Non-Fiction Audiobooks

Mastering Ethereum, 2nd Edition Audiobook

"As the first blockchain platform to introduce the concept of smart contracts, Ethereum serves as the gateway to a worldwide, decentralized computing paradigm. With this practical guide, Carlo Parisi, Alessandro Mazza, and Niccolo Pozzolini provide everything you need to know about building smart contracts and DApps on Ethereum and other virtual-machine blockchains. You'll find comprehensive coverage of Ethereum's internal workings to help you understand not just the how but also the why of Ethereum's innovative technology. You'll dive deep into the architecture and operational mechanics of Ethereum by learning essential knowledge for building and interacting effectively with DApps and smart contracts on Ethereum and similar virtual-machine blockchains. ● Run an Ethereum client, create and transmit basic transactions, and program smart contracts ● Learn the essentials of public key cryptography, hashes, and digital signatures ● Understand how 'wallets' hold digital keys that control funds and smart contracts ● Interact with Ethereum clients programmatically using JavaScript libraries and remote procedure call interfaces ● And much more"

Alessandro Mazza, Carlo Parisi, Niccolo Pozzolini (Author), Ray Greenley (Narrator)

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Healing Ableism: Stories About Disability and Religious Life

"Most people encounter disability at some point in their lives, either in their own bodies or through a friend or loved one. Faith leaders, sacred texts, and members of religious communities frequently offer religious teachings and metaphors as explanation for the presence of disability, but rarely do we hear the voices of people living with disabilities reflecting on their experiences of God, faith, or religious life. In Healing Ableism: Stories about Disability and Religious Life, Darla Schumm explores the extraordinary stories of people with disabilities who struggle with the ordinary human challenges of faith and doubt, exclusion and inclusion, and injustice and justice. Blending candid story-telling, cultural critique, and theory, Schumm invites listeners to reflect on the experiences of people with disabilities in religious communities and organizations. Schumm argues that it's not disability that needs healing, it's ableism that needs healing. In the final chapter, Schumm offers accessible love as one avenue for healing ableism."

Darla Schumm (Author), Andrea Emmes (Narrator)

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The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job

"The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.'s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: • When, where, and what to publish • Writing a foolproof grant application • Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV • Acing the job talk and campus interview • Avoiding the adjunct trap • Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more."

Karen Kelsky (Author), Karen Kelsky (Narrator)

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AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate Study Guide: In-Depth Guidance and Practice

"There's no better time to become a data engineer. And acing the AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate (DEA-C01) exam will help you tackle the demands of modern data engineering and secure your place in the technology-driven future. Authors Sakti Mishra, Dylan Qu, and Anusha Challa equip you with the knowledge and sought-after skills necessary to effectively manage data and excel in your career. Whether you're a data engineer, data analyst, or machine learning engineer, you'll discover in-depth guidance, practical exercises, sample questions, and expert advice needed to leverage AWS services effectively and achieve certification. - Ingest, transform, and orchestrate data pipelines effectively - Select the ideal data store, design efficient data models, and manage data lifecycles - Analyze data rigorously and maintain high data quality standards - Implement robust authentication, authorization, and data governance protocols - Prepare thoroughly for the DEA-C01 exam with targeted strategies and practices"

Anusha Challa, Dylan Qu, Sakti Mishra (Author), Derek Shoales (Narrator)

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Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) Study Guide: In-Depth Certification Guide and Practice

"With the recent generative AI boom, organizations are investing more resources into adapting artificial intelligence into their workloads, making the demand for AI skills higher than ever. With Microsoft Azure leading the pack with services for developing and deploying AI solutions, professionals looking to break into this field would be wise to start their journey by getting certified as an Azure AI Engineer. But Azure's AI-102 exam isn't a piece of cake. This comprehensive study guide provides everything you need to know to pass the exam with flying colors. Packed with expert guidance on how to approach the exam, apply the best study tactics, and more, this book thoroughly covers all six exam domains and takes you one step closer to certification. Author Renaldi Gondosubroto helps you understand all phases of AI solutions development, from requirements definition and design to development, deployment, and integration, along with maintenance, performance tuning, and monitoring throughout. The book then walks you through ways to implement these systems, including decision support, computer vision, natural language processing, knowledge mining, document intelligence, and generative AI solutions."

Renaldi Gondosubroto (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)

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Barn Gothic: Three Generations and the Death of the Family Dairy Farm

"When Ryan Dennis’s father was crushed by heavy machinery on their New York dairy farm, both men accepted the accident as a risk of agricultural life. But it was harder to comprehend being crushed by low milk prices, big banks, and the policies that destroyed America’s family farms. Even though Ryan grew up watching his father and grandfather struggle to survive, he always thought he would follow in their footsteps and take over the family farm. But as he milked cows and fed calves, the world outside the barn was changing. Between 2003 and 2020, 40,000 dairy farms went out of business in the United States.Barn Gothic is an elegy for family farmers and an intimate portrait of three generations laboring to be fathers and sons while their livelihood falls apart. Beautifully told with a farmer’s restraint and a poet’s grace, it is a story of personal loss amid corporate corruption and of finding a way forward when everything you know disappears. "

Ryan Dennis (Author), Will Tulin (Narrator)

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Better Not Burn Your Toast: The Science of Food and Health

"If you have an appetite for digestible science, you will find plenty of tasty morsels here. Discover why some people see red over red food dyes, why Sherlock Holmes was interested in jellyfish, why King George III was plagued with purple urine, and why phrenology is a pseudoscience. You will learn about the links between the Pope, Lionel Messi, and yerba mate, Harry Potter and the mandrake root, and how Bicycle Day came to commemorate the first use of LSD. Have you ever wondered whether negative ions have positive effects, if memory supplements work, if performance-enhancing supplements really enhance performance, or if taurine in Red Bull is a lot of bull? Look no further. Are you confused about ultra-processed foods, free radicals, calcium propionate in your daily bread, endocrine disruptors, preservatives, rejuvenation, aspartame, Ozempic, Oxycontin, or whether you can eat to beat disease? You've come to the right place. You will also find out why Woody Allen's 'orgasmatron' in Sleeper was a parody of an actual device created by Wilhelm Reich, how time-restricted eating works, why kimchi traveled to outer space, and where not to stick a magnesium rod. Then, of course, you will also discover why you should not burn your toast!"

