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More Everything Forever

AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity

by Adam Becker ...

Narrated by Greg Tremblay ...

Unabridged

10 hours 57 min

How Silicon Valley’s heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions—with escaping death, building AI tyrants, and creating limitless growth—pervert public discourse and distract us from real social problemsTech billionaires have decided that they should determine our futures for us. According to Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, and more, the only good future for humanity is one powered by ... Read more

$27.99 USD

How Silicon Valley’s heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions—with escaping death, building AI tyrants, and creating limitless growth—pervert public discourse and distract us from real social problemsTech billionaires have decided that they should determine our futures for us. According to Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, and more, the only good future for humanity is one powered by
... Read more
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The Death of Expertise

The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

by Tom Nichols ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows everything and all voices demand to be taken with equal ... Read more

$16.99 USD

People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows everything and all voices demand to be taken with equal
... Read more
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The Warrior Elite

The Forging of SEAL Class 228

by Dick Couch ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

12 hours 54 min

With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military training in the world.What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The Warrior Elite, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch documents the process that ... Read more

$20.99 USD

With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military training in the world.What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The Warrior Elite, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch documents the process that
... Read more
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer ...

Narrated by Chike Johnson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

Now a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a SlaveWilliam Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Now a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a SlaveWilliam Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy:
... Read more
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Thunderstruck

by Erik Larson ...

Narrated by Bob Balaban ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “irresistible” (The Washington Post) true story of love, murder, and the last moments of the “great hush” before wireless radio connected the world, from the renowned author of The Devil in the White City and The Demon of Unrest“Gripping . . . an edge-of-the-seat read.”—PeopleIn Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Cripp... ... Read more

$22.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “irresistible” (The Washington Post) true story of love, murder, and the last moments of the “great hush” before wireless radio connected the world, from the renowned author of The Devil in the White City and The Demon of Unrest“Gripping . . . an edge-of-the-seat read.”—PeopleIn Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Cripp...
... Read more
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Addiction by Design

Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll ...

Narrated by Kelly Burke ...

Unabridged

14 hours 32 min

This audiobook narrated by Kelly Burke traces the intimate connections between gambling addiction and casino industry design tacticsRecent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Slot machines, revamped by ever more compelling digital and video technology, have unseated ... Read more

$24.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook narrated by Kelly Burke traces the intimate connections between gambling addiction and casino industry design tacticsRecent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Slot machines, revamped by ever more compelling digital and video technology, have unseated
... Read more
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Mapping the Deep

Innovation, Exploration, and the Dive of a Lifetime

by Dawn J. Wright ...

Narrated by Dawn J. Wright, Gwen Steel ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

Embark on an extraordinary journey into the depths of the ocean.Oceanographer Dawn Wright made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and most unexplored place on Earth—a trip that took her over 10,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon. To date, barely one ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Embark on an extraordinary journey into the depths of the ocean.Oceanographer Dawn Wright made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and most unexplored place on Earth—a trip that took her over 10,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon. To date, barely one
... Read more
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Bringing Columbia Home

The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

by Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 42 min

On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of ... Read more

$24.99 USD

On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of
... Read more
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Ignition!

An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

by John Drury Clark ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

Ignition! is the inside story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio.Ignition! is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Ignition! is the inside story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio.Ignition! is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This
... Read more
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Electric Vehicles

The Future of Clean and Sustainable Transportation

by Eric MacAllister ...

Narrated by Thomas Morrison ...

Unabridged

38 min

Electric Vehicles: The Future of Clean and Sustainable TransportationIn a world increasingly focused on environmental consciousness, electric vehicles have emerged as a beacon of hope for cleaner, more sustainable transportation. This audiobook serves as your comprehensive guide to understanding the shift towards electric mobility and the profound impact it has on our planet.We delve into the ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Electric Vehicles: The Future of Clean and Sustainable TransportationIn a world increasingly focused on environmental consciousness, electric vehicles have emerged as a beacon of hope for cleaner, more sustainable transportation. This audiobook serves as your comprehensive guide to understanding the shift towards electric mobility and the profound impact it has on our planet.We delve into the
... Read more
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The Earth in Her Hands

75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants

by Jennifer Jewell ...

Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell—host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place—introduces seventy-five inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up. Profiled women include flower farmer Erin ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell—host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place—introduces seventy-five inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up. Profiled women include flower farmer Erin
... Read more
Audiobook

How to Take Over the World

Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain

by Ryan North ...

Narrated by Ryan North ...

Unabridged

10 hours 3 min

**NAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE“Comic book fans will fall hard for this delightfully daffy guidebook. . . . Exuberant, optimistic, and just plain fun, How to Take Over the World will both surprise and delight.” —EsquireA book this informative should be a crime!**Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What’s the perfect location ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**NAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE“Comic book fans will fall hard for this delightfully daffy guidebook. . . . Exuberant, optimistic, and just plain fun, How to Take Over the World will both surprise and delight.” —EsquireA book this informative should be a crime!**Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What’s the perfect location
... Read more
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How to make money from your Instagram account

by A. O. Williams ...

Narrated by A. O. Williams ...

