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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Brought to you by Penguin. Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia. So that's what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box. Written for anyone who wants to grow at work - from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs deciding whether to sell their companies - Build is full of personal stories, practical advice and fascinating insights into some of the most impactful products and people of the 20th century. Each quick 5-20 page entry builds on the previous one, charting Tony's personal journey from a product designer to a leader, from a startup founder to an executive to a mentor. Tony uses examples that are instantly captivating, like the process of building the very first iPod and iPhone. Every chapter is designed to help readers with a problem they're facing right now - how to get funding for their startup, whether to quit their job or not, or just how to deal with the jerk in the next cubicle. Tony forged his path to success alongside mentors like Steve Jobs and Bill Campbell, icons of Silicon Valley who succeeded time and time again. But Tony doesn't follow the Silicon Valley credo that you have to reinvent everything from scratch to make something great. His advice is unorthodox because it's old school. Because Tony's learned that human nature doesn't change. You don't have to reinvent how you lead and manage - just what you make. And Tony's ready to help everyone make things worth making. © Tony Fadell 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Tony Fadell (Author), Roger Wayne (Narrator)

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Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less

The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data and new insights to challenge everything you thought you knew about the future of energy For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing--including their unrivaled ability to provide low-cost, reliable energy to billions of people around the world, especially the world's poorest people. And contrary to what we hear from media "experts" about today's "renewable revolution" and "climate emergency," reality has proven Epstein right: • Fact: Fossil fuels are still the dominant source of energy around the world, and growing fast-while much-hyped renewables are causing skyrocketing electricity prices and increased blackouts. • Fact: Fossil-fueled development has brought global poverty to an all-time low. • Fact: While fossil fuels have contributed to the 1 degree of warming in the last 170 years, climate-related deaths are at all-time lows thanks to fossil-fueled development. What does the future hold? In Fossil Future, Epstein, applying his distinctive "human flourishing framework" to the latest evidence, comes to the shocking conclusion that the benefits of fossil fuels will continue to far outweigh their side effects-including climate impacts-for generations to come. The path to global human flourishing, Epstein argues, is a combination of using more fossil fuels, getting better at "climate mastery," and establishing "energy freedom" policies that allow nuclear and other truly promising alternatives to reach their full long-term potential. Today's pervasive claims of imminent climate catastrophe and imminent renewable energy dominance, Epstein shows, are based on what he calls the "anti-impact framework"-a set of faulty methods, false assumptions, and anti-human values that have caused the media's designated experts to make wildly wrong predictions about fossil fuels, climate, and renewables for the last fifty years. Deeply researched and wide-ranging, this book will cause you to rethink everything you thought you knew about the future of our energy use, our environment, and our climate.

Alex Epstein (Author), Alex Epstein (Narrator)

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Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing

In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. Smil explains how manufacturing became a fundamental force behind America's economic, strategic, and social dominance. He describes American manufacturing's rapid rise at the end of the nineteenth century, its consolidation and modernization between the two world wars, its role as an enabler of mass consumption after 1945, and its recent decline. Some economists argue that shipping low-value jobs overseas matters little because the high-value work remains in the United States. But, asks Smil, do we want a society that consists of a small population of workers doing high-value-added work and masses of unemployed? Smil assesses various suggestions for solving America's manufacturing crisis, including lowering corporate tax rates, promoting research and development, and improving public education. Will America act to preserve and reinvigorate its manufacturing? It is crucial to our social and economic well-being; but, Smil warns, the odds are no better than even.

Vaclav Smil (Author), Adam Barr (Narrator)

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The New Era of Space Stations

We are at an exciting threshold for the development and deployment of private space stations and more advanced designs from various countries. This trend shows how quickly space technologies are developing. The advancements in cheaper rockets to carry more payloads into Earth’s orbit in a less costly manner is another trend which is supporting the development of these new space stations and space transportation options. The last few years a lot of companies and governments are making plans to develop and deploy a variety of space stations and moon bases. This seems like to good time to update everyone with what are these latest plans, space technologies, transportation options and more. I’ve tried to include all I could find on new space technologies and plans relevant to working and living in space. I wrote a book on Space in 2017 titled “Designing and Building Space Colonies” along with another ten space related books later on. So this is one of my favorite genres.

Martin K. Ettington (Author), Martin K. Ettington (Narrator)

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ASE A8 Mastery: Engine Performance Certification Test A8

What the mechanics who pass the A8 Exam know, that maybe you don't.... Are you anxious about failing your A8 examination? Or maybe you simply want more practice, so you can get Master Technician Certified faster? If that sounds like you - we're on your side. We want you to be filled with confidence, so that you can ace engine performance first time round. We've professionally narrated more than 100 questions and answers from the Official guides – and all of the answers are helpfully explained in detail to give you a holistic understanding. We've included a mix of the 7 different question formats (excluding illustrations), the same that you’ll have on the day of the real exam! On the day of your test, you'll be given a total of 60 questions, and you’ll need to score at least 70% - our indicators show that by practicing with our audiobook - your odds of passing will vastly increase. Here's what you'll get with our audiobook: • 110 practice questions from the Official A8 Curriculum • Answers narrated after a 12 second gap for efficient learning • Important information on how/where to take your exam • Key knowledge on test fees, re-takes, and maintaining your new qualification • Narrated by an experienced & professional narrator, with a relaxing American voice. No matter how confident you are already, this audiobook will give you an advantage in passing your A8 exam faster, and with less stress. So, if you want to succeed and become a master mechanic first-time.. Buy this audiobook now!

