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The Unaccountability Machine

Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind

by Dan Davies ...

Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes.Passengers get bumped from flights. Phone menus disconnect. Automated financial trades produce market collapse. Of all the challenges in modern life, some of the most vexing come from our relationships with automation: a ... Read more

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Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes.Passengers get bumped from flights. Phone menus disconnect. Automated financial trades produce market collapse. Of all the challenges in modern life, some of the most vexing come from our relationships with automation: a
... Read more

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Lying for Money

How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World

by Dan Davies ...

An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written “with verve and wit” (The Sunday Times, London) by an industry insider who’s an expert in the field.The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later, ... Read more

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An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written “with verve and wit” (The Sunday Times, London) by an industry insider who’s an expert in the field.The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later,
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Nuclear Family

A Tragicomic Novel in Letters

by Susanna Fogel ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman, Bailey Carr, Oliver Wyman, Dara Rosenberg, Michael David Axtell, Allison Hiroto, Scott Aiello, Ellen Archer, Lauren Fortgang, Jessica Almasy, Suzanne Toren, Jonathan Davis, Carol Monda, Richard Ferrone, Stephen Bel Davies, Dan Bittner, Lance Rubin, Josh Hurley, a full cast, L.J. Ganser ...

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5 hours 28 min

From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive ... Read more

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From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive
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Vampire Crusader

by Dan Davis ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Series series Immortal Knight Chronicles
Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

The immortal knight, Sir Richard of Ashbury, hunts his nemesis through centuries of war . . .AD 1190, England. A young knight's family is slaughtered. As the lords of Europe seek to retake Jerusalem from the mighty Saladin, Sir Richard swears an oath of vengeance against Earl William de Ferrers, who has returned from the dead with an insatiable thirst for violence.Richard stalks William and his ... Read more

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The immortal knight, Sir Richard of Ashbury, hunts his nemesis through centuries of war . . .AD 1190, England. A young knight's family is slaughtered. As the lords of Europe seek to retake Jerusalem from the mighty Saladin, Sir Richard swears an oath of vengeance against Earl William de Ferrers, who has returned from the dead with an insatiable thirst for violence.Richard stalks William and his
... Read more
The Bull Island Rock Festival

The experience had by me and others at 1972's Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival

by Dan Davis ...

In 1972 the banks of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois played host to one of the most disorganized music festivals in history. The Bull Island Rock Festival was officially called The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival and also went by Woodstock on the Wabash— and the 3 day event degenerated into chaos. By the end of the festival even the stage had been burned down. "The Bull Island Rock Festival ... Read more

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In 1972 the banks of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois played host to one of the most disorganized music festivals in history. The Bull Island Rock Festival was officially called The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival and also went by Woodstock on the Wabash— and the 3 day event degenerated into chaos. By the end of the festival even the stage had been burned down. "The Bull Island Rock Festival
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Godborn

Gods of Bronze, Book 1

by Dan Davis ...

Narrated by Alex Wyndham ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Gods of Bronze
Unabridged

15 hours 36 min

A savage demon clan. A godborn warrior. An oath to save his clan.It is 3000 BC. A hundred clans have been destroyed and thousands of people are dead. The Wolf God commands an inexperienced young warrior to hunt down the bloodthirsty demon horde. With a handful of his faithful spear-brothers and a heartbroken young seeress at his side, his quest will take him on a perilous journey through ... Read more

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A savage demon clan. A godborn warrior. An oath to save his clan.It is 3000 BC. A hundred clans have been destroyed and thousands of people are dead. The Wolf God commands an inexperienced young warrior to hunt down the bloodthirsty demon horde. With a handful of his faithful spear-brothers and a heartbroken young seeress at his side, his quest will take him on a perilous journey through
... Read more
In Plain Sight

The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile

by Dan Davies ...

A major source for the BBC drama The ReckoningWinner of the 2015 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2015 CWA Non-Fiction DaggerShortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the James Tait Black PrizeDan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of seven years before his death. In the course of his quest, he spent days and nights at a ... Read more

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A major source for the BBC drama The ReckoningWinner of the 2015 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2015 CWA Non-Fiction DaggerShortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the James Tait Black PrizeDan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of seven years before his death. In the course of his quest, he spent days and nights at a
... Read more
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Do Bigger Things

A Practical Guide to Powerful Innovation in a Changing World

by Dan McClure and Jennifer Wilde ...

Narrated by Corinne Davies ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Unleash your potential to do bigger things! In today’s changing world, where business leaders must navigate industry disruption, entrepreneurs struggle to push beyond initial success, and activists tackle hard challenges like climate change, there is a need for a more powerful way to do innovation. Too many innovators are trapped by the limits of common innovation practices. The way we’ve been ... Read more

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Unleash your potential to do bigger things! In today’s changing world, where business leaders must navigate industry disruption, entrepreneurs struggle to push beyond initial success, and activists tackle hard challenges like climate change, there is a need for a more powerful way to do innovation. Too many innovators are trapped by the limits of common innovation practices. The way we’ve been
... Read more
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Unaccountability Machine, The

Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind

by Dan Davies ...

Narrated by Peter Dickson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes.Passengers get bumped from flights. Phone menus disconnect. Automated financial trades produce market collapse. Of all the challenges in modern life, some of the most vexing come from our relationships with automation: a ... Read more

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Also available as: eBook

Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes.Passengers get bumped from flights. Phone menus disconnect. Automated financial trades produce market collapse. Of all the challenges in modern life, some of the most vexing come from our relationships with automation: a
... Read more

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How Did I Get Here?

by Dan Davies ...

This is a guide for Parents to explain in all honesty the process of childbirth to their own children. As told by a dad reflecting on the birth of his first child. A heart warming, genuine and educational short story, with lots of excellent, realistic and telling illustrations. A must for every parent who wants to share the joy of birth with their own child and tell them the story of how they were ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a guide for Parents to explain in all honesty the process of childbirth to their own children. As told by a dad reflecting on the birth of his first child. A heart warming, genuine and educational short story, with lots of excellent, realistic and telling illustrations. A must for every parent who wants to share the joy of birth with their own child and tell them the story of how they were
... Read more
Hubbub in Outer Space

by Dan Davies ...

Six years after comet Lihtan swerves past planet Earth...."A delightfully offbeat tale of a dystopian world."—Kirkus Reviews ... Read more

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Six years after comet Lihtan swerves past planet Earth...."A delightfully offbeat tale of a dystopian world."—Kirkus Reviews
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Christianity According to Christ

A Gospel Primer for Nonbelievers

by Dan Davis ...

The Christian Bible, in all its versions, is the most widely read book in the world. Billions of people have read at least parts of it, and over its history of nearly two millennia, thousands of groups and individuals, if not hundreds of thousands, have interpreted it in myriads of ways. Consequently, today's big tent of Christianity encompasses a bewildering variety of often conflicting belief ... Read more

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The Christian Bible, in all its versions, is the most widely read book in the world. Billions of people have read at least parts of it, and over its history of nearly two millennia, thousands of groups and individuals, if not hundreds of thousands, have interpreted it in myriads of ways. Consequently, today's big tent of Christianity encompasses a bewildering variety of often conflicting belief
... Read more

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