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The Deal Maker
- How William C. Durant Made General Motors
- By: Axel Madsen
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 10 hrs
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In The Deal Maker, Axel Madsen sheds light on a man whose tireless optimism led to the formation of the first super-corporation....
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An interesting life captured
- By Tumwine on 10-24-18
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The Deal Maker
- How William C. Durant Made General Motors
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 07-28-09
- Language: English
- In The Deal Maker, Axel Madsen sheds light on a man whose tireless optimism led to the formation of the first super-corporation....
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Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?
- By: Roberta Edwards
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to....
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Excellent and brief.
- By Matthew J Keefe on 03-28-21
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Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 03-26-19
- Language: English
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Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to....
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AC/DC
- The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
- By: Tom McNichol
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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The savage showdown between AC and DC changed the lives of billions of people, shaped the modern technological age....
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An incredible true story
- By Christopher on 06-05-08
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AC/DC
- The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-07-08
- Language: English
- The savage showdown between AC and DC changed the lives of billions of people, shaped the modern technological age....
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The Invention of Tomorrow
- A Natural History of Foresight
- By: Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, Adam Bulley
- Narrated by: Philip Battley
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Underwhelming and Repetitive
- By dpwise2000 on 01-02-23
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The Invention of Tomorrow
- A Natural History of Foresight
- Narrated by: Philip Battley
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 11-15-22
- Language: English
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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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The Woulda Coulda Shoulda Guide to Canadian Inventions
- By: Red Green
- Narrated by: Red Green, David T. Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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One of Canada's greatest inventors appraises his peers, with mixed results....
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Keep your stick on the ice.
- By anthony on 07-10-24
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The Woulda Coulda Shoulda Guide to Canadian Inventions
- Narrated by: Red Green, David T. Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-18-17
- Language: English
- One of Canada's greatest inventors appraises his peers, with mixed results....
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Cubed
- The Puzzle of Us All
- By: Erno Rubik
- Narrated by: Alistair Petrie
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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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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You are listening to a book about a cube.
- By Mitchell on 07-24-23
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Cubed
- The Puzzle of Us All
- Narrated by: Alistair Petrie
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-15-20
- Language: English
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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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Ray Kurzweil Commencement Address at WPI (May 21, 2005)
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: Ray Kurzweil
- Length: 11 mins
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Ray Kurzweil, the world-renowned inventor, futurist, and author, addresses the graduating class at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 137th commencement in Worcester, Mass.....
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Worth the download - but lacking some inspiration
- By Dana on 06-01-05
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Ray Kurzweil Commencement Address at WPI (May 21, 2005)
- Narrated by: Ray Kurzweil
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 05-27-05
- Language: English
- Ray Kurzweil, the world-renowned inventor, futurist, and author, addresses the graduating class at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 137th commencement in Worcester, Mass.....
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The Electricity Fairy
- Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era Collection
- By: Alex Mar
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 59 mins
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The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical 19th-century art nouveau icon who turned artificial light into performance art and became the incandescent inventor of modern dance, is revealed in this transportive and hypnotic historical narrative....
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Disappointing
- By Bruce Cline on 01-11-22
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The Electricity Fairy
- Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era Collection
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Series: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 03-28-19
- Language: English
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The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical 19th-century art nouveau icon who turned artificial light into performance art and became the incandescent inventor of modern dance, is revealed in this transportive and hypnotic historical narrative....
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- By: Walter Isaacson, Walter Isaacson - introduction
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....
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Great Read
- By David on 01-16-15
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-07-14
- Language: English
- The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....
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The Wright Brothers and the Airplane
- By: Steve Erwin, Keith Williams, Charles Barnett III, and others
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 17 mins
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Listen to the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright developed, tested, and successfully flew the first powered airplane....
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The Wright Brothers and the Airplane
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 03-01-22
- Language: English
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Listen to the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright developed, tested, and successfully flew the first powered airplane....
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Stealing God's Thunder
- Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
- By: Philip Dray
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Benjamin Franklin, more often viewed as a statesman and founding father than as a man of science, challenged religion, science, and reason with his inventions....
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Fascinating
- By Abigail on 05-26-11
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Stealing God's Thunder
- Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 08-11-06
- Language: English
- Benjamin Franklin, more often viewed as a statesman and founding father than as a man of science, challenged religion, science, and reason with his inventions....