George Sparrow (Author), Will Stauff (Narrator)

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Unlevel the Playing Field: The Biggest Mindshift in PPC History

Today’s digital marketers all compete for attention with the same ad engine automations. In this seemingly level playing field, how do you stand out? How can artificial intelligence help you be better than the rest rather than simply fit in? Your answers lie in automation layering. In Unlevel the Playing Field, Frederick Vallaeys reveals how to combine the best of human creativity and machine efficiency to create winning digital marketing programs. This follow-up to Frederick’s first book dives into three key areas of search marketing—bidding, targeting, and messaging—to illustrate how automation layering can take your campaigns to the next level of profitability. Whether you’re an agency or an in-house marketer focused on e-commerce or lead gen, this book shows how to differentiate yourself in the digital marketing crowd with a new path to increased sales, improved returns, and the opportunity to make ad platforms work for you.

Frederick Vallaeys (Author), Kaleo Griffith (Narrator)

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Expand: Stretching the Future By Design

With Expand: Stretching the Future By Design, authors Jens Martin Skibsted, a multiple-award-winning designer, entrepreneur, and design philosopher, and Christian Bason, political scientist and CEO of the Danish Design Centre, take listeners beyond 'design thinking' to challenge current habits and carve out new space for more sustainable innovation. From transforming the ways we do business and reimagining health care, to creating planet-restoring housing and humanizing our digital lives in an age of AI, Expand explores how expansive thinking across six key areas-time, proximity, value, life, dimensions, and sectors-can provide radical, useful solutions to a whole host of current problems around the globe. With powerful real-world examples, the book challenges our freewheeling belief in technological determinism and its insensitivity toward ethics, humanity, and the environment. Expand is the first book to not just critique design thinking, but welcome it as a starting point for an ambitious, wide-ranging tale of how to expand and think beyond it. The best way to predict the future is to design it. Expand is the book that shows us how.

Christian Bason, Jens Martin Skibsted (Author), Daniel Henning (Narrator)

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Lean Seis Sigma: La guía definitiva sobre Lean Seis Sigma, Lean Enterprise y Lean Manufacturing, con

Si desea incrementar las ganancias, eliminar los desperdicios, mejorar la eficiencia y formar un equipo extraordinario, entonces siga leyendo... Las organizaciones se enfrentan cada vez a más costos y una competencia cada vez mayor. Con Lean Seis Sigma puede combatir estos problemas y hacer crecer su negocio. Lean Seis Sigma es una metodología fascinante que está orientada a ayudarlo a aumentar la productividad de su organización y eliminar los desperdicios. La idea sintetiza dos conceptos diferentes, Lean Enterprise o Lean Manufacturing y Seis Sigma, para darle una excelente comprensión de cómo su empresa está malgastando dinero y recursos, y qué puede hacer para evitarlo. Este libro aborda los diferentes tipos de desperdicios y cómo Lean Seis Sigma pretende tratar cada uno de ellos, y luego le brindará todas las herramientas que necesita para comenzar a realizar un cambio efectivo en su organización. En Lean Seis Sigma: La guía definitiva para Lean Seis Sigma, Lean Enterprise y Lean Manufacturing, con herramientas para aumentar la eficiencia y aumentar la satisfacción del cliente, se tratarán los siguientes temas: - Entender el pensamiento lean (lean thinking) - Los fundamentos de Seis Sigma - ¿Qué es Lean Seis Sigma? - Fases de Lean Seis Sigma - Comprender las necesidades del cliente - Cómo obtener el apoyo de la alta dirección - Planificación de la implementación - Identificación, priorización y selección de proyectos - Adición de valor y los desperdicios - Cómo formar un equipo ganador - Diseño para Lean Seis Sigma - ¡Y muchos más temas que le ayudarán a aumentar los beneficios, eliminar desperdicios, mejorar la eficiencia y desarrollar un equipo extraordinario! ¡Obtenga este libro ahora para aprender más sobre Lean Seis Sigma!

