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Coding Kids

Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools

by Natasha Singer ...

Narrated by Rachel Botchan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 31 min

The inside story of how Big Tech catalyzed, co-opted, and ultimately came to capture computer science and AI education in America.Fourth graders doing Google-branded coding lessons. Amazon schooling seventh graders on its warehouse robots. Advanced Placement computing courses from Microsoft and Apple. Many educators and parents would object if Exxon wrote their school’s climate curriculum—or if ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The inside story of how Big Tech catalyzed, co-opted, and ultimately came to capture computer science and AI education in America.Fourth graders doing Google-branded coding lessons. Amazon schooling seventh graders on its warehouse robots. Advanced Placement computing courses from Microsoft and Apple. Many educators and parents would object if Exxon wrote their school’s climate curriculum—or if
... Read more
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The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder ...

Narrated by Ben Sullivan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not
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I Am Not a Robot

My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything

by Joanna Stern ...

Narrated by Joanna Stern ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

What happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids?You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently, return hours of free time to our overworked brains, and make discoveries previously unimagined by humankind. ... Read more

$25.99 USD

What happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids?You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently, return hours of free time to our overworked brains, and make discoveries previously unimagined by humankind.
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The Antidote

Inside the World of New Pharma

by Barry Werth ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

16 hours 27 min

In 1989, the charismatic Joshua Boger left Merck, then America’s most admired business, to found a drug company that would challenge industry giants and transform health care. Barry Werth described the company's tumultuous early days during the AIDS crisis in The Billion-Dollar Molecule, a celebrated classic of science and business journalism. Now he returns to tell a riveting story of Vertex's ... Read more

$20.99 USD

In 1989, the charismatic Joshua Boger left Merck, then America’s most admired business, to found a drug company that would challenge industry giants and transform health care. Barry Werth described the company's tumultuous early days during the AIDS crisis in The Billion-Dollar Molecule, a celebrated classic of science and business journalism. Now he returns to tell a riveting story of Vertex's
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Material World

The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

by Ed Conway ...

Narrated by Ed Conway ...

Unabridged

15 hours 11 min

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times ... Read more

$25.00 USD

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times
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Gilded Rage

Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

by Jacob Silverman ...

Narrated by Jacob Silverman ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

Bloomsbury presents Gilded Rage written and read by Jacob SilvermanA searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the future of all our lives.From the pursuit of potentially apocalyptic artificial intelligence to life-extension start-ups that promise billionaires eternal youth and those who ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents Gilded Rage written and read by Jacob SilvermanA searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the future of all our lives.From the pursuit of potentially apocalyptic artificial intelligence to life-extension start-ups that promise billionaires eternal youth and those who
... Read more
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Feeding the Machine

The Hidden Human Labor Powering A.I.

by Callum Cant, James Muldoon, Mark Graham ...

Narrated by Orlando Wells ...

Unabridged

10 hours 30 min

Bloomsbury presents Feeding the Machine by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, and Callum Cant, read by Orlando Wells.For readers of Naomi Klein and Nicole Perlroth, A myth-dissolving exposé of what “artificial intelligence” really means, and a resounding argument for an equitable future of A.I.Silicon Valley has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents Feeding the Machine by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, and Callum Cant, read by Orlando Wells.For readers of Naomi Klein and Nicole Perlroth, A myth-dissolving exposé of what “artificial intelligence” really means, and a resounding argument for an equitable future of A.I.Silicon Valley has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will
... Read more
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Energy

A Human History

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

11 hours 48 min

A “meticulously researched” (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable energy—from Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes.People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world ... Read more

$26.99 USD

A “meticulously researched” (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable energy—from Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes.People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world
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End of the Road

Inside the War on Truckers

by Gord Magill ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

“This may be the most enraging book you have ever read. It will certainly be one of the most illuminating.” —Matthew B. Crawford, author, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open RoadAn inside-the-cab view of how an iconic American occupation is being destroyed by corporations, politicians, and bureaucrats.For decades, the trucker was a symbol of independence, a knight-errant of the open road ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

“This may be the most enraging book you have ever read. It will certainly be one of the most illuminating.” —Matthew B. Crawford, author, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open RoadAn inside-the-cab view of how an iconic American occupation is being destroyed by corporations, politicians, and bureaucrats.For decades, the trucker was a symbol of independence, a knight-errant of the open road
... Read more
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Behind the Mirror

Inside the World of Big Brother

by Taran Armstrong ...

Narrated by Taran Armstrong ...

Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

In a house designed for manipulation, paranoia, and power plays, sixteen strangers are cut off from the outside world—watched every second by cameras, judged by millions.Welcome to Big Brother. A show ahead of its time, it was once dismissed as fluff television. Now this voyeuristic reality show has quietly become a cultural juggernaut.But what are the costs of turning human lives into ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In a house designed for manipulation, paranoia, and power plays, sixteen strangers are cut off from the outside world—watched every second by cameras, judged by millions.Welcome to Big Brother. A show ahead of its time, it was once dismissed as fluff television. Now this voyeuristic reality show has quietly become a cultural juggernaut.But what are the costs of turning human lives into
... Read more
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Cyberselfish

A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech

by Paulina Borsook ...

