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The Shortest History of AI

The Six Essential Ideas That Animate It

by Toby Walsh ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

Since Alan Turing first posed the question "Can machines think?" artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace's visionary work to IBM's groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT. It also explores AI's cultural journey, touching on classics ... Read more

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Since Alan Turing first posed the question "Can machines think?" artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace's visionary work to IBM's groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT. It also explores AI's cultural journey, touching on classics
... Read more

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Italy Reborn

From Fascism to Democracy

by Mark Gilbert ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

18 hours 50 min

In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputation in the international arena was nil. Yet by December 1955, when Italy was admitted to the United Nations, the nation had contested three acrimonious but free general elections, had a flourishing press, and was a leader in the rebuilding of Europe.This is the dramatic story told by Italy Reborn. It charts the descent of Italy into ... Read more

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In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputation in the international arena was nil. Yet by December 1955, when Italy was admitted to the United Nations, the nation had contested three acrimonious but free general elections, had a flourishing press, and was a leader in the rebuilding of Europe.This is the dramatic story told by Italy Reborn. It charts the descent of Italy into
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How England Began

From Roman Britain to the Anglo-Saxons

by Nicholas J. Higham ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of EnglandIn 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with contrasting cultures, an expansive "Anglo-Saxon" south and east, and a shrinking Celtic west and north. How did this transition happen? And why did the ... Read more

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An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of EnglandIn 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with contrasting cultures, an expansive "Anglo-Saxon" south and east, and a shrinking Celtic west and north. How did this transition happen? And why did the
... Read more
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The Immune System

A Very Short Introduction – Second Edition

by Paul Klenerman ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 37 min

The immune system is central to human health. Growing understanding of the immune system, and especially the creation of immune memory (which results in long lasting protection), have led to major breakthroughs in medicine and the design of vaccines.In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works in health and disease. He considers how the immune ... Read more

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The immune system is central to human health. Growing understanding of the immune system, and especially the creation of immune memory (which results in long lasting protection), have led to major breakthroughs in medicine and the design of vaccines.In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works in health and disease. He considers how the immune
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Rogue Agent

From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare: The Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart

by James Crossland ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

The startling adventures of a secret agent in Moscow during World War I and the Russian Revolution, this is the story of "the riveting life of maverick spy” Robert Bruce Lockhart.Diplomat, conspirator, intelligence gatherer, propagandist, and charmer, Rogue Agent tells the colorful story of London’s key agent in Moscow during the first half of the twentieth century, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart.Sir ... Read more

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The startling adventures of a secret agent in Moscow during World War I and the Russian Revolution, this is the story of "the riveting life of maverick spy” Robert Bruce Lockhart.Diplomat, conspirator, intelligence gatherer, propagandist, and charmer, Rogue Agent tells the colorful story of London’s key agent in Moscow during the first half of the twentieth century, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart.Sir
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The Market in Global International Society

An English School Approach to International Political Economy

by Barry Buzan, Robert Falkner ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

15 hours 20 min

The Market in Global International Society tracks the idea and practice of the market through both modern and premodern times, and its evolution as a primary institution in international relations over the past two centuries. It develops a new approach to understanding the relationship between the market and other social and political institutions of global international society. Buzan and Falkner ... Read more

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The Market in Global International Society tracks the idea and practice of the market through both modern and premodern times, and its evolution as a primary institution in international relations over the past two centuries. It develops a new approach to understanding the relationship between the market and other social and political institutions of global international society. Buzan and Falkner
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Sixpence for a Slaughter

When the lights go down, murder takes centre stage

by C. K. Harewood ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Series Audiobook 4 - DI Matthew Stannard
Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

A crime that shocks a nation can only be solved by one unbeaten detective!October 1930. A quiet Saturday afternoon turns into a scene of horror when shots ring out during a cinema matinee and when the doors are opened, a sickening scene of dead bodies is revealed. The killer is nowhere to be seen but he or she leaves a host of questions behind, first of which is the motive. Why were all these ... Read more

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A crime that shocks a nation can only be solved by one unbeaten detective!October 1930. A quiet Saturday afternoon turns into a scene of horror when shots ring out during a cinema matinee and when the doors are opened, a sickening scene of dead bodies is revealed. The killer is nowhere to be seen but he or she leaves a host of questions behind, first of which is the motive. Why were all these
... Read more
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Lazarus

The Second Coming of David Bowie

by Alexander Larman ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

13 hours 34 min

When David Bowie died on January 10th, 2016, aged sixty-nine, his death was greeted with the greatest display of public mourning since Princess Diana three decades before. His home cities of New York and London saw thousands of well-wishers assemble to play his music and console each other in their hour of grief. Twenty-five years before, Bowie appeared to be washed up. His '80s career had been a ... Read more

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When David Bowie died on January 10th, 2016, aged sixty-nine, his death was greeted with the greatest display of public mourning since Princess Diana three decades before. His home cities of New York and London saw thousands of well-wishers assemble to play his music and console each other in their hour of grief. Twenty-five years before, Bowie appeared to be washed up. His '80s career had been a
... Read more

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Bird School

A Beginner in the Wood

by Adam Nicolson ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 20 min

An intimate exploration of the lives of birds and their interactions with man, by a preeminent naturalist.Poets and scientists, saints and naturalists, stalk through these pages. Neighboring cock robins duel almost to the death. Tawny owl widows are seen looking for tawny owl widowers to set up shop with. Blackbirds are found singing phrases from late Beethoven quartets, both in a garden in ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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An intimate exploration of the lives of birds and their interactions with man, by a preeminent naturalist.Poets and scientists, saints and naturalists, stalk through these pages. Neighboring cock robins duel almost to the death. Tawny owl widows are seen looking for tawny owl widowers to set up shop with. Blackbirds are found singing phrases from late Beethoven quartets, both in a garden in
... Read more

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The Psychology of the Teenage Brain

by John Coleman ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

3 hours 38 min

Why do teenagers stay up late and struggle to get up in the morning? Do teenagers really take more risks? What is happening with teenagers' hormones?The Psychology of the Teenage Brain offers all those involved in teenagers' lives insight into what's happening in their brains and how understanding them can improve relationships and communication at this crucial stage. It explains key topics, ... Read more

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Why do teenagers stay up late and struggle to get up in the morning? Do teenagers really take more risks? What is happening with teenagers' hormones?The Psychology of the Teenage Brain offers all those involved in teenagers' lives insight into what's happening in their brains and how understanding them can improve relationships and communication at this crucial stage. It explains key topics,
... Read more

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Bananas

How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World

by Peter Chapman ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D. C., with not just clever marketing, but covert CIA operations, bloody coups, and brutalized workforces. And how along the way they turned the banana into a blueprint for a new model of unfettered global capitalism: one that serves ... Read more

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In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D. C., with not just clever marketing, but covert CIA operations, bloody coups, and brutalized workforces. And how along the way they turned the banana into a blueprint for a new model of unfettered global capitalism: one that serves
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Exploring the Britannic

The Life, Last Voyage and Wreck of Titanic's Tragic Twin

by Simon Mills ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

A revelatory and wide-ranging exploration of HMS Britannic—her life at sea and on the seabed—by the owner of her wreck.Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to ... Read more

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A revelatory and wide-ranging exploration of HMS Britannic—her life at sea and on the seabed—by the owner of her wreck.Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to
... Read more

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