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Invention and Innovation
- A Brief History of Hype and Failure
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most digestible book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI.
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Very good story with great narrator performance
- By abdul on 19-07-23
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Invention and Innovation
- A Brief History of Hype and Failure
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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No One Wants to See Your D*ck
- A Handbook for Survival in the Digital World
- By: Jess Davies
- Narrated by: Jess Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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'One of the most important books you'll read this year ' THE NEW FEMINIST 'A bold, unapologetic exploration of modern relationships, self-image, and the complexities of navigating social media and intimacy in today's world' MARIE CLAIRE Are women asking for it because of their outfits, routes...
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A "Must listen" to truly appreciate the dangers for women online
- By Ian Gardiner on 09-05-25
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No One Wants to See Your D*ck
- A Handbook for Survival in the Digital World
- Narrated by: Jess Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 08-05-25
- Language: English
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From Morse Code to Wi-Fi
- A Simple History of How We Communicate
- By: Revin Laxtor
- Narrated by: Adrenalyn Starr
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance51
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Communication has always been at the heart of human progress. From smoke signals on mountaintops to the invisible Wi-Fi networks that surround us today, every leap forward has reshaped how we share ideas, stay safe, build relationships, and understand the world. From Morse Code to Wi-Fi is a clear, captivating journey through the ten biggest breakthroughs that transformed human connection forever.
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Covers All Major Breakthroughs
- By Jasmine Lees on 20-05-26
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From Morse Code to Wi-Fi
- A Simple History of How We Communicate
- Narrated by: Adrenalyn Starr
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 26-01-26
- Language: English
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Moral AI
- And How We Get There
- By: Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Vincent Conitzer
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. A reassuring and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics Should robots ever be considered free? Will computers transcend human intelligence? And what can we do to make sure AI is safe? The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today...
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Moral AI
- And How We Get There
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 08-02-24
- Language: English
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AI Needs You
- How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
- By: Verity Harding
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI’s power grows, so does the need to figure out what—and who—this technology is really for. AI Needs You argues that it is critical for society to take the lead in answering this urgent question and ensuring that AI fulfills its promise.
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AI Needs You
- How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-03-24
- Language: English
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Yorkshire
- A lyrical history of England's greatest county
- By: Richard Morris
- Narrated by: Sean Baker
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Yorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a...
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Somewhat disappointed
- By Gillian Stapleton on 15-07-22
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Yorkshire
- A lyrical history of England's greatest county
- Narrated by: Sean Baker
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-04-19
- Language: English
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Like A Thief In Broad Daylight
- Power in the Era of Post-Humanity
- By: Slavoj Žižek
- Narrated by: Jamie East
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance112
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Penguin presents the audiobook of Like A Thief In Broad Daylight by Slavoj Žižek read by Jamie East. In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world - changing it almost beyond recognition. In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek...
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Excellent text, sub-par performance
- By G Douglas Whistler on 14-02-19
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Like A Thief In Broad Daylight
- Power in the Era of Post-Humanity
- Narrated by: Jamie East
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 20-09-18
- Language: English
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Co-Intelligence
- Living and Working with AI
- By: Ethan Mollick
- Narrated by: Ethan Mollick
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general...
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Co-Intelligence
- Living and Working with AI
- Narrated by: Ethan Mollick
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 02-04-24
- Language: English
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Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models
- Master Prompt Engineering and Monetize the Power of Language Processing
- By: Russell Dawson
- Narrated by: Dan Hamel
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Curious about AI, but unsure how it works? Want to tap into the lucrative potential of this rapidly advancing technology? Unlock the immense potential of AI with this transformative book! Welcome to Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models, the second in a series of books crafted to help you join a movement toward a more financially fruitful future.
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Made with AI?
- By Edward Fisher on 19-08-25
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Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models
- Master Prompt Engineering and Monetize the Power of Language Processing
- Narrated by: Dan Hamel
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 20-03-25
- Language: English
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The New World on Mars
- What We Can Create on the Red Planet
- By: Robert Zubrin
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Within a few years, humans will be able to voyage to Mars. SpaceX is at the forefront of companies already building fleets of spaceships to make interplanetary travel as affordable as Old-World passage to America – to the New World. We will settle the red planet, transforming its raw materials into resources and tackling the challenges that await us, creating a new frontier for humankind. Dr Robert Zubrin explains how populous Martian city-states will emerge, producing their own air, water, food, power and more. How they must be beautiful to attract settlers, and what that might look like.
