Technology

A Short History of Nearly Everything

• UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Bill Bryson
• Narrated By William Roberts
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and particle physics, and aims to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists, Bill Bryson reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain

• ORIGINAL (12 hrs and 39 mins)
• By The Great Courses
• Narrated By Professor Jason M. Satterfield

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a well-tested collection of practical techniques for managing moods and modifying undesirable behaviors through self-awareness, critical analysis, and goal-oriented change. CBT illuminates the links between thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physical health and uses those connections to develop concrete plans for self-improvement. In 24 engaging half-hour lectures, you'll build a robust and effective self-improvement toolkit with the expert guidance of Professor Satterfield of the University of California, San Francisco.

Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We LIve and Work

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
• Narrated By Fred Sanders
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The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving, in this groundbreaking book in the vein of Daniel Pink's Drive and Charles Duhigg's Smarter Faster Better.

The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Kevin Kelly
• Narrated By George Newbern
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Much of what will happen in the next 30 years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives - from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture - can be understood as the result of a few long-term accelerating forces.

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Martin Ford
• Narrated By Jeff Cummings

In a world of self-driving cars and big data, smart algorithms and Siri, we know that artificial intelligence is getting smarter every day. Though all these nifty devices and programs might make our lives easier, they're also well on their way to making "good" jobs obsolete. A computer winning Jeopardy might seem like a trivial, if impressive, feat, but the same technology is making paralegals redundant as it undertakes electronic discovery and is soon to do the same for radiologists.

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Nick Bostrom
• Narrated By Napoleon Ryan

Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control.

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Kevin Mitnick
• Narrated By Ray Porter

Like it or not, your every move is being watched and analyzed. Consumers' identities are being stolen, and a person's every step is being tracked and stored. What once might have been dismissed as paranoia is now a hard truth, and privacy is a luxury few can afford or understand. In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick illustrates what is happening without your knowledge - and he teaches you "the art of invisibility".

This is Not a Drill

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Paul Carter
• Narrated By Paul Carter
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Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This Is Not A Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up, as Paul almost drowns when the Russian rig he's working on begins to capsize; is reunited with his Dad - another adrenaline junkie; gets married; hangs out with his rig pig buddies in exotic locations; and spends a couple of interesting weeks in Afghanistan.

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Walter Isaacson
• Narrated By Dennis Boutsikaris
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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. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?

Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Garry Kasparov
• Narrated By Garry Kasparov, Bob Brown
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Garry Kasparov gives his first public account of his landmark 1997 chess match with the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue and explains why, 20 years later, he's become convinced that artificial intelligence is good for humans. In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology....

The Internet of Money

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Andreas M. Antonopoulos
• Narrated By Stephanie Murphy
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Bitcoin, a technological breakthrough quietly introduced to the world in 2008, is transforming much more than finance. Bitcoin is disrupting antiquated industries to bring financial independence to billions worldwide. In this book, Andreas explains why bitcoin is a financial and technological evolution with potential far exceeding the label "digital currency."

The Economic Singularity: Artificial Intelligence and the Death of Capitalism

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 15 mins)
• By Calum Chace
• Narrated By Joe Hempel
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is overtaking our human ability to absorb and process information. Robots are becoming increasingly dexterous, flexible, and safe to be around (except the military ones). AI is our most powerful technology, and you need to understand it. This new book from best-selling author Calum Chace argues that within a few decades, most humans will not be able to work for money. Self-driving cars will probably be the canary in the coal mine, providing a wake-up call for everyone who isn't yet paying attention.

The Fourth Transformation: How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 29 mins)
• By Robert Scoble, Shel Israel
• Narrated By Jeffrey Kafer
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Ten years from today, the center of our digital lives will no longer be the smart phone, but device that looks like ordinary eyeglasses: except those glasses will have settings for virtual and augmented reality. What you really see and what is computer generated will be mixed so tightly together, that we won't really be able to tell what is real and what is illusion.

Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 19 mins)
• By John Sonmez
• Narrated By John Sonmez

Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual is a guide to a well-rounded, satisfying life as a technology professional. In it, developer and life coach John Sonmez offers advice to developers on important subjects like career and productivity, personal finance and investing, and even fitness and relationships. Arranged as a collection of 71 short chapters, this fun listen invites you to dip in wherever you like.

The Industries of the Future

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Alec Ross
• Narrated By Alec Ross

Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world, mapping out the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next 10 years - for businesses, governments, and the global community - and how we can navigate them.

Thinking Machines: The Inside Story of Artificial Intelligence and Our Race to Build the Future

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Luke Dormehl
• Narrated By Gus Brown

The year 2016 marks the 60-year anniversary of the phrase 'artificial intelligence', and in this fascinating audiobook Luke Dormehl charts the weird and wonderful journey of one of mankind's greatest projects, the creation of Thinking Machines. This is a story of what it means to be human in the face of accelerating machine intelligence. It's about trying to make computers that are smarter than we are and what happens when it goes wrong. About what creativity means when all knowledge is data that can be stored on microchips.

