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[Portuguese] - 25 Invenções Acidentais: Histórias Surpreendentes de Erros que Mudaram o Mundo

Este audiolivro é narrado por uma voz digital. 25 invenções acidentais que - por engano - mudaram o mundo. Muitas das invenções que usamos no nosso dia a dia têm origem em momentos inesperados, em que cientistas, engenheiros e inventores tropeçaram em soluções brilhantes enquanto perseguiam outros objetivos. Desde a criação da Penicilina à descoberta dos Raios-X, e do Micro-ondas aos Balões de Ar Quente, o nosso mundo está cheio de histórias fascinantes de acasos felizes que vieram revolucionar a nossa forma de viver. Este livro revelará 25 histórias únicas de como o imprevisto, o erro e a curiosidade deram origem a tecnologias e produtos que mudaram o curso da história. Histórias inspiradoras que celebram a criatividade humana e lembram-nos que, por vezes, é através das tentativas e dos erros que acabamos por encontrar as soluções mais brilhantes. Descubra como o acaso se pode aliar à criatividade. Bem-vindo ao mundo das 'Invenções Acidentais'

Mike Ciman (Author), Voz Digital Paulo G (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - 25 Inventos Accidentales: Historias Surpreendentes de Errores que Cambiaron el Mundo

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. 25 inventos accidentales que, por error, cambiaron el mundo. Muchos de los inventos que utilizamos en nuestra vida cotidiana tienen su origen en momentos inesperados en los que científicos, ingenieros e inventores tropezaron con soluciones brillantes mientras perseguían otros objetivos. Desde la creación de la penicilina hasta el descubrimiento de los rayos X, pasando por los microondas y los globos aerostáticos, nuestro mundo está lleno de historias fascinantes de accidentes felices que han revolucionado nuestra forma de vivir. Embárquese en un viaje por el increíble mundo de los inventos accidentales. Este libro le descubrirá 25 historias únicas de cómo lo inesperado, los errores y la curiosidad dieron lugar a tecnologías y productos que cambiaron el curso de la historia. Estas inspiradoras historias celebran la creatividad humana y nos recuerdan que a veces es mediante el ensayo y el error como acabamos encontrando las soluciones más brillantes. Descubra cómo el azar puede combinarse con la creatividad. Bienvenido al mundo de los 'Inventos accidentales'

Mike Ciman (Author), Voz Digital Santiago G (Narrator)

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25 Accidental Inventions: Amazing Mistakes That Worked

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. 25 Accidental Inventions, by Mistake, that Changed the World Many of the inventions we use in our everyday lives originate from unexpected moments, when scientists, engineers and inventors stumbled upon brilliant solutions while pursuing other goals. From the creation of Penicillin to the discovery of X-rays, and from Microwaves to Hot Air Balloons, our world is full of fascinating stories of happy accidents that revolutionized the way we live. This book will reveal 25 unique stories of how unforeseen circumstances, error and curiosity gave rise to technologies and products that changed the course of history. Inspiring stories that celebrate human creativity and remind us that sometimes it is through trial and error that we end up finding the most brilliant solutions. Discover how chance can combine with creativity.

Mike Ciman (Author), Digital Voice Mike G (Narrator)

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Wireless Security Masterclass: Penetration Testing For Network Defenders And Ethical Hackers

Rob Botwright (Author), Digital Voice Archie G (Narrator)

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Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada

Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the engineering triumph that created a nation. In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company. But an idea emerged in political and business circles in Ottawa and Montreal to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometers of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railway in the world and the most difficult to build. Its construction was the defining event of its era and a catalyst for powerful global forces. The times were marked by greed, hubris, blatant empire building, oppression, corruption and theft. They were good for some, hard for most, disastrous for others. The CPR enabled a new country, but it came at a terrible price. In recent years Canadian history has been given a rude awakening from the comforts of its myths. In Dominion, Stephen Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers. His vivid portrayal of the powerful forces that were molding the world in the late 19th century provides a revelatory new picture of modern Canada's creation as an independent state.

