Design History

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    • A Short History of Private Life
    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,504 ratings
    • A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....

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    • James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
    • By: Robert W. Merry
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
    • Length: 18 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 537 ratings
    • When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomatic struggle with Britain over the rich lands of the Oregon Territory....

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    • How We Meet the Built World
    • By: Sara Hendren
    • Narrated by: Sara Hendren
    • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 08-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all....

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    • Coco Chanel's Secret War
    • By: Hal Vaughan
    • Narrated by: Susan Denaker, Mark Deakins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 08-16-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 148 ratings
    • Coco Chanel created the look of the modern woman and was the high priestess of couture. She believed in simplicity, and elegance, and freed women from the tyranny of fashion. She inspired women to take off their bone corsets and cut their hair....

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    • An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
    • By: Hannah Carlson
    • Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
    • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so few? Hannah Carlson, a lecturer in dress history at the Rhode Island School of Design, shows us how we tuck gender politics, security, sexuality, and privilege inside our pockets....

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    • A World History
    • By: Aarathi Prasad
    • Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
    • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Throughout history, across cultures and countries, silk has reigned as the undeniable queen of fabrics, yet its origins and evolution remain a mystery. In a gorgeous and sweeping narrative, Silk weaves together its intricate story and the indelible mark it has left on humanity.

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    • The Role of Failure in Successful Design
    • By: Henry Petroski
    • Narrated by: Matthew Boston
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 03-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 127 ratings
    • More than a series of fascinating case studies, To Engineer Is Human is a work that looks at our deepest notions of progress and perfection, tracing the fine connection between the quantifiable realm of science and the chaotic realities of everyday life....

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    • Essays on Desire and Consumption
    • By: Katy Kelleher
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects....

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    • The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
    • By: Michael J. Behe
    • Narrated by: Marc William
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 08-20-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 165 ratings
    • Naming Darwin's Black Box to the National Review's list of the 100 most important nonfiction works of the 20th century, George Gilder wrote that it "overthrows Darwin at the end of the 20th century in the same way that quantum theory overthrew Newton at the beginning"....

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    • How Inclusion Shapes Design (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
    • By: Kat Holmes, John Maeda - foreword
    • Narrated by: Kat Holmes
    • Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy exclusion....

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    • A Design History of the Car
    • By: Witold Rybczynski
    • Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
    • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski-hailed as "one of the best writers on design working today" by Publishers Weekly-tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and gearheads who created them.

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    • Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency
    • By: Sarah Ichioka, Michael Pawlyn
    • Narrated by: Nicola Burgess
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Spirited thinkers Michael Pawlyn and Sarah Ichioka propose a bold set of regenerative principles with potential to transform how we design, make, and manage our buildings; infrastructure; and communities.

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    • Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
    • By: Alicia Drake
    • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
    • Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 06-29-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 94 ratings
    • In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry....

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    • The Untold History of Earth's and Humanity's Evolution in Consciousness
    • By: Lorie Ladd
    • Narrated by: Lorie Ladd
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • The time has come for you to embrace the power of remembrance and express your full potential, and The Divine Design is your faithful companion on this lifelong journey....

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    • The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit
    • By: Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen H. Haber
    • Narrated by: Basil Sands
    • Length: 20 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 116 ratings
    • Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none....

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    • Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
    • By: Don Norman
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Why attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design....

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    • Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
    • By: Sasha Costanza-Chock
    • Narrated by: Megan Tusing
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 08-24-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • What is the relationship between design, power, and social justice? "Design justice" is an approach to design that is led by marginalized communities and that aims explicitly to challenge, rather than reproduce, structural inequalities....

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    • Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design
    • By: William Dembski
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 122 ratings
    • With clarity and concision, William Dembski responds to the most vexing questions and objections on intelligent design raised by experts and non-experts....

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