Unabridged

1 hour 34 min

How to make money from your Instagram accountIf you have an Instagram account or a business owner and are not making full use of social media to expand and grow your business, you are missing out on potentially billions of new clients. It doesn't matter if you're an author, a blogger, an e-bay seller, own a tee-shirt business, make tutorials of any sort, are a cook or a chef, have an Esty shop, ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

How to make money from your Instagram accountIf you have an Instagram account or a business owner and are not making full use of social media to expand and grow your business, you are missing out on potentially billions of new clients. It doesn't matter if you're an author, a blogger, an e-bay seller, own a tee-shirt business, make tutorials of any sort, are a cook or a chef, have an Esty shop,
... Read more
Audiobook

The Great Plant-Based Con

Why eating a plants-only diet won't improve your health or save the planet

by Jayne Buxton ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

19 hours 24 min

'The most incredible book' Delia Smith'Persuasive, entertaining and well researched' Sunday TimesPlant-based is best for health, go vegan to help save the planet, eat less meat... Almost every day we are bombarded with the seemingly incontrovertible message that we must reduce our consumption of meat and dairy - or eliminate them from our diets altogether.But what if the pervasive message that the ... Read more

$37.99 USD

'The most incredible book' Delia Smith'Persuasive, entertaining and well researched' Sunday TimesPlant-based is best for health, go vegan to help save the planet, eat less meat... Almost every day we are bombarded with the seemingly incontrovertible message that we must reduce our consumption of meat and dairy - or eliminate them from our diets altogether.But what if the pervasive message that the
... Read more
Audiobook

Possible Minds

Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI

by John Brockman ...

Narrated by Various ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human."Artificial intelligence is today's story--the story behind all other stories. It is the Second ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human."Artificial intelligence is today's story--the story behind all other stories. It is the Second
... Read more
Audiobook

Power and Progress

Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

15 hours 50 min

Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work--revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity--in a work that fundamentally transforms how we look at and understand the world.Throughout history, technological change — whether it takes the form of agricultural improvements in the ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work--revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity--in a work that fundamentally transforms how we look at and understand the world.Throughout history, technological change — whether it takes the form of agricultural improvements in the
... Read more
Audiobook

Restoration Agriculture

Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

by Mark Shepard ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

13 hours 4 min

Restoration Agriculture reveals how to sustainably grow perennial food crops that can feed us in our resource-compromised future.The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans to produce staple foods using perennial agricultural ecosystems that actually improve the quality of the environment. This can be done on a backyard, farm or ranch ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Restoration Agriculture reveals how to sustainably grow perennial food crops that can feed us in our resource-compromised future.The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans to produce staple foods using perennial agricultural ecosystems that actually improve the quality of the environment. This can be done on a backyard, farm or ranch
... Read more
Audiobook

How to Feed the World

The History and Future of Food

by Vaclav Smil ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

An indispensable analysis of how the world really produces and consumes its food—and a scientist's exploration of how we can successfully feed a growing population without killing the planetWe have never had to feed as many people as we do today. And yet, we misunderstand the essentials of where our food really comes from, how our dietary requirements shape us, and why this impacts our planet in ... Read more

$20.99 USD

An indispensable analysis of how the world really produces and consumes its food—and a scientist's exploration of how we can successfully feed a growing population without killing the planetWe have never had to feed as many people as we do today. And yet, we misunderstand the essentials of where our food really comes from, how our dietary requirements shape us, and why this impacts our planet in
... Read more
Audiobook

The Pacific Circuit

A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City

by Alexis Madrigal ...

Narrated by Alexis Madrigal ...

Unabridged

12 hours 8 min

“There's much to take in, and Madrigal's zeal gives the audiobook momentum.”—AudioFileThis audiobook, written and read by Alexis Madrigal, reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland that is at once a groundbreaking big-idea book, a deeply researched work of ... Read more

$26.99 USD

“There's much to take in, and Madrigal's zeal gives the audiobook momentum.”—AudioFileThis audiobook, written and read by Alexis Madrigal, reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland that is at once a groundbreaking big-idea book, a deeply researched work of
... Read more
Audiobook

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Dylan Baker ...

Unabridged

25 hours 4 min

2012 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the YearWalter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the ... Read more

$39.99 USD

2012 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the YearWalter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the
... Read more
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Principles of Product Design

by Aarron Walter ...

Narrated by Joey Schaljo ...

Series series The Design Better Library
Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

Combined with the power of design thinking, these extensively researched best practices from some of the world’s best design teams will help you nail the fundamentals of product design and do great work.This audiobook includes:Learn what the best teams know—that customer research is the base of successful products and companiesHow product stories, journey maps, storyboards, and personas can build ... Read more

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Combined with the power of design thinking, these extensively researched best practices from some of the world’s best design teams will help you nail the fundamentals of product design and do great work.This audiobook includes:Learn what the best teams know—that customer research is the base of successful products and companiesHow product stories, journey maps, storyboards, and personas can build
... Read more
Audiobook

Nuclear War

A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen ...

Narrated by Annie Jacobsen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif... ... Read more

$22.99 USD

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif...
... Read more
Audiobook

Empire of AI

Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

by Karen Hao ...

Narrated by Karen Hao ...

Unabridged

17 hours 50 min

A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not ... Read more

$27.00 USD

A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not
... Read more
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Design Leadership Handbook

by Aarron Walter, Eli Woolery ...

Narrated by Joey Schaljo ...

Series series The Design Better Library
Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

Get your bearings as a leader, gain confidence, and learn tactical approaches from experts who have been in your shoes so you can support your team and advance your career.This audiobook includes:How to become a design leader with insights from Netflix’s Andy LawLearn how to hire people with the right balance of skills and find the best structure for your teamEvaluating team members’ performances, ... Read more

Free

Get your bearings as a leader, gain confidence, and learn tactical approaches from experts who have been in your shoes so you can support your team and advance your career.This audiobook includes:How to become a design leader with insights from Netflix’s Andy LawLearn how to hire people with the right balance of skills and find the best structure for your teamEvaluating team members’ performances,
... Read more

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