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Lessons on Living

Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs

by Nigel Latta ...

Narrated by Joseph Wycoff ...

Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs.What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every conceivable conundrum the world could throw at you (the small ones and the big ones).After three decades ... Read more

$40.99 NZD

Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs.What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every conceivable conundrum the world could throw at you (the small ones and the big ones).After three decades
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The Year I Met My Brain

A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD

by Matilda Boseley ...

Narrated by Matilda Boseley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had.The Year I Met ... Read more

$44.99 NZD

Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had.The Year I Met
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Tesla

by Margaret Cheney ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

13 hours 34 min

In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world ... Read more

$58.78 NZD

In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world
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A Mind of My Own

'Irrepressibly funny' - Sunday Times

by Kathy Burke ...

Narrated by Kathy Burke ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER'Vivid, bright and beautiful' – Guardian'Wonderful. I wish I'd written it – I couldn't put it down' Miriam MargolyesKathy Burke is one of Britain's most distinctive voices. Even as a fearless kid in Islington, she did things her own way; roaming the estate that raised her to find her own path. A place at the Anna Scher Theatre in her teens changed the course of her lif... ... Read more

$68.58 NZD

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER'Vivid, bright and beautiful' – Guardian'Wonderful. I wish I'd written it – I couldn't put it down' Miriam MargolyesKathy Burke is one of Britain's most distinctive voices. Even as a fearless kid in Islington, she did things her own way; roaming the estate that raised her to find her own path. A place at the Anna Scher Theatre in her teens changed the course of her lif...
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The Nurse: Inside Denmark's Most Sensational Criminal Trial

by Kristian Corfixen, Kristian Corfixen ...

Narrated by Colin Mace ...

Unabridged

9 hours 49 min

The award-winning true-crime account of a Danish nurse accused of killing her patients—now a Netflix miniseries starring Josephine Park.In the early hours of March 2015, the police receive a call from a nurse at a provincial Danish hospital. She suspects her colleague is deliberately killing patients and fears that it has just happened again.Soon, several witnesses reveal that they too suspect the ... Read more

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The award-winning true-crime account of a Danish nurse accused of killing her patients—now a Netflix miniseries starring Josephine Park.In the early hours of March 2015, the police receive a call from a nurse at a provincial Danish hospital. She suspects her colleague is deliberately killing patients and fears that it has just happened again.Soon, several witnesses reveal that they too suspect the
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Gorillas in the Mist

by Dian Fossey ...

Narrated by Penelope Rawlins ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families - one of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural worldFor thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle Bert, Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the remote rain forests of the volcanic Virunga Mountains in Africa, establishing an unprecedented relationship with these shy and affectionate beasts ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families - one of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural worldFor thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle Bert, Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the remote rain forests of the volcanic Virunga Mountains in Africa, establishing an unprecedented relationship with these shy and affectionate beasts
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The Episode

A True Story of Loss, Madness and Healing

by Mary Ann Kenny ...

Narrated by Mary Ann Kenny ...

Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

Brought to you by Penguin.It could happen to anyone.One fine April day, Mary Ann Kenny’s husband died suddenly while jogging near their family home. In the months that followed, Mary Ann – who had no history of mental illness – began suffering from depression, and then from a terrifying succession of physical and psychological symptoms, including the delusion that her young children had been ... Read more

$32.03 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.It could happen to anyone.One fine April day, Mary Ann Kenny’s husband died suddenly while jogging near their family home. In the months that followed, Mary Ann – who had no history of mental illness – began suffering from depression, and then from a terrifying succession of physical and psychological symptoms, including the delusion that her young children had been
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Hidden Valley Road

by Robert Kolker ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

13 hours 8 min

12 children.6 of them diagnosed with schizophrenia.Science's greatest hope in understanding the disease.___________*ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2020**TIME 100 Must-Read Books Of 2020 Pick**New York Times bestseller**Selected as Oprah's Book Club Pick*'Startl... ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

12 children.6 of them diagnosed with schizophrenia.Science's greatest hope in understanding the disease.___________*ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2020**TIME 100 Must-Read Books Of 2020 Pick**New York Times bestseller**Selected as Oprah's Book Club Pick*'Startl...
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Sobrevivir al miedo

by Diego Carcedo ...

Narrated by Mario (Voz de IA) ...