Stephen Bown (Author), Wayne Ward (Narrator)

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Raising Hell, Living Well: Freedom from Influence in a World Where Everyone Wants Something from You

Part cultural criticism, part rueful confessional, a reformed brand strategist brings to light the impact of influence on us and our society and offers an escape in this ironically persuasive case for not being so easily influenced anymore. "Jessica Elefante practices what she preaches by rising above complaints to confront modern, twisted problems right in the face."-Jaron Lanier, bestselling author of Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now We live in a world that is under the influence. Our lives are being choreographed by forces that want something from us. Everything from ingrained family values to mind-altering algorithms create our foundations, warp how we see the world, manipulate our decisions, and dictate our beliefs. Yet rarely do we question these everyday influences of our modern times even as we go further down the path of unwell, unhappy, and unhinged. A high-spirited exploration through the troublesome influences of our world, Raising Hell, Living Well, Jessica Elefante's eye-opening debut, follows one bullshit artist's journey, from small-time salesperson to award-winning corporate strategist to founder of the digital wellbeing movement Folk Rebellion, in coming to terms with how she was wielding influence-and the forces she was under herself. With whip-smart writing and wry humor, Elefante's collection of essays is a head-trip through her misadventures. From explaining productivity as a symptom of the influence of capitalism to how the wellness industry makes us feel more unwell or our unquestioning participation in oversharing, optimization, and instant gratification, she invites us to reexamine our world, our pasts, and ourselves through the lens of influence. Now a reformed brand strategist, Elefante lays bare her own culpability, sharing what she learned-and what she got wrong. She offers a new take on intentional living and provides a simple practice to deconstruct how the powers-that-be are attempting to modify our behaviors. Before you know it, you'll be questioning everything from how you take your coffee to how our social institutions are structured. And you'll learn how to live free from the influences around us-including Elefante herself. The much-needed subversive voice to demystify these times, Elefante will make you angry, make you laugh, and make you think about how you're really living. Unpretentious, sharply observed, and devil-hearted, Raising Hell, Living Well holds out a hand to help you climb out from under the influence.

Jessica Elefante (Author), Jessica Elefante (Narrator)

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Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond

An accessible yet erudite deep dive into how platforms are remaking experiences of death Since the internet's earliest days, people have died and mourned online. In quiet corners of past iterations of the web, the dead linger. But attempts at preserving the data of the dead are often ill-fated, for websites and devices decay and die, just as people do. Death disrupts technologists' plans for platforms. It reveals how digital production is always collaborative, undermining the entrepreneurial platform economy and highlighting the flaws of techno-solutionism. Big Tech has authority not only over people's lives but over their experiences of death as well. Ordinary users and workers, though, advocate for changes to tech companies' policies around death. Drawing on internet histories along with interviews with founders of digital afterlife startups, caretakers of illness blogs, and transhumanist tinkerers, the technology scholar Tamara Kneese takes listeners on a vibrant tour of the ways that platforms and people work together to care for digital remains. What happens when commercial platforms encounter the messiness of mortality?

Tamara Kneese (Author), Linda Jones (Narrator)

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Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System

The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly political, it can't be handled by the traditional rules and norms of law enforcement--threatening the very idea of justice and its role in society. The attack on the Capitol building following the 2020 election was an extraordinarily large and brazen crime. Conspiracies were formed on social media in full public view, the law-breakers paraded on national television with undisguised faces, and with outgoing President Donald Trump openly cheering them on. The basic concept of law enforcement--investigators find criminals and serve justice--quickly breaks down in the face of such an event. The system has been strained by the sheer volume of criminals and the widespread perception that what they did wasn't wrong. A mass of online tipsters--"sedition hunters"--have mobilized, simultaneously providing the FBI with valuable intelligence and creating an ethical dilemma. Who gets to serve justice? How can law enforcement still function as a pillar of civil society? As the foundations of our government are questioned, the FBI and Department of Justice are the first responders to a crisis of democracy and law that threatens to spread, and fast. In this work of extraordinary reportage, Ryan Reilly gets to know would-be revolutionaries, obsessive online sleuths, and FBI agents, and shines a light on a justice system that's straining to maintain order in our polarized country. From the moment the police barriers were breached on January 6th, 2021, Americans knew something had profoundly changed. Sedition Hunters is the fascinating, high-stakes story of what happens next.

