1987. — 48 kbps. — Duration 01:00:00. Taken from the actual newspaper reports written in 1929 and the 1930's, this captures the sense of immediacy that's missing from present-day historical perspectives. Covers causes, results, and short-term effects on individuals and the economy.
Read by Maggie Albright. — 64 kbps. — 05:40:16. In this book, Asimov takes you through the development of numbers, from the initial set of positive integers through the transfinite alephs. The progression is logical, he first establishes the infinitude of the positive integers and then explains the reasons why negative numbers are needed. Along with the negative integers, he...
Билл Брайсон (род. 1951) - американский писатель, автор многих бестселлеров, юмористических книг о путешествиях, так же как книг об английском языке и о естествознании. Родился в США, но большую часть взрослой жизни прожил в Британии. A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was...
A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was the bestselling popular science book of 2005 in the UK, selling over 300,000 copies. A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and...
Билл Брайсон (род. 1951) - американский писатель, автор многих бестселлеров, юмористических книг о путешествиях, так же как книг об английском языке и о естествознании. Родился в США, но большую часть взрослой жизни прожил в Британии. A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was...
A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was the bestselling popular science book of 2005 in the UK, selling over 300,000 copies. A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and...
Read by John Lothe.
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (1998) is one of the major works of Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski graduated with a PhD from Harvard University in 1953 and became Professor of American Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins University before becoming the United States National Security Advisor during 1977－1981 under the...
Read by John Lothe.
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (1998) is one of the major works of Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski graduated with a PhD from Harvard University in 1953 and became Professor of American Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins University before becoming the United States National Security Advisor during 1977－1981 under the...
Time” is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it’s always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we’re bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly? In this witty and meditative exploration, award-winning author and...
MP3 “Time” is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it’s always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we’re bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly? In this witty and meditative exploration, award-winning author...
Oxford University Press, 2013. — ASIN: B00HFE5VGM. — Narrator: Jason Huggins MP3@32 kbps, 3 hrs 58 mins. Many are familiar with the beauty and ubiquity of fractal forms within nature. Unlike the study of smooth forms such as spheres, fractal geometry describes more familiar shapes and patterns, such as the complex contours of coastlines, the outlines of clouds, and the...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrator Pruden John. — Audible Studios, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:18:00. — ASIN B0733YBDHB. NB: единая аудиокнига из двух частей (1/2+2/2). Part 2 The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia provides the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia - as well as the most comprehensive argument...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrator Pruden John. — Audible Studios, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:18:00. — ASIN B0733YBDHB. NB: единая аудиокнига из двух частей (1/2+2/2). Part 1 The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia provides the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia - as well as the most comprehensive argument...
Audible Studios, 2013. — ASIN: B00GQVPTPS. — MP3@32 kbps ~05:20:00
The aim of this audiobook is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental differences are philosophical, and listeners of this audiobook will emerge with a clearer understanding of...
Audible Audio Edition. Narrated by Author. — Penguin Audio, 2016. — 64 kbps. — Duration 8 hours and 43 minutes. — ASIN B01K8EAANY, ISBN: 0735288291 Whispersync for Voice: Ready. From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This history of...
W. L. Gore & Associates — John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015. — 96 kbps. — Duration 25:22:00. — ISBN: 978-1119002062. Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You’ll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story....
Лучшие речи Барака Обамы (2004 и 2008). Five speeches of Barack Obama: Democratic National Convention 2004, Democratic National Convention Acceptance 2008, November 4th Victory Speech, Race Relations, Yes We Can.
Audiobook (Read by George Wilson) / Пайпс Ричард. Коммунизм, История. Аудиокнига (Читает Джордж Уилсон) Recorded Books, LLC, 2003. Language: English, Time: 5:46:00, Audiobook in MP3. From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. An expert on communism, Richard Pipes follows the...
Reab by Neil Shah. — Tantor, 2013. — Duration: 10:47:00 Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments - using such low-tech tools such as cotton swabs,...
Reab by Neil Shah. — Tantor, 2013. — Duration: 10:47:00 Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments - using such low-tech tools such as cotton swabs,...
Read by Shapiro Rob. — Random House Audio, 2014. — 30 kbps. — Duration 15:22:00. — ISBN10: 0307744256; ISBN13: 978-0307744258. Unabridged. *Starred Review* Nobel-laureate physicist Eugene Wigner regarded the power of mathematics to explain the cosmos as a baffling mystery. Tegmark offers a resolution of that mystery, arguing that mathematics describes the universe so well...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrater Rob Shapiro. — Random House, Doubleday, 2016. — 64 kbps. — 11 hours 52 minutes. — ASIN: B01BAU4E5K. — ISBN: 0735285497, 073528551 NB: единая аудиокнига из трех частей (1/3+2/3+3/3). "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history, musical...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrater Rob Shapiro. — Random House, Doubleday, 2016. — 64 kbps. — 11 hours 52 minutes. — ASIN: B01BAU4E5K. — ISBN: 0735285497, 073528551 NB: единая аудиокнига из трех частей (1/3+2/3+3/3). "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history, musical...
Audible Audio Edition. — Narrater Rob Shapiro. — Random House, Doubleday, 2016. — 64 kbps. — 11 hours 52 minutes. — ASIN B01BAU4E5K. — ISBN: 0735285497, 073528551 NB: единая аудиокнига из трех частей (1/3+2/3+3/3). "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history, musical...
New York: Simon & Schuster. - 2011. - 464 p. WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many...
New York: Simon & Schuster. - 2011. - 464 p. WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many...
New York: Simon & Schuster. - 2011. - 464 p. WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many...
Publisher: Berkley (June 12, 2008). Without the book.
From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes The Music Lesson, the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the...
Audio CD. Written and narrated by Professor Kate Zeigler. — Recorded Books, 2013. — ASIN B00FX3VT9K — 64 kbps. — Length 04:49:00. Geology is often thought of as simply the study of rocks. In reality, geology is the study of our planet on all scales, from microscopic to planet-wide, and ranging in time from almost instantaneous events, like earthquakes, to the glacially slow motion...
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