Narrated by Rebecca Avery ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

**Truer now than when it was written—the prophetic classic is back.Twenty-six years after its original publication, Borsook’s “smart, funny and irreverent” (The New York Times) critique of high-tech has proved a prescient assessment of a toxic ethos which has seeped into every corner of our world.**Cyberselfish saw the warning signs about a culture violently lacking in compassion, tremendously ... Read more

$23.00 USD

**Truer now than when it was written—the prophetic classic is back.Twenty-six years after its original publication, Borsook’s “smart, funny and irreverent” (The New York Times) critique of high-tech has proved a prescient assessment of a toxic ethos which has seeped into every corner of our world.**Cyberselfish saw the warning signs about a culture violently lacking in compassion, tremendously
... Read more
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Careless People

A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

by Sarah Wynn-Williams ...

Narrated by Sarah Wynn-Williams ...

Unabridged

13 hours 16 min

**#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL,** SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!**“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she al... ... Read more

$28.99 USD

**#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL,** SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!**“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she al...
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Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

Narrated by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

Unabridged

18 hours 6 min

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say NothingThe history of the Sackler dynasty is ... Read more

$27.50 USD

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say NothingThe history of the Sackler dynasty is
... Read more
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

by Shoshana Zuboff ...

Unabridged

24 hours 16 min

**An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior“Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times**The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark. Surveillance capitalism has deepened inequality, sown societal chaos, and undermined democracy.The fight for a human ... Read more

$44.99 USD

**An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior“Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times**The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark. Surveillance capitalism has deepened inequality, sown societal chaos, and undermined democracy.The fight for a human
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Audiobook

No Rules Rules

Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer ...

Narrated by Jason Culp, Allyson Ryan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companiesThere has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companiesThere has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

Narrated by Cory Doctorow ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification. This program is read by the author."[Cory] Doctorow's writing is best when he delivers it, and this...is no exception." — Kirkus on EnshittificationIn modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification. This program is read by the author."[Cory] Doctorow's writing is best when he delivers it, and this...is no exception." — Kirkus on EnshittificationIn modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of
... Read more
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Life 3.0

Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Max Tegmark ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

13 hours 29 min

**New York Times Best SellerHow will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.**How ... Read more

$22.50 USD

**New York Times Best SellerHow will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.**How
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AI Superpowers

China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

by Kai-Fu Lee ...

Narrated by Mikael Naramore ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERDr. Kai-Fu Lee—one of the world’s most respected experts on AI and China—reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace.In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERDr. Kai-Fu Lee—one of the world’s most respected experts on AI and China—reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace.In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of
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Console Wars

Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

by Blake J. Harris ...

Narrated by Fred Berman ...

Unabridged

20 hours 41 min

Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video game industry. Sega, on ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video game industry. Sega, on
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Apple in China

The Capture of the World's Greatest Company

by Patrick McGee ...

Narrated by Patrick McGee, Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

14 hours 6 min

“Phenomenal…a jaw-dropping book.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily ShowNamed by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Prospect magazine as a best book of the year, this “scrupulously reported” (The New Yorker) and “astonishing” (The Daily Telegraph**, London****)** book rivets with its portrayal of how Apple allowed itself to become d... ... Read more

$29.99 USD

“Phenomenal…a jaw-dropping book.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily ShowNamed by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Prospect magazine as a best book of the year, this “scrupulously reported” (The New Yorker) and “astonishing” (The Daily Telegraph**, London****)** book rivets with its portrayal of how Apple allowed itself to become d...
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The New Map

Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

by Daniel Yergin ...

Narrated by Daniel Yergin, Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

17 hours 7 min

**A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society*“*A master class on how the world works.” —NPRPulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future**The world is being ... Read more

$25.00 USD

**A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society*“*A master class on how the world works.” —NPRPulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future**The world is being
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The Secret Life of Groceries

The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

by Benjamin Lorr ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lorr ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery storeThe American supermarket is an everyday miracle. But what does it take to run one? What are the inner workings of product delivery and distribution? Who sets the price? And who suffers for the convenience and efficiency we’ve come to expect? ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery storeThe American supermarket is an everyday miracle. But what does it take to run one? What are the inner workings of product delivery and distribution? Who sets the price? And who suffers for the convenience and efficiency we’ve come to expect?
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Read Write Own

Building the Next Era of the Internet

by Chris Dixon ...

Narrated by Chris Dixon, Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon“A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3.”—Robert Iger, CEO, Disney“A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.”—Sam Altman, CEO, ... Read more

$22.50 USD

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon“A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3.”—Robert Iger, CEO, Disney“A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.”—Sam Altman, CEO,
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Kochland

The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America

by Christopher Leonard ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

23 hours 15 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * WINNER OF THE J ANTHONY LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES, NPR, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL * FINALIST FOR THE FINACIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR**“Superb…Among the best books ever written about an American corporation.” —Bryan Burrough, The New York Times Boo... ... Read more

$34.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * WINNER OF THE J ANTHONY LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES, NPR, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL * FINALIST FOR THE FINACIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR**“Superb…Among the best books ever written about an American corporation.” —Bryan Burrough, The New York Times Boo...
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