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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....
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I like it, but ...
- By VTS on 22-04-17
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-10-14
- Language: English
- Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....
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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- By: Gene Kranz
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
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Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades....
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Interesting for the enthusiast
- By R King on 21-03-14
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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-08-11
- Language: English
- Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades....
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Victorious Century
- The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
- By: David Cannadine
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 24 hrs and 57 mins
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To live in 19th-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent in the human experience....
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Good story, frustrating listen
- By j hellings on 05-04-20
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Victorious Century
- The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 24 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 28-09-17
- Language: English
- To live in 19th-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent in the human experience....
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Hijacking Bitcoin
- The Hidden History of BTC
- By: Roger Ver, Jeffrey Tucker - foreword
- Narrated by: Steve Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Bitcoin was promised to be a liberating technology, a free market alternative to state-controlled money. But that promise was broken after a small group of insiders took over the project and fundamentally changed Bitcoin's design.
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Bitcoin’s creator remains a mystery but what he created was to prove divisive on many levels.
- By Steven A on 12-12-24
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Hijacking Bitcoin
- The Hidden History of BTC
- Narrated by: Steve Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 12-04-24
- Language: English
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Bitcoin was promised to be a liberating technology, a free market alternative to state-controlled money. But that promise was broken after a small group of insiders took over the project and fundamentally changed Bitcoin's design.
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
- By: Andrew Chaikin
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 23 hrs
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This book conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail....
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The best one so far...
- By Sam on 30-01-17
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 23 hrs
- Release date: 13-10-15
- Language: English
- This book conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail....
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James May's 20th Century
- By: James May, Phil Dolling
- Narrated by: James May
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Longlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
How much should you pay for a return trip to the moon? How are Winnie the Pooh and the artificial heart related....-
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An Enjoyable & Informative Listen
- By Anabella on 20-03-09
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James May's 20th Century
- Narrated by: James May
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 20-08-07
- Language: English
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Longlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
How much should you pay for a return trip to the moon? How are Winnie the Pooh and the artificial heart related....
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Cult of the Dead Cow
- How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
- By: Joseph Menn
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its members invented the concept of hacktivism....
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Fascinating History of Hacking
- By James on 19-07-19
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Cult of the Dead Cow
- How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its members invented the concept of hacktivism....
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Conquering the Electron
- The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age
- By: Derek Cheung, Eric Brach
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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Conquering the Electron offers listeners a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad....
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Great over view of the discovery and use of the e-
- By Avid Reader on 07-08-24
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Conquering the Electron
- The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-03-20
- Language: English
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Conquering the Electron offers listeners a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad....
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- By: Kim Zetter
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 13 hrs
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The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction....
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Fascinating subject and an amazing story
- By Just little old me on 01-04-15
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 11-11-14
- Language: English
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The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction....
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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
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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.
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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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This Is Not a Game is the extraordinary untold story of the internet’s first conspiracy theory, the legend of Ong’s Hat.
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Stealth
- The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
- By: Peter Westwick
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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On a moonless night in 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing....
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Quite enlightening… Its not praise.
- By Reluctant Sceptic on 26-11-24
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Stealth
- The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 04-05-21
- Language: English
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On a moonless night in 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing....
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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- By: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith, Brig. Gen. Leo P. Geary USAF - ret. - foreword
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation....
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For the engineering out there
- By MR J R Stagg on 13-01-20
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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 26-02-19
- Language: English
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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation....
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Shuttle, Houston
- My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control
- By: Paul Dye
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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From the longest-serving flight director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe....
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Shuttle, Houston
- My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 14-07-20
- Language: English
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From the longest-serving flight director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe....
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Ignition!
- An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
- By: John Drury Clark, Isaac Asimov - foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Ignition! is the story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant that 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....
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better to read
- By tom bunge on 04-10-19
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Ignition!
- An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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Ignition! is the story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant that 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....
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Simply Electrifying
- The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk
- By: Craig R. Roach
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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Simply Electrifying brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world....
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US centred and outdated
- By Richard Tol on 17-09-24
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Simply Electrifying
- The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 15-08-17
- Language: English
- Simply Electrifying brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world....
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Moon Shot
- The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
- By: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, and others
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975....
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Amazing....until the final three chapters
- By Wayne O'Brien on 19-10-20
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Moon Shot
- The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-05-19
- Language: English
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Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975....
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Blood in the Machine
- The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
- By: Brian Merchant
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
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The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)....
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Had me reaching for a hammer
- By Amazon Customer on 26-10-23
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Blood in the Machine
- The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 26-09-23
- Language: English
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The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)....
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Electronic Dreams
- How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
- By: Tom Lean
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs
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Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, as people set aside their worries of electronic brains and Big Brother....
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Entertaining, Engaging, Enlightening
- By Ulven on 15-05-18
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Electronic Dreams
- How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 11-02-16
- Language: English
- Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, as people set aside their worries of electronic brains and Big Brother....
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Influence Empire
- The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition
- By: Lulu Yilun Chen
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip, Lulu Yilum Chen
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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Lulu Chen tells the story of how Tencent is changing the world, a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the worlds biggest tech companies....
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Great book on politics and business
- By Jamie Jon Canavan on 06-07-23
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Influence Empire
- The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip, Lulu Yilum Chen
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 14-07-22
- Language: English
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Lulu Chen tells the story of how Tencent is changing the world, a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the worlds biggest tech companies....
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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
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More than a series of fascinating case studies, To Engineer Is Human is a work that looks at our deepest notions of progress and perfection, tracing the fine connection between the quantifiable realm of science and the chaotic realities of everyday life....
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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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More than a series of fascinating case studies, To Engineer Is Human is a work that looks at our deepest notions of progress and perfection, tracing the fine connection between the quantifiable realm of science and the chaotic realities of everyday life....
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