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    • A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
    • By: Bhu Srinivasan
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick, Bhu Srinivasan
    • Length: 21 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 630 ratings
    • Americana takes us on a 400-year journey of the spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things....

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    • The Puzzle of Us All
    • By: Erno Rubik
    • Narrated by: Alistair Petrie
    • Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • To Rubik, puzzles aren't just games - they're creativity machines. He encourages us to embrace our inner curiosity and find the puzzles that surround us in our everyday lives....

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    • 50 True Stories of Mistakes that Actually Worked and Their Origins
    • By: Cooper The Pooper
    • Narrated by: KC Wayman
    • Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 12-29-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • When we think of accidents or mistakes, we automatically think of failure–that you need to throw everything out and start over from scratch, or maybe just give up. Well, these inventors and creators proved that notion wrong....

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    • A History, a Theory, a Flood
    • By: James Gleick
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,947 ratings
    • 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....

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    • Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
    • By: Steven Johnson
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,865 ratings
    • How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life....

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    • Fascinating Origins of Discoveries and Inventions to Inspire Curious Young Readers
    • By: Riddleland
    • Narrated by: Anthony J. Santora
    • Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • This book covers fascinating origin stories of 55 everyday items that were invented by accident; that is, the inventor did not expect to make the product when the product was discovered. Not only will this book share amazing stories about everyday products, but it will also inspire you....

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    • Self Starter to Inventor Extraordinaire
    • By: Daniel Alef
    • Narrated by: Baron Ron Herron
    • Length: 23 mins
    • Release date: 02-04-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Here's a biographical profile of Charles F. Kettering, a man who always sought solutions to great problems....

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    • The History of Our Future
    • By: Tom Wheeler
    • Narrated by: Brian Troxell
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • In an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions - in communications, business, and many areas of daily life - are unprecedented. Today's changes may be new and may be happening faster than ever before....

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    • The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
    • By: Kevin Ashton
    • Narrated by: Kevin Ashton
    • Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 01-20-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 512 ratings
    • As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new....

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    • Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
    • By: Michael Hiltzik
    • Narrated by: Forrest Sawyer
    • Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-16-99
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 311 ratings
    • Dealers of Lightning is the riveting story of the legendary Xerox PARC....

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    • How to Develop and Market Your Inventions
    • By: Bob Schmidt
    • Narrated by: Clay Teunis
    • Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
    • Release date: 08-15-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • Practical guide showing inventors how to develop, prototype, protect, and market their inventions....

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    • By: Margaret Frith
    • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
    • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope....

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    • The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects
    • By: Emily Prokop
    • Narrated by: Emily Prokop
    • Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Learn the fascinating history and trivia behind the everyday items we take for granted — from the host of the popular podcast The Story Behind, Emily Prokop....

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    • How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
    • By: T.R. Reid
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-20-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce hit upon the stunning discovery that would make possible the silicon microchip, a work that would ultimately earn Kilby the Nobel Prize for physics in 2000....

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    • From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves
    • By: Hiawatha Bray
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
    • The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS—and the consequent decline of privacy....

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    • A Natural History of Foresight
    • By: Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, Adam Bulley
    • Narrated by: Philip Battley
    • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Cognitive scientists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley argue that its emergence transformed humans from unremarkable primates to creatures that hold the destiny of the planet in their hands....

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    • By: Luke Johnston
    • Narrated by: John Grant
    • Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 07-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Noted for his incredible intellect, eccentric ideas, and world-altering inventions, Nikola Tesla has evolved into the classic example of mad scientist. But is that all there is to the story....

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    • By: James Buckley, Who HQ
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller
    • Series: Who-? by Who HQ
    • Length: 56 mins
    • Release date: 06-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As adults, the brothers worked together to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful airplane. This is the fascinating story of the two inventors and aviation pioneers....

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