Series series PENINSULA
Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

Diego Carcedo ha sido testigo de guerras, revoluciones y terremotos. Y por suerte ha vivido para contarlo.Un reportero frente al horror.En Vietnam, en abril de 1975, Diego Carcedo vivió las dantescas horas finales de la evacuación de Saigón, y, tras salir de la ciudad, varios días de angustiosa huida. Ese mismo año vio marcharse a los últimos españoles del Sáhara Occidental. El chófer que le ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

Diego Carcedo ha sido testigo de guerras, revoluciones y terremotos. Y por suerte ha vivido para contarlo.Un reportero frente al horror.En Vietnam, en abril de 1975, Diego Carcedo vivió las dantescas horas finales de la evacuación de Saigón, y, tras salir de la ciudad, varios días de angustiosa huida. Ese mismo año vio marcharse a los últimos españoles del Sáhara Occidental. El chófer que le
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50 Economics Classics

Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy

by Tom Butler Bowdon ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

16 hours 9 min

Understand the greatest books in Economics with the latest volume in the bestselling 50 Classics series.From Karl Marx to Naomi Klein, from The Wealth of Nations to Piketty's Capital, here are the 50 most important titles on finance and world economy distilled. 50 Economics Classics considers the legacy of some of the great names including Ricardo, Keynes, Malthus and Friedman, and highlights the ... Read more

$51.99 NZD

Understand the greatest books in Economics with the latest volume in the bestselling 50 Classics series.From Karl Marx to Naomi Klein, from The Wealth of Nations to Piketty's Capital, here are the 50 most important titles on finance and world economy distilled. 50 Economics Classics considers the legacy of some of the great names including Ricardo, Keynes, Malthus and Friedman, and highlights the
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How the Laser Happened

Adventures of a Scientist

by Charles H. Townes ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in twentieth-century physics. Townes was inventor of the maser, of which the laser is one example; an originator of spectroscopy using microwaves; and a pioneer in the study of gas clouds in galaxies and around stars. Throughout his career he has also been deeply engaged with ... Read more

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In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in twentieth-century physics. Townes was inventor of the maser, of which the laser is one example; an originator of spectroscopy using microwaves; and a pioneer in the study of gas clouds in galaxies and around stars. Throughout his career he has also been deeply engaged with
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Willy

Bekentenissen van een polycrimineel

by Romy Geysen ...

Narrated by Laurence Roothooft ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

We schrijven 2014. Jonge strafpleiter Romy wordt ontboden in de gevangenis, door een celgenoot van een bestaande cliënt. Voor haar zit Willy, een Kempense boer op wiens erf er een cannabisplantage is gevonden. 'Ik ben een specialleke', klinkt het. De drugsfeiten zijn het zoveelste hoofdstuk uit een leven buiten de wet.Willy blijkt goed in het vertellen van wilde verhalen, met een permanente grijns ... Read more

$27.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

We schrijven 2014. Jonge strafpleiter Romy wordt ontboden in de gevangenis, door een celgenoot van een bestaande cliënt. Voor haar zit Willy, een Kempense boer op wiens erf er een cannabisplantage is gevonden. 'Ik ben een specialleke', klinkt het. De drugsfeiten zijn het zoveelste hoofdstuk uit een leven buiten de wet.Willy blijkt goed in het vertellen van wilde verhalen, met een permanente grijns
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Rocket Dreams

Musk, Bezos and the Trillion-Dollar Space Race

by Christian Davenport ...

Narrated by Dan Bittner ...

Unabridged

11 hours 17 min

'A thrilling account' - Walter IsaacsonMusk versus Bezos. China versus the United States. The government versus the private sector. Welcome to the rivalries and alliances defining the New Space Age. At stake? Billions of dollars, national prestige, and a place in the history books.A fleet of powerful new rockets is poised to take humans into the cosmos more than ever before... ... Read more

$98.89 NZD

'A thrilling account' - Walter IsaacsonMusk versus Bezos. China versus the United States. The government versus the private sector. Welcome to the rivalries and alliances defining the New Space Age. At stake? Billions of dollars, national prestige, and a place in the history books.A fleet of powerful new rockets is poised to take humans into the cosmos more than ever before...
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The Big House

Toronto General Hospital from 1972 to 1984

by Hugh Cameron, Edna Quammie ...

