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How We Got to Now
- Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Innovation starts with a problem whose solution sets in motion all kinds of unexpected discoveries. That's why you can draw a line from pendulums to punching the clock at a factory, from ice blocks to summer movie blockbusters, from clean water to computer chips. In the lively storytelling style that has made him a popular, best-selling author Steven Johnson looks at how accidental genius, brilliant mistakes, and unintended consequences shape the way we live in the modern world.
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How We Got to Now
- Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 16-10-18
- Language: English
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The Future of Energy: From Solar Cells to Flying Wind Farms
- What the Future Holds
- By: Christine Elizabeth Eboch
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 30 mins
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Our world runs on energy! But traditional fossil fuels are doing great damage to the environment, and they will eventually run out. How might solar, water, wind and geothermal power come to our rescue? Listeners can discover how different the world could look in the future with energy sources that are clean and renewable.
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The Future of Energy: From Solar Cells to Flying Wind Farms
- What the Future Holds
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Series: What the Future Holds, Book 2
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 14-08-24
- Language: English
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Interesting Stories for Curious Kids
- A Fascinating Collection of the Most Interesting, Unbelievable, and Craziest Stories on Earth!
- By: Bill O'Neill
- Narrated by: Robin LaRose
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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Want to impress your buddies at school? Need to think of something fun to do at Thanksgiving or Christmas? Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history, science, and the paranormal? If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, then pick up Interesting Stories for Curious Kids: A Fascinating Collection of the Most Interesting, Unbelievable, and Craziest Stories on Earth! This book is the coolest collection of interesting facts about a whole bunch of several different topics.
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Interesting Stories for Curious Kids
- A Fascinating Collection of the Most Interesting, Unbelievable, and Craziest Stories on Earth!
- Narrated by: Robin LaRose
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 29-11-21
- Language: English
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100 Amazing Facts for Kids
- A Collection of Interesting Facts about Science, Animals, and History for Fun Times (Ageless Explorers Series: Fun Facts for Kids, Teens, and Adults Book 2)
- By: Brice Brant, Special Art Learning
- Narrated by: Brad Grochowski
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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Are you looking for a way to ignite your child's curiosity and love for learning? 100 Amazing Facts for Kids is the perfect adventure for young minds eager to explore the wonders of the world. This enthralling collection captivates children and their parents alike, making learning both fun and fascinating.
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100 Amazing Facts for Kids
- A Collection of Interesting Facts about Science, Animals, and History for Fun Times (Ageless Explorers Series: Fun Facts for Kids, Teens, and Adults Book 2)
- Narrated by: Brad Grochowski
- Series: Ageless Explorers Series: Fun Facts for Kids, Teens, and Adults, Book 2
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 22-02-24
- Language: English
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How Do Computers Follow Instructions?
- A Book About Programming
- By: J.T. Liso
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 19 mins
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Have you ever wondered how computers follow instructions so well? Or how they do math so quickly? Basic principles of coding, including variables, binary code, loops, programming languages, and more, are explored in this newest engaging addition to the How Do series.
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How Do Computers Follow Instructions?
- A Book About Programming
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 18-01-21
- Language: English
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How Do Molecules Stay Together?
- A Book About Chemistry
- By: Madeline J. Hayes
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 21 mins
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Have you ever wondered how molecules form groups or how forces in chemistry interact? Basic principles of chemistry, including atoms, the elements, compounds, reactions, and more, are explored through informative and engaging text in this new addition to the How Do series. The How Do series is a great introduction to various STEM topics, each written in a format that encourages audiences to ask questions and guess the answers before exploring the science behind them.
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How Do Molecules Stay Together?
- A Book About Chemistry
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 21 mins
- Release date: 29-10-20
- Language: English
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Machines with Power!: Volume 1
- By: Amy McDonald
- Narrated by: Dana Fleming
- Length: 17 mins
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Vroom! Engines roar and wheels turn in this fun series. Exciting facts about different machines engage beginning listeners while simple, predictable text that aid them on the first step of their literacy journey.
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Machines with Power!: Volume 1
- Narrated by: Dana Fleming
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 01-08-24
- Language: English
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The Story of a Crayon
- It Starts with Wax
- By: Robin Nelson
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: Less than 1 minute
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How does hot wax become a colorful crayon? First wax is melted. Then a worker adds color. Next the wax is shaped. Soon the wax hardens. Discover all the steps in the process of making a crayon.
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The Story of a Crayon
- It Starts with Wax
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: Less than 1 minute
- Release date: 01-01-21
- Language: English
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Marvellous Vehicles
- Little Experts, Book 3
- By: James May, Emans - illustrator
- Narrated by: James May
- Length: 20 mins
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Mad about marvellous vehicles? Hit the road with writer and broadcaster James May to discover incredible human-powered vehicles – from bicycles and submarines to amphibious vehicles and even a helicopter.
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Marvellous Vehicles
- Little Experts, Book 3
- Narrated by: James May
- Series: Little Experts
- Length: 20 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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What Would It Take to Upload a Mind?
- Sci-Fi Tech
- By: Megan Ray Durkin
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 10 mins
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In science fiction, people upload their minds into computers for them to be stored. How could this futuristic way of preserving the mind work? Scientists have some ideas, which involve mapping the brain cell by cell. Discover the science and technology behind what it would take to upload a mind in real life!