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American exceptionalism writ large
- By Daniel Willoughby on 27-02-25
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The New World on Mars
- What We Can Create on the Red Planet
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 15-08-24
- Language: English
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- A guide to building a better world
- By: Klaus Schwab, Nicholas Davis
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance35
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolutionby Klaus Schwab and Nicholas Davis, read by Nicholas Guy Smith. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing everything - from the way we relate to each other, to the work we do, the way our economies...
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this guy is a psychopath!
- By searl on 31-01-22
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- A guide to building a better world
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-11-18
- Language: English
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The Final Betrayal
- How Technocracy Destroyed America
- By: Patrick Wood, Courtenay Turner
- Narrated by: Katherine Quinton
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The dark horse of the New World Order was never Communism, Socialism or Fascism: It has always been Technocracy! Started in the 1930s, re-introduced by the Trilateral Commission in 1973 as the “New International Economic Order,” Technocrats have staged a sweeping coup d’état in plain sight in Washington, DC. during the Trump presidency. The Dark Enlightenment wants to turn us into a monarchy. Tokenization is flipping us into an asset-based economic system where you “will own nothing”. AI is shoving us into a digital Gulag.
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They saw the digital gulag coming - but...
- By Mr M.R on 16-02-26
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The Final Betrayal
- How Technocracy Destroyed America
- Narrated by: Katherine Quinton
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 29-12-25
- Language: English
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This Is Not a Game with Marc Fennell
- By: Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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This Is Not a Game is the extraordinary untold story of the internet’s first conspiracy theory, the legend of Ong’s Hat. Marc Fennell will dive deep into a previously unexplored world of tech hippies, eccentric web subcultures and simmering paranoia, uncovering how this tongue-in-cheek artistic experiment backfired on its creator and went on to influence much of what’s wrong with the internet today.
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Great story
- By Sue on 21-05-24
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This Is Not a Game with Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 06-05-24
- Language: English
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Valley of Genius
- The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
- By: Adam Fisher
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance34
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"This is the most important book on Silicon Valley I've read in two decades. It will take us all back to our roots in the counterculture, and will remind us of the true nature of the innovation process, before we tried to tame it with slogans and buzzwords." -- Po Bronson, #1 New York Times...
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Unusual format but works well
- By Rob Sedgwick on 03-11-18
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Valley of Genius
- The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-07-18
- Language: English
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To Engineer Is Human
- The Role of Failure in Successful Design
- By: Henry Petroski
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance21
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How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s - the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovative Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How did an oversized waterlily inspire the magnificent Crystal Palace, the crowning achievement of Victorian architecture and engineering? These are some of the failures and successes that Henry Petroski, author of the acclaimed The Pencil, examines in this engaging, wonderfully literate book.
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Really boring!
- By Miss P. on 18-11-19
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To Engineer Is Human
- The Role of Failure in Successful Design
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 27-03-18
- Language: English
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The Information
- A History, a Theory, a Flood
- By: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance83
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James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The story...
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Informative but temporarily boring as an audiobook
- By Christos on 25-12-12
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The Information
- A History, a Theory, a Flood
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-03-11
- Language: English
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Electronic Dreams
- How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
- By: Tom Lean
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Electronic Dreams by Tom Lean, read by Mark Meadows Remember the ZX Spectrum? How about the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, or Commodore 64? Did you marvel at the immense galaxies of Elite or master digital kung-fu in Way of the Exploding Fist? For anyone growing up in the 1980s...
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Electronic Dreams
- How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 14-05-26
- Language: English
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The Big Nine
- How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
- By: Amy Webb
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance39
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A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head. We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people...
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Jarringly awful narration
- By Amazon Customer on 23-03-25
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The Big Nine
- How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-03-19
- Language: English
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents an “elaborate, smart, and persuasive” (The Boston Globe) view of the future course of human development. “Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.”—Los Angeles Times “Startling in scope and bravado...
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 10-12-19
- Language: English
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Understanding Prompt Engineering
- 10 Tips for Better AI Results
- By: Julian Vexley
- Narrated by: Stephen Plaushin
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance12
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In the age of Artificial Intelligence, how you ask the question is just as important as the answer you receive. Understanding Prompt Engineering: 10 Tips for Better AI Results is your essential guide to unlocking the full potential of AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language systems. Whether you're a writer, analyst, educator, marketer, coder—or simply someone curious about the future—this book will show you how to communicate with AI effectively and get results that are precise, useful, and compelling.
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Perfect Blend of Theory and Real-World Practice
- By BridgetteMullen on 02-11-25
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Understanding Prompt Engineering
- 10 Tips for Better AI Results
- Narrated by: Stephen Plaushin
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 16-09-25
- Language: English
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