventually do everything a human mind can do?In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose puts forward his view that there are
... Read more
Audiobook

A World Without Work

Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond

by Daniel Susskind ...

Narrated by Daniel Susskind ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

Brought to you by Penguin'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown'Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future' NEW YORK TIMESNew technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown'Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future' NEW YORK TIMESNew technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past,
... Read more
Audiobook

The Edge of Sentience

Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI

by Jonathan Birch ...

Narrated by Graham Mack ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI?These are questions about ... Read more

$47.99 NZD

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI?These are questions about
... Read more
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Package, Price, Profit

The Essential Guide to Packaging and Pricing Your MSP Plans

by Nigel Moore ...

Narrated by Tyler Behnke ...

Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

Working out what to include and exclude in an MSP offering as well as how to bundle, package and price your plans is one of the toughest things most MSPs face when building and growing their business.In this short but impactful read, Nigel demystifies the process, answers the tough questions and provides examples to help you build an MSP offering that not only appeals to your clients but also ... Read more

$1.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Working out what to include and exclude in an MSP offering as well as how to bundle, package and price your plans is one of the toughest things most MSPs face when building and growing their business.In this short but impactful read, Nigel demystifies the process, answers the tough questions and provides examples to help you build an MSP offering that not only appeals to your clients but also
... Read more
Audiobook

The Gold Standard

An Alternative History of the Twentieth Century

by Saifedean Ammous ...

Narrated by Saifedean Ammous ...

Unabridged

14 hours 2 min

What would the twentieth century have looked like on a gold standard? What would have happened to the state without its money printer? What would have happened to prices, wages, living standards, capital markets, politics, energy production, technology, and education?In The Gold Standard, internationally bestselling author Saifedean Ammous answers these questions with a unique alternative history ... Read more

$38.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

What would the twentieth century have looked like on a gold standard? What would have happened to the state without its money printer? What would have happened to prices, wages, living standards, capital markets, politics, energy production, technology, and education?In The Gold Standard, internationally bestselling author Saifedean Ammous answers these questions with a unique alternative history
... Read more
Audiobook

Der KI-Zug fährt ab - Warum Menschen 45+ JETZT handeln müssen (und wie)

Die brutale Wahrheit über KI, Altersarmut und deine letzte Chance auf finanzielle Freiheit

by Angela Suckau ...

Narrated by Ramona (AI) ...

Unabridged

1 hour 19 min

Die digitale Transformation wartet auf niemanden. Hast du Angst vor der Zukunft oder siehst du die Chance deines Lebens? Viele Menschen über 45 spüren die Unsicherheit. Die Rentenlücke droht, und die Altersarmut ist ein Gespenst, das viele nachts wachhält. Doch die brutale Wahrheit ist: Die aktuelle KI-Revolution ist kein Feind, sondern deine mächtigste Waffe für finanzielle Freiheit.Dieses ... Read more

$9.99 NZD

Die digitale Transformation wartet auf niemanden. Hast du Angst vor der Zukunft oder siehst du die Chance deines Lebens? Viele Menschen über 45 spüren die Unsicherheit. Die Rentenlücke droht, und die Altersarmut ist ein Gespenst, das viele nachts wachhält. Doch die brutale Wahrheit ist: Die aktuelle KI-Revolution ist kein Feind, sondern deine mächtigste Waffe für finanzielle Freiheit.Dieses
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Die KI-Entzauberung:Wie jeder im Mittelstand die Macht der Künstlichen Intelligenz versteht und nutzt

Ein pragmatischer Leitfaden für Führungskräfte, die den Anschluss nicht verpassen wollen, ohne dafür Informatiker werden zu müssen

by Daniel Lemaire ...

Narrated by Victoria Morgan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 12 min

Künstliche Intelligenz ist längst kein Zukunftsthema mehr. Sie verändert bereits heute Prozesse, Entscheidungen und Wettbewerbsvorteile im Mittelstand. Doch zwischen Hype, Fachchinesisch und Angst vor der Blackbox verlieren viele Führungskräfte den Überblick.Dieses Buch macht Schluss mit der Mystifizierung.Die KI-Entzauberung zeigt Ihnen verständlich, praxisnah und ohne unnötige technische Hürden, ... Read more

$47.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Künstliche Intelligenz ist längst kein Zukunftsthema mehr. Sie verändert bereits heute Prozesse, Entscheidungen und Wettbewerbsvorteile im Mittelstand. Doch zwischen Hype, Fachchinesisch und Angst vor der Blackbox verlieren viele Führungskräfte den Überblick.Dieses Buch macht Schluss mit der Mystifizierung.Die KI-Entzauberung zeigt Ihnen verständlich, praxisnah und ohne unnötige technische Hürden,
... Read more

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