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    • When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
    • By: Matt Parker
    • Narrated by: Matt Parker
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 01-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,158 ratings
    • Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world....

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    • By: Athena Aktipis, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Athena Aktipis
    • Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 10-03-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 341 ratings
    • You watch a horror movie or TV series and think, “Zombies don’t really exist.” But when you consider the broader definition of zombification—the control of one entity by another—then zombies are definitely among us. And, it turns out, they have much to teach us about the world....

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    • 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter
    • By: Peter Singer
    • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 377 ratings
    • In this book of brief essays, Peter Singer applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, and more....

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    • Real-World Permaculture for Farmers
    • By: Mark Shepard
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 540 ratings
    • Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel, and many other needs....

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    • By: Jan Westerhoff
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Does the real world, defined as a world of objects that exist independent of human interests, concerns, and cognitive activities, really exist? Jan Westerhoff argues that we have good reason to believe it does not....

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    • The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World
    • By: J. C. Sharman
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy....

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    • Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
    • By: Randall Munroe
    • Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
    • Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 09-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,922 ratings
    • For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach....

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    • 90 Essays on Things That Matter – A Fully Updated and Expanded Edition
    • By: Peter Singer
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. Now, in Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words....

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    • Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11
    • By: Kathryn S. Olmsted
    • Narrated by: Marie Hoffman
    • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 08-28-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • Although paranoia has been a feature of the American scene since the birth of the Republic, in Real Enemies, Kathryn Olmsted tells us that it was only in the 20th century that strange and unlikely conspiracy theories became central to American politics....

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    • Unravel the Mysteries of AI with Ease and Confidence through Practical Guides, Ethical Insights, and Real-World Applications
    • By: Gwen Taylor
    • Narrated by: Lee Goettl
    • Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 05-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • Unlock the mysteries of Generative AI in just 30 days with "Generative Artificial Intelligence for Beginners," even if you're new to the AI world.

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    • A Leader's Guide to AI Strategies, Best Practices & Real-World Applications
    • By: Kavita Ganesan
    • Narrated by: Stephanie Richardson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 12-02-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • AI is much more than a sexy marketing gimmick. At its core, it’s a powerful business tool that can make operations and decision-making more efficient, employees more productive, and customers delighted....

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    • Wine Pairings for the Real World
    • By: Vanessa Price, Adam Laukhuf
    • Narrated by: Vanessa Price
    • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • Essential wine pairings for everything from popcorn to veggie burgers to General Tso’s chicken, based on the wildly popular Grub Street column....

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    • By: Uki Goñi
    • Narrated by: Pat Grimes
    • Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • As Russian forces closed in on Berlin and Hitler’s premiership drew to a close, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goñi unravels the complex network that led them to Argentina....

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    • By: David Graeber
    • Narrated by: Roger Davis
    • Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societies....

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    • Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
    • By: Andrei Lankov
    • Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 600 ratings
    • Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been....

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    • And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
    • By: Douglas Preston, David Grann - foreword
    • Narrated by: Will Collyer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 255 ratings
    • Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents this collection of the most jaw-dropping true stories from his career as a journalist and explorer....

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    • Solving Real-World Problems with Embedded Machine Learning
    • By: Daniel Situnayake, Jenny Plunkett
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • This practical guide gives engineering professionals, including product managers and technology leaders, an end-to-end framework for solving real-world industrial, commercial, and scientific problems with edge AI....

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    • Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployments
    • By: Sol Rashidi
    • Narrated by: Edelyn Okano
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 11-12-24
    • Language: English
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    • In Your AI Survival Guide, Sol Rashidi delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to deploy artificial intelligence in your company.

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    • Protecting Your Business from Real Threats in the Virtual World
    • By: Eric Cole
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • In Cyber Crisis, Eric Cole gives listeners a clear-eyed picture of the information war raging in cyberspace. Drawing on 30 years of experience, Cole offers practical, actionable advice that even those with little technical background can implement....

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