The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Steve Case
• Narrated By Steve Case

Steve Case was on the leading edge of the Internet revolution when he cofounded AOL in 1991. He was an entrepreneur in a business that hadn't even been invented, yet he saw how significantly his efforts could change not only America but the world. In The Third Wave, Case uses his insights garnered from nearly four decades of working as an innovator, investor, and businessperson to chart a path for future visionaries.

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Tim Wu
• Narrated By Marc Vietor

Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information? Most consider the Internet Age to be a moment of unprecedented freedom in communications and culture. But as Tim Wu shows, each major new medium, from telephone to cable, arrived on a similar wave of idealistic optimism only to become, eventually, the object of industrial consolidation profoundly affecting how Americans communicate.

How We'll Live on Mars

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Stephen Petranek
• Narrated By Stephen Petranek
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Award-winning journalist Stephen Petranek says humans will live on Mars by 2027. Now he makes the case that living on Mars is not just plausible, but inevitable. It sounds like science fiction, but Stephen Petranek considers it fact: Within 20 years, humans will live on Mars. We'll need to. In this sweeping, provocative book that mixes business, science, and human reporting, Petranek makes the case that living on Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity and explains in fascinating detail just how it will happen.

ITIL for Beginners: The Complete Beginner's Guide to ITIL

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 15 mins)
• By ClydeBank Technology
• Narrated By Amy Barron Smolinski

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) is a framework with the goal of closing the gap between IT departments and the needs of a business. The application of the developed guidelines within the framework of ITIL® allows IT departments to improve their overall efficiency; from the way IT infrastructure is created and managed to how individual service interactions within the business are conducted.

Google Classroom: Easiest Teacher's Guide to Master Google Classroom

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 7 mins)
• By Donald Yates
• Narrated By Gwyn Clark

Are you a teacher that wants to make your class more organized and effective? That is what Google Classroom is going to do! Classrooms are going to make it to where you are no longer have to give out papers to your class and you are going to be able to monitor the progress of your students as they fulfill the requirements for that class.

Hacking: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Computer Hacking: How to Hack Networks and Computer Systems, Information Gathering, Password Cracking

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 7 mins)
• By Jack Jones
• Narrated By Graeme Daniels

What do you know about hacking a computer system? If you are like most of us, you can't even get into your own computer if you've forgotten the password. The good news is that hacking is actually a lot easier than you think, and anyone can learn how to do it. As long as you are willing to do the work and to work through the steps patiently, you will also be able to hack the systems that you want to.

JavaScript: Beginner JavaScript Coding from the Ground Up (DIY JavaScript, Book 1)

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 12 mins)
• By Keith Dvorjak
• Narrated By Sean Posvistak

Are you clueless about coding? Are you lost understanding computer languages? Are you intimidated by the learning curve? Don't be! JavaScript is one of the most common and powerful computer languages around. It is easy to use, easy to understand, and is the driving force behind some of the most popular websites around. Facebook uses it. Google uses it. Netflix uses it, and yes - even Amazon uses it. Would you like to learn how to use it? Take the first step to becoming code savvy with one of the most popular, useful computer languages on the market.

Cybersecurity for Beginners

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Raef Meeuwisse
• Narrated By Danny Eastman

Companies that can use technology wisely and well are booming, companies that make bad or no technology choices collapse and disappear. The cloud, smart devices and the ability to connect almost any object to the internet are an essential landscape to use but are also fraught with new risks and dangers of a magnitude never seen before. Also featuring an alphabetical section at the back of the book to help you translate many of the main cybersecurity technical terms into plain, non-technical English.

Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding the Cryptocurrency Revolution

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Mark Bresett
• Narrated By Michael Hatak

This book includes three manuscripts: Bitcoin: What You Need to Know About the Cryptocurrency (Amazon best seller); Ethereum: What You Need to Know About the Blockchain-Based Platform; and Blockchain: How Technologies Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money and Business. Regardless of how much you know about the cryptocurrency phenomenon or whether you are a total newbie, this book will explain the concepts assuming no prior knowledge and will give you everything you need to know.

What Is Blockchain Technology?: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

• UNABRIDGED (37 mins)
• By Matt Harris
• Narrated By Rick Baverstock

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Analyzing Data with Power BI: Introduction to Power BI

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 56 mins)
• By Anthony Williams
• Narrated By William Bahl

If you are thinking of doing some data science work , first you have to get familiar with data libraries, and various techniques of data modelling; in other words you have to dive into data analysis discipline with some fundamental understanding of this science. This book provides you those fundamentals of business and data analytics and insight into various data models and algorithms, all written having a beginner in mind. Further chapters will introduce you to powerful business analytics tool provided by Microsoft Power BI.

Blockchain: Science, Business, and Cryptocurrency 2-in-1

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Charles Jensen
• Narrated By Dave Wright

Feast your brain on the knowledge in this bundle of two books.

Blockchain Technology and Data Analytics: Digital Economy Financial Framework with Practical Data Analysis and Statistical Guide to Transform and Evolve Any Business

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 33 mins)
• By Isaac D. Cody
• Narrated By Kevin Theis

This is a two-book bundle related to blockchain and data analytics! Included in this bundle: Blockchain: Innovative and Modern Financial Framework That Will Revolutionize the Next Digital Economy with Blockchain Technology and Data Analytics: Practical Data Analysis and Statistical Guide to Transform and Evolve Any Business: Leveraging the Power of Data Analytics, Data Science, and Predictive Analytics for Beginners.

