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It seems like magic when some new gadget seems to know what we want before we know ourselves. But why does some design feel intrinsically good, and why do some designs last forever, while others disappear? User Friendly guides listeners through the hidden rules governing how design shapes our behaviour, told through fascinating stories such as what the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island reveals about the logic of the smartphone; and how the pressures of the Great Depression and World War II created our faith in social progress through better product design....

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Four friends, brothers Bill and Ryan, plus their two lifelong friends, Charlie and Danny, take their annual fishing trip on Lake Michigan during the fall salmon season. It's a trip they have taken for the last six years. It has proven to be great fun for the four young men, but this year, things will be different. In their wandering about the lake, they discover an old ferry that appears to be abandoned. This chance encounter changes their annual excursion from a fun-filled, male bonding experience, into a race to the safety of shore.

They dressed as beasts, draping fur over their chainmail clad bodies, while wearing iron helmets with animal heads attached over the top. They used huge broad swords or large heavy clubs to subdue their victims, often slaughtering whole villages for a few gold coins. Their arsenal of weapons included swords, spears, axes, clubs, bows and arrows, and fire.They were the scourge of the coastal inhabitants of Europe. They were Norsemen, they were the Vikings.

Railroaded to prison for killing a man who had just killed his wife and child, Sheriff Connor Slate is remanded to prison for life. The man he killed was the territory's second most powerful man's son. After five years of hell, Slate is partially pardoned by the new governor and the new chief justice of the territory's court system. They understand that the jury and the sentence was rigged against Slate five years ago and are out to set it straight, but only if he'll help them hunt down the wanted men in the territory before the vote on statehood in five years takes place.

A daring bank robbery leaves one robber wounded and the bank manager dead. Sticking to their original plan, the two robbers leave town separately to allay suspicions, planning to rendezvous in the nearby forest and split the loot. But even the best of plans can go awry. young farmer out hunting mistakes the wounded robber for a wild animal and accidentally kills him. While searching through the dead man's belongings, he comes across the money from the robbery and decides to keep it for himself.

What would you do if a psychopathic serial killer decided to make you his new best friend? A man who is unemployed, bankrupt, and about to be divorced by an unfaithful wife is about to find out.... A psychopathic serial killer, who believes he's on a mission from God to rid the world of self-centered evil people, intends to make Jake's soon-to-be ex-wife his next victim. The killer views this as a gesture of friendship and promptly frames Jake for the murders of his soon-to-be ex and her lover.

Born of desperation a father, an outlaw and an innocent boy are set on a collision course where good must triumph over evil and greed in order to save the life of a child. During a daring jail break a young boy is kidnapped by a ruthless gang of outlaws. The terrified youth is given a promise by the gang leader that no harm shall come to him as long as he is alive. But the gang leader is dying fast and every member of the gang is desperate to know where he has hidden their ill-gotten loot.

Tyler Stone is about to be divorced and is unwilling to start over so he devises what he believes is the perfect murder. He knows perfection is in the details but so is the Devil as he's about to be reminded. There is no such thing as the perfect murder. Mistakes are common place. Everyone makes them. The trick is not to make that Fatal Mistake, the one that gets you caught.

Conch Republic takes us into the world of Nate Nevwas, a crime-fighting oaf with a loveable nature. Follow Nate as he fights crime, writes novels and takes a liking to the ladies. Follow Nate as he goes to war with the mob and discovers gold hidden under the seas of the Florida Keys....

Carter Glenn is a young man in his late twenties who has returned home to seek revenge for a crime committed against him 20 years ago. As an eight-year-old boy, he was nearly beaten to death by a gang of teenage boys because they were bored and he was easy prey. Convinced he is on a mission from God, Carter sets out to excise his demons by killing the members of the gang and the old woman who could have saved him but instead chose to deliver him to hell.

A lonely man gets more than he bargained for after ordering a hand-in-a-can from an old magazine.