1987. — 48 kbps. — Duration 01:00:00. Taken from the actual newspaper reports written in 1929 and the 1930's, this captures the sense of immediacy that's missing from present-day historical perspectives. Covers causes, results, and short-term effects on individuals and the economy.
Read by Maggie Albright. — 64 kbps. — 05:40:16. In this book, Asimov takes you through the development of numbers, from the initial set of positive integers through the transfinite alephs. The progression is logical, he first establishes the infinitude of the positive integers and then explains the reasons why negative numbers are needed. Along with the negative integers, he...
Bill Bryson (born 1951) is an American author of many best-selling, humorous travel books, as well as English language and science books. Born in the US, but spent most of his adult life in the UK. A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was the bestselling popular science book...
A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was the bestselling popular science book of 2005 in the UK, selling over 300,000 copies. A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and...
Bill Bryson (born 1951) is an American author of many best-selling, humorous travel books, as well as English language and science books. Born in the US, but spent most of his adult life in the UK. A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was the bestselling popular science book...
A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was the bestselling popular science book of 2005 in the UK, selling over 300,000 copies. A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and...
Read by John Lothe. The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (1998) is one of the major works of Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski graduated with a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1953 and became Professor of American Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins University before becoming the United States National Security Advisor during 1977－1981 under the...
Read by John Lothe. The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (1998) is one of the major works of Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski graduated with a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1953 and became Professor of American Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins University before becoming the United States National Security Advisor during 1977－1981 under the...
Time” is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it’s always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we’re bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly? In this witty and meditative exploration, award-winning author and...
MP3 “Time” is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it’s always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we’re bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly? In this witty and meditative exploration, award-winning author...
Read by Murphy Stephanie. — LLC e53 Publishing, 2015. — 30 kbps. — Duration 07:32:00. — ISBN10: 0996061312; ISBN13: 978-0996061315. Unabridged. Have you, like the rest of the world, speculated as to the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, anonymous creator of Bitcoin? The world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin went online in 2009 and has since revolutionized our concepts of currency...
Oxford University Press, 2013. — ASIN: B00HFE5VGM. — Narrator: Jason Huggins MP3@32 kbps, 3 hrs 58 mins. Many are familiar with the beauty and ubiquity of fractal forms within nature. Unlike the study of smooth forms such as spheres, fractal geometry describes more familiar shapes and patterns, such as the complex contours of coastlines, the outlines of clouds, and the...
Read by Andrew McDermott. — Oreste Maria Petrillo, 2020. — 64 kbps. — Duration 03:56:00. — ASIN B08956RD54. Python Advanced explains to you how to master python. It's a complete guide, step-by-step, to the Python Language. Discover how to master Python programming so you will discover how to have the skills and confidence to build engaging models that quickly offer efficient...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrator Pruden John. — Audible Studios, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:18:00. — ASIN B0733YBDHB. The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia provides the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia - as well as the most comprehensive argument against their legalization - ever published. In clear...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrator Pruden John. — Audible Studios, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:18:00. — ASIN B0733YBDHB. NB: a single audiobook in two parts (1/2+2/2). The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia provides the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia - as well as the most comprehensive argument against...
Audible Studios, 2013. — ASIN: B00GQVPTPS. — MP3@32 kbps ~05:20:00 The aim of this audiobook is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental differences are philosophical, and listeners of this audiobook will emerge with a clearer understanding of...
Audible Audio Edition. Narrated by Author. — Penguin Audio, 2016. — 64 kbps. — Duration 8 hours and 43 minutes. — ASIN B01K8EAANY, ISBN 0735288291 Whispersync for Voice: Ready. From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This history of...
Read by the author, Steve Kaufmann. — 64 kbps. The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a clich? that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like...
W. L. Gore & Associates — John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015. — 96 kbps. — Duration 25:22:00. — ISBN: 978-1119002062. Don't simply show your data — tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You’ll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your...
Barack Obama's Best Speeches (2004 and 2008). Five speeches of Barack Obama: Democratic National Convention 2004, Democratic National Convention Acceptance 2008, November 4th Victory Speech, Race Relations, Yes We Can.
Audiobook (Read by George Wilson) Recorded Books, LLC, 2003. Language: English, Time: 5:46:00, Audiobook in MP3. From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. An expert on communism, Richard Pipes follows the history of the Soviet Union from the 1917 revolution to the Cold War, and...
Read by the author. — Vlog Boss Studios LLC, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 04:45:00. — ASIN B073X16F19. Vlog Like a Boss is the complete guide to video blogging. Amy Schmittauer is the Vlog Boss. As a new media triple threat - YouTuber, keynote speaker, and author - she coaches people to go after what they want in life and leverage online video to make it happen. Creator of the...
Read by Shapiro Rob. — Random House Audio, 2014. — 30 kbps. — Duration 15:22:00. — ISBN10: 0307744256; ISBN13: 978-0307744258. Unabridged. *Starred Review* Nobel-laureate physicist Eugene Wigner regarded the power of mathematics to explain the cosmos as a baffling mystery. Tegmark offers a resolution of that mystery, arguing that mathematics describes the universe so well...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrater Rob Shapiro. — Random House, Doubleday, 2016. — 64 kbps. — 11 hours 52 minutes. — ASIN: B01BAU4E5K. — ISBN: 0735285497, 073528551 NB: a single audiobook of three parts (1/3+2/3+3/3). "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history,...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrater Rob Shapiro. — Random House, Doubleday, 2016. — 64 kbps. — 11 hours 52 minutes. — ASIN: B01BAU4E5K. — ISBN: 0735285497, 073528551 NB: a single audiobook of three parts (1/3+2/3+3/3). "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history,...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrater Rob Shapiro. — Random House, Doubleday, 2016. — 64 kbps. — 11 hours 52 minutes. — ASIN B01BAU4E5K. — ISBN: 0735285497, 073528551 "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history, musical history, race, politics, business case studies,...
Read by Pratt Sean. — Gildan Media, LLC, 2015. — 30 kbps. — Duration 14:17:00. — ISBN10: 1250081556; ISBN13: 978-1250081551. How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything...
New York: Simon & Schuster. - 2011. - 464 p. WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many...
New York: Simon & Schuster. - 2011. - 464 p. WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many...
New York: Simon & Schuster. - 2011. - 464 p. WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many...
Publisher: Berkley (June 12, 2008). Without the book. From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes The Music Lesson, the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the...
Read by author. — Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2017. — 32 kbps. — Duration 07:52:00. — ASIN B06X1GK1D1, ISBN 1520065167. Memory is the greatest challenge to learning a foreign language; there are just too many words and too many rules. For every new word we learn, we seem to forget two old ones, making fluency seem out of reach. Fluent Forever tackles this challenge head-on. Starting...
Audio CD. Written and narrated by Professor Kate Zeigler. — Recorded Books, 2013. — ASIN B00FX3VT9K — 64 kbps. — Length 04:49:00. Geology is often thought of as simply the study of rocks. In reality, geology is the study of our planet on all scales, from microscopic to planet-wide, and ranging in time from almost instantaneous events, like earthquakes, to the glacially slow...
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