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

This book arose from a conversation between Hugh Cameron, an orthopedic surgeon, and Edna Quammie, an OR nurse, reminiscing about their shared memories. It was proposed at a dinner meeting of the Dinosaur Club, a group of doctors and nurses and technicians who worked in the operating room in Toronto General Hospital in the seventies and eighties. It tells of the thrills and spills—sometimes funny, ... Read more

$13.65 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book arose from a conversation between Hugh Cameron, an orthopedic surgeon, and Edna Quammie, an OR nurse, reminiscing about their shared memories. It was proposed at a dinner meeting of the Dinosaur Club, a group of doctors and nurses and technicians who worked in the operating room in Toronto General Hospital in the seventies and eighties. It tells of the thrills and spills—sometimes funny,
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Most Complete Charlie Kirk Biography, The

His Meteoric Rise, His Tragic End, and the Nation He Left Behind

by Jason J. Johns ...

Narrated by Nate Joseph Wilson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

He was the most powerful and polarizing young voice in American politics, an Eagle Scout from the suburbs who built a multi-million-dollar political machine before he could legally drink. Charlie Kirk commanded an army of young conservatives, held the ear of a president, and declared a relentless "war on woke" from a thousand college quads. But how did the man who mastered the art of the debate ... Read more

$48.98 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

He was the most powerful and polarizing young voice in American politics, an Eagle Scout from the suburbs who built a multi-million-dollar political machine before he could legally drink. Charlie Kirk commanded an army of young conservatives, held the ear of a president, and declared a relentless "war on woke" from a thousand college quads. But how did the man who mastered the art of the debate
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Ray Kurzweil: Le Prophète du Transhumanisme

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 39 - Technologie, IA et futur
Unabridged

3 hours 49 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Ray Kurzweil – Le Prophète du TranshumanismeEt si l’humanité n’était qu’au début de sa véritable évolution ?Ray Kurzweil, inventeur de génie, visionnaire audacieux et penseur du futur, imagine un monde où la technologie transcende nos limites biologiques. À travers ce livre, plongez dans son univers fascinant : celui de la Singularité technologique, ... Read more

$13.72 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Ray Kurzweil – Le Prophète du TranshumanismeEt si l’humanité n’était qu’au début de sa véritable évolution ?Ray Kurzweil, inventeur de génie, visionnaire audacieux et penseur du futur, imagine un monde où la technologie transcende nos limites biologiques. À travers ce livre, plongez dans son univers fascinant : celui de la Singularité technologique,
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It All Adds Up

The Story of People and Mathematics

by Mickael Launay ...

Narrated by Oliver Hembrough ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

‘Fascinating … so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn’t seem so fearsome as it once did’ SIMON WINCHESTERFrom Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our best invention yet.From our ability to calculate the passing of time to the algorithms that control computers and ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

‘Fascinating … so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn’t seem so fearsome as it once did’ SIMON WINCHESTERFrom Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our best invention yet.From our ability to calculate the passing of time to the algorithms that control computers and
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Projekt Lightspeed

Der Weg zum BioNTech-Impfstoff - und zu einer Medizin von morgen

by Joe Miller, Uğur Şahin, Özlem Türeci ...

Narrated by Wolfgang Wagner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

Uğur Şahin und Özlem Türeci, Wissenschaftler und Mitgründer von BioNTech, haben den weltweit ersten zugelassenen Covid-19-Impfstoff entwickelt – und damit Medizingeschichte geschrieben. Der Financial Times-Journalist Joe Miller hat die beiden seit März 2020 begleitet und erzählt ihre Geschichte von den ersten Stunden des Kampfes gegen Covid-19 bis zur Zulassung des Impfstoffs. Miller beschreibt, ... Read more

$40.93 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uğur Şahin und Özlem Türeci, Wissenschaftler und Mitgründer von BioNTech, haben den weltweit ersten zugelassenen Covid-19-Impfstoff entwickelt – und damit Medizingeschichte geschrieben. Der Financial Times-Journalist Joe Miller hat die beiden seit März 2020 begleitet und erzählt ihre Geschichte von den ersten Stunden des Kampfes gegen Covid-19 bis zur Zulassung des Impfstoffs. Miller beschreibt,
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This Is Your Own Time You’re Wasting

Classroom Confessions, Calamities and Clangers

by Lee Parkinson, Adam Parkinson ...

Narrated by Lee Parkinson, Adam Parkinson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' – out 29/08/24THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast)Remember the distant days of lockdown and those futile attempts to homeschool distracted, disinterested kids?Parents rejoiced to send them back to school, while teachers ... Read more

$53.99 NZD

Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' – out 29/08/24THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast)Remember the distant days of lockdown and those futile attempts to homeschool distracted, disinterested kids?Parents rejoiced to send them back to school, while teachers
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Irina ja minä – Tarina ystävyydestä joka pelasti henkemme

by Jessica Springfeldt Råket ...