Ryan J. Reilly (Author), Ryan J. Reilly (Narrator)

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Space: A thrilling human history by Britain's beloved astronaut Tim Peake

Brought to you by Penguin. From bestselling author and astronaut Tim Peake, the captivating story of humans in space. Only 628 people in human history have left Earth. In Space: The Human Story, astronaut Tim Peake traces the lives of these remarkable men and women who have forged the way, from Yuri Gagarin to Neil Armstrong, from Valentina Tereshkova to Peggy Whitson. Full of exclusive new stories, and astonishing detail only an astronaut would know, the book conveys what space exploration is really like: the wondrous view of Earth, the surreal weightlessness, the extraordinary danger, the surprising humdrum, the unexpected humour, the newfound perspective, the years of training, the psychological pressures, the gruelling physical toll, the thrill of launch and the trepidation of re-entry. The book also examines the surprising, shocking and often poignant stories of astronauts back on Earth, whose lives are forever changed as they readjust to terra firma. Publication of the book comes on the eve of NASA's plans to return to the moon, fifty years after an astronaut last walked on the lunar surface. In 2024 the Artemis II mission will send four astronauts to orbit the moon. In 2025 Artemis III will send the first woman and the first person of colour to step on the lunar surface. What will separate these upcoming moonwalkers from the legendary Apollo crews? Does it still take a daring-do attitude, super-human fitness, intelligence, plus the 'Right-stuff' - a fabled grace under pressure? And how will astronauts travel even further - to Mars and beyond? Space: The Human Story reveals all. ©2023 Tim Peake (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Tim Peake (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Plastics: Just a Load of Rubbish?

A decade to save the planet. That's the current call to arms. Targets are set, governments vow to do their bit and on a societal level we are encouraged to do ours by choosing to forego all things plastic. The question is whether this is the right decision or are we inadvertently at risk of doing more harm than good? Are there other factors in play needing equal consideration? The book will follow the story of plastic, and to an extent rubber (known collectively as polymers), and all with an eye to the overarching theme of the environment. It will ask some challenging questions but also sets out to inform. It begins by building a picture. Just what exactly is a plastic, how did it gain such a dominant role in our lives? Are recent denouncements fully justified? By better understanding plastics, a clearer opinion can be formed of their usefulness and their potential to alleviate serious environmental concerns.

Alicia Chrysostomou (Author), Jennifer Ness, TBD (Narrator)

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Logic Pro For Dummies, 3rd Edition

This one-stop source for Logic Pro insight helps you spend more time creating music Every minute you spend trying to figure out how to set up a new track or build a drum loop is a minute you don't spend creating and recording your music. This guide to the recording software favored by Mac users helps you bypass the time needed to search for tech answers and spend more time capturing sounds. Discover the full recording power of Logic Pro, starting with launching a project and recording your audio. Explore the built-in digital instruments and beat makers, augment your recording power with plug-ins, and finalize your song by editing, adding effects, mixing, mastering, and sharing. The final step is music stardom! - Learn your way around the Logic Pro interface and understand the workflow - Set up your project and add tracks and regions - Record acoustic audio or conduct your orchestra of MIDI instruments - Edit, mix, automate, export, and feel proud of your audio files For beginning music creators and producers, this Dummies guide makes it simple to get started with Logic Pro.

Graham English (Author), Tom Perkins (Narrator)

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Trucking Business Startup 2023: Step-by-Step Blueprint to Successfully Launch and Grow Your Own Truc

Discover the secret to building a thriving business in an industry that will never go out of demand...The global freight trucking market is forecast to hit $2.7 trillion by 2026… yet there’s a huge shortage of drivers. And what does that mean for you? A huge opportunity! The trucking industry is growing fast, and the shortage of drivers means that in-roads are easy to access… and it’s waiting for you. If you’ve never started a business before, this may seem like a tall order – but with the right guidance, it’s a whole lot easier than you think… and that’s exactly what this book will give you. Inside, you’ll discover: - A comprehensive look at why you seriously want to get into the trucking industry - A full understanding of exactly what the trucking industry does – so you know everything that lies ahead of you before you start thinking about your business plan - An easy-to-use 12-step plan for starting your own trucking business - The different types of trucking businesses dissected and analyzed – make sure you know what niche you want to zone in on - 4 key business structures you could use for your company (and how to decide what’s right for you) - Everything you need to know about setting up a successful business – including everything from business plans… to marketing… to finances (and everything in between) - How to select your truck driver bank for the best results And much more. No matter how little you know right now, the right guidance can set you up for huge success in the industry… and you’re about to unlock it. Tap into one of the most reliable industries on the planet.

Alexander Sutton (Author), Alexander Sutton (Narrator)

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