Dr. Joe Schwarcz (Author), Joel Richards (Narrator)

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Making Space for What Matters: Find Freedom from Clutter and Hoarding with Acceptance and Commitment

"If you hoard—or have a loved one who hoards—you may feel helpless, hopeless, or ashamed. The thought of letting go of belongings may fill you with anxiety, dread, or grief. And you may wonder if you’ll ever experience the freedom of living without the weight of this debilitating behavior. It’s important to know you are not alone, and that hoarding isn’t your fault. This book will help you find your way out of the clutter and chaos, and into the life you truly want. Written by a team of mental health professionals and grounded in evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this book offers a values-based approach to finding lasting freedom from hoarding. Based on cutting-edge research, this book will help you unravel the stories your mind has created about you and your belongings. You’ll also discover how emotions and thoughts play a role in hoarding behaviors, and how you can declutter to live a life more closely aligned with your deepest values. Most importantly, you’ll learn to move beyond feelings of shame and guilt that are associated with hoarding, and cultivate the self-compassion, self-awareness, and self-understanding needed to make real, lasting changes."

Clarissa W. Ong PhD, Jennifer Krafft PhD, Michael E. Levin PhD, Michael P. Twohig PhD (Author), Amber Dekkers (Narrator)

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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

"America's bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today. To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson takes readers on a fascinating deep dive into the creation of one of history's most powerful sentences: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and edited by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, this line lays the foundation for the American Dream and defines the common ground we share as a nation. Isaacson unpacks its genius, word by word, illuminating the then-radical concepts behind it. Readers will gain a fresh appreciation for how it was drafted to inspire unity, equality, and the enduring promise of America. With clarity and insight, he reveals not just the power of these words but describes how, in these polarized times, we can use them to restore an appreciation for our common values."

Walter Isaacson (Author), To Be Confirmed (Narrator)

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Men at Work: The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen who Built It

"Who built the Empire State Building? Astonishingly, no list of workmen on this historic landmark was ever compiled. While the names of the owners, architects, and contractors are well known, and Lewis Hine's legendary portraits left us indelible images of the workers, their identities—the last generation of workmen still practicing these time-honored trades, have not been identified until author Glenn Kurtz unearthed their individual stories for this book. Drawing on eclectic sources, Kurtz assembles biographies of these workers, providing not only a portrait of the building's labor force, and a revolutionary reinterpretation of Hine’s world-famous photographs, but also a fundamental reimagining of what made the Empire State Building a fitting symbol for the nation, built as it was at the very height of the Great Depression. For ninety years, photographer Lewis W. Hine's iconic portraits and photographs have served as potent symbols of America in the early 1930s. Yet as famous as Hine's images are, they have never been seen in their proper historical context. By identifying the individuals that built the early skyscraper, Men at Work transforms Hine's evocative portraits from abstract symbols of an era into documentary evidence of specific, working-class, immigrant, and indigenous American lives."

Glenn Kurtz (Author), P.J. Ochlan (Narrator)

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The Long Climb: One Man's Journey from Addiction to Faith

"How one man saved his life from addiction to a life defined by purpose and triumphant goals. In this story of perseverance and the strength of the human spirit, Robert Woods recounts the painful years of his childhood, when he watched his parents recover from a challenging divorce while suffering his own horrendous abuse in secret. By opening up about his abuse and the many years of holding on to hatred and resentment that followed, Robert illustrates that no matter the circumstances, there is always hope. From a high school dropout with a chip on his shoulder to a licensed NYS Education Supervisor with a PhD and an accomplished endurance athlete, Robert shares his story to inspire those who have nothing to lose. Because when you have nothing to lose, you have everything to gain."

Robert Woods (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America

"The United States is an exceptionally violent country, increasingly unable or unwilling to stem violence in its many forms. A growing corporate crime wave has gone unprosecuted and unpunished. Meanwhile, the country has doubled down on pursuing people accused of street and drug crimes and immigration offenses. Corporate impunity, the financialization of the economy, militarized policing, the burgeoning carceral state, and the forever wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere all have fostered corporate, economic, and state violence in America. In Crime and No Punishment, Marie Gottschalk argues that these developments have undermined the legitimacy of American political and economic institutions. Gottschalk analyzes how the concentration of economic, political, and military power has siphoned off vital resources. The United States continues to incarcerate more of its people than nearly every other country even as it decriminalizes or turns a blind eye to elite-level corporate crime. Public and scholarly attention, however, remains fixated on violent street crime—although corporate and white-collar crime and state and economic violence directly and indirectly hurt far more people in the United States. Gottschalk contends that the US failure to protect its people from these harms has increased the fragility of democracy in America."

Marie Gottschalk (Author), Christina Delaine (Narrator)

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