Narrated by Matleena Kuusniemi ...

Unabridged

5 hours 33 min

Koskettava tositarina elämästä ja kuolemasta, kahden naisen katkeamattomasta ystävyydestä yli rajojen 'Muistan, miltä Irinan tuulessa hulmuavat hiukset tuoksuivat minun niitä letittäessä. Muistan, miltä mukaan tuomamme sitruunamehu maistui. Emme silloin tienneet, mitä maailmassa tapahtuisi, emmekä sitä, että me niin läheiset ystävät kuin ystävät voivat vain olla, kadottaisimme joku päivä yhteyden. ... Read more

$30.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Koskettava tositarina elämästä ja kuolemasta, kahden naisen katkeamattomasta ystävyydestä yli rajojen 'Muistan, miltä Irinan tuulessa hulmuavat hiukset tuoksuivat minun niitä letittäessä. Muistan, miltä mukaan tuomamme sitruunamehu maistui. Emme silloin tienneet, mitä maailmassa tapahtuisi, emmekä sitä, että me niin läheiset ystävät kuin ystävät voivat vain olla, kadottaisimme joku päivä yhteyden.
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Suffering the Silence

Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial

by Allie Cashel ...

Narrated by Mandy Kaplan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world ... Read more

$58.70 NZD

Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world
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Kafka en traje de baño

by Franco Felix, Franco Felix ...

Narrated by Alan Bochm ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

Premio Libro Sonorense 2014, Crónica Tres crónicas sobre investigaciones tan meticulosas como disparatadas: la búsqueda de familiares de Franz Kafka en Sonora y México, el seguimiento a un adulto que padece de autismo, y el hallazgo de un cuerpo momificado en el Borda, el conocido manicomio argentino. ... Read more

$9.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Premio Libro Sonorense 2014, Crónica Tres crónicas sobre investigaciones tan meticulosas como disparatadas: la búsqueda de familiares de Franz Kafka en Sonora y México, el seguimiento a un adulto que padece de autismo, y el hallazgo de un cuerpo momificado en el Borda, el conocido manicomio argentino.
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Usne Gandhi Ko Kyun Maara

by Ashok Kumar Pandey ...

Narrated by Dilip Jain ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

यह किताब आज़ादी की लड़ाई में विकसित हुए अहिंसा और हिंसा के दर्शनों के बीच कशमकश की सामाजिक-राजनैतिक वजहों की तलाश करते हुए उन कारणों को सामने लाती है जो गांधी की हत्या के ज़िम्मेदार बने। साथ ही, गांधी हत्या को सही ठहराने वाले आरोपों की तह में जाकर उनकी तथ्यपरक पड़ताल करते हुए न केवल उस गहरी साज़िश के अनछुए पहलुओं का पर्दाफ़ाश करती है बल्कि उस वैचारिक षड्यंत्र को भी खोलकर रख देती है जो अंतत: गांधी ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

यह किताब आज़ादी की लड़ाई में विकसित हुए अहिंसा और हिंसा के दर्शनों के बीच कशमकश की सामाजिक-राजनैतिक वजहों की तलाश करते हुए उन कारणों को सामने लाती है जो गांधी की हत्या के ज़िम्मेदार बने। साथ ही, गांधी हत्या को सही ठहराने वाले आरोपों की तह में जाकर उनकी तथ्यपरक पड़ताल करते हुए न केवल उस गहरी साज़िश के अनछुए पहलुओं का पर्दाफ़ाश करती है बल्कि उस वैचारिक षड्यंत्र को भी खोलकर रख देती है जो अंतत: गांधी
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A Human's Guide to the Future

by Dr Dr Jordan Nguyen ...

Narrated by Dr Dr Jordan Nguyen ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING AT THE FASTEST RATE WE'VE EVER SEEN, BUT IT MAY BE THE SLOWEST RATE WE'LL EVER SEE AGAIN!What does this mean for the future of the human race? Do we resist these changes or embrace them?Australian biomedical engineer, inventor and visionary Dr Jordan Nguyen has lived a life of curiosity and wonder - exploring positive opportunities in science and technology, including ... Read more

$36.00 NZD

TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING AT THE FASTEST RATE WE'VE EVER SEEN, BUT IT MAY BE THE SLOWEST RATE WE'LL EVER SEE AGAIN!What does this mean for the future of the human race? Do we resist these changes or embrace them?Australian biomedical engineer, inventor and visionary Dr Jordan Nguyen has lived a life of curiosity and wonder - exploring positive opportunities in science and technology, including
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