Convolutional Neural Networks in Python: Introduction to Convolutional Neural Networks

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 43 mins)
• By Anthony Williams
• Narrated By William Bahl

Deep learning has been a great part of various scientific fields and since this is my third book regarding this topic, you already know the great significance of deep learning in comparison to traditional methods. At this point, you are also familiar with types of neural networks and their wide range of applications. This book is all about convolutional neural networks and how to use these neural networks in various tasks of automatic image and speech recognition in Python.

Ethereum: Mastering the Basics: An In-Depth Look at Ethereum

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 10 mins)
• By Fritz Matt
• Narrated By Eddie Leonard Jr.

An in-depth look beyond the basics. The basics are everywhere. Depth...isn't. Skills, mastery, or having an expertise requires depth. Learn the basics needed as a beginner here, while simultaneously developing depth.The depth covered in this book will reach a beginner with zero knowledge of Ethereum without scratching your head over the technical look-at-me-using-big-words type jargon.

Blockchain: Guide to Security, Applications, and Software Hacks: 2 in 1

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Charles Jensen
• Narrated By Dave Wright

Learn like a pro from these blockchain treasures of knowledge in a bundle of two books, Blockchain: Science and Career Guide for Investors and Programmers and Blockchain: Ethereum and Security Technology Explained.

Arduino: Simple and Effective Strategies to Learn Arduino Programming

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 20 mins)
• By Daniel Jones
• Narrated By Pete Beretta

The world is growing into advertisements and lighting in all manner of ways. Motorcycles, helmets, public vehicles, and even bicycles are some of the few places where we find LEDs being used a lot. Some of the uses are in directional relay, braking systems, and even for relaying a message. There are also interesting billboard signs that are made from LED lights that make an image look likes it's moving, because of the way the LED lights blink in a particular pattern.

Deep Learning with Keras: Introduction to Deep Learning with Keras

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Anthony Williams
• Narrated By William Bahl
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This book will introduce you to various deep learning models in Keras, and you will see how different neural networks can be used in real-world examples, as well as in various scientific fields. You will explore various Keras algorithms like the simplest linear regression or more complex deep convolutional networks.

DevOps Adoption: A Must-Have for Any IT Leader Facing Digital Transformation

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 40 mins)
• By Christopher Weller
• Narrated By William Bahl
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Listen to this audiobook today and learn more about DevOps Adoption!

Blockchain: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Cryptocurrencies and Everything About the Fintech Explained

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 5 mins)
• By Shane Bock
• Narrated By Jon Turner

Blockchain is not just bitcoin or another type of cryptocurrency. Its functions and potential extends far beyond that and will definitely benefit many other industries. It has been referred to as the next coming of the Internet. Researchers and technologists alike are talking about how blockchain technology is going to affect industries from finance to retail to even healthcare. Governments, banks, and global companies are rushing to study and embrace this underlying technology of bitcoin.

E-Commerce SEO Secrets: How to Create a Stampede of Non-Stop, Ultra-Targeted Traffic to Your Online Store

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 41 mins)
• By Harold F. Rich
• Narrated By Mike Norgaard

I wrote this book for one reason and one reason only: to wake up everybody who is serious about scaling up their e-commerce business by using SEO. This book contains the introduction to my six-step e-commerce SEO formula that I've developed to help e-commerce businesses become more successful and make more money. This formula is backed up by my 20-plus years of online marketing experience and over 10 years of in-depth concentration on e-commerce SEO.

Mastering Apps: A Beginner's Guide to Start Making Money with Apps

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 36 mins)
• By Adidas Wilson
• Narrated By Erich Bailey

Communication technologies are constantly advancing to keep up with the times. Messaging apps are huge right now - completely overtaking social media by becoming the primary way we communicate online. When most entrepreneurs are starting out, they like to read articles on "how to make a killing with your first app", "building the multi-billion dollar app" and most books related to this topic. They are glued to this side of the story and blinded to the other.

Mastering Drones: A Beginner's Guide to Start Making Money with Drones

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 31 mins)
• By Adidas Wilson
• Narrated By Suzanne Moore
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The information below is the reason I wrote this book, drones will be commercialized in the future surrounding the year 2025 according to research I've seen. Now is the time as an entrepreneur for making money with drones. Commercial drones and their services are expected to become a multibillion-dollar industry in the next decade, according to a new report from market intelligence firm Tractica. The report says that in 2017, drone revenue should amount to $792 million - mostly from hardware sales.

Windows 10 Mastery: The Complete User Guide to Learn Windows 10 from Beginner to Expert

• UNABRIDGED (38 mins)
• By Alex Nelson
• Narrated By Matthew Parrish
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Many people have a home PC they use to surf the net or keep up with emails, but there is much more to them than that, and if you want to get the most from your PC, you can learn everything you need to know from Windows 10 Mastery: The Complete User Guide to Learn Windows 10 from Beginner to Expert.