Robert Mccarthy (Author), Luis Trumper (Narrator)

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Types of UFOs Observed in History

My goal in this book is to show the different types of UFOs reported throughout history and today. I’m not trying to prove whether these ships are real or not. I just thought that given the many thousands of sightings of UFOs there should be some commonalities between the sightings. Some of the questions I want to answer include: Are there any trends in these sightings? Is there an evolution in the design of these vehicles over time? Are there some common designs over time? Also, some of the UFOs sighted are likely fakes or secret projects built by the US government. I tried to show that information too. Just due to the number of stars in our galaxy I’m convinced that Aliens exist and have probably visited our planet thousands or even millions of year in the past-in addition to visiting in the present. This collection of historical photos, drawings, and descriptions should provide you with a narrative as to how these sightings have changed over time.

Martin K. Ettington (Author), Martin K. Ettington (Narrator)

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The Red Arrows: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Brought to you by Penguin. THE FIRST OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE RED ARROWS DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Heart-pounding, exhilarating . . . A fascinating testimony of jeopardy, cool heads and the sheer exultant addiction of flying.' SINCLAIR MCKAY 'An exhilarating read! The next-best thing to taking the controls of a Hawk fast-jet. And you're much less likely to throw up.' BEN MILLER 'Inspirational . . . Precision, style and dedication. The Red Arrows are the ultimate in teamwork.' TIM PEAKE 'Perfectly enjoyable . . . As the Red Arrows head towards their 60th anniversary, it's clear the team's place in our hearts is secure.' DAILY MAIL 'A wild ride . . . The ultimate insider guide, relating with great enthusiasm and insight what it means to be inside the cockpit as you scream through the skies at 350 to 450 miles per hour, within what feels like touching distance of your wingman, making continual nanosecond decisions that will result in certain death if you get them wrong.' TELEGRAPH, Patrick Bishop 'Occasionally, you and the team come within read of perfection, up there in the rarefied air of the skies. You never know when those moments will come, but it's what you yearn for as a pilot.' The Red Arrows represent the very best speed, agility and precision aerobatic flying in the Royal Air Force, and the people who wear those iconic red flight suits are rigorously selected not just for their flying skills, lightning-fast reflexes and nerves of steel, but for their mental resilience, courage and humility. Written by the Officer Commanding and former Red 1 Team Leader, Wing Commander David Montenegro, and full of never-before-shared tales from pilots past and present, this thrilling history is both a faithful record and a fascinating account of not only what it takes, but what it means, to be a Red Arrow. Praise for the Red Arrows: 'A lifetime's ambition . . . I still can't believe I've been in a fighter jet. It was fantastic - just to feel the G-force was spectacular.' LEWIS HAMILTON 'So tight, crisp and professional' CHRIS HADFIELD 'I can never quite believe that anyone can fly and aircraft with such precision' PROF. BRIAN COX 'The skill level they have is just off the scale. The Red Arrows is an amazing display of quality' DAVID COULTHARD © David Montenegro 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

David Montenegro (Author), Ben Willbond (Narrator)

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Rewired: Protecting Your Brain in the Digital Age

We live in a world that is always on, where everyone is always connected. But we feel increasingly disconnected. Why? The answer lies in our brains. Carl D. Marci, MD, a leading expert on social and consumer neuroscience, reviews the mounting evidence that overuse of smart phones and social media is rewiring our brains, resulting in a losing deal: we are neglecting the relationships that sustain us and keep us healthy in favor of weaker and more ephemeral ties. The ability to connect and form strong social bonds is fundamental to human experience and emerged through unique structures in our brains. But ever-more-powerful technologies and ubiquitous access to media have hijacked our need to connect intimately and emotionally with others. The habits that accompany our digital lifestyles are putting tremendous pressure on critical components of the brain associated with attention, emotion, and memory, changing how we process information and altering how we communicate and relate, even at a physiological level. As a psychiatrist working at the forefront of research on the impact of digital technology, Marci has seen this transformation up close and developed a range of responses. Rewired provides scientifically supported solutions for everyone who wants to restore their tech-life balance.

Carl D. Marci MD, Carl D. Marci Md, Carl D. Marci, M.D. (Author), Mike Lenz (Narrator)

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The Day They Fell From The Sky: 10 Lone Survivors and Their Harrowing and Incredible True Stories of

For more than a century, plane crashes have been among the scariest catastrophes imaginable. The toll on human life is devastating. Yet, as this fascinating book reveals, there are some who defy the odds and survive the unsurvivable. In this riveting collection of true stories from sole survivors, we get an inside look at their harrowing ordeal that changed their lives forever. Inside, you get to meet these amazing people such as: - The woman who survived the highest fall ever recorded without a parachute, earning her a Guinness World Record - The woman who survived a plane crash in the Amazon and spent 11 days lost in the jungle - The 4-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed her family and 154 people. And many others... We get a glimpse of their life, before and after the accident, explore the possible causes of their plane crash, and dive into the haunting yet fascinating details of the fateful day they fell from the sky. And as an added bonus, read on and find out how to improve your odds of surviving a similar fate. Inspired by his own father’s survival story, Oliver Martin Cass is a New Zealand-based author who loves to write and tell compelling and interesting stories of people’s survival journeys.

Oliver Martin Cass (Author), Lee Goettl (Narrator)

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