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What Would It Take to Upload a Mind?
- Sci-Fi Tech
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 10 mins
- Release date: 24-04-24
- Language: English
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The Future of Entertainment
- From Movies to Virtual Reality
- By: Christine Elizabeth Eboch
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 28 mins
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From immersive virtual reality games to social media with 3-D holograms, listeners can find out what cool new technologies might change the way they are entertained.
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The Future of Entertainment
- From Movies to Virtual Reality
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 28 mins
- Release date: 10-07-24
- Language: English
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How Do You Stop a Moving Train?
- A Book About Physics
- By: Lucy D. Hayes, Madeline J. Hayes
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 23 mins
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Have you ever wondered how astronauts float in space, or how your pizza gets from your plate to your mouth? Basic principles of physics, including learning about distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, forces, friction, gravity, and Newton’s laws of motion, are explored through informative and engaging text in this newest addition to the How Do series.
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How Do You Stop a Moving Train?
- A Book About Physics
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 03-11-20
- Language: English
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How Do Hot Air Balloons Work?
- By: Buffy Silverman
- Narrated by: Intuitive
- Length: 4 mins
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Hot air balloons are huge and colorful. They're lots of fun to watch. But how do they fly? And how do people control where the hot air balloon goes? Listen to this audiobook to find out!
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How Do Hot Air Balloons Work?
- Narrated by: Intuitive
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 17-05-17
- Language: English
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The Future of Transportation: From Electric Cars to Jet Packs
- What the Future Holds
- By: Alicia Z. Klepeis
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 31 mins
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Human transportation has come a long way since the invention of the wheel. Vehicles of all sorts have us speeding across land, through water, and in the skies. What might be next? From self-driving cars to jet packs, listeners will discover exciting new ways they may get around in the future.
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The Future of Transportation: From Electric Cars to Jet Packs
- What the Future Holds
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Series: What the Future Holds, Book 1
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 02-04-24
- Language: English
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Speaking Secret Codes
- Making and Breaking Codes
- By: Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
- Length: 19 mins
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From hospital and police codes to Cockney slang, spoken codes can be both helpful and entertaining. Learn the history behind some of today’s most useful and popular codes, and then have fun creating a language all your own.
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Speaking Secret Codes
- Making and Breaking Codes
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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How Water Gets from Treatment Plants to Toilet Bowls
- Here to There
- By: Megan Cooley Peterson
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 2 mins
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Curious listeners want to know how things work. Easy-to-understand explanations explain how water gets to and from our homes and describes the role of the community workers who make it all possible.
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How Water Gets from Treatment Plants to Toilet Bowls
- Here to There
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 2 mins
- Release date: 28-02-22
- Language: English
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Terra in vista
- La scienza e la tecnologia spiegate a mio figlio
- By: Telmo Pievani, Federico Taddia
- Narrated by: Telmo Pievani, Federico Taddia
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"Terra in vista - La scienza e la tecnologia spiegate a mio figlio" è un programma di Radio24 di divulgazione scientifica per ragazzi: condotto da Federico Taddia e dal filosofo della scienza Telmo Pievani.
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Terra in vista
- La scienza e la tecnologia spiegate a mio figlio
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Das große Mauswissen
- Frag doch mal... die Maus!
- By: Bernd Flessner, Eva Spanjardt - Illustrator*
- Narrated by: Armin Maiwald
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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Wie funktioniert eigentlich das Internet und warum ist der Himmel blau? Weil Eltern nicht alles wissen können, hat die Maus jede Menge mausschlaue Antworten gesammelt und löst so häufig gestellte Fragen. Kindgerecht und unterhaltsam aufbereitet, wird auf die großen Rätsel des Alltags, der Natur und der Technik eingegangen. Ein ebenso spannendes wie lehrreiches Hörbuch, gelesen von Armin Maiwald, einem der Experten für Maus-Sachgeschichten.
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Das große Mauswissen
- Frag doch mal... die Maus!
- Narrated by: Armin Maiwald
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 28-11-16
- Language: German
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Medical Robotics Breakthroughs
- Edge of Medicine
- By: Heather E. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Melanie Carey
- Length: 20 mins
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From laboratory robots to robotic prosthetics, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in medical robotics. Get to know the physicians, scientists, and other researchers responsible for these breakthroughs in medicine, and explore the ups, the downs, and the eureka moments that are science in action.
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Medical Robotics Breakthroughs
- Edge of Medicine
- Narrated by: Melanie Carey
- Length: 20 mins
- Release date: 19-03-24
- Language: English
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Machines at Work Volume 1
- By: Various
- Narrated by: Dana Fleming
- Length: 27 mins
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Emerging listeners can race through city streets with a fire truck, plant crops with a tractor, and travel the world with an airplane. This volume includes An Airplane's Day, A Backhoe's Day, A Bulldozer's Day, A Dump Truck's Day, A Fire Truck's Day, and A Tractor's Day
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Machines at Work Volume 1
- Narrated by: Dana Fleming
- Length: 27 mins
- Release date: 01-08-24
- Language: English
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