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Miracle Cure
- The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
- By: William Rosen
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less than a generation....
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Excellence
- By xar adelberg on 09-18-17
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Miracle Cure
- The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-09-17
- Language: English
- As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less than a generation....
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I Invented the Modern Age
- The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made
- By: Richard Snow
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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I Invented the Modern Age reclaims from history Henry Ford, the remarkable man who, indeed, invented the modern world as we know it....
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A Complicated Man
- By Jean on 11-23-13
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I Invented the Modern Age
- The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-10-13
- Language: English
- I Invented the Modern Age reclaims from history Henry Ford, the remarkable man who, indeed, invented the modern world as we know it....
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Edison
- A Life of Invention
- By: Paul Israel
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
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Armed with unprecedented access to Edison's workshop diaries, notebooks, and letters, Israel brings fresh insights into how the inventor's creative mind worked....
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Worst narration ever
- By Michael on 10-16-07
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Edison
- A Life of Invention
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-15-06
- Language: English
- Armed with unprecedented access to Edison's workshop diaries, notebooks, and letters, Israel brings fresh insights into how the inventor's creative mind worked....
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Jump!
- Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era Collection
- By: Daniel Engber
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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In the first few years of the 20th century, inventors discovered how to soar into the sky. This breathtaking true story is about two men who, on one fateful weekend, tried to show the world a way back down.
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Enjoyable short
- By Rellim on 09-29-20
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Jump!
- Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era Collection
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Series: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-28-19
- Language: English
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In the first few years of the 20th century, inventors discovered how to soar into the sky. This breathtaking true story is about two men who, on one fateful weekend, tried to show the world a way back down.
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Cold Light
- Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions That Glow
- By: Anita Sitarski
- Narrated by: Jessica Almasy
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Have you ever wondered just how a glow stick works? Or what about those glow-in-the-dark stars you stick on your ceiling keep on shining....
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very clear and understandable overview
- By Margrit on 10-01-17
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Cold Light
- Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions That Glow
- Narrated by: Jessica Almasy
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 02-18-14
- Language: English
- Have you ever wondered just how a glow stick works? Or what about those glow-in-the-dark stars you stick on your ceiling keep on shining....
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Hardcore Inventing
- Invent, Protect, Promote, and Profit From Your Ideas
- By: Robert Yanover, Ellie Crowe
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Based on the author’s experience in the world of inventing and promotion, Hardcore Inventing offers the kind of advice you can only learn from experience....
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Best Invention/Patent/Business Book I’ve Read
- By Silverback on 05-02-13
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Hardcore Inventing
- Invent, Protect, Promote, and Profit From Your Ideas
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 02-23-13
- Language: English
- Based on the author’s experience in the world of inventing and promotion, Hardcore Inventing offers the kind of advice you can only learn from experience....
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Piano by Ear: Classical Box Set 1
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrated by: Bill Brown
- Length: 25 hrs and 15 mins
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In this eclectic Piano by Ear box set, you will get a great education in the key composers for the piano at varying levels of difficulty....
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Piano by Ear: Classical Box Set 1
- Narrated by: Bill Brown
- Series: Piano by Ear
- Length: 25 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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In this eclectic Piano by Ear box set, you will get a great education in the key composers for the piano at varying levels of difficulty....
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Michael Faraday: A Life from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Tom Sleeker
- Length: 59 mins
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Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern physics. His work in the field of electromagnetism revolutionized society, leading to new avenues of study....
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An Excellent Basic Biography and Basis for Further Study
- By Frank Donnelly on 08-21-19
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Michael Faraday: A Life from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Tom Sleeker
- Series: Biographies of Inventors
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 05-08-18
- Language: English
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Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern physics. His work in the field of electromagnetism revolutionized society, leading to new avenues of study....
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Starlight Detectives
- How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe
- By: Alan Hirshfeld
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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In 1929, Edwin Hubble announced the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy since Galileo first turned a telescope to the heavens....
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Experience the discovery of most of the universe.
- By Zachary Adams on 05-26-15
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Starlight Detectives
- How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 12-09-14
- Language: English
- In 1929, Edwin Hubble announced the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy since Galileo first turned a telescope to the heavens....
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