Inventions History

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    • By: Shlomo Sand, Yael Lotan - translator
    • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
    • Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 26-04-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be reckoned with....

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    • A Mediterranean History
    • By: Jamie Mackay
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 13-07-2021
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by the Phoenicians and Greeks, the Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, and the Spanish and the French for thousands of years, Sicily became a unique melting pot....

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    • A Brief History of Hype and Failure
    • By: Vaclav Smil
    • Narrated by: Tim Fannon
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • From the New York Times-bestselling author comes a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts....

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    • A World History of Morality
    • By: Hanno Sauer
    • Narrated by: Callum Coates
    • Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-2024
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of 'Good' and 'Evil', and weaving them into our cities, laws and customs.

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    • The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
    • By: Andrea Wulf
    • Narrated by: David Drummond
    • Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 18-11-2015
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist: more things are named after him than anyone else....

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    • A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
    • By: Tamim Ansary
    • Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
    • Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 01-10-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cultures both extinct and extant, The Invention of Yesterday shows that the engine of history is not so much heroic, geographic, or anthropogenic as it is narrative....

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    • The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
    • By: Daniel L. Everett
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 20-03-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Find out more....

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    • The Invention of Dating
    • By: Moira Weigel
    • Narrated by: Kyra Miller
    • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 17-05-2016
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Weaving together over 100 years of history with scenes from the contemporary landscape, Labor of Love offers a fresh feminist perspective on how we came to date the ways we do....

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    • A Natural History of Foresight
    • By: Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, Adam Bulley
    • Narrated by: Philip Battley
    • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Cognitive scientists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley argue that its emergence transformed humans from unremarkable primates to creatures that hold the destiny of the planet in their hands....

    Non-member price: $21.99 or 1 Credit

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    • The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
    • By: Bill Hammack
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 21-03-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Discover the secret method used to build the world....

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    • How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
    • By: Matt Alt
    • Narrated by: Matt Alt
    • Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 23-06-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Today we take it for granted that Japan is a forge of the world's fantasies: the birthplace of Transformers and Pokémon, of food trends like ramen and artisanal whisky and cutting-edge manga and anime....

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    • By: Brian Selznick
    • Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
    • Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 20-03-2007
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity....

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    • Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
    • By: James Barrat
    • Narrated by: Gary Dana
    • Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 29-05-2014
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the "smart" in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car....

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    • Understanding Our Most Extraordinary Invention
    • By: Matthew Kneale
    • Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • What first prompted prehistoric man, sheltering in the shadows of deep caves, to call upon the realm of the spirits?....

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    • A New History of the Scientific Revolution
    • By: David Wootton
    • Narrated by: James Langton
    • Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 19-04-2016
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history....

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    • The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
    • By: Irene Vallejo
    • Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-2022
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Vallejo takes us on an enthralling journey through the history of books and libraries in the ancient world and those who have helped preserve their rich literary traditions....

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    • The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
    • By: Sarah Kendzior
    • Narrated by: Sarah Kendzior
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 07-04-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • New York Times best-selling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American dema­gogue possible....

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    • Intriguing Facts and Trivia About History’s Greatest Inventions!
    • By: Scott Matthews
    • Narrated by: Daniel Jones
    • Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
    • Release date: 18-11-2024
    • Language: English
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    • Fuel your curiosity and gain a deeper understanding of the inventive spirit that revolutionized our world. Discover the ingenious minds and fascinating anecdotes behind each invention, and find inspiration in their revolutionary impact.

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    • By: Anne Rooney
    • Narrated by: Dan Schoeneberg
    • Length: 2 mins
    • Release date: 24-10-2024
    • Language: English
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    • This story gives a brief history of what people used to write with and how they eventually developed the feather pen! Not only will you have a history of writing, but you will also learn how to create your very own feather pen!

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    • Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
    • By: Jeevan Vasagar
    • Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
    • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state....

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